Yuna is on set with Shane and Ilya when the photographer’s assistant tells her they’re ready to begin. She turns to tell Shane and Ilya, but they’re not there. She goes to the dressing room, and the two are not there either. She runs around the set, trying to find them, but they’re no where to be found. She tries calling them but gets no answer. She decides to go outside because they’re definitely not in the building. She walks outside to the back of the building, and the sight makes her heart leap. Ilya has his back against the building,mand Shane is standing in front of him. Ilya’s arms are wrapped around Shane while Shane gestures to the ‘No Smoking’ sign above Ilya’s head. They’re both laughing. Ilya leans in to press his face in Shane’s neck as the two giggle. Yuna snaps a quick photo of them before going back to momager mode and telling them they have work to do. After the shoot, she sends the picture to them. Ilya posts the photo with the caption ‘This isn’t the first time Shane has cornered me in No Smoking areas’ and Shane comments ‘You liked it both times’ and the internet is abuzz with new Hollanov lore.
A roleplayer: [Stripper/escort AU. Shane & Rose have a co-ed bachelor/ette party at a strip club with male & female strippers. ] Smooth move, wrapping your number up in a dollar bill. Mind telling me who you were, stranger?-IL
A roleplayer: Hi. I'm Shane. -IR
A roleplayer: SH
A roleplayer: I was in the black t shirt? -SH
A roleplayer: Hello. -IR
A roleplayer: Hi. -SH
A roleplayer: You are the groom, yes?-IR
A roleplayer: Ha. Ah, yeah. Yeah, I am. -SH
A roleplayer: So you gave me your number why?-IR
A roleplayer: I don't know. I sort of thought you were really nice I guess. -SH
A roleplayer: [delayed] And handsome. -SH
A roleplayer: You were fun to flirt with.-IR
A roleplayer: Your soon-to-be wife is very lucky.-IR
A roleplayer: She's pretty cool. -SH
A roleplayer: Very pretty. You both are.-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah? -SH
A roleplayer: Yes but you already know that.-IR
A roleplayer: Had you ever been to a party like that?-IR
A roleplayer: Sort of? I mean, I've gone to ones with just girls when my other friends had their bachelor parties. -SH
A roleplayer: It is not typical for both to be there.-IR
A roleplayer: I thought it was really cool. -SH
A roleplayer: I've never seen guys dance like that before. -SH
A roleplayer: I think the English word is seductive?-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah. Yeah, very seductive. -SH
A roleplayer: You're really talented. -SH
A roleplayer: Mm. I am, yes. Hot too.-IR
A roleplayer: You were very focused.-IR
A roleplayer: It was hard to take my eyes off you. -SH
A roleplayer: You flatter me, Shane.-IR
A roleplayer: I'm serious. -SH
A roleplayer: I know.-IR You are bi, yes?-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] I don't know. I haven't really thought about it. -SH
A roleplayer: Ah, I see.-IR
A roleplayer: It is okay to be curious.-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah? -SH
A roleplayer: Yes. Why would it not be?-IR
A roleplayer: I don't know. I guess it's not really something people in my line of work really do. -SH
A roleplayer: Not too many openly gay hockey players.-IR
A roleplayer: So you did recognize me? -SH
A roleplayer: Only because I follow hockey.-IR
A roleplayer: You a Voyageurs fan? -SH
A roleplayer: What do you think?-IR
A roleplayer: I hope so. -SH
A roleplayer: I am, yes.-IR
A roleplayer: You are a very talented player.-IR Best in the league currently.-IR
A roleplayer: Thanks. -SH So you get why it's kinda... taboo for someone like me, you know... explore... -SH
A roleplayer: I do, yes.-IR
A roleplayer: That is also what surprises me that you gave me your number.-IR
A roleplayer: Like I said, you seem really nice. -SH
A roleplayer: Hm. You are curious, Shane.-IR
A roleplayer: You never told me your name. -SH
A roleplayer: Is there something I should call you? -SH
A roleplayer: Ilya.-IR
A roleplayer: It's nice to meet you, Ilya. -SH
A roleplayer: I'm Shane. -SH
A roleplayer: Which you know. -SH
A roleplayer: Sorry. -SH
A roleplayer: Adorable too.-IR
A roleplayer: Stop it... -SH
A roleplayer: What? I am not allowed to say things to you?-IR
A roleplayer: You are blushing under your freckles aren't you?-SH
A roleplayer: *IR
A roleplayer: You're doing that on purpose. -SH
A roleplayer: You want me to stop?-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] No. -SH
A roleplayer: Did not think so.-IR
A roleplayer: What part did you enjoy from your party?-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] You, mostly. -SH
A roleplayer: Like, when you brought me to that back room. -SH
A roleplayer: Ah, you liked the attention.-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah. Getting away from everyone. It being just us. -SH
