My favorite Hollanov fics part 6
if I could do it all again (I know I’d go back to you)
Nearing retirement, Ilya earns a glimpse of what life could’ve been like had he made a different choice when he was younger.
Based on The Family Man (2000).
oh well, I guess we're gonna find out!
Shane leaves that Vegas penthouse suite feeling wretched, and like an idiot, and like he never wants to see Ilya Rozanov again.
Except, well. Then there are zombies.
As a straight man, Ilya Rozanov has never had a gay roommate before, but it’s going pretty well. Shane Hollander is kind, silly, and an even bigger hockey nut than Ilya.
So when Shane starts bringing men over, and Ilya begins to want to bash their fucking heads in, Ilya comes to a startling conclusion: He must be homophobic.
(He’s jealous.)
honey, tell me, are you good at staying still?
Life feels so chaotic for Shane sometimes, with all the loud noises and the unwritten rules he’s expected to follow, even though no one ever taught them to him. It’s why the bookstore feels more like home to him than anywhere else in Boston. It doesn’t ask Shane to be anything other than himself. Doesn’t ask for any more than he can give.
He can just exist here.
Shane likes slow, likes taking his time. And Ilya - without saying or doing anything in particular - makes Shane feel like that’s okay. Like he isn’t doing anything wrong by standing still sometimes.
(Or, Shane works in a bookstore, Ilya plays hockey, and they both go to the same college. They fall in love in every universe.)
What happens if Scott Hunter never pulls Kip Grady onto the ice after winning the Cup in 2017?
No kiss.
No courage.
No Shane and Ilya.
One moment can change everything.
This is the story of what happens instead.
llya goes through with his plan to break up with Shane in the hospital. The problem? Shane is too high to understand that he's being broken up with.
What if Rozanov decided to use the idea of getting to fuck raw as a way to convince Hollander to be exclusive instead?
Shane and Ilya are estranged for a decade. Shane finally reaches out to Ilya when he retires.