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Feb 18

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HOLLANOV recs

<- part ii

welcome to part three! :D

some of the main tropes and themes that will be included this time around are:

-> trans!shane -> autistic!shane -> omegaverse -> relationship reveal -> bdsm / kink -> rose/svetlana -> hudcon

(all marked accordingly), as well as a catch-up on what I've posted over the last couple of weeks! this list is a little longer than my others at 25+ fics, so strap in! ;)

↓ recs below ↓

(these are in no particular order, and feature a range of topics, ratings, lengths, and possible warnings. as with any rec, please be sure to also double check for any triggers yourself before reading. however, I will not rec MCD and very rarely unhappy endings.

if you read one and enjoy it, please be sure to leave a comment or support! if you don't, just move on. be kind!)

🏒 CLOSE YOUR EYES UNTIL THE LOGIC'S GONE by shakebabyshake

⤷ rating + length: E, 7k, 3 out of 5 chaps

⤷ summary:

"So fucking pretty," Ilya says, talking more to himself than Shane. He rubs his cock through the mess on his face and then taps it softly against Shane's cheek. "Like a girl."

⤷ notes + warnings:

honestly some of the most scorching smut I've read in the hr fandom so far and it manages to include it in 7k. I enjoyed the little divergences from canon and shane's inner monologue was written so so well. more to be added but there's no cliffhanger if you want to catch up on the first 3 chaps now! terminology is talked about in the notes beforehand; be aware that there's feminization kink throughout.

🏒 READY, AIM by nesciat

⤷ rating + length: E, 8k

⤷ summary:

Blushing, Shane looked away. God, it was fucking embarrassing to get caught staring—there were only three people in here.

⤷ notes + warnings:

give me literally every iteration of shane and ilya in the gym fics. amazing. terminology used is not mentioned beforehand in the tags or notes though, so be aware anything in that area is a trigger.

🏒 WHEN YOUR HEART BEATS NEXT TO MINE by paytonrambles

⤷ rating + length: E, 9k

⤷ summary:

Rozanov adjusted his towel, and Shane’s eyes were drawn to the motion like magnets. “Well, if I come to 1410 tonight at nine o’clock…” Rozanov said casually, leaving the question open. “I might open,” Shane responded. He shouldn’t have entertained this conversation at all, he knew. He knew how dangerous this could be, for so many reasons and for both of them. But he also wanted, so, so badly. He wanted to be touched, he wanted to feel good, and he wanted Rozanov to be the one to give that to him. He wanted Rozanov. Rozanov nodded, like this was the expected response, and shrugged casually. “I might knock,” he said, then walked away to his own locker where his things were stashed. Or, a trans Shane rewrite of their first time.

⤷ notes + warnings:

the last line of the summary sums it up well, but I loved this one so much!! I'm a hard sell on rewrites usually but this one not only had great writing but awesome characterization too, and consent king ilya is alwayssssss a fave of mine!! language used is listed in the notes!

🏒 YOU, SOFT AND ONLY by brightloveee

⤷ rating + length: E, 20k, 4 out of 5 chaps

⤷ summary:

When he was a boy, Ilya used to play with his mother’s Matryoshka doll. He’d unstack the wooden layers. The biggest, then the next, then the next. Always finding something new, until he got to the smallest, most delicate one at the center. Ilya has always known Shane isn’t like anyone else. After their summer at the cottage together, Ilya learns that being with Shane is like unstacking nesting dolls. Every layer is a new treasure to discover, and the man at the center has re-shaped his entire world. Or, 5 times Shane unmasks around Ilya and the new ways Ilya finds to love him.

⤷ notes + warnings:

another shane-centric-ish premise but through ilya's eyes, which I always love. really enjoyed the scenes that were chosen to include and the way they were weaved throughout and adjacent to canon, and how earnestly it portrays shane's character. this one *is* a bit heavier on the angst (I'm also a Babie so keep that in mind) and as of this current chapter count, I would say the hurt/comfort levels are about 50/50. I usually need more so about 40/60, but holy cow. this was just too good. I can't wait to see how it wraps up I love them so dearly :')

🏒 DUST BUNNIES by ghosttotheparty

⤷ rating + length: E, 37k

⤷ summary:

“I’m right here. And you are okay, and you are safe, and healthy, and you are at home, yes? It is quiet, and nobody is there, nobody is bothering you. And the world is full of stupid idiots, but you are not one of them. And I am here. When you need me, I am here.” --------- or: The whole world thinks Shane is gay because of some stupid internet rumors, and he doesn't even have to confirm it. He's losing control of his entire life and he needs somewhere to put what little he does have. Ilya has open hands.

