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[swagsmeister]

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[holls24]

can you share a little more about the feels, please?

I genuinely get nervous about these kinds of posts, cause I know that the more specific I get, the more I look delusional. Like, at any time the boys themselves could sit me down and explain that I’ve got it all wrong, I misinterpreted everything somehow and now I’m a clown in full makeup.

But you know what? We could use more healings, so let me be a clown if that’s what it takes 🤭 I’m going down with this ship, I’m here for the long game so what does it matter.. And this is about the love itself, so it doesn’t really matter what you think their status is. I’m all about their love, which transcends this noise ✨

Anyway…

The best way to answer this is to say what I usually pick up from from the two of them. Because even though it’s similar (I mean, same river, two different sides of it), there’s a noticeable shift when it’s coming from one of them versus the other.

I’ve said a few times now that Connor feels like the sea. Like water that flows through the earth, moving steady and gently reaching across the distance. It’s like he extends his hands out and moves stars around, with a lightness and precision that feels like he’s floating and seeing everything from some place far away, but never removed. When he searches for Hudson it’s a crescendo, a rising movement of stars and energy that seeks to assimilate, to merge. There’s an element of possession, but very much along the lines of, You belong to me, why are you drifting away by yourself? Incredibly much the feeling of, Come here, come home where it’s safe. I get imagery like their faces blurring together, his hands reaching into Hudson’s energy and trying to shift things around. Very cosmic, and it would be frightening if I didn’t know it was from immense, consuming love and a need to protect. I’ve said Connor feels like an old energy: powerful and persistent, but gentle and comforting. He wraps himself around you.

The really cool thing is that I get similar cosmic movement from miss B, when I’m allowed to perceive her. I’m so certain that’s a big part of why they communicate so seamlessly. They both can speak on the same frequency. But I digress.

Now onto Hudson… Full disclosure, he doesn’t show me his lovey dovey feelings as often. I think the reason is twofold: one, Connor is probably blocking me from getting that close because that’s his baby and two, he’s got so much other stuff going on.. so much. Huds has a lot of reason to be as tired as he is, I’ll just say that.

But when he does reveal it… oh wow. It’s like I catch him slipping and it’s a powerful window into his vision.

I’ll say I’ve only ever cried twice when I get these currents. Both times it was because there was an image of love so clear and profound that I thought, jesus, to love and see someone like this. An image of Connor that is so clear and vivid, like his world is tilting around him. Like god, that’s my person, here is the most beautiful person I’ve ever seen. Heart and soul, I would do anything for you.

It’s like Hudson is getting buried in that noise inside his head, but when he focuses on Connor it falls still. His world illuminates into technicolor. Something hits a switch and suddenly very little else matters outside of all these colors and definition.

It’s disorienting, in a way. Because there’s always a bittersweet edge to it, like his emotions are trying to fight their way out. He wants to be open about it all, but buried with that immense love is a lot of grief and old pain he’s trying to work through at the same time. Being that vulnerable is terrifying, because you have to move through all the shit in the way.

But Connor sees into him, reaches into his soul and knows where to find the light. They can vanish inside each other because Connor is the star that guides him through the shadows and obstacles in his path. And Connor knows that at the end of the day, despite anything, Hudson puts him inside a delicate box that he would do anything to keep safe. He knows he’s kept next to his heart, no matter what.

It’s really beautiful tbh. Stirs the heart strings real bad ❣️

[holls24]

This could be easier.

A gentle reminder that all of this could be easy. Simple. Tidy.

At any time, Hudson could have shut down the romantic speculation about him and Connor.

At any time, he could tell us that’s his bestie, he loves him like a brother, they have a nice bromance, or whatever other nonsense men that like each other platonically say.

No one is forcing him to flirt with that man in public. Online. In interviews. On camera. Off camera.

No one pressed him to talk about their relationship that bloomed into something lovely. No one pushes him to use romantic language when he answers questions. Every interviewer that asks about their connection gives him a platonic way out. Every time, they present the question in a friendship-shaped box and every time, he eagerly undoes the ribbon and says oh no, i love him. my soulmate, my baby. I need to hold my baby.

