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Community Service Day was something that Ilya always looked forward to. As a team, the Centaurs did their best to put aside a Saturday a few times a season to give back to their community, visiting hospitals or fixing up local parks. Ilya adored spending time with his teammates in such a low-stress way, and he had to admit that it felt good to be able to better the city that’d welcomed him so wholeheartedly.
Now that Shane was part of the team, these days were even more exciting.
Beaming and chattering from the back of the team bus, Ilya stopped himself mid-conversation with Bood to look up to Harris, who always planned these outings, when he saw the Social Media Manager stand at the front, clipboard in hand.
“Everyone, shut up!” he called to the team. “Harris is telling us how we will service community!”
Harris, grinning, winked at Ilya. “Thank you. Okay, today, one of our newest players, Shane Hollander, suggested we do something a little different!”
He was immediately cut off by a rousing chant of ‘Hol-ly, Hol-ly’ directed at a blushing Shane, who sat beaming next to Ilya.
“Okay, okay! So Shane pointed out to me that we’ve done a lot with people, but not as much for animals or the environment. He also said this particular cause is important to our captain–”
“Fuck yeah, Roz!”
But Ilya was confused…he didn’t have any environmental or animal charities he held particularly close to his heart. He glanced sideways at Shane, only to feel his stomach flip. Shane had the biggest, shit-eating grin. Oh, fuck.
“-so today,” Harris continued, still smiling, “we’ll be going to the Ottawa National Wildlife Refuge to help protect the local loon population!”
Ilya’s mouth fell open in shock as he turned to Shane, who was now laughing behind his hand. “Hollander!” he gasped softly, unable to stop himself from smiling. “You are trying to kill me!”
“Face your fears, Rozanov,” Shane retorted simply, still grinning like a madman.
And oh. Ilya loved his husband so damn much.
