While out at a club in New York to celebrate Pike and Jackie's joint bachelor/bachelorette party Shane runs into someone unexpected, Cliff Marleau. Feeling hurt and petty after having been ghosted by Ilya for the past six months Shane decides to hook up with Marleau.
Ilya is back in Russia and regrets having ghosted Shane. He thinks he will have time to fix things, to make things right, once he returns to Boston in the fall. What Ilya doesn't expect is to return only to find out Shane and Marleau are now in a relationship.
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The Marleau-Poulins
When Shane flies to Boston so that he can watch Cliff play in the first game of the 2014-2015 pre season, he winds up meeting his boyfriend's parents and siblings. It goes about as well as can be expected.
This story is a companion piece to my story Not A Puck Bunny, but it can be read as a stand alone story.
I finished reading Father Material by Alexis Hall last night and will need at least 7-10 business days to recover.
I legit sat and cried for twenty minutes after the book ended, not just because it was the perfect ending for the Material World Trilogy. It was beautiful and bittersweet while also suberting expectations.
I was also crying because I love these books so much and I can't believe the trilogy is finished. These books truly made me fall in love with Alexis Hall as an author, and sky rocketed them into being my favorite author because I will read anything they put out.
Anyways. Apologies in advance I probably wont get any writing done today because I will be to busy staring at the wall thinking about Luc and Oliver.
hey all! I have been tagged quite a few times by different people over the past month in writing games but between getting ready for the launch of the Pride Zines I'm part of and getting ready for summer vacation I haven't been doing a whole lot of writing. But I'm finally back to writing so here is a little bit of a sneak peak of the next chapter of Not A Puck Bunny.
He blacks out his screen, not expecting a reply from Shane or anyone anytime soon which is why he jumps when his phone starts vibrating angrily against his chest. He definitely hadn't expected Rozy to call him.
"AllĂ´?" Cliff said confusedly answering the phon, putting it on speaker.
"Zdorovo."Â Ilya replied before continuing without missing a beat. "There are no truces in war or love." He does pause then. "Why do you even want one?"
"Because were going to dinner with my mom, and unless you'd like to fill my mother in on current eventsâ"
"Ah. I understand." Ilya exclaimed interrupting Cliff. You do not want Mama Marley to know that we are the new Brangelina versus Brad and Jen, or that you have stolen my man?" Cliff scowled at his phone laying on his chest.
"First of all asshole. I am clearly Jen in this clusterfuck of a love triangle. And second of allâ" Cliff pauses trying to think of a second point. He can't think of one. Thankfully Rozy cuts him off before he actually has to come up with a follow up point.
"This is a good point. You are boring hockey sweetheart and I am sexy and exciting bad boy. I am also the one who gets the guy and has his babies." Cliff knows he is being baited, he knows exactly how Rozy operates. Cliff knows how Rozy chirps, but that doesn't stop him from replying.Â
"Oh fuck off Rozy, if anyone is having Shane's babies it's me."Â
"Impossible!" Ilya protested, "You are ancient. A dinosaur, like Scott Hunter."Â
"Fuck you. Hunter and I are the same age!" Well that was a stupid fucking argument, Cliff thinks as soon as it comes out of his mouth. Maybe he's had one to many concussions if he thinks that is a good comeback.
"Da." Rozy replied smugly. "You are both dinosaurs who belong in museum." Cliff narrowed his eyes glaring down at his phone.Â
"Keep calling me a dinosaur, asshole, and I'll tell my mom the truth about those pickles she makes you." Cliff threatened making Roz gasp dramatically, he can picture the way his best friend is glaring at him through the phone.
"You wouldn't dare." This time it is Cliff grinning smugly.
"Try me." He counters.
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Digital copies of the zines We Are Enough and MLH Pride Night are now available for purchase! The physical copies will be available for purchase around mid-June 2026. They have been delayed due to some formatting issues, and we are still waiting for the proof copies of the zines to be received and approved. Digital copies that are purchased will be sent out at the end of the purchasing window.
Decal packs are also available for purchase. The We Are Enough pack comes with three decals and can only be mailed out within the USA. The MLH Pride Night pack comes with four decals and can only be mailed out within the USA.
The purchasing window for the digital copies and the decal packs is from June 1st, 2026 to July 1st, 2026.
We Are Enough cover credit: @buffaluff
MLH Pride Night cover credit: @gothicgirlgxd on tumblr; @nerdmaryart on instagram
Decal packs:
Below are the links for the digital copies and decal packs:
We Are Enough digital copy purchase link: HERE
We Are Enough decal pack purchase link: HERE
MLH Pride Night digital copy purchase link: HERE
MLH Pride Night decal pack purchase link: HERE
We Are Enough profits will be split and donated between two charities: The Okra Project and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center. Learn more about these charities from this post: HERE
MLH Pride Night profits will be split and donated between two charities: Team Trans and Parkinson's Canada. Learn more about these charities from this post: HERE
Digital copies of the zine We Are Enough are now available for purchase! The physical copies will be available for purchase around mid-June 2026. They have been delayed due to some formatting issues, and we are still waiting for the proof copies of the zine to be received and approved. Digital copies that are purchased will be sent out at the end of the purchasing window.
