I don't think I've ever done this many recs that I am losing my mind about in as short of a time as I've been doing with HEATED RIVALRY--I think I'm closing in on a thousand fics in around half a year! And not even super iddy ones that I love but definitely are to a certain taste! No, I'm constantly reading top tier quality fic as fast as I can and I still have enough saved on my ereader that I'm pretty sure I could keep up this same face for another entire year, with the same insane level of quality, without even touching AO3 to pile on more. So, here, enjoy more feelings and porn, because fuck if this fandom isn't still giving me the time of my goddamned LIFE. HEATED RIVALRY - NO I WON’T BE CHILL ABOUT THE GAY HOCKEY PLAYERS SHOW:
Hollanov's Guide to Major League Hockey by DistantStorm, ilya/shane & david/yuna & farah & centaurs & cast, 41.6k On the morning of July 1, 2019, with Shane Hollander set to test free agency, the Montreal Metros and their fanbase aren't worried. It's well documented that Shane Hollander has always held out for the best deal, and being a free agent is his leverage. Everyone knows that he’ll sign another deal with the Metros. But maybe everyone is wrong. (Alternatively: the one where Shane Hollander finds out ahead of schedule that Ilya Rozanov is lonely.)
the coast is not clear by WriteThroughTheNight, ilya/shane, nsfw, 8.2k “My flight is early tomorrow,” Rozanov says. He bites his lip. Shane’s eyes stick there too. “You look in hallway, yes?” Shane sticks his head out. The hallway is empty. Would it hurt? To go another round? Rozanov has to fly out early anyway, it’s hardly like they’ll be spending time befriending each other. What is one night, when they’ve already crossed the line with eyes wide open? “Shit,” he says. “There’s a couple at the end of the hallway, arguing, you know? You better wait until they leave.” OR Shane lies, that first night, to keep Rozanov to himself a little longer. The changes spiral out from there.
hit or miss by PenAndInkPrincess, ilya/shane & cast, NSFW, 57.4k wip If anyone can tell him if the long list of “Prohibited Items” he’d been sent in his email a few days ago is just standard practice for big shoots, it would be Yuna Hollander. Or, hopefully, her son. “Crazy we cannot even have peanut butter, eh?” He asks. “You also got giant list?” Hollander stiffens, almost imperceptibly, and Ilya tilts his head, just slightly, confused, wondering if he’s stumbled somewhere unexpected. (how ilya learns about shane's allergies)
Shipping up in Boston by angel_deux, ilya/shane & cliff & svetlana, nsfw, 33.7k Shane is traded to Boston during the hookup era, and his attempts to act normal and professional around Rozanov are a little too successful: fans start shipping him with Marleau, instead.
scott hunter's worst nightmare by goldengalaxies, ilya/shane & scott/kip, 3.1k "Jesus fucking Christ, kid." Scott huffed a laugh. "You're a piece of work, you know that?" "Ah, but I am funny." Rozanov shrugged, sipping his vodka. "And hot." He winked at Kip. Kip's jaw flew open and Scott immediately pulled his boyfriend closer to him. So what if Ilya Rozanov was 100% straight and definitely trying to fuck with him? Scott still wasn't going to just stand there while fucking Rozanov flirted with his boyfriend.
The lights are too fucking bright right now by robbinscinquefoil, ilya/shane & david/yuna & cliff, 41k Shane Hollander is carted off the ice after getting hit by Cliff Marlow. An exhausted and still-grieving Ilya Rozanov spirals, makes some stupid choices, and accidentally finds himself hanging out with his situationship’s parents.
sunday morning (scott hunter is crying) by jujubun, ilya/shane, 6.6k “You’re the worst,” Shane informs him, after they finally hang up. “First, you cheat on me. Four times! Then, you tried to blackmail a senior citizen. And then, you cast me aside for a dog?” He swings his leg over Ilya’s hip until they’re pulled flush together, Shane straddling his lap. “I want a divorce,” he declares huffily.
california dreaming by disastermovie, ilya/shane & david/yuna, NSFW, 11.8k Ilya and Shane are thirty-five, married, and living their best happily ever after—until the plane they're in falls out of the sky and they wake up back in 2009. Of course they fuck about it.
the jane box by angel_deux, ilya/shane & svetlana & cliff, nsfw, 10.3k When Ilya is concussed during a game, he experiences a weird gap in his memories. He has completely forgotten two people he should apparently know: his longtime rival Shane Hollander, and a regular hookup named Jane.
