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Cue like, all of the Cens rookies/younger players discovering they're bi/pan/gay/queer and Troy having to explain to Ilya that it was a joke no he didn't purposefully make them have gay awakenings he thought it was harmless!

Ilya is losing it and trying not to, Shane is trying to figure out if Troy was trying to haze the rookies/younger players, Scott is getting updates and has discovered that this "ally proof" has spread to his rookies and beyond.

It starts as Wiebe & Ilya just trying out new combinations and an off-hand comment that Ilya makes about “sticking the gays on the line together” but surprisingly, it works, after some fine tuning. Ilya at center, Troy at right, and Shane, after some solid practicing, at left.

When it first debuts, it’s in a low stakes game, but Twitter goes bonkers. Barrett scores a hat trick, and Ilya very nearly scores a Gordie Howe hat trick in a single shift. Ilya and Shane already are on the penalty kill together, and Barrett is on the first line with Ilya, but the three of them on a shift move through the poor Puffins D line like butter (throwing my team under the bus for sake of this narrative). The Cens were already having a killer season, but the press around the Husband Line goes crazy. Harris contemplates whether to kiss or kill Ilya for the idea.

Other players get in on the craze, making jokes about Barrett being Hollanov’s third. At first, the jokes make Shane really uncomfortable, until he & Ilya reaffirm there are no thirds and that there is more than enough space in their bedroom for just the two of them. That being said, Marleau, Sveta, Rose, and Bood have a field day on Twitter.

The Husband Line doesn’t get used frequently, despite its popularity. Wiebe decides to pull it out at 40 seconds left in Game 6 of the Stanley Finals, and the crowd goes NUTS. They don’t even have time to react between face off and Shane netting the cup winning goal.

Like they invite him for drinks and he says he doesn't drink during hockey season and Bood just says "Oh that explains why you're so solid at hockey." Or Dykstra plays music and asks Shane if he knows this song and when Shane says he doesn't, Dykstra just says "That's fair, everyone has their own taste." And when they have a team BBQ and notice Shane's ginger ale, Hayes just says "Ginger ale is so good, I haven't had one in forever!"

Shane is just so anxious (in general) and waiting for the other shoe to drop. He finally tells Ilya that he thinks the guys might be making fun of him and Ilya seems shocked. He asks Shane if he wants him to confront them. Shane quickly says no.

Then the next day, Shane overhears the guys talking amongst themselves (they don't see Shane) saying "Hollander is awesome! Obviously at hockey, but I mean in general! Him and Rozanov are such a good match. I can't believe we get Hollander on our team! I swear my wife has a crush on him. He freaking charms everyone. I thought Rozanov was funny, but Hollander might be the funniest guy I know!"

All the photos they have of him with different family members picture him frowning with a little pout. He only ever smiled when he was in David or Yuna’s arms despite other people trying to make him laugh.

Kids: *run*

Ilya: *is always watching them, making sure they don´t get lost or hurt* The Shanelings are getting too far moya lyubov'...

1. This reply is two words and they managed to misspell both of then

Until Grace slips out a sentence along the lines of "could you give me a little grace here" and Rocky immediately points out he used a word wrong so Grace has to explain that yeah, grace means elegance but it can also mean mercy sometimes too.