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Shane getting criticized for not using pride tape and he’s caught on a mic later that week saying I didn’t realize it wasn’t the sucking dick that made me gay but the rainbow . Which is how he comes out.
i just know mr. "hi this is ilya i will never listen to your voicemail" rozanov is CONSTANTLY leaving shane voicemails. he's at practice and needs to stop for some water. what else does he do? sneaks his phone out real quick to leave shane a vm talking about how hot he looks in his ottawa jersey. he's at the grocery store waiting in line? he's singing a little ditty he made up about it for shane to hear later. shane ran to his parents house real quick to grab those yummy leftovers they forgot last night. ilya: five minutes later is calling and whining about how much he misses shane and needs him back home asap.
and shane listens to and saves every single one. he eventually has to start downloading them and saving them to a flash drive because ilya leaves so many.
but shane adores and cherishes each and every one.
Anyway here's another possibly controversial headcanon:
Shane is an adrenaline junkie.
I don't think that this should be such a wild idea considering Shane AND Ilya are both the guy hooking up (and catching feelings) with their archival on the down-low for literal years starting before they were legally allowed to rent a hotel room. I think Shane gets just as much of a thrill from it as Ilya, maybe even with the added bonus of feeling like he's pulling the wool over everyone's eyes with regards to his 'Squeaky Clean' image--something Ilya never really cultivated.
What does this look like outside of his sex life? So glad you asked. Sometimes Shane will start feeling like his skin is crawling and no amount of moving his body will get it to stop and so he finds the nearest roller coaster. The faster the better. Ride operators at La Ronde see him coming and let him skip the line, which used to make him feel a bit embarrassed but after he brought back the Cup the first time they started getting REALLY insistant about it and, at the end of the day, Shane kind of figures it's his due. For the Cup.
They also let him ride as many times in a row as he wants, which, again. Part of him kind of figures he's Shane fucking Hollander, y'know?
So he regulates this way. And it's not perfect because there's zero anonymity to the whole thing, especially in Montreal, but it works. It's not necessarily a secret--the team knows that Hollzy's always good to go if someone wants to day trip to Disneyland or Six Flags if they're in the area, and Hayden benefits greatly from foisting his eldest two children off on Shane for a day knowing that he's willing to ride the rides with them (Hayden gets motion sick and Jackie has exactly zero patience for lines.) but it's not a widely known thing.
So it surprises Ilya when, once, he and Shane meet up in Newark after the Raiders play the Admirals and the Metros play the Monsters, Shane is still buzzing like an absolute race horse even after Ilya has made him cum twice and they're laying in bed, Shane on his stomach with an absent look in his eyes and Ilya is just about to ask if he's good when Shane says, "Do you want to do something crazy?"
And of course Ilya is like, "Jesus Hollander, three times in one night?" but Shane doesn't hear him because he's already clamoring over Ilya to--get off the bed and pull on his clothes.
"You don't have to come," Shane tells him. "But, uh--you ride a motorcycle, right? This might be fun for you."
Which is how Ilya ends up in Luna Park with Shane Hollander on a starless night in October.
I saw a post about Shane and Ilya being sad that they can't thank each other in their acceptance speeches like other can with their spouses and it got me thinking:
Ilya wins his first awards and hes got nobody he really wants to thank after his team and coach cause he he hates his family but he knows his speech is too short so on impulse he goes "And I want to thank Shane Hollander for being slightly worse than me this season". Everyone knows it was going to one of those two, so everyone thinks hes an asshole to say that but whats new so it works for him. But from then on it then becomes a bit for both of them to thank each other in their speeches in a snide way as a reason they won.
Shane winning the Art Ross Trophy (Awarded to the player who leads the league in total points at the end of the regular season). and going "special thanks to Rozanov for missing at least 5 shots this season, he was a huge help"
Ilya winning the Conn Smythe Trophy (Awarded to the most valuable player for his team in the playoffs.) "Just want to give a quick shout out to Hollander for getting knocked out in the second round this season. Must hate to see me up here."
They find a way to mention the other in their speeches every time all the time.
