A Place to Skate

(Game Changer Fanfiction - Post The Long Game)

When Ilya spots an eleven-year-old girl skating alone late at night on the Rideau Canal, he doesn't expect it to unravel something inside him.

Maddie loves hockey. Her mother Laura is exhausted, fighting battles no one sees.

What begins as a simple invitation to a Centaures practice slowly becomes something much bigger - forcing Shane and Ilya to confront their own pasts, their future, and the question they've only ever asked in theory:

Could they really be parents?

Because sometimes the ice isn't just where you play.

Sometimes, it's the only place that feels safe.