Everyone knows Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander hate each other. The Boston Raiders and Montreal Metros rivals spend every season trying to destroy each other on the ice, and the media eats it up every time. Cold interviews. Cheap shots during games. Years of tension that looks a lot like resentment to everyone watching. Nobody knows that for the last two years, behind hotel room doors and late-night flights, they've been hooking up in secret. And nobody knows Ilya has a daughter. At twenty years old, Ilya is suddenly raising a two-month-old baby alone after her mother disappears without warning. Exhausted, overwhelmed, and desperate to keep Irina hidden from the public, he starts pulling away from everything-including hockey, his teammates, and Shane. Shane notices immediately. Because Ilya Rozanov never disappears. As the 2020 season approaches, secrets begin stacking faster than either of them can control. Between media pressure, rivalry, sleepless nights, and feelings neither of them know how to name, what started as something physical slowly becomes something far more dangerous: a family. But families require trust. And trust means telling the truth. The problem is that Ilya has built his entire life around making sure nobody ever sees the softest parts of him. Especially Shane Hollander.

Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov one shots. These are from my Ao3 account if you find them anywhere other than in this book or on Ao3: they've been stolen and are not the original work.

Heated Rivalry AU Hockey has always been Ilya Rozanov's life. As captain of the Boston Raiders, he knows how to fight, how to lead, and how to win. What he doesn't know is how to stop when a single hit leaves his career hanging by a thread. Facing months of painful rehab and the terrifying possibility that he may never return to the ice, Ilya finds himself relying on Shane Hollander - the team physiotherapist - whose steady hands and quiet understanding make recovery anything but simple. Healing was never supposed to feel this...good.