I’m still intrigued by the idea that shane has a harder time adjusting to ilya’s captaincy style in ottawa than he expects. I feel like the metros vs. raiders locker rooms were probably soooo different. I imagine shane as the kind of captain who runs an extremely tight ship with very high standards for professionalism but maybe, uh, not as much room for fun or goofing off or all the casual bonding stuff that makes guys feel like Brothers In Arms. it’s a good place to work in that you can expect everyone to work hard and excel but it also feels very much like a workplace where you are sort of tacitly expected to leave your personal life at the door. shane is going to treat you well as a colleague but unless you’re hayden he’s probably not going to remember your wife’s name or your kids’ ages and favorite sports at school. and if you’ve got personal life stuff going on outside of work it’s like… ok but you’re at work now? he’s got personal life stuff going on too (see: messy secret gay situationship with a disaster bisexual) and he’s not letting it affect his game.
whereas I think ilya as a captain is one of those people who seem to be running an extremely loose ship (it’s noisy it’s chaotic guys are roughhousing during practice people prank each other all the time everyone’s out a little later than they should be at the bar together etc etc) but actually the second something starts souring in the atmosphere it becomes obvious that ilya has his finger on the pulse of the room and absolutely nothing escapes his notice. and he has a knack for fixing things or smoothing things over without it actually seeming like he’s intervening at all, just by saying the right thing to the right guy at the right moment or giving someone a little nudge or taking some of the guys out drinking and by the end of the night it’s somehow all resolved even though no one can remember what happened or how he did it.
ANYWAY I think when shane comes into that cens locker room it would be fun for him to initially be silently appalled by how cavalier ilya seems be about his leadership position. like shane has no problem not wearing the C on his new team but is ANYONE wearing the C here??? and I think it would be funnnn for them to have some friction about it at first where shane’s being silently judgy about it but refusing to come out and say anything and ilya’s getting annoyed but also like a little wounded by it because it’s the same attitude his dad always had about his leadership style. and ALSO in his secret heart of hearts he sort of feels like… his raiders, to a man, would have died for him and still loved him even after he left boston in the lurch with zero explanation, whereas shane’s metros threw him under the bus the second he came out… and then when they finally have a big blowout fight about this & that last part surfaces it’s very hurtful to shane because of course everyone loves ilya people are so EASY for ilya!!!! ilya doesn’t even have to work for it he just shows up and winks at people and cracks a few jokes and everyone is falling all over themselves to make him happy!!!! and maybe shane isn’t good at people but he’s good at being a fucking professional and that’s why he has three cups to ilya’s one!!!! anyway it gets messy and everyone storms off to lick their wounds and then they make up later and eventually ilya admits that OKAY maybe he could stand to be a little more of an hardass when guys are slacking off in practice or whatever and then shane admits that OKAY maybe remembering stuff about your teammates’ families or knowing when a guy’s in the throes of an ugly divorce and needs a little bit of grace is important to helping guys click with each other and feel emotionally invested in what you’re building together, and also it’s kind of hot when ilya makes totally ridiculous scoring bets with the guys and then comes back to collect. and then of course having resolved all of this they fuck about it
Broke: The leopard print shirt at the club was Ilya's revenge dress
Woke: That damn black tank top and sunglasses and backwards cap at the airport was Ilya's revenge dress
That man did not come to PLAY. Shane already rejected him once (tuna melt) and he is reminding Shane exactly WHY he invited him here and giving him no room to have any doubt about it no sir
It’s like no one even wants to talk about Shane and Ilya getting drunk together for the first time at the cottage over small table with candles lit and Shane asking earnestly “is this how dates actually go? They’re nice”. And Ilya has to Die about it and Kiss him about it a lot because Shane means it- he’s been on dates but none that felt like this like Ilya was all over him and too far away at the same time and there was all this want tangled up under the table between them and the knowledge that they are going to fuck after this and he gets to watch Ilya laugh across the table and flirt with him and Shane gets to watch Ilya watch his mouth when he sips at his beer and feel the air thicken when he puts his feet between Ilya’s, like his pulse ticking up up when Ilya takes his hand briefly and opens his palm and traces his fingers over the lines of Shane’s palms as he’s explaining a play, using Shane’s hand as paper just as an excuse to touch
ilya rozanov sighting let's all heal
In defense of my Ilya once again...