Mentioning him unprompted, drawing hearts on his pictures, dedicating special slides. No one told him to mention him several times yesterday. No one told him to dedicate his most prestigious award to him last weekend.

No one tells Hudson to touch that man intimately, to hold him closely, to caress his hands and kiss his face. To sit in his lap and share drinks and cigarettes.

This has never been part of the narrative. This is him, choosing to recenter his love for that man every time he gets enough room to breathe freely.

He’s making these choices, every day.

So respectfully, yes, we all have our opinions about the Situation. We all have different, valid interpretations. But one thing you will never do is convince me that he doesn’t wake up every single day loving that man, and making the active choice to share his love for him where all of us can see it.

He’s not even private about it. For as much as they share only with each other, he still carves out time to make sure that we know how much he thinks about him, and that his world and his universe would grind to a halt without Connor in it. It’s imperative to him that we all know he would kill any one of us for him.

And I didn’t even include shipping into this… this is just taking him at face value. 100% face value.

I see a lot of angry solos and antis and gossips chiming in these days to say mean-spirited things like, “he doesn’t love Connor.”

I have to ask…

When has he not loved Connor?

He’s always loved him. He’s loving him out loud. That’s not something anyone should be debating.

Keep calm and carry on ❣️

[afro-star]

Smiling in Your Face

Edit: I started this before the CSAs photo dump, don't worry that will be a separate post.

I have to go old school today with my musical choice. I'm going to share some thoughts on those "friends" and K that are less than favorable and if you don't like that then now is the time to dip.

TikTok Leaker: After today, I believe the leaker is either Chelsea, Samantha, or K. Because the original intent of that leak was to make sure people knew that Hudson/K were together. The leaker knew information that at the time in December, only someone close to Hudson would know and have access to. I know Internet stalkers are good, but Hudson wasn't famous enough yet for them to be that invested and have access so readily to private pictures and posts. Remember it was Chelsea who "accidentally" posted that Twilight video. Chelsea and Samantha are close to K, and I can see female friends doing something like this to support "their girl" before I would see a male friend doing it. I'm also not ruling out K being the leaker. We don't know anything about her character good or bad. All we know is she's a tattoo artist that has known Hudson for a long time and is allegedly his girlfriend and is important in his life. That doesn't mean she can't be jealous or have an agenda if she feels she's being left behind. This is my observation. Remember I said I wouldn't be fake nice and there's already too much glazing going on where K is concerned that is in the micro aggressive territory in regard to Hudson, which I'm going to circle back around to.

Ice Cream Field Trip: That bullshit day that wouldn't end was a set up 🙃. Samantha filming a "vlog" that she waited to post a full two weeks later of them "surprising" Hudson to go get some ice cream. That video of Hudson and K doing their "walk" being sent to DM, and that couch of depression picture posted by Kalem all reek of the same thing. I know people like going home and reconnecting. It grounds you. But what did they hope to accomplish by doing that if they were all going to move so shady by dragging out posting that day. Also, it really feels like even though Hudson put on a smile and looked glad he did not expect that from them, and that's why his mood was noticeably different by the end of the day. Remember in my previous post I said when you're back home you let your people know so you can link up. You don't have to surprise your friend if he told y'all he was back and actually wanted to hang out with y'all. I think it was done on purpose because they're all on social media and they're lurkers and they saw people speculating on Hudson not being home, speculating on them as friends, and speculating about Hudson and K and they wanted to make sure everyone knew that Hudson was cool with them and K.

Pulled a Baddie: No. Now I'm about to get into territory y'all don't like so I'm going to keep it as cute as possible. The only baddie Hudson ever pulled was Connor and Connor pulled a baddie right back. Connor and Hudson are equals, like Connor mentioned in in the Owen Thiele Podcast, he and Hudson were in similar places in life when they got cast in Heated Rivalry. They have the same values and interests. They are equally matched; hence they are soulmates. I'm sure Connor and Hudson had plenty of discussions about being "just waiters" before they got cast while they were in their shared apartments in Toronto going over lines for the show that they didn't know was going to change their lives. Some of y'all are out here trying so hard to prove you're okay with your fav having a girlfriend you're turning into his Opps. There is no reason to pretend to like a private citizen that much just because they're with someone who is now famous. Stop. Y'all are annoying as fuck and quite frankly the most delusional out of all the people in this fandom. Also let's take a look at how two different groups of his friends responded about someone important in Hudson's life.

