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What We Hide
After the cottage.
After the truth.
Before the world knows.
A new hockey season begins, and Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are finally together. Just not where anyone can see it.
On the ice, they're still rivals. In interviews, they still trade sharp words and colder looks. Behind closed doors, they're learning how to love each other in the quiet spaces between games, flights, and long nights that don't always end with sleep.
As the pressure of a new season builds, so do the things Ilya has spent years burying. The media watches closely. Old wounds resurface. Keeping their relationship secret starts to feel heavier than the truth itself.
Set after episode six of Heated Rivalry, What We Hide is a slow-burn, post-canon story about love under scrutiny,