⤷ notes + warnings:

I just finished this one and I can't stop thinking about it. it's so articulate and authentic and just was so nice and cathartic to read. mostly shane-centric but I loveeeee how it switches povs, and also the more experimental choices with the style and epistolary elements! gorgeous and heartfelt prose that tackles something that can be difficult to put into words. teared up in several scenes for sure. amazing!!

🏒 WE'LL BE AFRAID OF NOTHING by satorussugaru

⤷ rating + length: T+, 8k

⤷ summary:

“Game is over,” he says. “You won. I lost. I was annoying. Normal.” “That’s not—” Shane starts, then stops, because he actually doesn't know how to finish that thought without sounding like an idiot. His jaw works, teeth grinding together. That's not what I meant. That's not the point. You said I was boring and you were right and I need you to say it again so I know where I stand, so I know what you think of me, so I can stop waiting for the other shoe to drop. He settles for: “You were kind of an asshole.”

⤷ notes + warnings:

y'all knowwwww I love forced vulnerability. especially when the 'force' is simply one character who can't hold something back any longer and didn't really mean to say anything but oops now it's out in the open and we have to talk it about it oh no I guess we'll have to communicate like healthy adults ahhhhhh ANYWAY. this was great - shane's introspection, the way it haunted the narrative until he couldn't not bring it up somehow, ilya's reassurance, all of it. this era of their situationship is such prime material for this type of thing too. just delicious.

🏒 LIKE MY HEART by oddcomet

⤷ rating + length: E, 20k

⤷ summary:

Shane Hollander, hockey prodigy and captain of the Montreal Metros, has a secret: he's an omega. No one knows, not even his frequent hookup partner, Ilya Rozanov. Shane's carefully-cultivated life threatens to unravel when he forgets his medication. Now he's stuck in the middle of nowhere, on the brink of a heat. Enter Ilya, cocky and arrogant alpha, who is determined to help Shane through his heat... and keep his secret. Neither of them can predict the effect they will have on each other, and how one week in a snowed-in cabin will change the course of their lives forever.

⤷ notes + warnings:

I love the slow burn miscommunication thing as much as the next guy (maybe slightly less than the next guy, to be honest) which is why I really enjoyed this fic and fics like it where there is some inciting event that causes them to just be like. hey. fuck it. my person needs me and so I will be there and we'll handle the consequences later. it was sweet and well written and still felt fresh despite the well-loved trope. also had some interesting omegaverse elements to the world building that I enjoyed!

🏒 STATIC SIGNAL by anonymous

⤷ rating + length: E, 26k

⤷ summary:

Ilya stared at the offered hand, then up at that freckled face. He felt his lips twitch—not a smile, but a flicker of sheer disbelief at the audacity. This polite, pretty Beta, seeking him out for a handshake.

⤷ notes + warnings:

I love anything outside the box in omegaverse, and the idea of shane being so deeply repressed that ilya mistakes his identity just feels very authentic to canon. the writing is amazing and so smooth and articulate. be aware though that it's marked as 3/3 chaps despite the fact that the author might continue adding chaps in the future. you can read it now as it is, but if you don't want to risk missing a future update, be sure to subscribe to the work!

🏒 HOLD YOU AS THE WATER RUSHES IN by justhockey

⤷ rating + length: T+, 6k

⤷ summary:

“Ilya,” Shane whispers. “Ilya, baby, can you open your eyes?” He’s met with silence, and the frantic tremor of his heart turns into an earthquake. The ice beneath him seeps into his veins and freezes his blood. Panic claws at his chest, scaling his ribcage like a ladder and lodging in his throat. He can barely breathe around the terror. “Ilya, you need to open your eyes. You need to look at me.”

