⭐ Another 23 new fic recs ⭐
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And I have to shout out the the soviet montage by pressuretoparty. It’s the best fic I’ve ever read, full stop. The kind that makes you stare into space and process what it did to you after you finish it.
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Shane Hollander Loves Lilies by: That_bitch_without_a_life
Shane would like it to be known that it is not his fault that the stadium is now full of women carrying lilies. He blames Rose, in fact he blames Rose and every member of the Montreal Metros, especially Hayden. She said it would be so funny for her to give him flowers. She said it would be so funny that she spread an inside joke with the lilies. Shane is not laughing right now; in fact, he’s being laughed at by every single member of his team.
10.0k Gen Fluff · Texting · 5 + 1
the profound loneliness [of noticing dysfunction] by: Potrix
“I want to speak with my brother.” Shane doesn’t give a single shit about what Alexei Rozanov wants, frankly. He crosses his arms over his chest. “Pretty sure your brother doesn’t want to talk to you.” Alexei grits his teeth, blowing a frustrated breath out of his nose. “Is, uh, family. Family thing.” “Ilya’s my family,” Shane says coolly, raising both brows challengingly, “not yours. Not anymore.” Or: Ilya's brother shows back up after more than a decade of silence. A happy family reunion looks very different.
7.1k Mature Post-Canon · Family · Found Family · Angst · Hurt/Comfort · Married
I'd Choose Us Every Time by: Ihaveaskedyouthrice
“What is this?” Ilya asked. “Ah.” Shane couldn’t quite meet his eyes as a faint blush crept across his cheeks. “Well, I wasn’t sure what the dress code would be for the party, so I laid out some options for us.” Ilya’s heart fucking stopped. “The… what is this, what is happening?” Ilya asked, wanting to be sure that he understood correctly. Shane’s blush intensified as he gave Ilya a small, unsure smile. “I don’t know Boodram very well, so I had to guess what the vibe would be. You were… you were in the shower for a long time and I was feeling anxious so I… Sorry, it’s so stupid but I just wanted to… I don’t know, show you I’m in?” Or, what if Shane didn't leave after their fight on Boxing Day?
7.5k Mature Coming Out · Fluff · Hurt/Comfort · Light Angst · Found Family
OttaWAGS by: annanotherthing
In which Ilya enjoys using Twitter to tease his team mates, the WAGs are amazing, and Shane gets punched (but it's ok, it's only Hayden. And a "reflex")
6.5k Mature Social Media · Texting · Relationship Reveal · Established Relationship
all we need by: lisa6
Hayden nods slowly. “Are you on, like, any dating apps?” “What?” Shane asks, half a laugh, as if the idea of an attractive guy in his early twenties being on Tinder was completely absurd. Is he not getting laid? Like, ever? Or: Hayden finds out about Lily.
8.8k Mature Outsider POV · Hayden POV · Hayden Finds Out · Relationship Reveal · Friendship
Twin Death Dates by: armands_blender ⭐
“…two NHL stars were killed two days ago in a head on collision with a drunk driver. The two players, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, were traveling south-bound when the wrong-way driver struck them. Many are questioning why Rozanov and Holl-” When Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander are killed together in a car crash in Boston, the world mourns them. Hayden, Yuna, and David know the truth of why they were together that night. As media speculation spirals, the three are left to decide whether the truth about Ilya and Shane's relationship should finally be told, or be buried with them.
8.5k Mature Angst · Grief/Mourning · Hayden POV · Car Accident
locker room talk by: spacegoose
Summary: The picture is leaked on a random fucking Tuesday in November, months after Ilya was last in Montreal. Grainy and dark, enhanced digitally to shit but still just recognisable enough; Shane Hollander smiling dopily as a broad-shouldered man in a dark hoodie has him pushed up against a red brick wall, one knee lifted to hook around the back of a thigh, a large hand possessively holding it in place as the hooded figure has his face hidden in the crook of Hollander’s neck — presumably kissing him there, intimately. Ilya knows his team is good, and they do the best they can.
