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jules // 20s // she/her/hers archive of our own

[swagsmeister]

hollanov grocery run

[ccrux00]

he ran after him btw. he noticed him leaving and followed him.

[providing-leverage]

Not to write fic about my own fic, but right now I'm obsessed with Joshua Kane (Marcus' partner) getting traded to the Metros post-Cottage/Jane reveal in the chat.

As a friend of Ilya's and a queer man himself, and because Hollanov didn't want Marcus to have to keep this a secret from his partner, Josh is one of the few people In The Know.

One person who doesn't know? Hayden.

So imagine Hayden's surprise when this random defenseman transfers from the Raiders (Montreal's sworn enemies) and Shane (notoriously slow to warm up to people and resistant to being befriended) starts acting like they're already best friends. Shane talks to him in the locker room, asks to see pictures of his cat, appears to have inside jokes with him, is helping him get settled in Montreal, ect. He even knows about Lily.

Hayden is so jealous that this rando has seemingly swooped in and stolen his best friend. Shane doesn't notice. Josh notices, thinks it's kind of funny, and is messaging Marcus about it 24/7 (Marcus is still in Boston bc QPP's don't get work visas for Canada when their partner abruptly gets traded).

Then Shane comes out to him and Hayden is like "OOOOH so you have a crush on Kane?" and Shane has to break the news that while his type is hockey player, he's dating a different one.

"His partner has dibs on being our third if me and Ilya ever want to have a threesome though."

[deedala]

okay, but... but what?

[oshell-on-ice]

I think at some point Ilya’s therapist gets concerned by what seems to be a codependent and anxious attachment btw Ilya and Shane. When Shane the Doer hears about it, For the sake of his husband’s mental health’s improvement and the preservation of a healthy marriage, he convinces Ilya to try installing boundaries and do activities separately. It lasts a week before Ilya comes home sobbing from a video game session with Troy communicating that if they keep this boundary thing up he’ll need to switch his meds’ dosage because he’s miserable. Shane jumps from the couch he’s been sitting on for 40minutes because he was supposed to eat diner with rose but he kept wanting to make jokes and look at ilya to see him laugh but he wasn’t there and it SUCKED OMG and Shane starts sobbing too because if they keep this up he will have to get on his own meds and let’s never do this again I hate it when I can’t smell you near me

[endlessly-ranting-antheia]

Shane answering that wordy question for Ilya at that press conference has me so buzzy because it’s so husband of him and like at that point they’ve only hooked up once and he’s already protective of him and it’s just the beginning of how protective he’s going to be of him throughout their relationship specifically leading up to the confrontation with the commissioner. GOD like there’s just something about ilya being so use to being the only one looking out for himself and then Shane jumping in all protective of him without being asked that just gets me

[mymultifandomhell]

heated rivalry + text [21/?]

[sloanegabe]

SHANE & ILYA + parallels

[shanesloverboy]

I think we forget that at the end of the day, Heated Rivalry is a story about two boys falling in with each other as they grow up. They both learned how to love from the other. They learned who they are together. They're childhood sweethearts in the purest sense of the word. They're just boys with crushes.

[heatedpigeon]

Hollanov + Smiles | Heated Rivalry

[gaynehollander]

I maintain that one of the reasons Shane is so fast is that, when he was a child, he never wanted to leave the rink after practice ended, to the degree that he regularly had to be literally dragged away or carried off the ice. Unfortunately for him, a four year old is pretty easy to physically overpower. His one advantage was that, before his parents or his coach could get him off the ice, they first had to catch him.

[scartafacci]

[greeniery]

if i ever interacted with you and it was awkward just know im sorry and painfully aware that sometimes i come off like a person who is having the first conversation of their life

[dailydivergent]

There’s no such thing as work-life balance for neurodivergent & chronically ill people.

This is because everything in my life requires work:

maintaining friendships

keeping up with my hygiene

managing bills

making money

remembering my basic needs

sleeping regularly

outputting creatively

All requires some aspect of work for me.

And when everything in your life requires work, your balance goes out the window.

If you're neurodivergent and overwhelmed — I see you.

If you're chronically ill and overwhelmed — I see you.

You're not dysfunctional.

You're not incapable.

You're doing your best.

[isolabellz]

lock screens

[hudconvent]

also thinking about dildo purchasing timeline. In my mind he must have gotten it sometime between CCM shoot and all star game / 1221. thinking about shane replaying the night at the ccm shoot in his head over and over then realizing if hes gonna let ilya fuck he doesnt want to be completely clueless. cut to him watching solo porn pants on sitting at the kitchen counter for scientific research reasons. cut to him scrolling wirecutter 5 Best Dildos for Men and comparing the specs. cut to him seriously considering opening a PO box to get it shipped to instead of having to look his doorman in the eye while he picks it up. finally getting the package and unwrapping it and just letting it sit on his end table and staring at the thing for weeks. finally being like ok fuck it whatever. ill just use it and get it out of my system then be done with this whole thing. then after he fucks himself hes like oh. yeah this is going to be a real problem for me.

[sashayed]

but ykw at least i'm not on mount everest. at least i'm not paying tens of thousands of dollars to slowly suffocate in a 300-person line at the gates of hell. never in my life will i have to be steered in a hypoxic stupor through the maze of poop and corpses atop mount everest. on this earth a lot of horrible things can happen to you without your permission but there are a few that you have to opt into. you can just say no thanks! and be guaranteed never to have to be on mount everest. much to be grateful for actually

[sashayed]

still not on mount everest this morning 😌 alhamdulillah