how beautiful

respect rafael santiago

[raccoonboywrites]

Never ever be normal about fictional characters but please GOD be normal about the people who play them, I am begging you

[calamitoustales]

#don’t treat fictional characters like they’re real people whose rights you need to defend#and absolutely DO NOT treat real people like they’re just characters for you to get weird about

[argillaforma]

hollanov in the beginning of their official relationship learning how to be boyfriends and they're both so anxious to be The Best Boyfriend To Ever Boyfriend so every time ilya is at shane's place shane is like okay so i bought cokes and those cookies you like and i got you an extra toothbrush but don't worry if you don't like the color because i bought a mega pack of 10 so there's plenty to choose from i also got you an electric if that's more your vibe also i have labeled all the light switches so you know which switch goes to what lamp and if you want i can give you a tour of my kitchen cabinets so you know where everything is if you suddenly need a spatula or something

and when shane is at ilya's place ilya is like are you hungry are you thirsty i have 24 cans of ginger ale in the fridge please don't get yourself a glass of water that is My Job you can just sit and be pretty on the couch also do you need an extra pillow and is the tv volume too loud?

[fractally]

Oh one BIG reason I think the general public in Canada especially would be extremely pro-Shane Hollander even post-outing: he imports Ilya Rozanov and he doesn't leave Canada even when the situation in Montreal goes sideways

It's honestly impossible to overstate what a big deal that is. Canada constantly losing their hockey talent to US teams and the Stanley drought...it doesn't fucking matter what went down with those French Canadians, the rest of the country is ignoring that, he's still their hero.

When Ilya steps out in a Team Canada jersey at the 2026 Olympics and they crush team USA 6-0 in the gold medal match Shane would be instantly deified as the first Canadian saint.

[swagsmeister]

hollanov grocery run

[medrawawi]

we have dada at home

[handsywoman]

beginning

[piwonplaylist]

fem hollanov time

[my-castles-crumbling]

kitchen - hollanov - @taylorswiftmicrofic - mentioned NSFW - word count: 439 - click here for my hollanov microfic archive on ao3

Shane lingered at the door to Ilya’s kitchen, doubt and discomfort making his stomach flip a little.

He’d been here a few times, now. They’d written over the memories of that disastrous afternoon with the Tuna Melt, Shane coming to Ilya’s before and after Boston games to spend as much time with him as possible.

But this was the first time he was here alone.

He’d already been on his way, tired after an afternoon game, when he’d gotten the text:

Lily: Got stuck in captain meeting. Let yourself in I will be home soon. Code is 0510

He’d nearly cried in the Uber, seeing what Ilya’s code was, but he was able to keep it together until he’d arrived. Still, typing in the numbers to his own birthday had been an overwhelming reminder that things were different now.

He and Ilya were together.

But when he toed off his shoes and walked in, he still paused. How much ownership did he have over this place? This was Ilya’s space, not his. Could he, for example, get something to drink? Turn on the TV? Was that overstepping?

He practically heard Ilya’s voice in his head.

‘Hollander, I have had my tongue in your asshole. Go get a drink and sit on damn couch.’

Unable to stop himself from smiling, he moved, opening the fridge.

And there they were, another reminder: cans of Ginger Ale, just for him.

Grabbing one and cracking it open, he moved to the couch, throwing his bag down next to him and finding the remote.

But as he turned the TV on, he paused, looking around; noticing.

A weighted blanket on the couch. Dimmable lights and a subscription to Shane’s favorite Canadian sports network. A few books on a nearby shelf that Shane had mentioned once, and boxes of some of Shane’s favorite, healthy snacks on the counter. The goddamn door code.

Ilya’s place had, somehow, become more like theirs. 

It was nothing damning, nothing that could prove their relationship if anyone saw, and yet it was everything.

Before Shane could do something stupid like cry about it, he heard the door open and the unmistakable sound of muttered Russian, Ilya’s (not removed) shoes squeaking across the floor until–

“Hi,” Shane greeted his boyfriend, suddenly breathless as he got to see him without hockey pads or pretenses between them for the first time in weeks.

Ilya beamed back even more brightly. “Shane,” he murmured, nearly running towards the couch and enveloping him into a hug. “Is good to come home to you.”

Shane just pulled him closer, heart racing. Yes. It did feel like home.

[ilyasmole]

Hello Leo have you assigned any plushies for Shane and Ilya yet? I’m curious to see what you’d come up with! 💕

oh my god.....this is such a cute idea 😭 omg i have to do this now

OKAY LETS DO ILYA FIRST AND THEN SHANE

ILYA:

Angelica (she/her)

🩷 species: shrimp 🧡 favorite hobby: collecting pokemon cards 💛 favorite pantone color: wan blue 💚 favorite smell: licorice

im crying he really would have a fucking shrimp plushie. someone threw it on the ice during one of those teddy bear throw things and he saw it and was like oh my fucking god i need her. she is mine. and now she lives in their house.

SHANE:

Tiffany (she/her)

🩷 species: lobster 🧡 favorite hobby: going exploring 💛 favorite pantone color: tendril 💚 favorite smell: ginger

THIS IS???? FUCKING INSANE?? FKJSDFHD I SWEAR TO FUCK I SWEAR ON EVERYTHING THAT I DID NOT PLAN FOR THEM TO BOTH GET CRUSTACEANS. THAT'S FUCKING NUTS WTF KFSDJFH.

okay so now the headcanon is still that ilya got angelica on the ice during the teddy bear event thing and then angelica was just Living in their house and ilya was so fond of her that he was like...now i have to get a matching one for shane.... but he didnt wanna get the Same plushie so instead he got a lobster. i'm crying guys. ilya prob named her too and was like "they are married. they are in love, like us." and shane was prob gonna make her a Boy but ilya was like no ... no .... she must also be a girl .... so it's more like Us ....

also @loontattoo just pointed out:

this is literally the best possible scenario. i can't believe it. thank you anon. beautiful things have happened here today.