A roleplayer: It was getting too much for you. Being surrounded by everything and everyone. I thought you could use some quiet.-IR I was surprised you came with me though.-IR
A roleplayer: At least alone.-IR
A roleplayer: I don't know. I guess you just kinda made me feel safe. -SH
A roleplayer: You were nervous.-IR
A roleplayer: It was so cute.-IR
A roleplayer: You're making me blush again. -SH
A roleplayer: A lot of things make you blush, Shane.-IR
A roleplayer: Maybe we could see each other again sometime? -SH
A roleplayer: Don't know if your woman would appreciate that.-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] Right. Yeah. -SH
A roleplayer: Does she know?-IR
A roleplayer: Know what? -SH
A roleplayer: That you might be a bit curious.-IR
A roleplayer: Oh. -SH
A roleplayer: Not really, I don't think. -SH
A roleplayer: You are happy with her?-IR
A roleplayer: Sure. She's great. -SH
A roleplayer: You are a terrible liar. Just like when you told me you didn't want to touch.-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] I mean, she's nice. It makes sense, you know? -SH
A roleplayer: I do not know.-IR
A roleplayer: Just... a lot of guys in my field are already settled down. -SH
A roleplayer: You feel what? Left behind?-IR
A roleplayer: I guess. -SH I don't know. The guys have mentioned it a lot before. -SH
A roleplayer: Getting married?-IR
A roleplayer: Just me being a bachelor... -SH
A roleplayer: They'd never really seen me with a girl before Rose. -SH
A roleplayer: You are being pressured?-IR
A roleplayer: No. -SH I mean, I don't know. Not pressured. No one's, like, forcing me to do this. -SH
A roleplayer: You want people to stop asking?-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah. -SH [delayed] And maybe to stop calling me gay... -SH
A roleplayer: Ah. Not a good rumor in your line of work.-IR
A roleplayer: No. It can be pretty bad. -SH
A roleplayer: I know. Is the same in Russia. Well, not exactly, it is worse there.-IR
A roleplayer: I can imagine, yeah. -SH
A roleplayer: Are you worried you might not be so straight?-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] Maybe not completely. -SH
A roleplayer: No?-IR
A roleplayer: I mean, me and Rose have had problems in the past. -SH
A roleplayer: Well, it's mostly me... -SH
A roleplayer: Sex, you mean?-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah... -SH
A roleplayer: Sorry, this is a lot. You can tell me to shut up. -SH
A roleplayer: Shane, it is fine.-IR
A roleplayer: Keep going.-IR
A roleplayer: I mean, I'm trying my best, you know? -SH
A roleplayer: To find Rose attractive or to fuck her?-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] Both? -SH
A roleplayer: She's beautiful. Like, objectively. I can see that. -SH
A roleplayer: She is, yes.-IR
A roleplayer: I just need my body to, like... get it. -SH
A roleplayer: I mean, we're getting married, you know? -SH
A roleplayer: Is she the only woman you have been with?-IR
A roleplayer: I sort of had a girlfriend in high school, but that didn't really last that long. -SH
A roleplayer: Same problems?-IR
A roleplayer: I guess so, yeah. -SH
A roleplayer: And nothing with guys, right?-IR
A roleplayer: Never. -SH
A roleplayer: What do you not like about sex with women?-IR
A roleplayer: It's fine. -SH My body just sort of doesn't always react the way it should, I guess... -SH
A roleplayer: You don't get hard?-IR
A roleplayer: Not really... -SH
A roleplayer: You were hard for me.-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah. -SH
A roleplayer: You let me get close.-IR
A roleplayer: It's never felt like that before. -SH
A roleplayer: Like what?-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] So hot. -SH
A roleplayer: Mm. You were being so good keeping your hands to yourself.-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah? -SH
A roleplayer: Yes.-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] I think I liked being good for you. -SH
A roleplayer: You like being told what to do. Helps quiet your mind, doesn't it?-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah. Yeah, it does. -SH
A roleplayer: And being told how pretty you are....-IR
A roleplayer: No one's ever really called me that. -SH
A roleplayer: I like that I am the only one.-IR
A roleplayer: You're really hot. -IR Like... fuck. I don't even know how to describe it. -SH
A roleplayer: Like you want to get on your knees?-IR
A roleplayer: Like you want me in between your thighs?-IR
A roleplayer: Yes. -SH
A roleplayer: Both. -SH
A roleplayer: Really bad. -SH
A roleplayer: I've never done any of that before. -SH Not with a guy. -SH
A roleplayer: I bet you are a natural.-IR
A roleplayer: You think so? -SH
A roleplayer: I do, yes. Pouty mouth and all.-IR
A roleplayer: Fuck. -SH
A roleplayer: Wish I could have touched you.-IR
A roleplayer: Please. -SH I wanted you to so badly, Ilya. -SH
A roleplayer: I know.-IR