2.6k Mature Outing · Coming Out · Team Dynamics · Locker Room
lilies can't be hidden by: BeStillMySlashyHeart
Summary: Comeau steals Shane's phone in the locker room and sees something he shouldn't. As does all the press. (Takes place while Shane is dating Rose)
4.4k Teen Outing · Coming Out · Hurt/Comfort · Locker Room
Can you hear the violence? (Megaphone to my chest) by: unlikelychild
Summary: “Hollander,” Ilya sighs and comes to sit next to him. “We can't be more. This is all you get.” Shane really tries not to get mad, because yes he understands. This is all he gets. “Yeah, because it's not that it's a guy that is the problem, it's me right?” Ilya frowns. “What the fuck are you talking about?” “You had no problem letting him be all over you today,” Shane is aware of how jealous he sounds. He doesn't care. If this is the last conversation they'll be having, he needs to make sure he says everything. Or, what if Ilya thought Shane was going to bring Rose to the All Stars Game so he brought Svetlana and Sasha with him?
9.3k Explicit Jealousy · Mutual Pining · Angst · Smut
Lily's on the line by: zephyr_writesarts
Summary: “Okay, no, you’re right. Fuck the Admirals. But fuck their stupid gay-kiss Stanley Cup win, too.” What? Another moment of quiet, then: “I never kissed my boyfriend on the ice, though,” Shane muttered resentfully. Hayden’s heart thudded at the bitterness in his tone. Shane didn’t talk like that. As Shane becomes more comfortable in his and Ilya’s relationship, he starts letting his guard down, bit by bit. Hayden is subject to some very confusing one-sided phone conversations.
16.5k Mature Humor · Secret Relationship · Texting · Hayden Finds Out · Relationship Reveal
Yin and Yang, Motherfucker! by: fizzseed
Summary: “Babe.” “What?” Hayden says, twisting his wedding ring around his finger. “Have you ever seen Shane with a girl?” “Um, yeah. Rose Landry, hello?” “Besides Rose,” Jackie says firmly. “They weren’t together very long, either, right? I mean, I didn’t even get to meet her! And, they stayed friends after.” Jackie stands from the bar stool and leans against the island, crossing her arms over her chest. “I don’t get it. What does that have to do with anything?” In which Hayden Pike loves his clever wife, walks in on something he perhaps shouldn't have, and a few awkward dinners are had.
11.9k Explicit Humor · Fluff · Smut · Hayden Finds Out · Misunderstandings
kiss me just once for luck (these are desperate measures) by: LiarsandThieves22
Summary: “I do not want to make you uncomfortable. With how I talk about us. To others. Like . . . reporters. Or how I treat you in front of others, like the guys on the team.” Something like understanding settled on Shane’s face now, and it immediately made Ilya’s heart stop racing. “You think I don’t like PDA.” “First time I held your hand in public I thought you were going to have a panic attack,” Ilya admitted. Or: Shane's first season on the Ottawa Centaurs, as told through five times Ilya initiated PDA (and one time Shane did).
17.2k Mature 5 + 1 · PDA · Public Affection · Post-Canon · Injury · Fluff
I Like The Sound of A Bad Idea by: WhisperInk ⭐
Summary: Shane’s boyfriend just couldn’t fuck him right, fortunately his ex could. So Shane invites his ex over to fuck him while his boyfriend watches and learns. It’s purely educational. Totally not about the unresolved feelings that they both don’t have
16.2k Explicit Second Chances · Jealousy · Misunderstandings · Voyeurism · Smut · Angst
vestigial instincts by: pressuretoparty ⭐⭐
Summary: Their rivalry, as history has written it, has finally come to an end. "I won," Shane breathes, and the smile, the smile that's been plastered on his face since he scored, grows wider. Montreal knocks Boston out of the playoffs. Shane learns how to be Ilya Rozanov's boyfriend. Ilya wears Shane's jersey. Set about a year after the finale.
16.1k Explicit Post-Canon · Established Relationship · Wearing Each Other’s Jersey · Jealousy · Smut
the soviet montage by: pressuretoparty ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Summary: "You have to come to the locker room. Now." Shane frowns. Holds up his notebook. "I'm busy." "Forget that, man. It's all over the news. Ilya Rozanov has just defected from the Soviet Union." Red Army superstar Ilya Rozanov defects from the Soviet Union. A Cold War-era hockey au
79.5k Explicit Historical AU · Getting Together · Angst · Period-Typical Homophobia
How gay can you possibly be by: StardustMary
Summary: The Ottawa Centaurs are the gayest team on the MLH but none of them poses a working gaydar Or Ilya is a bi-icon and Centaurs need that spelled out for them
2.2k Teen Crack · Coming Out · Relationship Reveal · Team Dynamics · Engagement
It's My Confession by: MitigatedCrises
Summary: Shane hated getting mic'd, to the point where the media team knew it was useless to lav him up. If only someone had told him Ilya didn't feel the same. Or: Shane is flirty on the ice. There are consequences to this action.
