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There is a fic that is basically a miscommunication where Shane thinks they are in an open relationship and he has to share. I can’t find it but I know it exists and it is very angsty. Help!!!
There's a few like this, so here is what I could find.
Oh I'm Tricky But You Figured Me Out
Just Shane casually assuming he'll always have to share and never be enough for Ilya and Ilya horrified to realize just how resigned Shane is to assuming Ilya will never be satisfied with him the way Shane is with Ilya.
Buckle On Your Belt
🔒 Ilya finally realizes how deeply he fucked Shane up by conditioning him to accept that he would never be enough for Ilya. He tries to address this insecurity in true tuna-melt fashion by showing Shane fuckboy-era sex tapes of himself with other people. Somehow, they still manage to work it out.
Oh I Thought You Were Good
Marlow finds out Ilya, his boy Ilya that he trusts more than life, is taking advantage of his boyfriend's insecurities to sleep around.
Because You’re Mine
Shane thinks they have an unspoken agreement for a one-sided open relationship (on Ilya's side). When Ilya suggests that Shane might want to sleep with other men, Shane panics. Sad boy antics ensue
Does this fic sound familiar to anyone else? Please let me know x
motel night clerk ilya AU where pro athlete shane is semi-regularly driving to a random motel outside the city to fuck scott hunter in secret, secure in the knowledge that the night clerk seems completely unimpressed by him which means he must not recognize them. until one night scott doesn’t show and ilya is like this is so embarrassing for you shane hollander scott hunter is like ten thousand years old. you can do better
part four of hollanov recs! this is another long one that's been piling up so I'll list out some of what will be included, the emojis will serve as a key:
💊 - sickfic
🫂 - family bonding + found family
🔮 - soulmates + time travel
💡 - canon divergence / au
💋 - kink & smut
🗣️ - fics with russian/french
✍️ - character studies + introspection
🐺 - a/b/o + omegaverse
❤️🔥 - hollanov + other(s) or threesomes
✨ - as well as an update on what I've posted since the last rec x
↓ recs below ↓
(these are in no particular order, and feature a range of topics, ratings, lengths, and possible warnings. as with any rec, please be sure to also double check for any triggers yourself before reading. however, I will not rec MCD and very rarely unhappy endings.
if you read one and enjoy it, please be sure to leave a comment or support! if you don't, just move on. be kind!)
💊 I KEEP CLOSING MY EYES BUT I CAN'T BLOCK YOU OUT by stardustvx
⤷ rating + length: G, 6k
⤷ summary:
Shane has a migraine before the game. He thinks he is good enough to play up until the second when he throws up all over Ilya Rozanov’s jersey. Yes, on the ice.
⤷ notes + warnings:
warning for everything mentioned in the summary, but everything is relatively non-graphic! it's got shane needing comfort and ilya readily giving it, migraine rep, and of course FEELINGS!
💊 INTO YOUR EARTHLY HANDS by scarlettroses
⤷ rating + length: T+, 57k, 13/? chaps
⤷ summary:
"Rozy," Brian, the team doctor says, "talk to me, buddy. That puck clipped you pretty good, how’s the pain?"
Ilya blinks. He clenches his jaw against a wave of nausea. He rests his cheek on the ice, and the cold helps a little.
"Bad. Very bad." He swallows. "Is Shane here?"
[or, in the final MTL/BOS game of the year, ilya takes a puck to the head.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
PLEASE HEED ALL WARNINGS FOR INJURIES AND MEDICAL DESCRIPTIONS. this fic is heavy at times (my palms (and eyes) were sweating fr) but so, so well written, and has a lot of the ingredients from the post-concussion shane fics I enjoyed too. be aware that it's marked as ongoing, but at the time of the rec there is no unhappy ending or cliffhanger etc.!
🫂 SNOWPRINT TRACINGS by boxysmiles
⤷ rating + length: T+, 20k
⤷ summary:
Long before he ever sees a photo of her, Shane dreams of Irina Rozanova.
⤷ notes + warnings:
listen. I will cry at just about anything to do with irina's storyline but this was unlike any other ones that I've read before. I was holding my breath the whole time with how beautiful the writing was. the emotional beats of the story feel like waves, a perfect mix that had me captivated throughout and then in for a good, cathartic cry at the end. just beautiful.
🫂 THE HOLLANDERS HAVE ACQUIRED ILYA ROZANOV by leiascully
⤷ rating + length: T+, 10k
⤷ summary:
Dinner at the cottage is a family affair. Yuna and Ilya have a conversation.
⤷ notes + warnings:
I loveeeeeee ilya navigating the parents fr. this one is so sweet and well written. I love them :')
🔮 YOU CAN LIE (NOT TO ME) by newtntommy
⤷ rating + length: M, 51k
⤷ summary:
Every time your soulmate lies, their words are written on you.
Shane doesn’t lie often. His soulmate does though.
⤷ notes + warnings:
the soulmate trope has never been one of my super faves but FUCK this one came out of nowhere and gripped me by the throat fr. the scenes and bits of character that were chosen as part of the storyline were brilliant, the liberties taken with canon fit perfectly, and it added a great flavor to the canon retelling.