A roleplayer: You went all mumbly when I leaned in.-IR
A roleplayer: It was hard to think around you about anything else. -SH
A roleplayer: Except me fucking you on the sofa of the private room.-IR
A roleplayer: Fuck. -SH
A roleplayer: Please, Ilya. -SH
A roleplayer: What?-IR
A roleplayer: I want you. -SH
A roleplayer: When are you free?IR
A roleplayer: Tomorrow night. -SH
A roleplayer: Where do you want to meet?-IR
A roleplayer: [location.attached] I own some property. We can meet there. -SH
A roleplayer: Mr. Real estate.-IR
A roleplayer: Shut up. -SH
A roleplayer: Is sexy.-IR
A roleplayer: You think so? -SH
A roleplayer: There is a lot that is sexy about you, Shane.-IR
A roleplayer: I bet there's even more hiding under those clothes.-IR
A roleplayer: [delayed] I'm really hard, Ilya. -SH
A roleplayer: And I haven't even touched you.-IR
A roleplayer: I want to be so good for you. -SH
A roleplayer: You will be.-IR
A roleplayer: Are you alone?-IR
A roleplayer: I am, yeah. -SH
A roleplayer: [video attached. Ilya stretched out in bed, cock in hand, moaning Shane's name.] Enjoy.-IR
A roleplayer: Fucking hell. -SH
A roleplayer: Fuck, Ilya. -SH
A roleplayer: Thought you might like it.-IR
A roleplayer: You're so hot. -SH
A roleplayer: Oh my god. -SH
A roleplayer: So are you.-IR
A roleplayer: You really want to have me? -SH
A roleplayer: Not in any way you don't want.-IR
A roleplayer: I want it all. -SH
A roleplayer: You can have whatever you want.-IR
A roleplayer: Please, yes. -SH
A roleplayer: I think you will like more than being with women.-IR
A roleplayer: Fuck. -SH
A roleplayer: It is okay.-IR
A roleplayer: I think I really like you. -SH
A roleplayer: I think you are just hot for me.-IR You do not know enough to really like me. But you will.-IR
A roleplayer: Yeah? -SH
A roleplayer: I think so. I am not just a pretty face and nice fuck.-IR
A roleplayer: You're really something else. -SH
A roleplayer: I hope that is a compliment.-IR
A roleplayer: It is. -SH
A roleplayer: You're incredible. -SH
A roleplayer: You are adorable.-IR
A roleplayer: Shush. -SH
A roleplayer: Absolutely not.-IR
A roleplayer: [a few minutes later] I'm gonna have to call off this wedding, aren't I. -SH
A roleplayer: Not necessarily.-IR
A roleplayer: No? -SH
A roleplayer: If you want to marry Rose then marry her. She clearly loves you.-IR
A roleplayer: I just... What if I'm not straight? -SH
A roleplayer: Do you think you are?-IR
A roleplayer: I don't know. -SH
A roleplayer: [delayed] Probably not... -SH
A roleplayer: Guess you will know tomorrow.-IR
A roleplayer: You've done this before then? -SH
A roleplayer: Had sex? Yes.-IR
A roleplayer: With guys? -SH
A roleplayer: Yes, I like both.-IR
A roleplayer: Okay. Okay, that's good. -SH
A roleplayer: Are you okay?-IR
A roleplayer: A little nervous. -SH
A roleplayer: We do not have to meet tomorrow.-IR
A roleplayer: I really want to. -SH
A roleplayer: Okay.-IR
A roleplayer: There is no pressure, Shane.-IR
A roleplayer: I just want it to be good for you. -SH
A roleplayer: It will be.-IR You will be.-IR
A roleplayer: You're really sweet. -SH
A roleplayer: I think you put too much pressure on yourself to be perfect.-IR
A roleplayer: I just don't want to let people down, you know? -SH
A roleplayer: A lot of people look up to me. And I'm really lucky to be where I am, so I don't want to take advantage of any of that. -SH
A roleplayer: You are a hockey genius. It is not luck.-IR
A roleplayer: Still. There's a lot of really talented people out there who don't make it. -SH
A roleplayer: I know.-IR
A roleplayer: What about you? You like what you do? -SH
A roleplayer: Showing off? Yes.-IR
A roleplayer: I mean, you're really incredible at it. -SH
A roleplayer: I've never seen anyone dance the way you do. -SH
A roleplayer: Thank you. Easy to do when a hot hockey boy is staring at me.-IR
A roleplayer: You're such a flatterer. -SH
A roleplayer: I am a flirt.-IR
A roleplayer: You are hot.-IR
A roleplayer: Lucky me. -SH
A roleplayer: Says the man who gave me his number.-IR
Shane also needs to interact with other gay men just to understand how truly lucky he is. He needs to hear someone go off about going on Grindr to find a top for the night and then finding out that all of the guys who have the 'Hung' tag on their profile are packing like five and a half inches at MOST and then Shane has to be like "Oh that. Yeah that sounds rough." Meanwhile he lost his anal virginity to a knockout with model looks who works out for a living and started their relationship by jerking his enormous hog at him in a communal shower which has always been one of Shane's top five fantasies. And he's literally never had to be on The Apps because he's the bottom of all time actually and the DomTop with the enormous dick imprinted on him like a fucking duckling the first time Shane came untouched under him which was, I cannot stress this enough, when he LOST HIS VIRGINITY.