Decal packs are also available for purchase. The We Are Enough pack comes with three decals and can only be mailed out within the USA.
The purchasing window for the digital copies and the decal packs is from June 1st, 2026 to July 1st, 2026.
We Are Enough cover credit: @buffaluff
Decals:
Below are the links for the digital copies and decal packs.
We Are Enough digital copy purchase link: HERE
We Are Enough decal pack purchase link: HERE
We Are Enough profits will be split and donated between two charities: The Okra Project and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center. Learn more about these charities from this post: HERE
Digital Copies and Decal Packs Available For Purchase!
Digital copies of the zine MLH Pride Night are now available for purchase! The physical copies will be available for purchase around mid-June 2026. They have been delayed due to some formatting issues, and we are still waiting for the proof copies of the zines to be received and approved. Digital copies that are purchased will be sent out at the end of the purchasing window.
Decal packs are also available for purchase. The MLH Pride Night pack comes with four decals and can only be mailed out within the USA.
The purchasing window for the digital copies and the decal packs is from June 1st, 2026 to July 1st, 2026.
MLH Pride Night cover credit: @gothicgirlgxd on tumblr; @nerdmaryart on instagram
Decals:
Below are the links for the digital copies and decal packs.
MLH Pride Night digital copy purchase link: HERE
MLH Pride Night decal pack purchase link: HERE
MLH Pride Night profits will be split and donated between two charities: Team Trans and Parkinson's Canada. Learn more about these charities from this post: HERE
HELLO this is a reminder that if you don't mark a bookmark private I CAN see it on my stats and I CAN see what you've commented on the bookmark so please for the LOVE of GOD do not RATE my fics out of five stars unless you are doing it in a PRIVATE bookmark that I will never see. Maybe you think that giving a fic four out of five stars is FLATTERING. It is NOT. It feels too much like a GRADE and I do not want to be GRADED I just want to hear about it if you cried, laughed or came. And what parts of the fic made you do those things. THAT IS IT!! thank you.
-This has been written as politely as possible, given your statements of âavoiding fandom talk and criticismâ, for lack of a better paraphrase.Â
-While I have no problem saying I can speak for myself and my friends, I wonât claim to speak for the entire fandom.Â
-There are still merits to all thatâs about to be said.Â
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Admittedly, itâs a struggle to know exactly where to start this. If Iâm being honest, I thought about writing an open letter last summer. There are things I thought about saying then, that I wondered if youâd care to hear out. Back then, there was a discussion among friends about starting a podcast under the name of this blog. We thought about opening up the post-episode conversations we already have to a wider audienceâcoming in with a different perspective. We did our research: we knew that there are other podcasts out there, including the one youâve named in several interviews. The choice not to ultimately go down that road had nothing to do with other podcasts existing, but instead the fact that we didnât feel that there was a space still open for us, storywise.Â
Obviously, I can only get so far into this discussion before I mention that Iâm writing it as a fan of the bucktommy ship. You might wonder why Iâm not posting this under my account, and Iâd like to make the point that it will be shared to it after posting. The point of posting this separately from my main account is to create the opportunity for open dialogue.Â
I want to start from the beginning, and since I canât tell you every person in this part of the fandomâs story, Iâll give you the short version of mine: I found 911 in the peak of the pandemic. No job, full-time student, distance-learning. I wouldâve been considered a general audience member. In the years that followed, I waffled with viewership because of school and work. But in 2024, following the writers' strike, I had open time in my schedule. 9-1-1 was back on air, and Iâd followed the news of the cancellation and rescuing of the show, the change in show runners, etc. At a time in my life when I hadnât watched a show religiously in years, it was nice to be captivated again.Â
Bobby Nash was a personal favorite for me (and my household). Evan Buckley is a character I relate to on a number of levels. Iâll admit that when Tommy turned up on my television, I didnât remember him at all. However, Iâlike so many of my friendsâwas taken by him and Lou Ferrigno Jrâs portrayal of him. I havenât really said this publicly, but the story of Evan Buckleyâs coming out had personal implications for me. It was the first time I felt like someone said âheteronormativity doesnât have to be the only optionâ. I felt seen in Buckâs queer storyline, and even more so in a partner as flawed (but still trying) as Tommy.Â
I could write paragraphs on what the last two years felt like: what summer of 2024 was like as a bucktommy fan, having excitement for that relationship. How painful the fallout of that relationship was, especially given that it was during election week in a country where LGBTQ+ rights are being dismantled. How it felt to be told via interviews you did that Masks was effectively only told as a story to make Confessions more painful. But thatâs all water under the bridge at this point.Â
I will admit, itâs hard to temper this in a way that doesnât come across with obvious frustration. Thereâs are feelings of total dismissal from you specifically, with your own words. Your recent interview in which you stated that the fandom âhates that Tommyâ felt like a knife to the gut, especially as one of the few fans who has held out hope that one day soon, he might return to us. See, you donât know me, but Iâve made justifications for creative choices on the show. Iâve supported the decisions to keep Buck single in season nine, made points about outside forces impacting what couldâve kept Lou from returning, and so forth. Honestly, without reading that recent interview, I likely wouldâve stayed on that track.Â