#DontYouDareFuckingFreeMe by Airuna, ilya/shane & cliff & david/yuna & leclaire & cast, 24.6k “We do not say anything about the Hollander situation,” LeClaire tells them even though it sounds like he’s already resigned to what he knows is going to happen. “Of course,” Cliff agrees for both of them since Roz is still too busy texting someone. It’s apparently not good enough for LeClaire because he asks, “Roz?” “Just one second,” he answers without raising his eyes from his phone or stopping his typing. “Need to get my Jane to agree with something. She’s very stubborn.”
high on hockey by goldengalaxies, ilya/shane & hayden & j.j. & wyatt & scott, 4.4k Ilya Rozanov: I do not understand why you are being like this but you look very pretty when you are annoyed so I do not mind. Shane Hollander: [awkwardly] Oh… um. Thanks, I guess, Rozanov. Ilya Rozanov: Is true. You are so beautiful. I cannot believe you exist. So pretty. And I get to have you and love you and be your boyfriend- [Shane slams his hand over Ilya’s mouth, his expression panicked.] Shane Hollander: This interview is over! Cut the cameras, now! (the players at all-stars 2018 eat spiked brownies. cue a chaos + a hollanov reveal)
Shots Fired by boopboop, ilya/shane, nsfw, 2.2k 'The league loves nothing more than putting these two kids in each other's faces.' Or, the one time Shane tries to be funny and spends the next half-decade suffering (enjoying) the consequences.
I'm a Tidal Wave by PastyPirate, ilya/shane & troy/harris & bood, nsfw, 4.4k Shane has indulged, maybe a bit too much, in his love of how good they are at hockey. Ilya does the opposite of complaining.
a pigsty built for two by Anonymous, ilya/shane & david/yuna & svetlana & cast, NSFW, 9.8k Shane and Ilya get rid of their housekeepers as part of their plan to keep their relationship secret. Ilya discovers that keeping a house clean is easier said than done.
Operation Get Roz a SAP by dntat, ilya/shane & centaurs, 9.7k The Centaurs know that Roz is sad, and probably a little lonely. So they do their best to set him up with someone who matches his specific list of requirements. What they don't know is that their captain has already found that person.
baby, you can drive my car by mildred123, ilya/shane, nsfw, 16.6k or, five times ilya makes shane feel less like a passenger princess and more like a passenger prisoner + one time ilya lets shane take the driver’s seat
rash decisions by UglyGreenJacket, ilya/shane & centaurs, 2.3k “Hollander, what the fuck is that on your face?” Zane Boodram asks in the locker room while they’re changing for game five of the first round of playoffs. ___ Or Shane has a mysterious rash, and his teammates are very concerned.
serpentine by PenAndInkPrincess, ilya/shane & cast, 9.1k “Ah.” “‘Ah’,” Ilya repeats, giving him a look before he looks back to the tidily stacked frozen mouse packages in the freezer and makes a face as a little badly-hidden shudder moves through him. “Why the fuck do you have mice in your freezer, Shane? You are doing serial killer shit now? This is why you have cottage in the middle of nowhere? For serial killer things?” “It’s for Spaghetti,” Shane says. Ilya gives him an absolutely horrified look at that and turns a little green, which makes him remember that Spaghetti isn’t just his snake's name. “Not food!” He rushes to explain. “Not food spaghetti! Snake Spaghetti!”
Now You Can Start by deliciousblizzardshark, ilya/shane & svetlana & j.j. & voyageurs, 14.8k The problem was that everyone who played for Boston, except for Ilya, was like a million years old and had forgotten what fun was, if they’d ever known. They were all, like, married with kids and their idea of a good time was a barbecue where they drank a few flat weak-ass beers and or went golfing. Ilya just wanted to have fun, okay? He just wanted to live. or Ilya gets traded to Montreal. Everything goes better than expected.
Throat Curtain? by Z1r1al, ilya/shane & troy/harris & rose/svetlana & centaurs & oc/miles, NSFW, 40.9k wip A missing tooth. A standard hockey emergency. When a brutal elbow leaves Shane Hollander spitting blood on the ice, he lands immediately in the hands of the opposing team's dentist. Shane thinks the dentist saw a cavity. The dentist knows he saw a secret.
Select All by Regolith (metonym), ilya/shane, NSFW, 47k Or: When never-hooked-up Shane and Ilya have to collaborate on a league charity project, Shane accidentally sends Ilya a nude.
MORE RECS UNDER THE CUT because further yelling about the gay hockey show will be spared from your dashes. Just not on my dignity.

