🔮 CUT TO THE FEELING by Charlotte_Stant
⤷ rating + length: M, 12k
⤷ summary:
It had been a very weird day, but Shane wasn’t going to jerk off about it a second time.
⤷ notes + warnings:
18 y/o shane gets flung into the body of 35 y/o shane and has to navigate being married, having children, and his apparently very active and gratifying sex life before he's put back in his regular timeline. the plot was so much fun and shane's internal monologue was perfect, and I was giggling at what ended up being the catalyst when shane found out. so great.
🔮 CIRCLE BACK SEASON by anonymous
⤷ rating + length: T+, 9k
⤷ summary:
“Oh my god,” the intruder says, voice coming faster and higher-pitched. “Shane, what the fuck? Oh my god.”
“Eeleeyah, come to my cottage,” Ilya mocks, voice muffled by Shane’s skin. “Don’t go to Russia. Come to my house instead. Is so private. No one will know…we will be completely alone. Together.”
“Oh my god, is that Ilya Rozanov?” the intruder yelps like he's about to start hyperventilating. “Why is Ilya Rozanov half-naked in our kitchen, Shane?”
“Okay, I know how this looks,” Shane tells Ilya, “But I mean, technically, we are still alone. Together.”
[or, At the cottage, Shane and Ilya meet eighteen year old Shane Hollander. This is really only a surprise for one of them. Everyone handles it as well as can be expected.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
this has everythinggggg I love about a time travel fic, and I thought it was extra interesting the way that this one is set up. I was already expecting it to be good because I love a plot like this, but then the interactions between current day ilya and baby shane ?????? fuck I was UNWELL. I was so sad when it was over I could have read so much more fr it was amazing!!!!!!
💡 TORTURE ME (WITH ALL I'VE WANTED) by toomuchplor
⤷ rating + length: E, 7k
⤷ summary:
Regina to Edmonton was nine hours by bus if the weather was decent; it took a bit longer if — for example — your bus lost power on Highway 11 just past Dundurn, Saskatchewan.
Team buses, night drives, and one way things might have started differently.
⤷ notes + warnings:
this was such a fun divergence and one that I've never seen any others similar to before. the vibes, as promised in the a/n, are just like sitting next to your crush on a highway coach, and said vibes were delightful (and also so fucking hot?) I feel like anything toeing the line of public sex or pda with hollanov is difficult to do within the confines of canon, but this one just. UGH. I ate it up. it's so good. it makes sense. I love them.
PLUS!!! CHECK OUT THE ART LINKED AT THE END OF THE FIC! it's fucking gorgeous
💡 MATTER OF FACT, I CAUGHT YOU LOOKIN' BACK by sargeantwoof
⤷ rating + length: E, 19k
⤷ summary:
“No,” he says, smiling gently, like he doesn't know how irritating he's being. “Is my room first, da? You should speak with front desk.”
Hollander stares at him. And then he starts to laugh.
“You ask the front desk,” he shoots back, in between his odd wheezes. Ilya's heart starts to pound in double time, because this is not—this cannot be Shane Hollander playing bed chicken with him. Their competitiveness is fierce, to be certain, but surely, Hollander would be the bigger person, no? “This is my fucking room, Rozanov. Wild horses couldn't drag me away.”
[OR: Ilya's apartment is under construction. Shane's in town for a game. It'd be a shame if they somehow had the same hotel room.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
THERE WAS ONLY ONE HOTEL ROOM OH NOOOOOO ;) this one made my heart ache in the best way it was SO true to character, great setup, great execution of the trope that wasn't overly similar to others. the YEARNING? I felt like rolling around on the floor fr the dialogue and characterization (and where it's set in the timeline of canon) all make the stakes feel even higher, and their feelings for each other are just so tangible. brilliantly done.
💡 THE WAITING GAME by RizandAce
⤷ rating + length: T+, 16k
⤷ summary:
“Lily,” Hayden says automatically. “You know about Lily?”
Something flickers across Rozanov’s face. His jaw twitches. “Yes, I know about Lily.” He raises his eyebrows.
Hayden feels like a complete asshole, all of a sudden. There’s just been too much going on to even think about Shane’s mystery girlfriend. “Shit, I should probably, like, call her, or something? I don’t know this girl at all, but Shane’s been obsessed with her for years. If she was watching the game, she would have seen him get hurt.”
“You don’t need to call her,” Rozanov says, and when Hayden glances at him, he still looks fucking miserable but now he’s rolling his eyes, a much more familiar expression of disdain on his face. “She’s sitting right here.”
[Hayden Pike and Ilya Rozanov are waiting for Shane to wake up after he took a bad hit on the ice. They get to talking.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
there's been several of this type of fic floating around (and I ate them all the fuck up) but this one starts with hayden + ilya and also includes shane + hayden, and ilya + svetlana in the later chapters (and of course ilya + shane), all conversations centered around their relationship and telling people/people finding out. the dialogue in this fic is fucking PHENOMENAL. the relationships between characters felt so authentic and the characterization was spot on by extension. even when there's not much happening in the scene the talking alone is so much fun to read. awesome awesome!!