⤷ notes + warnings:

listen. the part where shane looks up and all the other players have formed a circle around them? I fucking cried ok I was ILL. this was so good and I love hurt ilya being comforted my beloved <3

🏒 OUR CAPTAIN, THEIR PROBLEM by Bruja_oscura

⤷ rating + length: T+, 8k

⤷ summary:

Ilya Rozanov has a "tiny car accident" (his words). Shane Hollander has a full-scale, system-shutdown panic attack about it. Meanwhile, a horrified Hayden is praying for someone to throw him in a lake and tell him that this is all just a big joke, or maybe for a meteor strike; he is really not picky. J.J., on the other hand, is trying to bleach the image of his sweet captain making out with Ilya fucking Rozanov from his brain. It's a very normal day for the Montreal Canadiens.

⤷ notes + warnings:

OUTSIDER POV AGAIN WE CHEERED !!! I loveeeeeee hospital/emergency fics where their friends or fam find out, and this one was so good. I've also never read one with JJ before. he's admittedly not my favorite, but I was very endeared to this particular version of him. very fun and lots of hollanov comfort too!

🏒 ROAD REGRETS by positivejam, animeboysruinedmylife

⤷ rating + length: E, 9k

⤷ summary:

And suddenly, filling his entire screen, Rozanov was grinning into the camera with a row of bloody teeth. His lip was split. When he wiped his mouth with the back of his bare hand, it came away streaked with red. He spat the rest onto the ice with an awful smile and a wink before getting to his feet.

⤷ notes + warnings:

dom shaaaaaaane love him bad I love fics where he's simultaneously freaked out by what he wants and also wants to be a little freak. and of course ilya is down for what the fuck ever because it's shane. ugh delicious (little bit of pain kink, some mentions of ilya getting hit and blood etc.)

🏒 BEFORE SWALLOWING by YankingAwry

⤷ rating + length: E, 7k

⤷ summary:

Shane watched Ilya tilt his head back and drop some peanuts into his mouth. He gave them all of two chews before swallowing. The totally indigestible peanuts travelled down the line of his beautiful speckled throat. The man was begging for chronic reflux.

⤷ notes + warnings:

this fucking awakened something in me. obligatory content labels for themes of eating/feeding etc. which is something that typically goes either way for me, but holy shit. I love mean dom shane and all iterations of it but like. soft dom shane? dom shane that just so badly wants to take care of ilya that it makes them both a little insane? SIGN ME THE FUCK UP. I've been scouring the internet for similar fics like this since I read it and nothing has scratched the same itch just yet. you may very well catch me writing something and listing this under the 'inspired by' tag on ao3. I'm biting my whole entire fist.

🏒 WOLFBIRD by OpalApparition

⤷ rating + length: E, 110k, 9 chaps posted

⤷ summary:

Shane Hollander is hockey’s closeted golden boy with everything to hide. Ilya Rozanov is a professional Dom with everything to lose and an expired visa. Through their arrangement at a discreet Montreal kink bar, where NDAs protect secrets and sessions are charged per hour, they discover the most dangerous thing isn’t being caught—it’s wanting more than those hours allow.

⤷ notes + warnings:

if you have some time to get into it, this fic was beautifully written and so tenderly crafted around both shane and ilya's backgrounds and passions and needs. I don't typically read slower burns, but I found myself completely immersed in the prose of this one. the characters feel so earnest and real, and they're just adjacent enough to canon that it feels like a brand new story in a really interesting way. introspective kink is always fun. be aware that it's unfinished though and has an undetermined chapter count though!!!

🏒 HOW I WISH YOU WERE HERE by photographer_of_thoughts

⤷ rating + length: E, 13k

⤷ summary:

“I can’t believe you're here.” Shane says, blushing like he's embarrassed. “You said you wanted me to be.” Ilya shrugs, trying to be cool. “And you do not seem like someone who asks for things very often when you need them.” or, in the summer of 2016 when they don't normally see each other, Ilya gets a call from Shane that changes everything.

