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    Shane says he’s fine. He always does.

    Ilya doesn’t believe him.

    When the early signs of pregnancy start showing up — the nausea, the fatigue, the little tremors Shane refuses to acknowledge — Ilya notices everything. He notices the way Shane pushes through practice, brushes off concern, and insists he doesn’t need help. And he refuses to let him do it alone.

    Between ice rinks, drives home, and quiet evenings in their apartment, they learn to navigate this unexpected pregnancy together. Ilya takes care of Shane with careful hands and steady insistence, and Shane, despite himself, starts to realize maybe he doesn’t have to handle everything on his own.

    Hockey doesn’t stop. Life doesn’t pause. But slowly, stubbornly, the two of them adjust — learning to balance routine, responsibility, and each other, one small, intimate moment at a time.

    Because some things — like care, trust, and each other — aren’t optional.

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    16 Jan 2026

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    Shane’s been doing some serious thinking over the past couple of months, about a lot of different things. He's finally worked up the courage, however, to ask Ilya for the biggest thing he's been wanting, more than anything: A Baby.

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    Shane wants to retire and start building a family with Ilya before it's too late. He loves hockey and he's struggling with the idea of leaving the sport, but his body isn't going to hold out for him forever.

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    06 Jan 2026

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    Once outside, he leaned forward and put his hand against the cold stone wall. His phone was still to his ear, the message still recording. 

    “Ilya. Please. Please. I can’t do this. I don’t know what to do. Please. You can’t be dead.” His voice broke on the word. “I love you. I love you so much. More than anything. I need to hear your voice. I need you to…I need you…I need you…fuck. Please Ilya, please.” 

    Shane took the phone away from his ear and held it between both hands as though he were praying. He realized he was on the floor and didn’t know how he got there. He was crying. He was fairly certain he was hyperventilating. 

    His brain was desperately trying to grab at anything. Any thread of logic. Any idea of what to do next. 

    I have to see him. 

    Yes. That made sense. Shane needed to get to Tampa. Now. He would go there. He would find Ilya. Ilya would be fine. They would be together. He would see him. Tell him how much he loved him. He had to go. He had to go now. 

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    OR: What if Ilya lost his phone during the emergency landing, Shane couldn't reach him, he panicked, and chartered a plane to Tampa to find him instead...

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    06 Jan 2026

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    On a plastic stick there is a clear, dark plus sign.

    Positive. Fucking positive.

    His phone, clenched tightly in his hand, rings. It's Ilya.

    Shane turn to the toilet, drops to his knees and throws up. 

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    Shane finds out he is pregnant in a middle of a play-off run.

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    05 Jan 2026

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    "Ilya," Shane tries. "I'm fine in here."

    "Then what is the problem?" Ilya asks, trying to keep his voice light, but Shane can hear the strain in it.

    Fuck. The problem is always just... it's always Shane, isn't it? That's always the problem. He's always the fucking problem.

    Shane's season-ending injury leads him to question the future, and who he is without hockey. He doesn't like the answer.

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    05 Jan 2026