When the diabolical fic pixies start demanding you write a rare pair...
Amongst the few survivors of the Centaurs air disaster is Troy Barrett, mourning a relationship that never quite got started and convinced he's being punished by surviving the plane crash that killed his Captain and most of his team mates.
Meanwhile, Shane Hollander's season in Montreal is collapsing as he tries to play on through grief that hits like a freight train. Rumours about his sexuality and relationship with Rozanov abound, and with the locker room and management relations turning sour, the hockey robot is malfunctioning. Shane just wants to go home.
Ottawa.
With a rag tag team of rookies, call ups and transfers, can Hollander, Barrett and Bood rebuild the Centaurs in honour of their lost players? Will Troy find a way to break his curse? Will Shane find a way to live without Ilya?
And what if the answer to that is each other?