again and again and again and—
sorry danmei community but heated rivarly got me good
I WROTE A TIME LOOP FIC ABOUT EPISODE 5 READ IT NOW!!!
Shane lies there, too still and too silent, as the other players on the rink quickly realize something is wrong. Across the ice Ilya can hear Marlow go "fuck, shit, Hollander I didn't—" before he cuts himself off as medics flood onto the ice. Shane's helmet is torn off. Ilya finds himself watching it skid across the ice, spinning until it hits the boards and it too, comes to a frozen halt. Medics are yelling. So is Pike, so is Marlow, so are the referees, the coaches, the crowd. Ilya is silent. The game clock stops at 19:35 as all play is halted. Stupidly, Ilya wishes it is 19:19. He would do anything to have sixteen more seconds of a standing Shane. Of a smiling Shane. Of an undeniably alive and okay Shane. Ilya doesn't get what he wants. This is the twelfth time he's watched Shane get knocked down and not get back up. It will probably not be the last.
Ilya is forced to relive the worst day of his life, the 2017 Montreal v. Boston game, where he can do nothing but watch Shane hit the ice over and over again. No matter what he does, it doesn't change the outcome. At least that's what he thinks.
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