💡 GOOD ON MY OWN ACCORD by impetuous
⤷ rating + length: E, 50k. 8/? chaps
⤷ summary:
No serious hockey fan or sports commentator worth their salt would have considered record-breaking Boston superstar Ilya Rozanov to be Shane Hollander’s rival exactly, but sleeping with a man who had a specific offense-related vendetta against him and a wrist shot like a jet engine to back it up was probably ill-advised just the same.
[Or, Shane is a goalie. Ilya can’t score.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
goalie shane is such a brilliant divergence to explore, and this one does it wonderfully! it makes a lot of sense to me, and I loved his characterization. and, as someone who is admittedly here for the fiction and knows next to nothing about the actual hockey, I was really pleasantly surprised to enjoy learning things about it in a way that felt seamless with the plot and not just info dumped. I can't wait to see how it concludes!
💡 LIKE FOR LIKE by smugrobotics
⤷ rating + length: T+, 3k
⤷ summary:
A nostalgic what-if where, instead of meeting at the World Junior Hockey Championships in 2008, Shane and Ilya meet a full year earlier - in a hockey group on Facebook.
A year in the life of two hockey boys.
⤷ notes + warnings:
this one was just so fucking fun. I love any kind of fun coding and this one looks amazing and was a great medium for the character voices!!! I was grinning so wide by the time I finished it!!!
💡 RESET YOURSELF by lisa6
⤷ rating + length: M, 3k
⤷ summary:
“You know he’s wearing one of those, too,” Hayden said, pointing at Rozanov’s wedding ring.
Rozanov snorted. “Yes, Pike.”
[Or: Hayden tries to comfort a jealous Ilya Rozanov.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
I subscribed to this author immediately after reading one of their other fics linked below, and I have had zero fucking regrets. just amazing writing all the way around. simple plot, genius execution, I had so much fun reading!!!! and it's hayden pov!!!!
💡 MENACE by Charlotte_Stant
⤷ rating + length: M, 5k
⤷ summary:
Of course Ilya had known that Shane would come back but it was gratifying, still, the text from Jane, Can we meet up when you’re here tomorrow, I don’t care where. I really need to see you. The intimation, probably accidental, that Shane was so very desperate he was open to the idea of Ilya fucking him in the street. Ilya typed and deleted many potential replies, which was not characteristic of him.
(Or: Shane gets blackmailed. Ilya handles it.)
⤷ notes + warnings:
DELICIOUS fucking plot, and the writing itself only elevates it. I'm a sucker for any Situation that makes the independent character be vulnerable and ask for help - which we will NOT be reading into - and protective ilya was just the cherry on top. so so so good I read it multiple times and will definitely be back.
💋 LIKE ONE OF YOUR GIRLS by creamsicle_melt
⤷ rating + length: E, 5k
⤷ summary:
Rozanov posts on Instagram a lot. Not on his feed, but his stories.
Every time he lands in a city, he posts a story. Usually it's just back of his seat, or sometimes the view out the window—on the tarmac, never anything exciting, one of just many cities their lives are broken up into—and a location tag. Low effort.
It’s pretty obvious what it is. Guys laugh about it, call it Rozanov’s Fuck Signal. The easiest way to get the hot girls who follow him to slide into his DMs.
Easy pussy.
⤷ notes + warnings:
starting this category off strong with another author I just recently found and am now fucking obsessed with. I am going to try really hard to come up with coherent words and not just undignified screeching to put here and in the next two recs.
this one in particular does have quite a few warnings in the notes so be sure to check those first, but FUCK it's written in the exact style I love and toes that line right between character study and kink that (for me, at least) is evergreen. sooo interesting being inside shane's head, and the writing itself is so rich and perfectly restrained and just so fucking delicious. amazing. no notes.
💋 IT'S LIKE YOU NEVER HAD WINGS by creamsicle_melt
⤷ rating + length: E, 16k
⤷ summary:
No, Ilya isn’t a martyr, but he isn’t selfish either.
Tonight he wants to be selfish.
Ilya wants to use Shane. He wants to use his willingness, his body, his everything to make himself feel better.
It’s a truth. Maybe an ugly one, but one that he owes to both himself and to Shane to accept. Tonight will be about him.
And Shane, for his part, is a willing participant in it all.
‘I want to be useful,’ he had said.
⤷ notes + warnings:
I love gentle/soft dom Ilya as much as the next guy but this was.... WOOF I already think pain play with hollanov is so fun to explore but ilya with a little sadism streak is just fantastic. I was prepared to separate The Fic from The Character Lore to justify it, but honestly I didn't even need to. woven beautifully through canon and scorchingly hot and I also learned more about hockey again so yay!!!
💋 GIVE ME WHAT I WANT WHEN I'M READY by creamsicle_melt
⤷ rating + length: E, 4k
⤷ summary:
Hollander’s mouth flattens into the cutest, bitchiest little line. “Yeah, well, have you seen one on a guy before because…” he stops, waves a hand down at his crotch.
“I have now,” Ilya answers honestly. He’s heard of it before, of course. Usually crude jokes amongst crude locker rooms, but he also knows for all the claims made from every other guy about how they’ve come across one, it’s rare.
So of course Shane fucking Hollander gets the honour.
Ilya can’t be mad though, considering that he’s about to reap the rewards of it.
[Shane Hollander wakes up with a pussy.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
another absolutely scalding character study through the lens of porn. once again check tags prior to reading but great smut, great characterization, loved ilya's pov and the way we see shane through it. I'm so fucking seated for whatever this author puts out next I'm HOOKED.