In the 1410 scene, I see a lot of people feeling bad for Shane when Ilya says he has an early flight and he should go. I think this is also what sets a lot of people on the path to thinking Ilya is just a fuckboi who doesn't care about Shane.
But look back 30 seconds and you'll see a big part of the reason he leaves. He was happily laying in bed with Shane, chuckling over the craziness of them getting together and this unexpected thing™ between them. He's making no move to leave, or really sit up even. He's relaxing in the bed, and I fully believe he wanted more. Likely more sex, but also, I think, at least a bit of a cuddle.
But then Shane gets all paranoid (no shade to our Shane - we all understand his very justified fear of discovery) and he tells Ilya that he can't say anything about this. Ilya tries to joke about it a bit but when it's obvious that Shane is completely serious, and terrified of the idea of them as anything known or real, THAT'S when Ilya talks about an early flight and having to leave. He leaves because he thinks now that he made Shane cum, he wants him gone.
Which is of course, basically how Ilya views himself at this point - someone people want for sex, cause he's hot and he's good at it, but not someone they want around beyond that.
Like, look at this smitten boy - he definitely wanted a litol cuddle.
*I definitely think Shane wanted him to stay too, but he let his shame and panic get in the way - which is heartbreaking.*
"who is the girl" argument is problematic and reductive of course. But it is ilya
if Shane Hollander was on ao3 he WOULD be the type to leave unsolicited scathing feedback on everything he reads. He treats that shit like letterboxd, and it's rare he actually says anything positive.
Eventually he becomes a so-hated-hes-actually-kinda-beloved figure in his fandoms Ao3 community that the next time he leaves a review that is even remotely positive, OP posts a photo of it printed and framed on their wall. No one knows anything about him so he is referred to exclusively as "HockeyPlayer24" in hushed whispers lest you summon him
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Fuck.
Ilya hadn’t anticipated this problem.
When Bood had decided to make his latest cookout a themed party, he’d actually been thrilled, always the first to be excited about a good theme. He’d been the one to suggest that Haas’s most recent birthday party be My Little Pony-themed since he was, in fact, still an infant.
But the ‘dress like your teenage self’ idea was turning out to be a big mistake. Not only because 19-year-old fuckboy Ilya Rozanov seemed to be allergic to the concept of sleeves, which didn’t do well in the current Ottawa winter, but because thinking about 19-year-old Shane Hollander brought back only the most dangerous of memories. The kind that got Ilya rock-hard.
So now here they both were, ready for the party, standing in their shared bedroom, dressed like they might have at that fateful CCM photoshoot: Ilya in an old Raiders’ t-shirt with cutoff sleeves that showed all of his muscular arms and Shane in a faded blue hoodie and old gym shorts. Ilya could swear both were authentic, as memories of peeling them slowly off of a much younger Shane before making him whine his last name in pleasure were currently flooding his brain and making him dizzy with arousal.
The whole thing–the mixture of the memories of before, when they’d been so young, so unsure, so scared; and now, with the freedom to adore each other like they’d always wanted–plus Shane’s big eyes peeking out from under his hood….it made Ilya’s whole body go hot. Suddenly, a cookout was not the priority.
“Shane,” he groaned and stumbled closer, knowing he didn’t need any words. Just looking at his husband, at the wrecked expression on his face, at the desire pouring out of him…he knew that they were on the same page.
Shane smirked a little, biting his lip as he sat on the bed, spreading his legs slightly in a way that made Ilya’s mouth go bone-dry. “Rozanov?”
He quickly pulled out his phone.
Ilya: Party theme is great idea. We love it very much. So much we will not be joining you. Do not call me for next several hours. Bood: Fuckin’ perverts
This song makes me lowk really #emotionalabouthollanov because imagine a world where they were afforded the ability to slowly fall in love one day at a time. Where their time together wasn't so rushed and without the constant reminder that what they were doing was Wrong looming over them. Where they woke up together after their 4th or 5th date and made plans to see each other again that night just because they can and they want to. God.
sorry i cant stop thinking about ilya in this outfit
with shane on his lap a la this gif of jude law in wilde
like. shane probably high or a little tipsy just tucked into ilya’s neck lowkey horny as fuck in his little shorts and tank and tube socks at a summer get together. and the cens are just like 🧍👁️👁️ haha……. okay…..
Ok walk with me?