⤷ notes + warnings:

I'm SUCH a fan of the 'shane gets overwhelmed and calls ilya' trope, especially when it takes place before they officially get together. I loved ilya in this one especially and the whole thing was so sweet and warm and good. 10/10

🏒 TOO MUCH AIN'T ENOUGH by isuiji

⤷ rating + length: NR, 11k

⤷ summary:

“Say something.” Ilya asks “in Russian. For me.” Then softly, carefully, he does. “Я всё ещё скучный.“ I’m still boring.He tried to add humour to it. But he doesn’t know if it reached. Still, Ilya's breath catches.“Oh.” He says like he’s just been handed something precious. “You’re perfect.” Or, Shane had been learning Russian the whole time.

⤷ notes + warnings:

this is the first fic I've read where shane learns russian and it did NOT disappoint. the writing style was so interesting and so well suited to shane's inner monologue, and ilya's reaction was so lovely.

🏒 MIDWESTERN NICE by thistlecat

⤷ rating + length: T+, 2k

⤷ summary:

Rose Landry is always good. She can’t count the number of handwritten thank you cards she has produced in her life. She can count the number she has received, but that isn’t fair or pleasant to think about, and she really doesn’t want to complain. She’s from Michigan. She’s good, and she is nice. Despite being a movie star (glamorous!), despite the size of her name on posters, she is acutely aware of her role in nearly every film she’s ever been in. She’s there to further men’s plots. When she’s kidnapped, as she so often is, her abduction is a vehicle for the male lead’s heroic arc. She knows this. She might make a joke about it, but she never complains. She furthers men’s plots.

⤷ notes + warnings:

my first ever rose pov fic, and I loved it! I think both her and svetlana have some really interesting roles within the story that can absolutely be expanded upon in soooo many ways. even though this one was mostly rose-centric, I enjoyed the addition of svetlana here too! I can't wait to read more for them!

🏒 WHO'S THE BEST KISSER? by nutted

⤷ rating + length: E, 3k

⤷ summary:

Connor said he's the better kisser at the Golden Globes, Hudson wants to show his full potential.

⤷ notes + warnings:

the set up. the banter. the smut. literal perfection this was soooo good.

🏒 I'M NOT COMPLAINING by lookingforatardis

⤷ rating + length: E, 10k

⤷ summary:

Hudson rubbed at his chest absentmindedly. "So uh," he started, eyes trailing over Connor as he took the final drag of his cigarette and put it out on the concrete. "In the least judgmental way possible, is this a thing for you?" Connor looked over at him and squinted. "In the least judgmental way possible?" he laughed. "What are you talking about?" Hudson raised his brows and shifted towards him, reaching over to press his palms over Connor's chest. "This." "Ah." Connor sighed and lifted one of his hands to circle one of Hudson's wrists. "Why?" "Dude, you grab my tits like every chance you get," Hudson laughed softly and dropped his hands to Connor's thighs. He massaged the muscles, knowing Connor did a leg heavy workout after they finished filming despite the fact that they were doing hockey scenes the next day. A satisfied groan slid past his lips as he trailed his hands over Hudson's arms, resting a palm over one of his forearms. "I mean, it's a good chest," he shrugged.

⤷ notes + warnings:

TITS. DO I NEED TO SAY FUCKING MORE.

🏒 BUTTERCUP BUTTERCUP by eleadore

⤷ rating + length: M, 2k

⤷ summary:

"How come we never fool around?" Hudson has a thoughtful frown on his face, like this has just occurred to him. In reality, he's been posing the question with little variation every few hours since the day they met. He's a pretty good actor. "I don't want to," Connor says. The frown clears. "Well, that can't be true." Hudson's socked feet wriggle where they're trapped under Connor's thigh. "Can you come up with something believable, please."

⤷ notes + warnings:

beautiful idiots I love them this was so good. desperate and depraved hudson williams you will always be famous to me <3

an @eusuntgratie double feature:

🏒 IN THE DARK by jesuisgrace

⤷ rating + length: M, 558 words

⤷ summary:

hudson and connor unwind in the dark after an emotional day on set

and

🏒 PLEASE LET ME HAVE HIM by jesuisgrace

⤷ rating + length: M, 863 words

⤷ summary:

Hudson and Connor go out, and Connor tattles when Hudson can't behave.

