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@heatedrivalryblognow
can i be honest i don't think shane would like being high all that much i think he would be like oh my god They Know. what do they know? and who is they? that doesn't matter. They All Know. also all his socks feel wrong but his bare feet feel wrong too. he's locking himself in the linen closet in the fetal position.
apologies if anyone has already pointed this out but i just realized ilya chose to wear a turtleneck to his father's funeral therefore his mother's necklace is not visible......
I literally think about this all the time and I firmly believe he never shows his mother’s cross around Alexei or Grigori. His way of protecting her memory from them, even long after she’s gone.
i feel like an underdiscussed element of the locker room situation is also that shane had time to get fully dressed and still had to fuck around and pretend to be putting on his shoes to buy time and make an excuse for still being there by the time ilya came out, still wrapped in a towel
like i know my man's shower routine is not THAT fucking intense my GOD
which means that ilya fully 100% was deliberately giving shane time to get dressed and be gone if he wanted, which i find extremely sweet, honestly
svetlana is ilya’s best friend yes but i think it’s a very “let’s gooooooooo hurry up the cab is outside” “we don’t live in the same city anymore but i ordered you a birthday cake it’s arriving at noon” “idiot why would you say that” “why’s your hair doing that” “what do you want from russia besides vodka” “do you ever check your mail i sent you a postcard”
myilya is the coolest guy in the world but also the biggest loser alive. and he loves bad movies about enormous sharks eating people
in case anyone wanted this as much as i did... here's part of their first sex scene without the background music 🥹
sillya. he is such a silly sweet boy. winking at shane in the gym. cruising shane in the showers. ”did you like sucking my cock?” with a shit eating grin. ”will you dissappont them?” talking to the best hockey player he knows. ”mr business man” teasing shane to relax him before his first time, suggesting he could fuck him on the floor for it. ”don’t worry it will fit.” teasing, sexy, silly boy always ready to be a little goofy to make shane relax a bit. fortunately shane thinks he’s incredibly charming.
Shane in Heated Rivalry (2025) vs Ilya in Heated Rivalry (2019)
shane is such a terrifying captain & i feel like nobody talks abt this. ive seen maybe 2 fics that did this well tops.
he's not bro-ey & brotherly the way roz is. he's a child prodigy, runs a tight ship, efficient as fuck, Hockey Jesus AND plays in montreal (habs lore) so the city does in fact think he can turn water to wine they have sanctified him, & only social enough to keep the respect of his team, so mostly the vets anyway. he dishes advice bluntly & matter of fact, not rude but it's like that's it end of convo. what i say goes bc it DOES. above all this man does not want to be fucking embarrassed, esp not by teammates playing like it's amateur hr. his rooks prob stutter out half sentences around him, get nervous when he approaches them, he is INTIMIDATING but not on purpose!!!1!1!!
#the way he never stops serving face even when he's worried sick
the first time shane called ilya baby he meant it in the “you big baby” sense. ilya was pouting and shane was smiling at him fondly saying “baby” but so much adoration was bleeding through his words it felt like it was delivered as a pet name. and ilya looked up at him awestruck and lovesick and looked like he could faint right then and there. so shane made it his mission to call ilya his baby all day every day
this just occurred to me but i think while shane’s safe space is on ilya’s crotch ilya’s safe space is shane’s chest. for no reason at all. except at tampa the first time he ever cried in front of shane he was safely tucked in shane’s chest. the first time he said i love you he cried and laid on shane’s chest while shane ran his fingers through his hair.
so now when ilya feels clingy or sad or tired he crawls into shane’s chest and nuzzle between his pecs and shane’s hands fly up automatically to scratch his scalp and it’s the safest, warmest place he could ever be
Genuinely laughing now at the thought Ilya Rozanov who owns an entire collection of sports cars and multiple speeding tickets thumbs-downing other drivers and rage-baiting in traffic getting like senselessly turned on by Shane driving and parallel parking and backing in with incredible precision and effortlessness without even seeming aware any of it is impressive. Ilya does not think Shane’s car is sexy but that is beside the point when he drives like that. Shane thinks he’s the one that drives because Ilya is a menace on the road but this is the real reason Ilya Rozanov is a passenger princess.
the fact that ilya only packed slutty tank tops to the cottage so he had to wear a raiders tee to meet the in-laws
the tampa hotel scene is so insane like talk about #mybraveshane…. ilya is being so fucking meannnn here.. for him to look shane in the face and say “it’s simple for me” implying “idk about you but yeah this whole thing between us is so not a big deal to me and i definitely am not deeply invested in it like you but best of luck” I WOULD BE MOOOOORTIFIED and then die but shane is like. “☝️Bullshit. Also i like you way too much and ik you feel the same. do u wanna be something with me” HES CRAAAAAZY I LOVE YOU MY SHANE BOY
Personally I do think that sometimes non-hockey fans can end up mischaracterizing Shane and Ilya because they don't know enough about hockey/hockey playstyles
The Ilya we see in Heated rivalry would not be throwing the first punch, he's not an enforcer. Ilya is a star center and a Pest. He wouldn't be doing his job correctly if he was punching players every other game, it would end up with not enough ice time to let him be the playmaker he's paid to be.
But being a pest can be playmaking! Find a player to bait, emotionally push them just enough that they try to fight you, and then get the fuck out of there before the ref gives you both penalties. This gets your team the power play. There is probably someone on Ilya's line dedicated to helping him get out of the fights he starts, and finishing them for him!
I also think this is also something that Shane would respect. Ilya is good at it and it's a good strategy for his team. I don't think Shane would see it as some dirty tactic, because Shane probably thinks everyone with a brain can see it for what it is! He probably thinks everyone should be able to see that being an asshole is a tactic for Ilya, that it's something to ignore and not fall for, that it's a strategy and not personal beef.
I think Shane's more disappointed when a Metro falls for it. Shane sees it as Ilya set up a Looney Toons ass obvious trap and one of his teammates ran into it. Why be mad at Bugs Bunny when you can be mad at your defenceman for falling for a fucking Bugs Bunny trap.
Heated Rivalry, p. 137
