[theconcealedweapon]

[sloanegabe]

SHANE & ILYA + parallels

[existential-queeer]

They are everything to me, I fear.

[shut-up-gwen]

Ilya: this guy is cute, I should start a stationary bike race so he knows I want to get sweaty together

Ilya: that didn’t quite work. Maybe I should just give him the eye? While I tell him I hope he likes his new city?

Ilya: okay. But surely if I make him drink from my water bottle and brush his fingers when passing it over…?

Ilya: call him pretty. To his face. No way he can miss that

Ilya: desperate measures, I’ll have to tell him I orchestrated this whole ad campaign just so I could see him again

Ilya: WHAT IF I STARTED JERKING OFF IN THESE COMUNAL SHOWERS?

[kiramisuuu]

Shane, 7 years later: I have figured out that you like me.

[alicestillfalling]

Everyone's favorite hockey players are back! Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander continue the romance that began with viral sensation Heated Rivalry—now streaming on Crave in Canada and on HBO Max in the US—in the highly anticipated seventh book in New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling author Rachel Reid’s Game Changers series.

A line has been drawn—and the hockey world is divided.

For the first time in their professional hockey careers, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander have nothing to hide. For more than a decade, they kept their love a secret, but now they’re out, married, and even playing on the same team. The support is incredible.

Most of the time.

They’ve gotten a lot of love from fans who are thrilled for them. But some people in the hockey world are still reeling from their relationship reveal, and the backlash—led by popular hockey podcast Top Shelf and the #TakeBackHockey movement—is getting louder.

Ilya and Shane are finally able to stand together in the light, the way they’d always wanted. And now they might be facing their biggest challenge yet.

Relaease Date: September 29, 2026

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[brian-kinney-apologist]

kinda the most important babies in the world right now :')

[aaliyahsparrow]

“Soft”, Shane Hollander & Ilya Rozanov [Hudson Williams & Connor Storrie], Heated Rivalry

Jan, 2026

[aslongasitsblack]

genuinely imagine you are an in denial eighteen year old gay boy who’s like “okay i dont really care about girls whatever i just like playing hockey and i want to play hockey well :)” and then this mother fucker walks into your life

[my-2nd-account]

The difference is that jealous Ilya looks homicidal while jealous Shane looks suicidal

[no-lovelorn-hazard]

@raccoonboywrites coming correct as always

[aavec]

I understand that people have issues with ep 3, but I’m grateful for it bc it gave us the Scott/Shane fight and therefore all of these great posts on Tumblr.com

[katinacrisis]

[shmeemin]

when the rivalry gets heated (first attempts at drawing them)

[sheisraging]

i'm not crying, you're crying.

[hollanovzbaby]

Heated Rivalry

Ilya “carved from the Greek gods” Rozanov

[sheisraging]

these two are how we're being rewarded for surviving 2025

[dailyhollanov]

HEATED RIVALRY ⏤ 1x02 -> 1x05

[apitnobaka]

[noahreids]

Heated Rivalry s01e05 | Better

[yrsonpurpose]

Not like I love you.