Shane is accidentally fuck drunk on the plane home with all the cens post a swing of away matches.
Like it’s not really Shane and Ilya’s fault. Not really. Ilya wakes up before Shane’s alarm, and Shane is sprawled on his tummy asleep underneath ilya, who is half laid over him, his arm around Shane’s waist and face smushed into Shane’s warm shoulder. They’d won last night and the two games before that and the heavy thrill of it was settling into Ilya’s veins, how right this year felt, how good it felt being on the same team as Shane, seeing this thing all start to work.
Anyway- blah blah blah, Ilya is kissing up over the back of Shane’s neck, his short hairline, over his ears and shoulders, lazy nuzzles of his nose because they have time. It’s just early light in the room and Shane’s alarm hasn’t gone off yet, meaning they have time. They’d fucked last night, frantic and hot against the door of the hotel, still half sweaty from rushed showers at the rink. Adrenaline thundering through the pair of them. It had been desperate and rushed, spit instead of lube and grabbing hands.
They’d showered after and curled up in bed and kissed sweet and slow and passed out hard. And now, now Ilya wants him again, needs him again, dizzy proud of Shane, dizzy happy of waking up to his pretty boy in his bed. His husband, his teammate. Fuck it makes Ilya feel crazy. Shane wakes up to the lube slick of Ilya’s fingers petting over his hole, sighing happily and rolling his hips back once, twice. “Mmm sore” Shane exhales and Ilya hums, presses his nose behind Shane’s ear, and Ilya’s fingers are soft and sweet and he’s making a sad little sound. “Sorry sweetheart” he exhales, knowing they’d been rough last night. “Let’s kiss is all better baby” Ilya had used his mouth on Shane’s dripping wet with saliva and slow, made him cum like that and then got him open on his fingers because Shane had softly whimpered and asked for “more please” then they’d snoozed Shane’s alarm a few times because then they’d both wanted Ilya’s cock inside him after that. They fucked deep, slow and heavy.
Ilya had been laid over Shane’s body, pressed skin to shin, Ilya’s neck tucked into Shane’s neck, kissing and licking and nuzzling into the soft skin. Ilya’s arms had been wrapped around Shane, one around his chest the other under his head, Shane’s face in the crook of his elbow, panting wet and hot into the skin.
His fifth thrust inside Shane had whimpered, turned his face into Ilya’s bicep and kissed at the warm skin and sighed “can still feel you from last night, feels good. Feels, like a lot, you already feel big in the morning but it’s even more” he’d whispered, soft and true and Ilya had gripped his face and licked into his mouth, kissed him hot and needy and then told him him how fucking good he felt, how good he was, his boy. And it’s so dizzy good like that, in the dark quiet early morning of the hotel room, under thick soft hotel bedding, just the pair of them whispers and heavy touches, slick messy kisses. Then Shane’s sucking Ilya’s fingers and they are moving slow, sore from the night before, the pleasure is stretched out and lazy and hot and good good good.
Shane gets fuzzy, so fucking hard and so fucking open and full of Ilya and the sheets are so soft and feel so nice under his cheek, and Ilya is holding him so tight and is so big over him and the ache of his muscles from last night feels sore and good and he just kinda softly slips into another space, that warm lightheaded fuzz that Ilya can send him into. He’s sucking on Ilya’s tongue, his fingers, nuzzling into Ilya’s face and then he’s just he only exists in the hot aching place he and Ilya connect, he needs. He needs. They come with whimpering I love yous, Ilya’s hand gripping Shane’s jaw, face with such force it makes his cheeks smush and Shane’s lashes flutter at the force of his orgasm. Shane nuzzles and kisses and mouths at Ilya’s forearm as Ilya cums all over his back, his ass.
Ilya doesn’t realise till Shane is so far gone until he reached down to ease himself out and Shane whines, whines, reaches back and grips at Ilya’s body, “stay” he exhales, and Ilya is leaning back down over him, finding Shane’s face and his palm and tilting him up to his gaze and Shane’s eyes are half lidded and cheeks red and he’s leaning in to try and find Ilya’s mouth like it’s the only thing that exists.
“Ohhh bunny” Ilya cooes, and kisses over Shane’s flushed cheeks, knocks their noses other. “You are gone yes?” Ilya asks, low voice, and Shane just turns his face further into Ilya’s, like he’s trying to burrow into his skin.