3.2k Teen Secret Relationship · Outing · Relationship Reveal · Coming Out · Team Dynamics
Slip by: CC99trialanderrorgirl
Summary: Shane accidentally sends a screenshot of his most recent sexts with Boston Lily to his mom and Yuna mistakenly thinks Boston Lily might be treating her son badly based on several texts talking about making Shane cry during sex, choking him, etc. Shane has to come out as several things at once: gay, Ilya Rozanov's fuckbuddy, and, most mortifyingly, a freak in bed. This goes about as smoothly as you'd expect, but in the process Shane learns he's very, very loved by his family.
3.4k Mature Family POV · Texting · Misunderstandings · Coming Out · Relationship Reveal
snooping, sexting, and regretting by: aneggyolk
Summary: When the screen lit up, he was assaulted by non-stop texts. The sender’s name, Lily — Shane’s mysterious lover — stood proud atop of each text. Ah, that explained it. He paused when he caught sight of the most recent text. Lily: I want to be in you so badly. Then another text came in. Lily: Do you miss having me in you as much as I miss being in you? You came so fast last time. Hayden couldn’t help but turn his sight to the closed bathroom door as ‘in you’ repeated in his head. Was Shane… into pegging? In which Hayden snoops through Shane's notifications and misinterprets every text.
2.5k Not Rated Humor · Texting · Hayden POV · Hayden Finds Out · Misunderstandings · Relationship Reveal
Can I get Shane's number? by: MsMonserrat
Summary: Troy decided to be brave. Really brave. “About that.” Troy said, “Do you…would you mind…giving me Shane’s phone number?” Troy ran his hand through his hair. Ilya was packing the last item from his locker into his bag when he froze as Troy finished that question. “For what reason?” Ilya asked, as he pretended to fidget with the last item in the bag. ~ Troy just joined the Centaurs. He's not doing well mentally, but a friendship with Ilya Rozanov improves his self-worth slightly. He musters the courage to ask Ilya something....for Shane's phone number. or... Watch Ilya Rozanov lose his mind over the idea that Troy Barrett wants to date his boyfriend.
9.5k Teen Jealousy · Texting · Friendship · Angst With a Happy Ending
I'll be Jane by: gurlsrool ⭐
Summary: It’s not going viral because Jane’s true identity was exposed—or even because Ilya was blatantly sexting in public. That part’s as expected as Shane doing yoga or any human being on earth breathing. No, the texts are going viral because no one can believe how bad this “Jane” is at sexting. The women of the world are outraged. The men of the world are baffled. No one can understand why Ilya Rozanov, whose abs have their own fan club, is wasting his time on ‘a piece of cardboard that wished to be turned into a real girl’ (this particular joke has 300k likes and counting). Or: After a social media trend mocks Shane's sexting skills, he tries to improve them. It goes about as poorly as you'd expect.
7.2k Mature Humor · Social Media · Texting · Misunderstandings · Fluff · Light Angst
Something is Up with Cap Roz by: Verdant_Words
Summary: Zane Boodham, Evan Dykstra, and Wyatt Hayes tries to bring Roz into the team. The man never goes out with the team, so they try to make him feel welcome in Ottawa.
8.0k Teen Team Dynamics · Canon Divergence · Misunderstandings · Hurt/Comfort
but daddy i love him by: rachelrae for lampalot7
Summary: “I told you. Hollander and I, we are in love. He is my hockey player.” Ilya wiggled his eyebrows at the joke, but couldn’t keep himself from watching Scott Hunter. “Sure, Roz. You and Hollander are in love, want to get married, spend the rest of your lives playing hockey together.” When Ilya didn’t immediately reply to that very accurate statement, Hunter continued: “If you two are in love, I’m straight. That’s how likely that is.” He had laughed and skated away, though Ilya really hadn’t understood what was supposed to be funny about that. Standing alone on the ice, the crowd slowly filing out of the rink, Ilya was faced with a startling realization: telling people may be harder than he thought. or What if Shane gave Ilya permission to soft launch their relationship. Ilya is, of course, thrilled and immediately starts telling everyone around him. Problem is, no one believes him!
9.8k Teen Relationship Reveal · 5 + 1 · Fluff · Canon Divergence