When Connor posted his short film Jerry the Ginger Eater on YouTube Hudson's friends had this to say. These friends also showed support when Connor was announced to host SNL.

Versus Ms. Vlogger and this shit from today

Girl, I don't know you, but I don't like you. If they're both your friends, you don't like shit that is not even subtle about talking down about one of them to uplift the other. Especially since you know that Hudson is has more eyes on him, which means people have more eyes on you, especially since because made sure to let us know that he was your friend. Raggedy ass behavior. Also, when people started glazing K after VF and people picked up on the micro aggression of hyping up the white partner of a POC while making it seem like he was lucky to have her and how much they "want her not him." No heffa you still want him, but you don't want to admit it so you're self-inserting with his "gf" and managing to sprinkle in a touch of racism. But we're delusional 🙃. As Ilya would say Okey.

Alright y'all know the drill. It's time for an Intermission before I get to Hudson's shout out ❤️to his man. In the meantime, enjoy this other throwback.

[readingkat]

It gets to a point..

The fact that some people rather believe that Hudson is an absolute jerk who treats his " girlfriend " like shit and therefore get angry at him than to be willing to change their minds about K and what role she plays in his life, tells me everything I need to know about the state of this fandom.

And before people come at me: I am not saying he is perfect or put him on a pedestal. And, since I know people like to say this or play the misogyny card, without even knowing what misogyny actually means 🙃,its also not criticizing K .

But the fact that so many people can see all the tension, his cold behaviour, her annoyance ,the way they both look uncomfortable all the time, but the only conclusion for these people is : Hudson is a jerk, he needs to make a decision, his behaviour gives them the ick, K deserves better.. and yes these are all the things I had to read in the last days.

I think I explained my POV a few times: I think that H and C are a couple and that K is helping them out as a cover up, buffer, beard or whatever you want to call it at this point.

But she only does it, because thanks to shitty DM and that sus tiktok account, they were both put into that situation, because that girlfriend thing blew up immediatly and they were stuck.

But I think both of their behaviour shows that they are absolutely tired of that situation and pretending and thats exactly why they act the way they act .

And also, the way Hudsons treats women in general, how respectful and supportive he always is. I refuse to believe that he would treat his girlfriend like this. There is simply no way.

So maybe, just maybe, Hudsons behaviour and also of course Ks behaviour is based on the fact that they are both stuck in a situation they both do not want to be in and not because Hudson is a shitty person who is just too much of a coward to make a decision ( yep thats exactly what someone said about him) .

And maybe just maybe it is time to change your POV and trust me, from my own experience and from what some mutuals have told me, a lot of things will begin to make a lot more sense, if you let go of the girlfriend perspective.

Because it gets to a point where its just very obvious what is going on.

If it looks like a duck, sounds like a duck and walks like a duck, maybe it simply is a freaking duck 😉🙃.

[misssassy56]

Another submission from your friendly marketing guru. I also submitted: https://www.tumblr.com/misssassy56/818445577242148864/i-work-in-marketing-and-have-a-masters-degree-in

First of all, congratulations to the Fandom.

Seriously.

This morning, while making my coffee before work and doing my usual scroll through Instagram to see what had been posted overnight before I logged into my marketing job at a large company, I noticed something interesting. Fan account after fan account was posting about how beautiful Hudson and Katelyn are together, how happy they look, and what a wonderful couple they make.

And it got me thinking.

An entire weekend of public appearances apparently wasn't enough to convince people that Hudson and Katelyn are the picture of relationship bliss, but one Instagram photo seems to have done the trick.

Let's review.

At the Canada Screen Awards, fans noticed there was no red carpet kiss, no red carpet hug, very little visible physical affection, and after the parties Hudson and Katelyn weren't exactly giving "newlyweds at Disneyland" energy. In fact, a lot of the discussion afterward centered on how much more animated Hudson appeared with coworkers than with his girlfriend.