“Was goooood” Shane exhales, and his and hand goes up into Ilya’s curls, tugging and fidgeting with them. Ilya can’t help but beam, and he’s kissing all over Shane’s face, arm warm around him to keep him close.
Ilya smooths his hand down to grip at Shane’s ass, cooing a low “always good, you’re always good” and then- then Ilya’s alarm goes off which fuck. Means they have like half an hour to be downstairs ready to go- and Shane just huffs and rubs his face into Ilya’s neck and says “turn it off” and Ilya lets out a low laugh and then ten seconds later he’s pulling back- “oh fuck Ilya. We’ve gotta go” he says, wide eyed and Ilya sucks his teeth and rubs his thumb over Shane’s cheek and she’s like “da bunny, we do, I’m sorry- we got. Hm carried away” Ilya says low, kisses Shane’s nose and chin and squeezes him to his chest with a firm cuddle.
“we need to go, but is okay” Ilya reassured him and it is. Ilya gets Shane into the shower and kisses him deep till Shane’s toes curl against the tiles and then he’s slipped out to let Shane finish in the shower while quickly packs them up- gets them clothes, raids the mini bar for an apple juice. He makes Shane sip at the juice and Ilya gets them dressed, loose sweats, a hoodie of Ilya’s that’s too big for either of them pulled onto Shane, hood up over his wet hair. He’s more himself by the time they get out of the room, but it’s rushed and not how Ilya likes, he likes to kiss Shane back to being warm eyed and snarky and calling Ilya an asshole. Likes to touch and hold him close, tease him and maybe make him cum again, make him squirm like it’s too much. Then bring him back with a bath and kisses and talking.
Shane looks spacey, likes he’s come off three hard shifts on the ice, cheeks still flushed and eyes so dark and long slow blinks. Loose limbed and unsteady.
Shane sinks into Ilya’s side in the lift, yawning heavily and he’s pressing his face to Ilya’s throat and his hand is shoving into Ilya’s pocket. Ilya puts a hand up under his sweatshirt and rubs at Shane’s warm hip, lower back.
They get to the lobby just as the coach is pulling up outside to take them to the airport. The boy don’t pay them much mind, soft mutters of “cap” “hollzy” “morning” early enough for most of the team to be half asleep or hungover still.
On the short ride to the hotel Shane falls asleep curled into Ilya’s side, hood still up, his hand under Ilya’s sweatshirt, resting on the low of his stomach, pink finger tucked into the waistband of Ilya’s sweats. Fabric covered the quiet needy affection. Ilya’s hand rubs up and down Shane’s back, squeezes the back of his neck when he fusses.
It’s only once they get to the airport that the guys realise Shane is off. “Hollzy you get hit last night” Bood asks, rubs the top of his head in passing as they settle into seats by the gate. Shane shakes his head, blinks heavy and says “oh um no. Just uh feel a bit” Shane shrugs and waves his hand and Bood nods, starts talking about his sister having the flu and these immunity supplements he thinks are “bomb”. Ilya pulls Shane’s leg over his once they are sat, tugs him to rest his head on his shoulder.
Troy offers Shane like six different snacks he keeps producing from his bag. Shane’s just all slow shakes of his head and he only accepts the coffee Ilya had asked bood to get for him. Shane smiles against the cup when it’s a Mocca, chocolate sweet and heavy and comforting on his tongues. Keeps one hand in Ilyas as they sit together, heavy and all yawns. Hass and Hayes both talk about how “cute” they look, cuddled up- far more than their usual affection. It’s sweet Ilya thinks, that the boys notice the change in Shane but Ilya feels like a frustrated guard dog, protective of this soft lovely Shane that is only his. Ilya aches to kiss him, to draw love hearts with his fingertips over Shane’s hips till he gets too shiver and shoves his hands away. To feed him grapes and oranges by hand and have a far too long shower and curl up in bed together again, maybe doze a while.