Like shut the fuck up Shane Hollander how does it feel to be the chosen one. He has to confront all of this because he needs to know that he has, once again, won at life in every meaningful way. And then he can sit there like :] while that sad bottom over there bemoans the Grindr biome.
Ilya does love seeing old photos of Shane. Fat Baby Shane™ in all his forms, toddler Shane in his little hockey gear, Shane in elementary school with a big missing-teeth smile, Shane blowing out the candles on his 10th birthday, Shane holding up his brand new driver's license at 16. The list goes on.
One day Yuna finds an old disposable camera. The expiration date on it says 2009. She tells Shane about it; it might have some old photos from his graduation on it or something. She'd gotten a digital camera around that time so she can't remember what she used this one for. Shane is pretty indifferent about it.
Yuna sends the camera off to some company that still develops old camera film. It's about 15 years old at this point, though, so whatever is on it might not even develop correctly.
A few weeks later Shane and Ilya are over for dinner. Yuna tells them she got the photos back and they actually turned out ok. She hands over the stack of 10 photos. Shane rolls his eyes, but Ilya grabs the photos and starts flipping through them. The first two look like they are from some school event; there's Shane surrounded by similarly aged kids in an auditorium. There's one of the three of them on Thanksgiving that year and another of the three of them with Yuna's parents at the same dinner. Two of David asleep on the couch with the family dog clearly taken on different days. One of a Christmas tree in the Hollander's living room. The next two are Shane on the ice in a rink that Ilya recognizes as the one in Regina. The one from their first World Juniors Tournament.
And Ilya freezes. The last photo in the stack is a close-up of Shane. He's in a white hoodie with a black coat over it. He has on a dark green beanie and he's standing next to the door to the rink. He's smiling for the camera and his freckles are crinkled near his eyes. It's the Shane that so awkwardly and so confidently introduced himself to Ilya the first time they met. The Shane that had tried so hard to talk to Ilya then. The Shane that Ilya could admit to himself now that he'd had a bit of a crush on already. His Shane.
His Shane was getting blurry as tears filled his eyes.
shane and ilya are genuinely best friends and they act like it. so on their honeymoon, they’re at the beach playing some beach tennis and then betting who could reach the ocean first, and they competing who’s the fastest swimmer, and playing around, and throwing each other in the water, and chasing each other, having an absolute blast. then going back to their recliners to chill and drink some water and a group of girls comes up to them “we’re watching you guys from afar. you guys are so athletic, do you work out a lot?” and shane replies “we professional athletes so we need to keep up our form” and the group let out a oooh “are you both single?” one of them asks and ilya chuckle “no, we aren’t single. it’s our honeymoon actually” and the girls were like “oh my god, of course a beautiful pair is together” “we’re not going to disrupt you guys anymore” as they’re walking away one of them says “there’s not straight hot guys anymore” and ilya and shane look at each other and lose it. but now they’re acting like an annoying couple at the beach so there’s no doubt about the nature of their relationship
ilya doing some kind of commercial that requires him to shave literally everything and shane finds out when ilya waltzes shirtless into the kitchen without his chest hair and with no happy trail and shane’s like no no this can’t be happening and before he knows it he’s on his knees in front of ilya trying to undo the button on his pants and ilya smirks because he thinks something sexy is going to happen but in reality shane just needs to make sure his pubes aren’t completely gone…which he finds out they are and shane sinks to the ground in defeat and ilya is so confused when shane looks up at him with sad eyes. but shane clings on to the last piece of hope he has, prays to every god he doesn’t believe in. please. please. but then ilya raises his arm to scratch the back of his head and…his armpits are naked. completely shaved. not a single hair left and shane walks into their bedroom without saying anything and stares at the wall for 30 minutes
later ilya gets a text from yuna that says why did shane tell me you don’t want to work with this company again? i thought you said you liked them?