Then came one Instagram photo.

And suddenly fan pages are full of: "Look how happy they are!" "What a beautiful couple!" "Relationship goals!" "They look so in love!"

As someone who works in marketing, I have to tip my hat. The Fandom has accomplished something remarkable: they've managed to make a single still image outweigh an entire weekend's worth of live, unscripted public interactions.

That's not even sarcasm. It's genuinely fascinating.

Because the actual event footage, photos, and eyewitness accounts became secondary. The narrative became the photo.

The fans are now doing the heavy lifting themselves, reinforcing the message that Hudson and Katelyn are happy, stable, and thriving together.

Whether that was intentional or not, it's objectively impressive from a branding perspective.

The lesson?

Sometimes a carefully chosen image isn't powerful because of what's in it.

It's powerful because people enthusiastically fill in the blanks for you.

So once again, congratulations to the Fandom.

You've accomplished something remarkable: you've managed to sell Hudson and Katelyn's relationship as a happy, stable, thriving union based on a couple of strategically placed Instagram photos, despite an entire weekend of public appearances that left many fans debating the exact opposite.

From a marketing perspective, that's impressive.

You successfully communicated a message that Hudson himself never quite managed to communicate through his own actions.

Truly, a team effort.

Welcome back, my lovely anon🥰

It truly is shocking, isn't it? Like we keep talking about this being the worst PR team of all time but if their half-baked attempts just fucking keep working on the masses every time, does it even deserve to be called bad PR? It's bad if people were paying any close attention to anything at all... but I guess they really are not. I'm truly gobsmacked...

I don't know how many more times I need to remind people to just remember what the fuck happened literally 3 days ago in front of our very eyes. There are short memories and there are memories worse than a goddamn goldfish🙄

Please everyone. I fucking beg of yall. Read this. Remember what we witnessed firsthand over the weekend. Remember the fucking Met. Remember it all. Then fucking make your judgements. Please.

[rainbow-femme]

They move in together full time and Ilya notices that Anya acts differently with Shane than she does with him, more quiet and less playful, and he worries that means she doesn’t like Shane or is jealous, so he hires a dog trainer to come over and see if there’s anything they need to do to help

After a while of talking about how Anya acts the trainer says there’s nothing to worry about, Anya likes Shane just fine, it’s just that she sees him as the boss and is acting accordingly

And Ilya is like. But. I’m the one who adopted her? And raised her before Shane got here?? And the trainer is just like yeah well she sees you more like an equal. And Ilya is like WAIT she thinks Shane is in charge of both of us?? And the trainer is just like well do you interact in a way that would make her think that?

Ilya’s life flashes before his eyes as he thinks of all the times Shane has come over with a snack for Ilya and a treat for Anya, or all the times Shane has announced they’re all going for an after dinner walk, or pets Ilya’s hair and tells him he did a good job at practice, or the fact that he uses the same warning tone with Anya when she misbehaves as he does with Ilya when he’s causing problems on purpose

Shane comes home to Ilya with his face in his hands going oh god I’m not Anya’s dad I’m her brother and she thinks we’re both your pets. And Shane just goes. What.

[rivalfilm]

hearing jacob tierney said hollanov codependency will be a theme in s2 was like those “saying words my dog likes on phone call” tiktoks. my ears started perking up. EXACTLY WHAT I ORDERED, THANK YOU!

[russianblush]

Best Lead Performer, Drama Series is....Hudson Williams!

[afro-star]

Runaway Narrative

Okay, that's enough exercise let's get into it.

So today has been interesting right? After people doom posting on the timeline last night, we woke up to a multitude of content of Hudcon and a very interesting walk from one hotel to another. But I want to focus on what got us to this point, and it's not RPF. What got us to this point is not following the script.

GRWM Vogue: After a day that started wondering why Hudson was walking from Connor's hotel missing most of his outfit and concluding with Hudson leaving New York in the shared hat we got two different types of content. Hudson posted personal photos to Threads of he and Connor, and Hudson's GRWM video for the MetGala dropped. At this point I think he should stop doing those videos 🤣. I'm just playing. I had been wondering if or when K would be brought up this weekend. We had to suffer through the usual Big Foot/Loch Ness sightings of her this weekend when she obviously wasn't there. However, I had this weird inkling that she'd be mentioned in an interview and lo and behold I was right.