💋 LIKE A PEACH by fallbekind
⤷ rating + length: E, 7k
⤷ summary:
Something’s different, just in general. Like wearing sunglasses, a filter of sorts over everything, but if Shane was in any way honest with himself, he’d know it was more like going without for the first time.
He’s painfully aware of his body these days; how it looks, how it moves, how it responds to… stimuli. And it is responding, lately. His bruises, too: always just there, so used to them they’d barely registered anymore, but recently there’s been a sort of constant hum of them at the edge of his awareness. It’s a layer of input he really doesn’t need right now, busy as he is.
But he’s been woken up. Restless. Needy.
Late in bed, when all his chores are done, fingers travel up to his collarbone, where the newest acquisition is waiting for him.
⤷ notes + warnings:
we love a bruise kink in this house and this one is soooooo good. it has freak4freak, it has yearning, it has tasteful time skips to better illustrate the character development, and the sex is also of course amazing. love a character being scared of their own desires and Shane is a perfect palette for it.
💋 BEFORE SOMETHING BREAKS THAT CANNOT BE FIXED by justhockey
⤷ rating + length: E, 3k
⤷ summary:
Shane is used to feeling fuzzy with Rozanov. Like he’s floating higher, higher, higher. But this - this isn’t that.
Shane isn’t floating, he’s falling. Sinking down, down, down below, into darkness. It feels like there are waves crashing over his head, cold and sharp like needles against his skin, and when he does manage to breach the surface for a moment, he’s met with thick fog and a starless sky. It feels sort of like a concussion, but not. There’s no pain, just…haziness. Just a gaping, empty feeling, right in the centre of his chest.
(Or, Vegas rewritten.)
⤷ notes + warnings:
another trope I could have a hundred of. this one in particular stood out to me because of the descriptions and the prose re: subdrop. it gets so tender and intimate at the end too it's so good.
💋 LUCKY BASTARD by ghosttotheparty
⤷ rating + length: M, 10k
⤷ summary:
“I like it,” he says weakly. “I like it, I like you holding me like this.”
“Like what?”
“Like you own me.”
[or; They're falling in love. They can't have it, even if they can have each other, just for a little while.]
⤷ notes + warnings:
this fic has definitely already made its rounds but I just read it recently and ohhhhh boy I can see why. the dynamic between shane and ilya is so intense and so fragile, both as a result of the canon timeline and this kickass characterization. hollanov is freak4freak, and with me in the mix it's freak4freak4freak. this list of tags is like crack for me. it had me at spit kink and I didn't look back once. it's just so INTIMATE like my face was hot. seriously so so so good.
💋 HOLDING PATTERNS by thecouchsofa
⤷ rating + length: E, 6k
⤷ summary:
“Do you want to know how it feels?”
Shane let his hand fall back to the couch. He pushed himself up onto his elbows and lifted a brow at Rozanov. “What – holding the Cup? You’ve already made that joke once.”
“No.” Rozanov’s fingers encircled Shane’s wrist and then he was pulling Shane’s hand between his legs.
Or: Shane tops.
⤷ notes + warnings:
I'm not really one to do things out of spite, but every time I see a lengthy post ranting about fandom binaries and '[character] would NOT do this thing' it just makes me go look for media in which [character] does, in fact, do that thing.
that led me to the bottom ilya tag this time around, and I had a fucking fantastic time. I was already a fan of this author's writing so I was excited to see a plot like this, and it definitely didn't disappoint - also a great option if you're in the mood for a bottom ilya fic that still holds true to dom ilya/sub shane !!!
💋 THE FEELING OF THE FLESH by citrusses
⤷ rating + length: E, 2k
⤷ summary:
Ilya knew he was weird about this.
⤷ notes + warnings:
listen this is my blog I'm allowed to be a little freak this is my free pass and I'm using it on erotic body horror lactation kink and mommy issues ilya ok. you can't stop me.
💋 TENDER PARTS by mcshrug
⤷ rating + length: E, 7k
⤷ summary:
Shane isn't used to people touching him. Then he meets Ilya Rozanov.
⤷ notes + warnings:
I loveeeeeee a touch starved character and shane hollander is prime material. pair that with ilya greedy rozanov and BOOM you get great smut and even better character commentary
💋 AT PINPOINT by chaentics
⤷ rating + length: E, 20k, 2/3 chaps
⤷ summary:
“No one else knows of these,” Ilya tells him, and there it is, that glint of possessiveness in Hollander’s eyes. It makes Ilya’s head reel. And it is why he doesn’t hesitate to say, “I could mark you just like that. If you want.”
Hollander moans around him, his hand scrambling to get past the press of his jeans, into his underwear, to get himself off.
“Would last longer than bruises,” Ilya continues. “Maybe forever.”
⤷ notes + warnings:
ending with yet another absolute banger. I'm honestly struggling to summarize it in a way that captures just how feral I went over this while I was reading it. my notes are just one big keysmash and a bunch of !!!??!!???!?!???!!!! which I think means I have ascended past the need for regular language and have been irrevocably and fundamentally changed.
the tags are scarce but please please give this one a shot it's written phenomenally well, the inner monologue is fantastic and the characterization is spot on, and we know hollanov pain kink is famous in this house. AND this is coming from someone who has a legitimate fear of the kink instrument here so you know I mean it. I was hooked on every line, every piece of dialogue, the descriptions and the concept as a whole. I had to stare at my ceiling after I finished it. I cannot WAIT for the last part.
