My "people skills" are "rusty"

Tonje, bisexual, 30-something and still trying to figure out this «adulting» thing.

[spacedewey]

Call me old fashioned, but I think the president saying "a whole civilization will die tonight" is the part where he should be deposed immediately.

[loureen-may]

Happy Bucktommyversary❤️

[littlegirlinvisible]

HEATED RIVALRY WEEK 2026 (@heatedrivalryweek) Day 5 — Favorite Character:

ILYA ROZANOV: bisexual depressed russian terminator comedian with insane queerdar who’ll fight a stupid canadian wolf bird barehanded but is actually a scaredy-cat who loves pasta and getting on the nerves of the love of his life aka shane hollander.

[butdarlingthestarrs]

Hudson Williams and his Girlfriend | Vanity Fair Oscar Party | 15th March 2026 | Los Angeles, CA

[allthingswhumpyandangsty]

I need tiktokers to understand that ao3 has been home for the freaks (affectionate) ever since the day it was created. the entire site was created because “dark and fucked up fics” were banned and removed from other platforms, so us freaks came together and created a site for other freaks — a site where nothing is censored, a site with no algorithm, no capitalism, no ads, and again, absolutely no censorship.

this has been our house for decades. you newbies don’t come into our house and tell us how to arrange our furniture. either be nice and respect our house, or leave and build your own house elsewhere.

[hollanovs-ilya]

SHANE AND ILYA in HEATED RIVALRY ⏤ 1.01, “Rookies”

[niraves]

Buck and Tommy should get back together as a treat for me 🫶

[bluemagi]

Has anyone written the fic where Shane and Ilya tried switching, and Ilya ends up pregnant, and his behavior in the tuna melt scene is him trying to get closer to Shane to tell him the news, but the tuna melt down happens, and now he is heartbroken and alone and pregnant?

[allthelonelyspaces]

Again… I miss the days of fandom old when we stayed here and they stayed there.

[bridferchglyn]

“Yuna Hollander POV” this, “Imagine you’re Yuna Hollander” that… Valid, valid. But let’s shine a glorious light on DAVID Hollander for a minute.

Imagine you’ve spent most of your son’s teen and adult life supporting the hell out of him and your wife as they jointly steer his career into the astral plane of international hockey stardom. You’re so proud of him, but you also worry that the focus of his life may be too narrow. You gently encourage him to smell the roses - go down Youtube rabbit holes (whatever those are), take a holiday to London, maybe even date? After years of only surface-level relationships, he develops a true friend in Hayden Pike, and you breathe a sigh of relief. He shows an interest in real estate and design, and you’re delighted to encourage him.

You’re thrilled when he gets a girlfriend after so many years alone. When they seem to break up but remain on good terms, this fuels your growing suspicion that he might be gay. Then Scott Hunter kisses his boyfriend on the ice. Shane immediately takes a call and comes back with a giddy smile on his face. That’s really all the confirmation you need.

You gently break this to Yuna (I love how the show changes that “we know you pretty well, Shane” line from her to him, because it matches characterisation they’ve added to David as an insightful father and husband). Yuna immediately wants to talk to Shane about it & make contingency plans for how it might affect his life & career if true, because she loves her kid & wants to cover all bases ASAP, but you talk her down. “Let him come to us,” you say.

Shane tells you he’s doing a silent retreat for his time off this year, but you need to charge your phone, and it’ll be good to check in on him (you always worry about him being too isolated, too lonely). So you head over only to be… well, astonished to see him kissing his arch-rival with an easy familiarity. Shit, shit, you should NOT be here. You panic & leave - let him come to you (Shane’s flight response is also inherited).

Just as you and Yuna are discussing whether you should go back to the cottage, he does come over. With Rozanov. You’re a bit shellshocked, and the whole thing is awkward as hell at first, but also… Rozanov looks at your son like he hung the moon, talks him down from a panic attack, and it turns out they’ve been doing this for almost ten years. The same ten years that you spent encouraging Shane to pursue happiness and live a full life. Of course it breaks your heart that he felt like he had to do it in secret, but he still did it.

That’s your boy.

[bluemagi]

As a mom, that scene in the yard with Shane and Yuna just kills me. The thought of my child feeling scared of telling me about themselves… that look on her face when Shane tries to apologize, I feel that deep in my soul.

[nootdraws]

My WIFE (ao3) has been SHOT (is down for maintenance) and is DEAD FOREVER (probably will be back up in a few hours)

[crokitheloki]

everyone say thank you ao3 volunteers you're the best ao3 volunteers ily ao3 volunteers

[tomorrowisyesterday119]

Heated Rivalry is a closed door hockey romance in the sense that they fade to black on the hockey. The sex is explicit, but the hockey is implied.

[thestroyer]

[dee-the-red-witch]

I HAVE FINALLY FOUND THE PAINT JOB I NEED ON MY CAR.

[dragon-in-a-fez]

driving my newly painted car down to my job at the children’s hospital

[daddario]

[lauraneedstochill]

Ilya looking at Shane (HEATED RIVALRY SEASON 1)