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[cheerok]

I just … really think we all need this right now. 😏🫡

Nary a puck, narrative, or stick to be seen. 😲🫢 You’re welcome. 🩷🫠

🎵: “Play (Explicit)” by David Banner

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#ShaneHollanderWalksIlyaRozanovLikeADog

[spicybookbrain]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

[maybe-flora]

it will forever be a little insane to me how ilya rozanov, born and raised in russian, total jock/party bro, father-is-police-brother-is-police guy, somehow has never had an ounce of internalized homophobia in his body. canonically just saw being bi as an extra opportunity for hot sex. started experimenting with guys at 16 and simply never questioned it. and like yeah he’s a top but it’s also so clear that he does not see being a bottom as a demeaning or less masculine thing in the slightest. this man goes on to wear leopard shirts and booty shorts and flicks his hands gayfully and makes gay jokes at his jock colleagues and being tender with other men is like second nature to him and He’s actually the one to makes the ‘oh are you scared of being gay?’ ‘cuz I thought you might be gay when you were sucking my dick’ jokes.

this man this mannnn i want to pick his brain apart with a tweezer

[spicybookbrain]

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[havinganormalone]

Fanfiction is insane. You can write porn so good you make friends.

[heymacy]

We didn't even kiss.

[cheerok]

Happy Birthday Shane!

Heart eyes, sweet forehead kisses, smitten kitten looks, angry kitten glares, happy Ilya smiles, adorable anterior pelvic tilts.

A true pookie.

❤️😍❤️

[spicybookbrain]

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[rylandsgrace]

HEATED RIVALRY (2025 - ) I 1.02

[geonbaeeeesblog]

what should’ve happened in the hotel gym 💘

[flower-of-the-desert]

Love thinking about an AU where the relationship reveal with Yuna and David happens because something overwhelms Shane into a panic attack/breakdown, maybe they're at some NHL show or event, maybe it's just been a really long fucking day, maybe suddenly Shane feels just completely overwhelmed by the lights and the noise and all the fucking people wanting to shake his hand or slap his back or tell him how much they like his fucking play.

Yuna notices something is wrong because of course she does and together with David they herd Shane into some private empty side room hoping it will help him calm down. But it doesn't. He wont stop shaking and his breathing is too fast and he flinches at their voices even tho nobody is speaking loudly. Won't let Yuna come close to hug him or rub his arm.

Maybe Yuna is starting to panic a little herself, her heart aching as she watches Shane wrap his own arms around himself, hates that she cant do anything when her son is so clearly in distress, hates that she can't seem to think of anything that will work-

When suddenly the door bangs open and Ilya Fucking Rozanov??? strides into the room with quick steps, makes a beeline directly for her son, eyes locked on him like he doesnt even register her and David in the room as well and Yuna opens her mouth to cuss him out, tell him to fuck off and not bother Shane right now, she can feel her body moving already to stand in front of Shane protectively when David grabs her arm because-

Because Rozanov is pulling Shane into his arms, one hand on the back of Shane's neck, guiding his head to press into the crook of Rozanov's neck and Shane isn't fighting it, doesn't flinch from his touch. He goes where Rozanov arranges him and let's himself be held and rocked back and forth gently as Rozanov presses his mouth to Shane's ear and starts whispering something so quietly that Yuna can't really make out the words but what she can see is Shane's shaking subsiding, hands fisting tightly into Rozanov's shirt, his breathing going slowly back to normal because - oh. oh - her son is syncing his breaths with Rozanov who, Yuna realises, is taking very exaggerated deep slow breaths of his own so Shane can match them. And then Rozanov turns slightly while still rocking them both back and forth and Yuna sees Shane's face where it's smushed into Rozanov's neck. Sees the look there.

And that's how Yuna realises her son is in love and the man - his years-long rival - he loves must have left in the middle of his award-winning show to come here and pull her son out of a panic attack like there was no place he'd rather be than right here with Yuna's overwhelmed panicked boy in his arms, soothing him until Shane's body relaxes completely into that hold, mumbling that he's fine yet not pulling away and Rozanov makes no move to let go either.

Oh, Yuna thinks again, gripping David's hand tightly. It's not just Shane. My baby is in love. And he's loved back.

[hollandar]

HEATED RIVALRY — FILMING DAYS

HW: Our show was kind of unusually block shot. It was shot like a giant movie, which means we're shooting parts of episode 5 in the beginning, parts of episode 4 early on. In the same day we're going from multiple scripts. We had to hold the entire story and then go in on command to these different points that these characters are at.