⤷ notes + warnings:

GRAAAAAAACE I'M GOING TO GNAW ON YOU (THREAT) both of these made me crazy like. the first one is so sweet and raw and makes me insane and the second one ??? the premise??? hudson acting like a dog in heat and having to beg for it? sign me the fuck up I'm so serious you delivered thank you 🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️ and best believe i’m about to devour the one you posted today

🏒 BREAK AN ARM by Squeakyshroom

⤷ rating + length: E, 15k

⤷ summary:

Hudson breaks his right arm, so Connor takes care of him …and maybe Hudson likes being babied by his co-star, more than he would ever admit.

⤷ notes + warnings:

listen...... I have no excuse for this. I don't know why it made me fucking nuts. I go to therapy weekly I think I deserve to be able to read filthy nuanced smut without actually reading too much into it ok (MOMMY KINK!)

🏒 COCOON

⤷ rating + length: M, 2k

⤷ summary:

Shane’s lived his whole life performing. On the ice, in front of cameras, sometimes even around family and friends. It keeps him safe. Lets him hide in plain sight when he needs a minute to get steady again. It’s why he’d thought he could be with Rose and manage fine. It isn’t until Florida, until he’s behind Ilya’s hotel room door with his back against cotton sheets and thighs pressed open with familiar, calloused hands that he realizes something’s shifted—that there’s a difference between performing and survival. One is a choice. The other… isn’t.

🏒 SOLNYSHKO

⤷ rating + length: T+, 3k

⤷ summary:

“We’ve never met, but I’ve seen you before. Not in pictures, but in his face. In his smile. In his laugh,” Shane continues in Russian, slow and careful with each word as he looks out over the water. “On his good days. On the bad ones, too.” Oh, Ilya realizes distantly. His grip slackens on the mug in his hands. This is not for him. . . . [or, shane asks irina for her blessing.]

🏒 MAINTENANCE

⤷ rating + length: E, 3k

⤷ summary:

Lily: You suck at sexting.

🏒 SAIGNEUR

⤷ rating + length: E, 5k

⤷ summary:

The main problem, Shane thinks, is that it’s not very practical. There are, of course, many other things about it that probably aren’t good or right or socially acceptable. The difference is that he doesn’t care as much about those.

🏒 SECRET LANGUAGES

⤷ rating + length: E, 1k

⤷ summary:

There are lots of things his parents don’t understand. Like the fact that Shane’s had nearly a decade long relationship or the fact that he kept it hidden from them or why Shane has decided to have all of those things with someone like Ilya Rozanov. He can’t possibly explain it all in a way that would make them understand it, how deep it goes, how vast it is, how much more he wants to look forward to. It’s a language really, after all this time, only he and Ilya could be fluent in. But when the rest of the world goes hazy and Ilya’s hand settles on the back of his neck right there at the dinner table, when he kisses the breath back into Shane’s lungs, when he tips his head sideways to knock it lovingly against Shane’s right here and on purpose—it’s universal. It needs no translation. You and me—we’re on the same team. [or; Shane and Ilya's relationship through the lens of small gestures, both private and public.]

🏒 THERE IS

⤷ rating + length: T+, 7k

⤷ summary:

Both of them are there the next time Shane wakes up about an hour later, and this time he opens his eyes, rasps Mom? The room fills quickly, a flurry of nurses coming to check vitals and adjust his IV, the doctor stepping in to conduct all of the mandatory concussion protocol. Shane grunts and groans every time he has to move his sore body but otherwise complies as he always does, sitting through the basic questions and the light shining in his eyes. He’s up just long enough to finish those and to get something in him to eat, and just after Yuna and David both manage to sneak in tearful, relieved hugs, he’s slipping back into sleep once again. Normal, they keep saying. This is all perfectly normal. But there’s something, Yuna thinks—something here that she’s missing.

🏒 BAR DOWN

⤷ rating + length: M, 3k

⤷ summary:

The weekend Shane spends in Boston gives he and Rozanov some time, for once, to do something other than have sex. He hadn’t considered the dreaded alternative: conversation about sex. Ilya just wants whatever he’s allowed. And also much more than that, probably. [or: instead of shane walking out post tuna melt, they decide to become exclusive instead.]

and that's everything for now! back with more at some point! x

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