(also, if you happen to be a fan of CNC this author also wrote this fic!!!!)
🗣️ TONGUES-A-WAGGING by anonymous
⤷ rating + length: T+, 29k
⤷ summary:
Barstool Sports Canada reports that Montreal Metros captain Shane Hollander has started learning Russian from new teammate and Russian rookie Sergei Dovonchezky.
Ilya has some thoughts. None of them are particularly kind.
⤷ notes + warnings:
another one I've been seeing everywhere that I thoroughly enjoyed. it's got shane learning russian, it's got jealous ilya, it's got feelings confession and it's set in that delicious slot of time right between tampa and shane's concussion where they haven't really defined the relationship yet other than knowing they both want to be together in some capacity, so the yearning and the not being sure what's 'allowed' adds sooooo much flavor.
🗣️ TALK ABOUT IT by some1_around
⤷ rating + length: M, 7k
⤷ summary:
“You will not be so nice when we beat you,” Ilya told Shane Hollander, holding onto his hand, not letting him pull away. Not yet.
But Hollander’s brow furrowed, not in anger but in confusion. “Ah, um, sorry,” Hollander said. “Merci. My English is bad. Worse… than you. Maybe slower?” And he leaned in, like that would help him understand.
Ilya’s eyebrows rose, and his smile widened.
Or, Ilya Rozanov grew up in Russia. Shane Hollander was raised in France. When they first meet, neither of them can speak English very well. Somehow, it’s easier to understand each other when words aren’t getting in the way.
⤷ notes + warnings:
this was just fucking perfect I love them soooooo bad no notes I will be rereading
✍️ SAFE PLACE TO LAND by glowingregards
⤷ rating + length: G, 6k
⤷ summary:
Shane doesn't fall apart loudly. He spirals, shuts down, missteps. Ilya pays attention. He stays. He helps Shane learn what it feels like to be noticed without being corrected.
or, 5 times Shane needs help regulating his autism, and Ilya is there for him + 1 time Shane is there for Ilya.
⤷ notes + warnings:
beautifully written depiction of shane's inner monologue and the way he interacts with the world and with ilya. shane was written so authentically and ilya is perfect and patient and every bit of it is just so good. the scenes included and the deviations from canon were all intentional and lovely. filed under fics that made me tear up. loved loved loved.
✍️ PALE IMITATIONS by theribbonsweregreen
⤷ rating + length: M, 2k
⤷ summary:
L: It’s easy to quit if you really want to.
L: I just didn’t want to.
Ilya Rozanov quits smoking for the umpteenth time. Or – everything is about smoking, except for smoking which is about Shane Hollander.
⤷ notes + warnings:
I fucking love an experimental piece with gritty character introspection and prose that you could prick your fingers on. just such a genuinely cool piece. I need more people to read it and scream with me.
I'VE REACHED POST LIMIT WITH THE DIVIDERS SO THE REST WILL BE IN A REBLOG (WILL BE LINKED HERE WHEN POSTED IF IT'S NOT CONNECTED TO THE RB)
AND FOR FUCK’S SAKE, IT’S NOT “SIKE”; IT’S “PSYCH”. AS IN “I PSYCHED YOU OUT”; BECAUSE YOU MOMENTARILY MADE SOMEONE BELIEVE SOMETHING THAT WASN’T TRUE.
The affect vs effect thing is very useful! Until you learn that you can effect (to cause to occur; bring about; accomplish) an affect (feeling or emotion, OR outward expression of same; yes, this is two nouns!) because English is a garbage fire.
really for this kind of thing it’s no use going to published trad romance and i should know that. the really good shit is 400k on fanfiction dot net for a heterosexual pairing you’ve never considered from a piece of media you havent thought about in years written by a bored doctoral candidate who’s read a lot of primary sources from the long 18th century
recently rediscovered my absolute favorite entry in the genre: customs and duties by tortoiseshells, which is an insane technicalityromance set in 1738 boston, ft the stuffy british navy guy from pirates of the caribbean/ofc, smuggling, puritanism in the john calvin sense, the legal realities of widowhood, several real historical governors of massachusetts, debts, accounts, and of course customs regulations
I would also like to nominate and psyche's lamp shall darkling be, a story based on the 2025 Frankenstein movie that gets into the intricacies of 1850s convent school life, the process of Catholic ecclesiastical courts verifying miracles, multiple points of mid 19th century marriage and inheritance laws pertaining to property, and also spells the word connection with an X so you know the author has been in the 19th century literature trenches 
hollanov fic rec list, part FOUR (lists one, two, three five and six here). i read too much fic. don't worry about it. also the vast majority of these are explicit this time
game day superstition explicit, 4k, oneshot. part of a series. shane has an oral fixation and takes something of ilya's before the game. this was hot AND it made me laugh
vodka cranberry explicit, 5k, oneshot. shane drops the vodka glass and almost passes out getting out of the vegas penthouse. ilya takes care of him. very good emotional hurt/comfort, treading some ground on shane's eating stuff so keep an eye out if you're sensitive to that
telepathy explicit, 4k, oneshot. ilya bottoms for shane for the first time after he wins the cup. there's some fun toys too. slightly ooc, but by god is it hot
butter soft in the moonlight explicit, 2k, oneshot. cnc AND ilya wearing leather gloves. these guys are so hot for each other that they will start a scene at the drop of a hat.
guilty pleasure SERIES. three fics, 8k total. ilya likes shane in lingerie. shane likes wearing it, and he likes ilya's reaction even more. one fic per set.
