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    Ilya does not like Hayden Pike.

    He appreciates him as a friend of Shane's, a good friend, and can recognise that he has excellent taste in people as evidenced by both Jackie and Shane, but Ilya definitely, absolutely, does not like him.

    TikTok, gradually, wears him down.

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    22 Mar 2026

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    Ilya's hand continues its path up and down Shane's back, and Shane thinks again about how love is sometimes just this: a palm on the spine, moving in circles, waiting for you to come back to yourself. There is no promise of saving you—Ilya cannot save him, they both know this and are alright with it in their own ways—but there is a vow of staying, lingering in order to witness. Touching the bruise so that its pain triggers the memory that you are allowed to be touched.

    Outside, the snow continues its work of erasure. Inside, Shane's breathing begins to even out, every limb recalling how to be a man at rest rather than an animal fawning and freezing. The trembling subsides, wave by wave, as if Ilya's hand is smoothing it out of him.

    "Sleep, зайчик," Ilya says softly, his free hand coming to rest in Shane's hair. "I have you."

    This is not true, Shane thinks, and it is also the only true thing.

     

    recovery, shane learns, is not a straight line. to begin to understand something, you must first name it.

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    21 Mar 2026

  3. Rec 47

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    Ilya is like his mother in the way that he plays with fireworks and skates on not quite frozen rivers.

    Shane often finds himself lost in translation.

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    An exploration of Ilya and Shane, their mental health, and their relationships

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    21 Mar 2026

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    “Yeah, what the hell?” Comeau echoes. “Since when do you go around defending Rozanov?”
    “I – I’m not,” Hayden says, starting to carefully fold his clothes so he doesn’t have to look anyone in the eye. Maybe Shane is onto something, always folding his things instead of throwing them into his bag. Gives you a moment to concentrate on something manual, to think before having to respond to questions and comments.
    “You literally were defending him right now,” J. J. points out.

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    Four times Hayden defends Ilya Rozanov to other people, and one time he defends Ilya from himself.

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    21 Mar 2026

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    A study into Shane Hollander’s Asian identity as told through vignettes of the Hollander-Rozanov household.

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    Shane turns to Ilya and his face is doing many complicated things, but the most prominent emotions are pride, fondness, and a little bit of sadness. “You are so very brave, my little sheep.” He kisses Shane’s temple, and Shane relaxes for the first time tonight.

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    18 Mar 2026