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    In 2003, Shane Hollander is assigned a PenPal, and gains a friend. A friend who smokes, calls him boring, and gives him ridiculous nicknames.

    Across the world, Ilya Rozanov practices his English with a curious Canadian boy whose name he can't fucking remember.

    Or, before they were Canada's Shane Hollander and Russia's Ilya Rozanov, they were Cat and Elijah. Shane has no reason to suspect his childhood PenPal is his hockey rival, and Ilya has never even considered that the man he's falling for is also the boy he already fell in love with through letters and postcards.

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    04 Jul 2026

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    Scent patches were mandatory for anyone participating in World Junior's, but a lot of the Russian guys Shane saw in the hotel or around the rink had them loosely attached to their necks or not quite centered over their scent gland. Shane had been on his way to his parents' car when the wind shifted, and he smelled that Rozanov, leaning against the wall and not-at-all-surreptitiously fishing a carton of cigarettes out of his pocket, must have been one of them.

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    03 Jul 2026

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    At home, the earthy scent of beets, and sunshine filtering through the Venetian blinds. Ilya at the stove and Shane passed out on the sofa, both glistening with perspiration: three fans, however strategically placed, could do only so much to keep the scalding heat at bay.

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    By conventional standards, Scott Hunter was an accomplished individual - crème de la crème of ice hockey, top one percent earner, three times winner of the Lady Byng trophy for gentlemanly conduct and co-founder of two charities. His pride and joy, however, were Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, the latest addition to the New York Admirals’ roster. They were also, incidentally, his lovers. And since they’d decided he was theirs, he’d do everything in his power to be deserving of their affection. Anything, facing his worst fear.

    But how can he live in the present when the past and the future are stacked against him? And how can he keep loving them if it might harm them?

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    Disclaimer: This won't make an ounce of sense unless you read Part One - Tempt Not A Desperate Man

    DISCLAIMER: This work includes explicit themes of internalised homophobia, disordered eating, family abuse and suicidal thoughts, among others.

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    02 Jul 2026

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    Disembodied voice (DV) from off-screen: Ok, I think we are ready to get started. Can you tell us about yourself?

    The man: I am Ilya Rozanov. I am rookie with Boston Raiders. Number one draft pick for this season.

    DV: So, Ilya, I know you're not from North America, so I just want to check - what do you know about what we are doing here today?

    IR: I know all. Everyone knows this. My agent tells me, my team tells me. It is hockey thing, um, tradition. Rookies, top picks, we all are asked to make these videos. Kind of like hazing, yes, or maybe a little like when it is our turn to be called to the Winner's Room? No big deal.

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    30 Jun 2026

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    Shane Hollander begins his NHL career unchallenged when Ilya Rozanov enters the KHL after World Juniors. One season of being allowed to terrorize the ice and the Winner’s Room is enough for Boston to drag Ilya out of Russia.

    What they had not accounted for in releasing a second generational talent into the league was that not all predators are solitary. Ilya may want to bring Hollander to his knees, but he wants to present the defeat of an inferior player to his feet first.

    He just has to convince Hollander to let him.

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    30 Jun 2026