(and i want these words to) make things right 38k, explicit, incomplete. 10/11 chapters. after the 2011-2013 MHL lockout, ilya finds himself in a situation- the russian team doesn't want him returning to america. clearly, the only solution shane and ilya see is to start a secret (fake? neither of them are sure) engagement. (one of them should've thought to consult a lawyer, maybe, but what's logic in the face of two dumbasses?)
the cadence of a secret 38k, explicit, complete. soulmate au, with some magic in the background. their bond means that they can't speak out loud with or of one another, or the pain they feel while they're apart increases. they fight against it for longer than anyone else would, but they fall in love nonetheless. this sounds out of character for me and my non-soulmate hollanov agenda, BUT it's very good and i adore the thought put into it as well as their dynamics. communication is their curse and their solution, and they choose each other in a way that i LOVE to see in a soulmate au.
was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night? explicit, 19k, complete. a remix of the tuna melt, but in different circumstances- ilya and shane get snowed in inside of shane's apartment in montreal. without the possibility of running away, the intimacy of cohabitation goes a little differently.
j'n'ai qu'une envie (c'est toi) explicit, 5k, oneshot. part of a series. omegaverse, alpha/alpha knotting fic (who cheered!!). shane's in rut, ilya gives him what he wants.
collapsed in the act of just being here explicit, 18k, oneshot. hollanov get vegas married in secret, try to annul it, torment hayden pike, and cohabitate.
hold me like your cards (close to your chest) explicit, 2k, oneshot. ilya thinks about fucking shane's tits. it becomes a reality. these two match each other's freak to an almost cute degree.
also for today's non-explicit fic, one of each rating:
the acres of the walls, the prairies of the floors gen, 1k, oneshot. yuna meets rozanov in the hospital gift shop. she hates him a little less.
interlude: the gay hockey WAGs teen, 1k, oneshot. part of a series. textfic. kip doesn't know who jane is beyond dating ilya rozanov, but they get along well regardless, even as that involves sneaking 'jane' into the admirals' WAGs group chat for moral support against the straights.
jane & lily series, two works. mature, 8k, both fics are complete. separately, montreal and boston reach out to 'lily' and 'jane' and add them to a groupchat in order to make sure their captain does their best. very funny, all these hockey players are a mess and it's great.
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part 3: hollanov fic recs for the homies with what i commented in my bookmarks (unhinged edition) 🏒❤️
it’s so hard to believe (but it’s all coming back to me now) by placedbythering: ‘ep 4 hurt us all but this brought me back bestie’
only you (could ruin me like this) by opalapparition: ‘ilya is in the pits here but he’s still the BEST BOY ALWAYS’
confidence, poor judgement and a death wish by theheartwantswhatitwants: ‘omg troy tries to get in shane’s pants and gets BIG hurt oh boy’
the limitations of maddocks questions by viviolet: ‘this was so angsty but in a FUCK ME UP THAT HURT SO GOOD way. like yes love me through the worst thing imaginable give it to me’
fall in love again and again by galacticsukki: ‘oh so reading about them being sweethearts at college will make me cry, cool cool’
family found by iffervescent: ‘something about them finding each other when they are younger without hockey and still being infatuated fucks me up so bad. also horny.’
i’m reading your lips (you’re speaking my language) by some1_around: ‘OH WE ARE FUCKING COOKING HERE BOYS!!!!!! HOLYYYYY’
hollanov fic recs, part two (first one is here) since i STILL can't find the one fic i'm looking for in my history
i want you flowing through my veins explicit, 3k, oneshot. they talk about kinks. shane asks ilya to spit in his mouth. it's almost sweet, and also hot.
lucky bastard mature, 10k, complete. part of a series (second one is also complete). they're very possessive of each other, even when they don't know if they should be. biting, tender feelings. also, spit kink. i have a theme.
serious teen, 1k, oneshot. svetlana walks into shane and ilya sharing a morning the day of the tuna melt.
the interview teen, 8k, ongoing. ilya rozanov does an interview in his native russian, translated. a very interesting look into what the rest of the world thinks of ilya, with some very cold commentary from ilya's part
for better or for rozanov mature, 3k, oneshot. a gossip magazine publishes a piece on shane hollander's possible (definitely real) secret marriage. ilya loses his mind.
offside explicit, 19k, ongoing. ilya's off hockey from a career-ending injury, coaching canada's team for the olympics. shane has grown up idolizing the man- but it's different training under him. he's too demanding, too strict, too much. but that's not always a bad thing. coach/player romance au
bite hard explicit, 9k, oneshot (part of a series, also has another complete fic. read both.) THE biting kink fic. ilya gets a tooth knocked out, and if you think they wouldn't be horny about that you're extremely wrong. this fic makes your jaw ache in sympathy.