(sources and disclaimers below)

the basis for this gifset were the film stills from sabrina lantos's website which contain the day number in the file name and the date taken in the properties:

and then most of the other stills from here have the date taken embedded:

since the above stills don't contain the day in the file name, i made a schedule to assign each date to a filming day number. i can't guarantee it's correct, but once the weekends were in place it did all line up nicely (including with the confirmed wrap date, june 10th).

the following days were mentioned in interviews:

DAY 1 "We jumped around. I think we were in five different years or something crazy on day one. I remember doing the first scene of the day..." — Connor "The foot tap." — Hudson "[The Tampa hotel room] was day one of shooting. I'm pretty sure that was the second scene we shot before the Vegas scene where I crawled to him." — Hudson

DAY 3 "[The Russian funeral] was day three of production overall, and that was my first day." — Slavic

DAY 4 (alexei's scenes were filmed on two consecutive days) "I was only there for two days." / "I got to meet Hudson the [day after the Russian funeral] when we were doing my [phone scenes]. He was just down the hall in a different studio" — Slavic

DAY 11 this day wasn't mentioned by number, however, the time code on the film slate seen in this behind the scenes video [image version] shows 05 05 25 11 (5th of may 2025, day 11). and there is mention of which scenes were shot that day: - rachel said, "They were filming the very first sex scene..." (for 4 hours!) and "I stayed until the very end [of that day] because I knew that the last thing that they were going to film was on the beach in Tampa". - the casting directors were also on set this day, they saw the sochi cafe and hudson getting sprayed with water for the ad. - further visual confirmation: 1. connor at the cafe in his hookup outfit 2. the cafe set being taken down ready for the beach scene

DAYS 35 & 36 "[The cottage] was the last two days of shooting. The last scene we shot was Ilya talking about his mom when he’s on my lap." — Hudson

ASSUMPTIONS

DAY 7 in this behind the scenes posted by ksenia [image version] you can see the file number of the recording which has 250429 in it, i.e., the 29th of april 2025. since she was there at the same time as connor and hudson doing their scene, and since she's in the same car used for the scott scene... i'm making the assumption all the car interiors were shot on the same day.

DAY 14 an image from this article contains the date 2025_05_08 in the file name. it's a photo from set while they're filming at ciao bella (for the lunch scenes with shane's parents). the stairwell (for shane's apartment) is located around the side of the building.

DAY 18 christina said while filming the episode six yuna shane scene they "... were getting pummeled with rain. So we had to stop, and we had to come back the next day and shoot it." so i think they would have finished that scene and then also done the rest of the scenes (shane in the sling, watching tv) on day 18.

DAY 20 it seems like they used two consecutive days for filming at each of the residences, so i imagine they probably did the svetlana and watching tv scenes this day. the only scrap of evidence i have is this behind the scenes photo where you can see the camera set up while they're watching the leafs beat the panthers-- which i did check, did happen on may 16th (...but also on the 5th and 7th of may, so not exactly irrefutable).

DAYS 32 & 33 the owner of shane's "apartment" said filming took place there in june. so that slots nicely into these two days-- not really anywhere else it would fit.

CONTRADICTIONS

- the biggest discrepancy i came across was regarding day 17 at the parents' cottage: christina said, "It was just the four of us for a couple days, so it was a really wonderful experience. It was towards the end of the shoot, and I think we all felt like, "We get to do this, finally."" and jacob said [on connor eating so much spaghetti], "I do feel it was the end of the shoot and I was like, "Oh, he's carb loading. I don't think he has to take his shirt off again."" so both of them stating those scenes were near the end of the shoot almost made me throw this whole gifset concept in the bin, but then on the other hand, i'm like... people make mistakes... i could be misinterpreting... why would the camera dates be wrong... but yeah, this one really confused me.

- another one that didn't line up was hudson saying, "The drive when we’re in the car leaving was two weeks into the shoot. So we still had, like, three weeks of shooting left while we’re shooting the drive off. Me picking Ilya up in the “It’s not a Jeep, it’s British, it’s good in the snow” car took place, like, three weeks into shooting." the photo still (in the carpark) was taken on the 28th of april and there's also a photo of the film slate that looks to be the same date. so i just straight up think he's wrong? which is understandable, he is recalling it 7 months after the fact. it just makes me doubt everything. - otherwise i feel like things match up with what i've heard, like the hockey being a week towards the end, sophie arriving a month in, tampa bar being the last friday, etc.

here are some other extra details:

- on may 10th hudson posted a bts photo of connor at dundurn castle, meaning the jogging scenes were filmed prior to day 16 - the scenes done at mcmaster university would have been done early may (as filming isn't permitted on campus during april and hudson said he, "hadn't had a chance to train that much yet" (indicating that it was still early on in the shoot) - robbie's first scene was the art gallery, followed by the smoothie shop, and then the banquet and intimacy later on. his last day was the on ice kiss. - two full days were spent at the kingfisher - the sochi cafe scene was shot twice (they weren't happy with how the vfx wall was looking, they changed it into an interior shot) - another scene they redid was with the hockey cup (producers weren't happy with how small it was previously + kolton said it broke when he lifted it) - françois's final scene was the cup celebration (he lost his balance and cut his hand on his skate)

it was fun putting all this together. i hope you found it interesting! i tried my best to source everything so i'm not just saying, "trust me bro", but at the same time, please don't take it all as fact. i obviously wasn't there, i'm only looking at dates! any additional information or corrections are welcome :)

[noahreids]

Heated Rivalry Week 2026, Day 1: Favourite Episode ⤷ 1x06 - The Cottage

[cloudabserk]

BEST DAY EVER ☀️🌸❤️🦋

based on this

[sosaneitsinsane]

fall in love again and again...

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