van

she/her... 24

[cecoeur]

Hudson Williams for Peloton | Let Yourself Go

[thisfeebleheart]

Shane loves his personal space. Ilya also loves Shane's personal space.

[swearphil]

heated rivalry week day 2: favourite outfit/look | shane in the canada fleece

[holllanov]

shane + worrying about ilya

[hrgifs]

We haven't had time to see your show yet. It's about hockey, right? Yeah, kind of.

[sobadbad]

[hollandershane]

"You know the night of the draft, in that hotel gym?" — Heated Rivalry | Chapter 20

[thisfeebleheart]

"It's a long story."

Shane and Ilya through the years

[thisautistic]

[shanerozy]

The worst fucking part of all this is... that all I want is y o u.

[hollandershane]

Heated Rivalry: Las Vegas Remix

[sinmonger]

Ilya + enthusiastic eating

+ 1: Consistency is key

[gnawu]

nose touch the shane hollander signature

[handsywoman]

i live here. it's my house.

[evanzbuck]

The Long Game — Chapter Nineteen | insp.

[hrgifs]

ilya 'needy top' rozanov

[millinerswings]

"I like you" isn't just a stepping stone to "I love you" - it is a distinct narrative beat in its own right.

As the audience, we already know that Ilya loves Shane because we heard him say it in Russian. But we also know that love is not enough - Shane loves Rose but they weren't compatible. Sometimes love isn't enough, for a variety of reasons.

This is why Shane and Ilya are terrified of coming to the cottage. Because we still don't know if they're compatible beyond the incredibly hot sex and psychic level hockey passes. The tuna melt date was nice before Shane crashed out, but that was just one afternoon.

"I like you" is the missing piece in their relationship. I know that I love you and I desire you and we play good hockey together, but do I like you?

The cottage scenes answer: yes. I like playing with you and I like cooking with you and I like talking to you and I like sharing space with you and I like sleeping next to you and I like waking up with you. I like you.

I like you and I love you and I still have no idea how we can possibly make this work but I really want to figure it out.

[mysecretheatedrivalrysideblog]

This line hit harder for me than the actual "I love you". Theres something intrinsically different between LIKING and LOVING. In this scene it felt like the first time they'd both admitted - possibly even to themselves? - that there was strong friendship here as well as love.