it's too close for comfort teen, 7k, oneshot. anti-doping does their job, which includes showing up for ilya at shane's house.
road regrets explicit, 9k, oneshot. shane watches ilya's game, gets worked up watching him get slammed on the boards, and doms him through his phone about it.
now you're home mature, 4k, oneshot. ilya offers to pay shane for sex sometimes. surprisingly, it's both set in canon and also pretty emotionally sweet.
clear to a hedgehog explicit, 12k, oneshot. genuinely the only non-hockey player shane i've liked. ilya's regular montreal hookup is a doctor who definitely thinks he's in the bratva.
rescue kip 2017 teen, 500 words, oneshot. text fic. hollanov attempt to rescue kip from his dinosaur boyfriend. they are not very successful, but they tried.
im going to walk into the ocean, never to be seen again gen, 4k, oneshot. hollanov have svetlana over for lunch. shane invites rose for moral support. everyone is being very chill and normal about this, really.
silly little lie explicit, 7k, oneshot. shane lies about hooking up with a man to seem more interesting to ilya. ilya, predictably, loses his fucking mind.
all these little deaths explicit, 5k, incomplete. sadist ilya and masochist shane have a very fun and normal time with hockey injuries.
the (fake) fake marriage teen, 1k, oneshot. everyone knows ilya rozanov is just marrying hollander for the visa. the immigration office, respectfully, disagrees.
aching, aching, aching and alive explicit, 17k, oneshot. have you thought about fisting as a possible medium for character and emotional exploration? no? well, here you go. THE fisting fic.
berlin pond explicit, 3k, incomplete. somnophilia fic, and also feelings, and also texting that made me laugh a little too much.
every path was an improvisation gen, 2k, oneshot. the plane actually crashes, but they're okay. well, on a deserted island, but okay. the centaurs are mostly arguing about lord of the flies. ilya's worrying about the high odds that shane will just murder him when they get back.
shane hollander's notes app mature, 700 words, oneshot. goes through canon. some of the cons for rozanov include 'somewhat attractive'. terrific. i get him.
tell it slant teen, 7k, oneshot. ilya makes an anonymous online friend in his rookie era. it's probably not who you think.
me and my wild boy, and all of this wild joy unrated, 4k, oneshot. someone films hollanov having sex and posts it online. they get through it. it's hornier than you'd think.
I told one of my friends I'd compile a list of fanfics for them, and then decided that, actually, I should just make a post about it because rec lists keep fandom alive. And also these fics are good and people should read them. First half of this list will be NSFW w/ the non-smut focused fics in the later half.
Split into stupid categories chosen by yours truly under the cut.
MY SUB!TOP ILYA AGENDA
Fics that feature Ilya being a service top/sub top. A lot of them have puppy play because lets be real, Ilya is a puppy.
Dog & Leash by a_good_soldier
ball and chain by anonymous
you're so pretty when you take control by Little_White_Lie
careful, i bite by auutumnie
Drive It Like You Stole It by monstersinthecosmos
better whip me if i misbehave by evilrussianprincess
GETTING KINKY
Fics that are kinky but not sub!top Ilya. My favorite of these are the ones where they're creating D/S dynamic out of their own beautiful minds.
i'm waiting for it (that green light, i want it) by sevendawn
aching, aching, aching, and alive by verbaepulchellae
Compatible by jewelledfoxes
i know most people do by some1_around
all you suckers just wanna be me by sargeantwoof
fair play by cutshot
CANON-COMPLIANT
Fics that read as canon-compliant, imho at the very least. Silly goofy fun times for the most part.
The Best Game You Can Name (the good 'ol hockey game) by ARustySpork
corner of the world by berrycluv
how do you feel? by exogenesissymph
wanna get stuck in your head by peculiarblue
Vibes Are Not Data by GlitterCity
A Fierce and Blazing Thing by Annewolfe87
FICS THAT HIT
These fics emotionally devastated me in some way or another, and now I shall inflict that upon all of you <3
the limitations of maddocks questions by viviolet
Til They Retire Your Number by technicallyverycowboy
The Gay Hockey show is gnawing on my remaining braincells, and I know I'm not alone in that. The tag is exploding, I don't know anything special, but… Here's some Hollanov fic I've enjoyed
Comment/reblog with your recs?
Learning to Fly by WriteSmart
11,558 Words - Teen
Shane calls his parents and, for reasons beyond understanding, asks them to pick Ilya Rozanov up from the hospital and take him home with them. They start to understand. Yuna Hollander POV
The Game Plan by FestiveFerret, pouringinsheets
64,024 Words - Explicit
Ilya's immigration status is compromised by a draft day celebration. Shane (possibly looking for an excuse to get out of a party) decides to help, which logically means they have to get married. You know you want secret marriage hijinks.
