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    Irina had put on her first pair of skates at age six. The boots had to be shared with both her closest-in-age sisters, but Irina could be willful when she wanted to be, and by age eight, Nadia and Katya aren’t willing to fight her for the privilege of ice time anymore. By age nine, people in town were noticing the way Irina cut through the ice, how fast she could spin, how high she could jump. By age ten, the owner of the rink approached her.

    Fitness was the state religion in the Soviet Union, Papa used to say. Mama hated that; religion was religion, she’d huff. Irina had often thought of her mother as a product of a world that was dying. Still, she had still dutifully gone to Divine Liturgy on Sundays with the whole family, wearing starched clothes and sitting silently in the pews. Irina believes in God both as a habit and a conviction. She always loved church, loved the music and the ritual and the burning candles. But she had always loved being on the ice more. Even at a young age, Irina understood her body as a tool; something that could take her somewhere else.

    Or, an Irina lives AU. An exploration of boys and their mothers.

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    20 Jun 2026

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    There hadn’t been a whole lot of tape, back then, not on a bunch of kids who were likely to get chewed up and spit out by the KHL, but Rozanov was a special case – his agent had clearly known his aim was for North American leagues, and there’d been a few tapes leaked here and there of the fourteen, fifteen, sixteen year old phenom who had more trick plays up his sleeve than Yuna, personally, thought was true hockey. The video of his spin on the Michigan had made the rounds in David’s McGill email chain, and Yuna had tipped her chin up and sworn up and down he’d be a one-trick pony who’d be flat on his ass the first time he tried that shit in the pros.

    Shane had downloaded the video to his desktop and studied the tape like he did old games of Scott Hunter.

     

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    Yuna Hollander works through years of memories in attempt to discover when she should have known her son didn't trust her with all of himself.

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    19 Apr 2026

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    While trying to write to his friend studying abroad in Moscow, Shane Hollander accidentally reaches Ilya Rozanov.

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    18 Apr 2026

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    When his mother comes to him in the summer after he wins his second Cup with a new partnership proposal from the fucking Sesame Workshop, Shane can't say yes fast enough

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    10 Apr 2026