[isisisak]

Hockey players are famously superstitious, Shane and Ilya know this. So, this really should not come a surprise:

When they're about to leave the locker room for warm ups, Bood steps into the door with his arm stretched out.

"Woah, woah, woah, where do you two think you're going?"

They share a confused look.

"Uh, to warm up?" Shane asks. Bood instantly starts to shake his head as Troy joins him at the door.

"We need a kiss."

Shane leans back a little in disgust surprise, beside him Ilya lifts his eyebrows in disbelief.

"What, both of you?" with a chuckle, to which Shane adds "From whom?" before stepping closer to Ilya. Who was famous for goal celebration kisses to sweaty cheeks of his teammates but that was pretty much all Shane was okay sharing.

"Ew, no, no, no." Troy waves them off and Bood shakes his head laughing.

"Each other. Last time you did before warm ups and we won 6 to 2 against the Admirals."

And, oh. Because. Shane isn't against PDA now that they're both out when they are around their team after games or out for dinner with someone or walking Anya around their neighboor hood hand in hand.

But. He had a pretty clear rule that practices, games and everything at the rink was off limits. That was work. That was different.

The first few away games he didn't even want to sit beside Ilya on the bus or plane. Let alone be couple-y around the others. He told Ilya he did not want even the slightest chance of someone feeling uncomfortable because of him. Them.

Last week had been different, though. Ilya had been feeling down for a little while. Not much, not bad. Just- off. And when they were putting on their skates for warm ups he had cracked a stupid joke. And Shane had looked over and something in his chest had loosened because- there was that mischievous sparkle in his husbands eyes again. Leaning over and kissing Ilya hadn't really been a concious choice. It hadn't been anything wild either. A closed mouthed, lingering press of their lips.

A steady few seconds to convey 'Hey, I missed you.'

Ilya had smiled fondly at him after.

Apparently Bood or Troy or someone saw this. And when they won, they came to the logical conclusion that that was because of their pre warm up kiss.

Now Ilya rolls his eyes because- as dumb as it is, in hockey world this makes stupid sense. But Shane won't like it. So, he has to find a way to- suddenly there are two hands cupping his face before he is being dragged to meet Shane's lips for a quick, smacking kiss.

"Let's fucking kill these guys out there." Is all Shane says after, bonking his helmet with Barrett and Bood before vanishing through the door.

Ilya stares after him, stunned and slack jawed.

A new tradition is born.

[endlessly-ranting-antheia]

My favorite part of Shane’s Ottawa plan is when he says “then when people see us out together it won’t be so crazy.” That means dates! Shane wants to take his man out on real dates! He has going on dates with Ilya on his mind and he’s making plans and moves to make that happen for them!!!

[kosmogrl]

[gay-hrithik-roshan]

[aemelia]

Imagine Shane doing the peloton commercial and Ilya messages him as soon as he sees it and is like “make them take this down. now. right now” and Shane’s like “why???? what’s wrong with it” and Ilya is like “too sexy. you will make entire population of canada explode from lust. is that what you want?? scott hunter has already died they just announced. heart attack. rip ⚰️ he will not be missed but still. is sad”

[poetrylesbian]

[lavenderprose]

I know we’ve talked about this before but the retroactive realization for Shane Hollander that Ilya has been his future husband the entire time must have sent that boy spinning. What do you mean I introduced myself to my future husband. What do you mean my husband was there standing beside me the day I got drafted. What do you mean I jerked off to thoughts of my husband on the most important day of my entire life up to then. What do you mean my husband took my virginity. My husband and I watched each other grow up. My husband and I fell in love for the first time together. My husband was my first ex. My husband has been the most consistent, sensual, irritating, understanding, solid, loving presence in my entire life. Since I became a man, the thoughts I have reached for to comfort myself or bring myself pleasure have been those of my husband. I memorized the moles on my future husband’s body before I fully understood the wants and needs of my own. My husband taught me how to pleasure a man by pleasuring me. The first person I willingly came out to was my husband. My friends have NEVER known me at a time in my life when I was not in love with my husband.

[my-2nd-account]

If I were Ilya's teammate in Boston and my gorgeous competitive Captain who gave us individual I love you's after every game and led us to win the Cup for the first time in years who also had the kindest soul and everyone on the team adored him left us out of fucking no where to move to loser ass fucking Ottawa, I would quit hockey all together and become a monk. And years later if I found out that his man's team were saying that my team only ever won against them because their Captain was sucking my Captain's dick, I would drive up to Montreal and hunt down every player in that team and invent 23 new ways to murder people.

[juliette-cai-enthusiast]

Shane Hollander really is the guy of all time. he's gay. he's autistic. he's wasian. he's the best hockey player in the world. he married his 8 year situationship. he's a millionaire but only because his mom said so. he has beautiful freckles. he had sex with a man for 8 years but the possibility that he might be gay only crossed his mind when he called him by his first name for the first time. to convince himself he was straight he started dating a movie star. he came out as a bottom. he does yoga. his situationship offhandedly suggested getting married for citizenship and he immediately stayed up until 4 am scheming so that wouldn't happen. he's an olympic medalist. he has a dog. his wedding song was diamonds by rihanna. he likes ginger ale.