While Hudson was getting ready for the Met, he was asked where he was a year ago today (the day of the Met). Hudson pulled up his phone and showed his photo album, which Hudson, you didn't have to show us to tell us. Anyway, it's obvious some of the pictures albeit blurry were of Connor, Connor is just that distinctive. Anyway, apparently a year ago this time Hudson had just started filming Heated Rivalry and had a day off and he mentioned he went to an Art Museum with K. Let's pause right here. Hudson seems to have a problem looking at directly at the camera when he calls K is gf. He was pointing at K in the GRWM Vanity Fair video when he said she was his gf turned away from the camera, and he was looking at his phone when he said it in the Vogue video. However, would you like to know what they did later? They met up with Connor and watched a movie. Then he looks up and tries to remember the movie and says he can't remember and then says they all kikied and laughed and had fun.

Oh boy. I believe he hung out at the museum with K. I don't believe they all met later to watch a movie because he averted his eyes trying to "remember" and when he said they all kikied and laughed he literally wasn't smiling 🤷🏽‍♀️. A kiki is gossiping, chatting and laughing with your friends, girlfriends, girl friends. That's not a term I'd use to describe spending time with a long-term partner and a coworker I'd just met in person, but hey that's just me. Remember this is before "you're my soulmate, let's get matching tattoos Hudcon", but it is after they started leaving comments for each other on IG. Kind of messy and unecessary to bring up. He could've just left the story at he went to the museum with K. But when he mentions K, he mentions Connor and that's a pattern he established, not the fans. Then while he's getting ready, he says unprompted to go support "his boy Connor Storrie." I get they were both excited to see each other. However, Connor can bring up Hudson unprompted without worrying about having mentioned a significant other. Hudson brought Connor up unprompted twice in a video where he mentioned his gf. Something completely innocuous, if as I stated, it wasn't a pattern.

Threads: Maybe because I'm an elder millennial but I don't get the desire to interact with celebrities on social media. If I may borrow a term, I don't want to be perceived by the celebrities, I follow. So, the idea of posting any of my theories on a platform where I know Hudcon could see it gives me extreme second hand embarrassment.

The #1 rule of Fandom is that it shouldn't breach containment. Everything outside of the original source material is for fan enjoyment. This includes NSFW Fan Art. If it's a nice drawing of an Actor or their character that's okay, and in some instances, like that fan who showed her work to Hudcon back in November, they didn't seem to mind the spicier drawings. But not every actor is the same. So, again we keep that art within Fandom. We don't share fanfic and I actually hate that Media outlets show actors people's fanfic without those author's consent, to make fun of them, because let's face it that's what the media is doing. It's like they're saying, "Hey famous actor come look at this weird story a fan wrote about your fictional character." That borderline feels cruel and unnecessary to me, the same with Thirst Tweets honestly. Leave Fandom enjoyment to the fans. This goes both ways though. If you indulge in "RPF" or have fan theories, you should never seek out the real people involved.

I think Hudson miscalculated that every platform is trash 🙃and I'm truly sorry for him. I believe that it's harder for him than Connor to be completely professional on social media, but it is useful to avoid situations like this. So apparently a fan posted the Rihanna lyrics that Hudson used in his IG post, and I guess the particular verse was being used to imply that Hudson would cheat or be a bad boyfriend to K. I don't know. Either way, Hudson saw it and said to stop "RPFing". Now I'm sure K stans, Solo Stans, and F/C stans are doing a Victory Lap right now, but they shouldn't because this isn't some victory for punishing "Hudcon shippers" it was a moment where silence perhaps should've been golden and the fallout may have the opposite effect.

