Weak Backhand

Teen and up · Complete · 18,455 words · 5 chapters

Warnings: No warnings apply

Tags: heated rivalry (tv), game changers series - rachel reid, shane hollander/ilya rozanov, hollanov, shane hollander, ilya rozanov, post-the long game, married couple, teammates, established relationship, hurt/comfort, hockey

Married. Out. Finally on the same team. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov have spent twelve years learning everything about each other's game, and that turns out to be the problem. Ilya can't stop stealing the puck off his own husband, and Shane can't stop captaining a room that already has a captain.

One Saturday on the schedule on their fridge is circled twice in red: December 4th, in Montreal. That's the city that still thinks Shane fell on purpose last April so his husband could score.

Shane has never said a word about that fall. Ilya has never asked. And every night at one in the morning, someone in the house is firing pucks at the garage door.

Post-The Long Game, their first season as teammates. A lot of hockey, a lot of jokes, some hurt/comfort and a happy ending.

Chapters

Chapter 1: The Card (3,465 words) Five games into the season, Ottawa's newest winger keeps losing the puck to his husband.
Chapter 2: In Russian (3,414 words) Ottawa's captain counts pucks through the ceiling and keeps one question to himself.
Chapter 3: Second Line (3,259 words) A rookie, a veteran and a winning streak, and one late lesson in a cold garage.
Chapter 4: The Visitors' Room (3,846 words) The night before the game in Montreal, an old equipment man opens a drawer.
Chapter 5: Weak Backhand (4,471 words) Saturday in Montreal: the old building, the visitors' bench, and a long train home.

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