NowâŚnow itâs hard to even argue my own point when, as someone on the side of the fandom that doesnât seem to garner your attention, itâs apparent that if we canât be the loudest in the room, we arenât even heard. And because I like to cover all my bases: Iâd also like to comment on consideration of toxicity, because I have considered that youâve made comments about it in the fandom of the show in the past. To that end, it would be a lie to say it hasnât taken place on both sides. At the same time, you were once the writer who said that you didnât bow down to fandom demands just because itâs what people want, and yet it seems as though the buddie fandom is all that you take in based on your own statements.Â
Youâve made statements in the past that Tommy is not a main cast member. That heâs not âlikedâ by the fandom. That heâs no longer a member of the 118, and so heâs not in a position to ever have a Tommy Begins episode. And yet, Iâd argue that if you took a moment to look, youâd find a plethora of people whoâwhile we donât spam every social media post and interviewâfell in love with the character and all of his flaws, and wanted to see him stick around. We wanted (and arguably still want) more. We loved (and still love) the banter between Tommy and Evan, the possibilities of what their relationship might bring, and even what he as a character could become on his own. He was/is a character that has clear flaws but was/is also capable of developing beautiful stories. And for a show that has built is fanbase on giving people a second chance, itâs gutwrenching to see a character with such a rough backstory not get a happy endingâespecially from the show that gave Gerrard of all people a second chance (no hate on Brian Thompson whatsoever!). Meanwhile, a character you wrote, who (by his own wording) struggled with his sexuality into his thirties, hasn't had the luck of settling down into his forties, and has seen the impact of his personal relationships because of thoseâhas, at the current moment, been sent off into the ether without any healing or support. It leaves us to wonder what the point of so many choices in that story were.
I only wish you knew how many peopleâboth GA and fandomâactually supported this story.Â
I'll wrap this with the fact that I posted this on Tumblr specifically so that others could also be open to sharing constructive commentary.
We don't have tine to get into all of the ways Tim Minear's most recent interview filled me with rage but this sums it up really well. I will however add this.
I wish I had the kind of audacity where I could regularly hrag about veing mad at my job and the continue to have a job.
Heyy I just wanted to make sure you haven't given up on not a puck bunny? It's been awhile since the last update and that's totally fine but I'm just scared that it's been abandoned. Thank you and I hope you don't feel pressured by this!
Thank you!
Hey there! Thank you for asking. I have definitley not given up on Not. A Puck Bunny. I just had to take a temporary break frok working on it so I could get a couple fics I wrote for @911-we-are-enough and @mlh-pride-night finished. Hopefully it shouldbt be to kuch longer until the next chapter is finished đ
cliff marleau and ilya rozanov are best friends not because theyâre teammates or marleau was assigned to look after roz when he first got to the raiders, but because, even though it takes so much alcohol to get him drunk, when ilya gets drunk he can only be described as white girl wasted and marly is the EXACT same way. they are in the mens bathroom in front of the mirror like âis my shirt unbuttoned enough for people to look at my tits?â âyeah man your boobs look GREAT! can you tell me if these jeans look good on my ass i think i saw a girl eying meâ âmarly your ass looks phenomenal and you can trust me on this as i am a well known ass manâ âaw man rozzy youâre making me blushâ
they share clothes all of the time, not even really on purpose, they just spend so much time hungover together that things get muddled. this isn't a problem until marley sees shane hollander, wearing his shirt??? obviously he immediately accuses ilya of cheating on him (partying without inviting him to join). shane is visibly devastated, ilya is frantically explaining, and thats how marley is the first person in the nhl to learn about hollanov
do you have any hollanoveau fic recs?? ive read a few but i need more and i have a feeling you'd know these things
HELLOOOOO YES I DO!!!!
The System series by @jswander (particularly The Same Team which is still ongoing!) is my absolute favorite right now â¤ď¸â¤ď¸â¤ď¸
Not A Puck Bunny by @bangpop91 is another relationship-focused one
honestly i just checked the tag again and thereâs quite a few new ones that i wanna dig into now (that a/b/o one??? HELLOOOOO???) so we can taste test them together. report back to me on your findings anon đŤĄ
@911-we-are-enough will be available for pre order!
All proceeds for this zines will be donated. The proceeds from 911: We Are Enough will be donated to The Okra Project and The National Indigenous Women's Recourse Center.
The Incredible cover art for these zines was provided by @buffaluff.
This post has been edited to remove the @mlh-pride-nightcover after receiving concerns that the cover was AI generated.
We have removed a previous post with the cover art for the MLH Pride Night fan zine as well as edited our post announcing the launch of both pride zines after having received concerns that the cover for MLH Pride Night was generated with AI. We will be looking into it as well as looking into alternative cover art. Thank you for your understanding. We will keep you all updated on when the MLH Pride Night will become available for pre-order given the circumstances.