I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
30,447 - Mature
Shane speaks Russian, and that starts the most famous friendship in the NHL. Full of feelings and metaphors about language and communication and trust.
please leave a message by Ravenesta
2,407 Words - Teen
Fun cracky textfic - 'Lilly' gets added to the Montreal WAGs grouptext. Hijinks ensue. Currently #1 in kudos. It's funny and cute, and has a dozen 'inspired by' in case you want more
loving this body by beetlesandstars, kryptonian
22,370 Words - Explicit
Bodyswap. That's it, that's the plot: they wake up in each others' bodies. It's fun and sexy.
don't leave me high (don't leave me dry) by emonlispenardstreet
83,600 Words - Explicit - WIP 9/? chapters
Smutty College AU - Shane puts a drunken ad on craigslist asking for help with oral sex. His teammate Ilya replies. It's funny, it's hot, it's angsty.
the soviet montage by pressuretoparty
63,128 Words - Mature - WIP 5/6 chapters
1980s AU featuring Soviet defector Ilya Rozanov, gay disaster Shane Hollander, and surprise BAMF Rose Landry
Home Ice Advantage by taywrites11
27,466 Words - Explicit - WIP3/5 chapters
Shane gets traded to Boston halfway through his first season. Boston, where Ilya is. Cue panic.
does someone want a hollanov fic list that's just my personal latest/best reads? no? well you're getting it anyway.
ain't nothing but mammals explicit, 7k, oneshot. exquisitely nasty. sweat kink, couple sex that you can only have with the person you allow yourself to be unfiltered and human with.
blood upon the snow unrated, 13k, complete. have you thought about shane getting into fights? great, here's eight chapters of exactly that.
i like jane for you mature, 17k, complete. hayden and ilya accidentally switch phones. they swear to not intrude on each other's privacy. they break that promise within the hour. it works out pretty okay.
ilya rozanov's 2017 dating wrapped teen, 1k, oneshot. ilya drops hints to his team about his relationship via presentation. they don't really catch on.
au mauvais moment mature, 5k, oneshot. shane gets an abortion while he's dating rose. they're pretty okay at handling it. i support the number of abortion fics in this fandom wholeheartedly. he would Not keep that thing.
shane hollander goes casual (he's so cool and unbothered) explicit, 15k, complete. shane has a hoe phase (with spreadsheets). ilya attempts not to explode from jealousy.
never was much of a romantic explicit, 5k, oneshot. hollanov fight over ilya suggesting shane sleep with other people, fuck, and make up. they are aggressively in love, and jealous, and shane has a speech that made me audibly cackle. i already posted about this one but it deserves another mention.
KNOCKOUT! series of (currently) two fics, both complete. explicit, 9k total. hollanov fuck around with pain kink in their reliably unsafe, but definitely fun way. a very loving anthem to masochism and sadism that made me smile in demented glee
logged in gen, 3k, oneshot. shane and ilya reconnect after rose via letterboxed.
vibes are not data teen, 18k, complete. wyatt and ilya's bromance, wyatt's adhd, and pattern recognition getting one over hollanov's secret keeping skills. every relationship in this was so loving and refreshing and i adore it
like one of your girls explicit, 5k, oneshot. shane has a lot of feelings about being another one of ilya's many hookups. some of them aren't nice. a strong dash of internalized homophobia in this one, folks
for a split sec, i was a train wreck explicit, 18k, complete. ilya gets injured, stays at home, gets into tarot, and tries not to spiral into madness. it's mostly a successful endeavor.
dust bowl explicit, 8k, incomplete. transfem shane, who's been ilya's girl for longer than she's known she's a girl at all. definitely angsty, but by god, am i having feelings about it.
morality clause gen, 13k, complete. canon through yuna's eyes, also dealing with the more technical aspect of being shane's mom-ager.
one sunday morning mature, 8k, oneshot. ilya gets injured. shane shows up to take care of him. neither of them are sure what feelings they're allowed to be having about this. set early in canon.
connecting the dots mature, 7k, oneshot. hayden thinks lily's a dominatrix. surprisingly, this theory does fit in a lot of ways, except for all those other ones where it definitely doesn't.
fuck the news unrated, 3k, oneshot. hollanov gets outed in episode two. they try to survive. reveal fic
(wild and fluorescent) come home (to my heart) unrated, 3k, oneshot. ilya suggests putting down shane like an old dog, but mostly scott hunter. this is a normal conversation to be having with his boyfriend's newly-met mother, surely.
we'll be afraid of nothing teen, 8k, oneshot. ilya calls shane boring all the time, but he's not sure it means the same thing on the ice than off it. more than that: he's pretty sure it means something pretty bad. misunderstandings and a lot of feelings about shane's autism.
the secret society of stick handlers series, ongoing. the gay nhl players have their own groupchat. it's pretty okay, if you don't mind the chaos.
you get me explicit, 10k, oneshot. shane's pretty good at yoga, and plenty flexible- flexible enough that sucking his own cock is more of a possibility than a fantasy, really. ilya's about to make that into a reality.
little more close explicit, 2k, oneshot. cnc. shane wants ilya to do a scene with him. they have a good time.
drive it like you stole it explicit, 12k, oneshot. ilya gets injured and gets horny about it.
edit: there's a second one because i'm normal and can be trusted with an ao3 account
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use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.
get rid of bloatware
use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite
use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.
use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.
use storygraph instead of goodreads.
use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions
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use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp
make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge
use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google
use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)
use flashpoint to play archived online flash games
find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books
burn your music onto cds
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