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I’ve got gadgets & gizmos aplenty; I’ve got fandoms/obsessions galore (except mostly usually one at a time and right now it’s totally HR 🔥🏒)

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“There were no nice men in Montreal?”

David…I cannot tell you seriously enough that Montreal never stood a chance.

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The “We’re both in tuxedos in public,” ➡️to➡️ “We are again both in tuxedos annnnnnd PGOYKOTFBFASMD…P” pipeline is a wild one ✨✨

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Like, we know who’s getting the spiders in the Hollanov household. (I say this as the one who gets the spiders in my own household.) And he’s not messing around with catching them. He’s k!lling them, and Ilya is in the background going “nooooo,” but also staying FAR back.

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(TLG spoilers…)

Some people act like they know what's best for Shane when really, Shane knows what's best for Shane.

Part of his story in TLG is figuring out who he is and what he wants outside of hockey. He is putting himself (emotionally and physically) through the wringer for hockey, has just earned a 3rd cup, but he's still not happy. After Everything™️, he *decides* he's done with Montreal, tells his agent that Ottawa is his *first* choice, and realizes looking after his mental health (and his husband’s) is what he values most.

And he's STILL incredible at hockey and gets to have FUN again playing it (with other VERY GOOD players). He relaxes a little bit about his diet and routines because he feels like he now has more control over other aspects of his life. His hometown *loves* him and his parents are closer and the team is nice. That's a HEA, babes. 💘

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“The rivalry was good for the league, good for their careers, and, most importantly, it was a very good cover for the truth.” 🌅

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This? This is the face of a man who *tried* to commit to the bit of ghosting his situationship because he accidentally caught a (1) feel but JUST 👏COULDN’T👏 STAY👏 AWAY.👏👏👏 Hashtag Ilya folds first send tweet CLICK❗️

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Just two darling adolescent-baby wild animals “yes-and”ing each other into a beautiful lifelong romance.

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“Ilya was wearing shorts, and a shirt that was covered in palm trees because he'd thought it would be funny. Now he felt like a f*cking idiot.

He ordered another drink just so he'd stop staring at Shane.”

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"Thank you for coming," Shane said, all business. "I appreciate it."

Ilya nodded. "Get well soon, Hollander."

He quickly left the hospital room of the man he loved, and forced himself to focus on winning the Stanley Cup.

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Hudson Williams after Jacob Tierney said “you should look like you eat pasta” but then saw the other guys “looking like underwear models”

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Ilya hadn't texted Hollander in over two months.

Not that they had ever regularly contacted each other before, but this silence had been particularly deafening. The past few weeks had been the first time that Ilya felt sure that, if he texted him, Shane wouldn't reply.

Shane would probably show the text to his movie star girlfriend, and they would laugh at how pathetic Ilya was.

No. That wouldn't happen. Of course Shane wouldn't do that.

Maybe.

Had Shane brought his girlfriend to All-Star weekend? Would he introduce her to Ilya? …

Ilya ran out of time to fret, because at that moment, Hollander walked into the bar. Every head turned …

Ilya leaned against the bar and watched Shane shake hands and clap guys on the back.

He watched him smile and laugh with everyone. He looked relaxed and confident, like a man who had gotten his life together. Like a man who didn't question himself anymore.

He looked...

Christ, he looks so f*cking good.

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Ep 3 placement (timeline snafu aside) is so significant because of the contrasts in the relationships (as well as the monumental, linchpinic importance of Skip to the main relaysh, ofc) - it’s SO sweet and honest and refreshing when Scott is “sure” about Kip, and asks him to stay…it’s a huge contrast to the previous episodes where the adorable dummies don’t understand or don’t want to be honest about their feelings. But right after, in ep 4, Ilya is now asking Shane to stay and we’re like whaaaaaaat omgomgomg…this journey has brought us here PRIMED, NEEDY, READY for this. We have been BEAUTIFULLY set up (to be ABSOLUTELY crushed). 🧱 I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again Rachel Reid you diabolical mistress of your craft. 🙌

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Troy had only one (secret) boyfriend before, felt like he was a bad person who didn’t deserve a chance, and had no idea what he was doing so his behavior around Harris was kinda like this but with cake pops:

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Connor Storrie before he committed (self-)twinkicide:

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Lucky lucky darling friends they *each* get to love the *other* most lovable person in the world other than like idk Paddington maybe?? And I love that for them and I love that for us.