Connor went months without mentioning the obvious false, and actual harmful "RPF" shipping narrative of F/C. He never responded and I still that was the right thing to do. No matter how hard it was to watch, I think Connor withdrawing from social media and making his IG professional was the best move. This situation with Hudson, however, is different because at least to the public K is Hudson's gf and I get why he thought he should say something. But honestly that was a random comment on Threads, and no one would've paid attention to it if he hadn't amplified it. Now, everyone is pointing out how it's strange that he avoided responding to the more risqué comments about him and Connor but singled out that one. Again, I know it's because it involved K, but the optics still look strange.

The Train has left the station and so has the narrative: I checked Twitter and it is messy. Hudson's update account is clearly trying to do damage control by posting that clip from the GRWM video. It' not working. In fact, the Update Account shouldn't have reposted that comment from Threads in the first place. Let the people on that social media platform handle it. That was messy and has now amplified that post to people who don't even have Threads and wouldn't have seen the comment. Also, people are being extremely sarcastic now, showing the picture of Connor from the Valentine's Day post (that came back to bite you in the butt Hudson, although I still love that you did it.), his liking of the "gf and bf" comment. Also referring that new picture, of Hudcon from the Met Gala as "super besties" and "best friends" in a very facetious manner. Drawing attention to the perceived romantic nature of his relationship with Connor when most people accepted they were just best friends already, makes me wonder where Hudson's head is at.

Because people who believe Hudson and Connor are together are taking their cues from Hudson and Connor. Hudson isn't driving the "RPF Bus", but he been shaping the narrative. Having Connor be a part of Hudson and K in 2026 is one thing, whether it's his IG posts, or the VF party. But mentioning Connor back at the beginning of HR filming, implies where Connor is in Hudson's mind and Connor has had his own permanent space for a year. If Hudson wanted to truly avoid a romantic narrative, then he should've stuck to the script at the VF party and "debut" of K. But he didn't and I get it, because he and Connor are just magnets like that and I believe suppression is the worst thing for both of them. However, his behavior where K and Connor are concerned always contradicts what he says.

People have been trying to paint people who support Hudcon as the toxic part of this Fandom for months, ignoring F/C shippers, solo stans, and yes K stans, that had K's schedule memorized back in Jan./Feb. Most people who love Hudcon don't even think they're actually together like I and mutuals do. RPF is not the problem because the people being gleeful right now will happily go back to shipping Hudson with his costar Dylan, and the F/C weirdos have never left. The fact that these people are left to continue to be awful actually pisses me off, which is why I think this was the wrong move in a Fandom that already has truly toxic stans who go unchecked.

I hope this blows over, and it likely will because real fans and true Fandom Veterans know how to behave. We'll stick to our corners and keep #observing and #noticing as they say. But it will probably be weird for a while. However, the train has left the station where Hudcon is concerned. We've seen too much and that walk back to the hotel this morning, quite frankly was probably the biggest risk Hudson could've taken, but he did it anyway and then this day just spiraled from there 🙃. But those silences we get after a big Hudcon moment? I think this one is about to be really noticeable and hopeful some new strategizing will take place during it.

Alright I'm signing off for now.

[wannabetonthat]

I was half asleep daydreaming and I came up with the most cracky idea

Shane has been in face offs against Ilya for years, even if they didn't have their thing of the ice, he knows his face by memory. Which is why he notices when a mole in the underside of his jaw gets bigger.

It's the 2015-2016 season, middle of the hookup era, and he is trying to get this motherfucker to see a dermatologist, but nothing he says works. Ilya either distracts him or dismisses him with some stupid denial like russians don't get melanoma.

But the mole keeps changing and now its not even the same consistent color and Shane has googled the signs so he says fuck it, I'm gonna make him.

Shane uses his barely active public account to tweet a list of Boston based dermatologist and tags Ilya in each one.

This of course goes crazy with the fans because what the hell? Shane Hollander? Tweeting at Ilya Rozanov? Doctors? This is a very advanced very strange chirp? Is he calling his moles ugly?

The next time the Boston Raiders have a game the media scrum doesn't even try to pretend they came for another thing, they want to know about the Dermatologist Thread.

Ilya, at this point frustrated because his moles are fine, they're perfect, why is this a problem, so he answers.

"Hollander should mind his own businesses, he wants me to visit stupid skin doctor because he sees mole. I have lots of moles, always had, there's no problem here, it's normal mole!"

