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"Have you come out?" Shane asks, averting his gaze from Hollander. The kitchen's atmosphere shifts, turning even more tense than what Shane thought possible. "It's always been the plan, you know? Retire and come out, let the announcement speak for itself and let the cups and the awards do the rest…" "There's no point in coming out, for me." Hollander replies, curt, in a manner that felt very much like a 'drop it' and 'discussion over'. Whatever Shane's had in his mouth tastes like ash, now, and he looks up to see his older counterpart's expression fall; his trusted look of careful neutrality revealing something vulnerable and aged. It's the expression he has, Ilya would say, when something hurts him unexpectedly, face unable to mask the pain that spreads through him like a poison. "The people who matter to me know, and that's it. I keep my personal life and professional life separate." "Oh. Right, of course.” Or: A post-Boxing Day fight Shane winds up meeting a version himself, two decades into the future.

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