Ilya knows his father took him out of hockey at 15 because he was getting too good, was becoming less controllable with coaches whispering “NHL prospect” in his ear. He couldn’t do anything about it then but when his father and brother died in a sudden plane crash when he was 22, he had his cold, sad revenge. He consolidated all of Rozanov Enterprises and sold the lot of it at basement level prices to fuck-ups. Ilya then fucked around Europe for a few years with his millions until news reached him that the Boston Bears, who were suffering a year’s long slump, were up for sale.
Ilya cashes out everything he has to buy the team and turns it around with astute trades, reckless charm, and re-investments. He hits every business leader's 30 under 30 list by 27. The team loves him. Boston loves him. He, of course, meets Shane Hollander at an All-Stars game.
Shane had been outed and booted from the Montreal Metros and took a season off for “personal reasons”. He had to reckon with his anxiety and internalized homophobia because the worst had happened and he was still living. Everyone thought that would be the last of the once-in-a-generation talent. But he re-emerged as the new captain of the Ottawa Centaurs and shocked every hockey fan with the comeback story of the century. The Centaurs are fiercely protective of their captain and Ottawa would die for him.
Ilya and Shane fall in love as per usual and are outed as per usual. The press is obsessed with the narrative that business mogul Ilya Rozanov’s true genius is seducing star center Shane Hollander into joining the Bears. Ilys scoffs at the idea he needs professional motivation to sleep with his beautiful Shane but is quoted as saying “it would be nice for moya lyubov to live in Boston, my penthouse has such good morning light and a yoga studio around the corner” with a shit-eating grin.
Tearfully the Centaurs ask if Shane is going to leave Ottawa to be with Ilya and Shane has really had enough of it. In his next interview, when he is asked about “his close association with the owner of the Boston Bears” he is ready. As coyly as he can, he responds, “You know, I know Ilya wouldn’t mind if I moved to Boston, but relationships are a two-way street and Tom and Greta (the owners of the Centaurs) are looking to retire, but want to make sure the team is in good hands, someone who has a reason to love Ottawa and it’s players and with deep pockets to make necessary improvements for how our team has grown. My parents,” Shane looks straight down the camera as he continues, “You know Yuna, Ilya, who takes you to farmer’s markets and talks finance with you? And David, who learned how to make Russian dumplings for you and can’t wait for you to visit again so you can start the new puzzle he just got? They love coming to my games, but would enjoy it more if a new owner could improve the stadium seats? And while I know your place in Boston is nice, so is the cottage here in Ottawa. You could swim everyday and I’d always have a towel ready for you.”
Because, really, why couldn’t Shane be seducing Ilya into buying the Centaurs?
Now Boston is shaking in its boots, how can they compete with waking up to Shane Hollander everyday?
Ilya and Shane, in the end, take neither option. Shane doesn't want the conflict of interest of his partner owning the team, so Ilya sells the Bears to someone he loves and trusts with his baby (Svetlana) and fulfills his real life goal of being a house-husband, WAG, and eccentric philanthropist.
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