And Shane is getting out of his own game a few hours later, prepares himself to answer about the fumble in the second period when the media comes, and it's surprised when, instead, he gets shown a clip of Ilya's earlier interview. Now, this fucking reckless motherfucker, Shane explodes.

"You fucking asshole! You want to die by driving a Porsche into a wall be my guest! But you're gonna die of the most stupid thing in existence! A MOLE! A mole you decided not to check even if it changed size and color and it's in your fucking face where we can all see it every fucking face off with arena lights shining right into it! Why? Because you're stupid and you don't want to go to the doctor and you don't respect the sun. You're gonna die from a perfectly preventable thing and then what am I gonna do? I'm gonna be the best hockey player in mi generation with 10 cups and Harts and Conn Smythes and no competition because you're gonna be in the history books as that one promising dude who died from a mole. A mole! Go to the fucking doctor and use your fucking sunscreen."

That one goes viral. That one breaches containment and goes internacional meme viral.

Shane Hollander Skin Cancer Awareness King.

There's "Go to the fucking doctor and use your fucking sunscreen" T-Shirts.

Shane Hollander angry sneering face with the text "RESPECT THE SUN" under it.

Ilya Rozanov gets bullied relentlessly about it, everyone asking if he has gone to the doctor yet. He doesn't answer. Eventually, he appears with a new scar in his jaw where a wonky mole used to be.

A new meme begins, Shane Hollander has saved Ilya Rozanov's life. From a malignant mole.

[drawballa]

Sleepy boys 💤

[shanyshko]

you know i think ilya would get off on choosing shane's clothes for him. shane doesn't really care about fashion so much as looking acceptable for the situation, so when ilya asks to style him before charity galas and important dinners and re-do his array of game day suits, it's not exactly a hard sell.

suddenly, shane is in proper black and white formal for the first time ever, a designer suit jacket with a little point to the shoulder that makes him look all sensual and broad. accessories keep making their way in. a snakeskin belt, a loafer that doesn't look like it's from 2005, a signet ring. and of course, ilya always ties the rolex in, wear the one with the emerald face, i'll put you in a matching sock and maybe some gemstone cuff-links. his casuals remain casual, but every once in awhile he sneaks in a pair of impeccably tailored $800 jeans, or a vintage acid wash muscle tee ilya had to fight tooth and nail for on ebay. he puts his baby in cashmere sweaters that would make princess diana cry.

and people notice. of course they notice. there are theories, who is the stylist, is it a social media stunt, a new sponsorship everything their influence. and yes, a part of him is resentful he can't claim credit, but when shane asks him once, while ilya delicately folds his silk pocket square, why do you do this for me? ilya runs a hand over his dress shirt, groping at his pecs, and says, they all wonder why you look so pretty. is because i want my boyfriend to look pretty for me. they wonder, and i know. i know it's for me. it isn't for you, malysh. is for me.

one day, ilya thinks, he'll walk in with the hottest man in the nhl on his arm. he'll put him in diamonds and a fur coat, and they'll all know. but for now he just pats shane's chest and sends him out with cuff links that have ilya's initials engraved.

[nightspires]

No but their whole time at the cottage is basically them to just playing one big game of chicken about who’s going to say I love you first. Like Ilya goes to the cottage KNOWING he loves Shane, and knowing that Shane wouldn’t have invited him if he didn’t at least feel something back. And Shane knows he feels strongly for Ilya, is fairly certain Ilya reciprocates those feelings because otherwise he wouldn’t have accepted his invitation. Shane says let’s be honest about how we really feel :)))) and Ilya is like ok I’ll try :)))) They sleep in the same bed and wake up together, something that six months ago even the prospect of caused the crash out of all crash outs. And then they start upping their game. “I like you” and “I like you too” becomes a practice run, and when Ilya says “I hate you” and Shane GRINS as he says, knowingly, “no you don’t”…. It’s like they’re slowly working their way up to being able to say it, whilst simultaneously trying to bait the other into saying it first. They know they feel, they have a pretty good idea how the other feels, it’s just been said out loud yet. And only being at the cottage together allowed them that space to be able to finally say it.