When they finally get on the plane, Ilya cant help himself, pushes up the arm between the seats as soon as he can and pulls Shane into his chest. Shane doesn’t even try to protest, shoves his face into the warm skin between Ilya’s shoulder and jaw, with a weighted exhale. “Baby” Shane whispers and Ilya nods, nods, tucks a hand to Shane’s cheek, under the fabric of his hoodie and his fingers find his earlobe to rub rub at it. “I know” Ilya mutters, squeezes Shane in a warm hard hug. “I know, you did good” he praises, honest, because Shane had done good, so good getting here. Ilya rubs his cheek against the top of Shane’s head. The fabric of the hood soft.
“Everyone get to see you so pretty, lucky them, but now you’re just for me” Ilya grumbles, smooths his hand from the back of shanes head to the low of his back over and over, until Shane goes heavy, asleep in Ilya’s arms.
thinking kip uses scotts hockey money and influence to become curator of a really successful art gallery and has a very glowing profile in new york magazine or something. hes pretty well known among the well connected new york crowd and scott hunter obviously a public name so their divorce really makes waves. kip being so classy about it and is making no public comments except for a “please respect our privacy at this time” . meanwhile scott is on instagram posting the most cryptic messages over a black background and is spending a lot of time in the hamptons and a carousel of young twinks are seen coming and going all hours of the day from his westhampton rental and he probably catches a dui or public intoxication charge. the mugshot is really funny and ilya makes it his profile picture for 4 hours before yuna tells him its not tasteful and makes him change it back
A compilation of inherently BOY things I think Ilya does during his first time at the cottage that fundamentally ruin his cool-guy image for Shane in the most endearing way possible:
- Ilya’s first sunburn, which is Very Bad. His are all cheeks all flushed and he’s walking funny and hissing through his teeth as he pushes on the reddened skin as it turns yellow. He yelps any time Shane tries to touch it, which is all the time because it’s funny and also because he likes touching Ilya.
- Shane catches a little sunfish off the end of the dock and puts it in a bucket full of water and Ilya sits in a Slavic squat in front of that bucket for hours on the dock watching the fish swim around. He’s sticking his hand in there to try and touch it and making embarrassing noises and jerking his hand away when he does manage to brush a finger along the scales. Until Shane tells him it needs to be released at some point and then Ilya is insisting on being the one to do it.
- Utterly failing at water skiing, with Shane trying to give tips while David drives the boat. Full on face of water, sputtering eating-shit so many times but insisting on going again, because Shane can do it so Ilya will do it too.
- Not tying up his shorts tight enough the first time David takes them tubing (despite his calm demeanour, once David has a tube behind his boat he drives like a maniac) and Ilya almost loses his shorts, white booty out. Shane can’t help but smack his ass and cackle as Ilya tries desperately to hold onto the tube handle with one hand and his shorts (that are around his knees) with the other while they continue to fly across the water.
- Ilya trying to dive off the dock in a life jacket because Shane told him it was impossible and now of course he has to try.
- Ilya in a life jacket in general.
- Ilya with a mosquito bite. Itching itching itching while Shane slaps at his hands and tells him to stop. It’s gets all red and raised bump, and Ilya’s kind of self conscious but he still can’t stop scratching and cursing mosquitos as he does. But then Shane’s pressing a careful thumbnail into an X over the bite and Ilya’s fascinated by another way he can be close to Shane.
- Ilya on the dock, on his stomach watching a spider eat a bug in its web for an undetermined amount of time. He’s narrating for Shane with a slightly disgusted but fascinated tinge to his voice who is suntanning beside him, sunglasses on.
- Ilya in the marsh trying to catch a frog after David explains how Shane used to do it all the time. He’s finally got one, calling Shane’s name with so much excitement and a frog cupped between his hands. Of course it’s the largest fugliest frog in the marsh so then they’re both crouched down, staring into Ilya cupped palms arguing about whether or not the frog is cute (Ilya says it is, Shane says it’s ugly)
- Ilya with a leech from the marsh stuck onto his ankle. He’s actually Losing His Shit about this one. freaky, disgusting, Canadian blood sucker. Why the fuck would they even have these things in the lake. Shane has to pull it off. Obviously he lets Ilya chase him around the property throwing his ankle towards Shane screaming “get it off, Shane! Get it off!” before he has Ilya sit on a sun chair and performs leech surgery on his ankle while Ilya whimpers (non-sexily).
Sincerely, someone who grew up with a Canadian family cottage.