Vicky

sideblog for Heated Rivalry (mostly fic recommendations)

[mimivisb]

As of today I've made 10 fic rec lists with (insert number here) fics in total and I'm planning to do more as soon as I have time to keep reading so I thought it'll be good to have a fixed post for easy access.

Enjoy !

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[iwrotemrtambourineman]

ilya in the other books is going, “I see that you’re gay. I see that you like this person. I see that you are miserable. You should do something about that.” and he stands there and waits for someone else to say that they notice him too and nobody ever does.

[compatible1221]

No bc this literally how I feel abt both of them

[mimivisb]

✨️ Hollanov fic rec list PART 10 ✨️

Heyy it's been a while so I thought it'll be cool to share some more recs of amazing fics (part 10!!)

For more please check all my others recs here

☆ Scott Hunter and Ilya!

What The Fuck Is An Elder Queer by luulapants

Teen / 32K / Completed

Rozanov made a dismissive noise. "No, no, I will pick you up. Send me your address."

"I'm not giving you my home address."

"Why not!"

"Because you'll probably post it on social media to psych me out before our next game."

That made Rozanov laugh. "It is good idea," he said. Stopped laughing. Started again. Blew out a breath like he had to get himself together. "I might do this to you," he allowed, "but you have nice boyfriend living with you now. I would not do this to him. You are safe."

In which Ilya Rozanov adopts himself into Scott and Kip's household and refuses to leave. Kip finds this very sweet. Scott is going to kill him.

(Ilya finds a support system in Scott and Kip, it's really cute)

sure grandpa, let's get you to bed by goldenraeofsun

Teen / 7K / One-shot

Scott can't stand Ilya Rozanov. Sure, Rozanov is a generational wunderkind, but he's also annoying as hell and always ready with a chirp.

"Do you have a spot in the nursing home yet, Hunter? I am hearing from my grandma they go fast!"

"Are you getting tired? It must be past your bedtime already!"

"What kind of skating is that? Is your arthritis acting up again?"

Scott's age is Rozanov's favorite topic, but now that Scott has come out, he shudders to think about what Rozanov will throw at him this season.

Or, 5 times Rozanov makes fun of Scott for being old, and 1 time he makes fun of Scott for being gay.

(Ilya being a professional ragebaiter)

☆ Social media madness

What’s Wrong With Them (Affectionate) by Ef02

Teen / 8K / Completed

NHL Enthusiast @ hockey4life This is officially the weirdest day in All Of Hockey

Ily-a @ ilyahoezenov

So we're agreed that they're not actually getting married right. Like something else is going on

Hayden Pike's 5th Child @ heydenpike

Well obviously Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov aren't actually getting married, they've obviously been fucking with us all day

What if Shane and Ilya decide to explode the internet by letting their friends post about their wedding, before anyone knows they're together. A chaotic way to come out if they could do it on their own terms.

(Hollanov skip coming out to the public and instead just get married and share that on social media)

Ilya Rozanov's Guide to Reinforcing the Closet by pink_starfish

Teen / 11K / One-shot

"Are you... are you saying that you want to be in a relationship with Shane Hollander?" The room held a sort of tension, like everyone in it was holding their breath, waiting for llya to vehemently deny it.

The reporter had taken his words in the complete opposite way than Ilya had meant them, but he supposed he was too committed to stop now. "Of course not."

"Of course." The reporter parroted, laughing nervously.

"Obviously, we are already in a relationship."

In Ilya's rookie season, he impulsively jokes about dating Shane to an invasive reporter. Then, he just... keeps doing it, since publicly announcing it enough times that everyone writes it off as a joke is a great way to hide a clandestine relationship.

(Really funny social media fic, all problems caused by ilya himself)

#getLilyout by viridescented

Teen / 10K / One-shot

Emily @ emilystwitterstuff21

Shane Hollander being a physically and emotionally abusive boyfriend was not on my bingo card this year. What the fuck is going on??

Clara @ hockeyfan101

Of all hockey players it's SHANE HOLLANDER??? The golden boy of the NHL that does no wrong?? Omg. Istg men are trash.

Or: everyone thinks Shane abuses his girlfriend Lily, and Yuna Hollander is not at all amused about, while Shane is just upset that his parents have such an issue with him being gay.

(Honestly infuriating fics about hockey Twitter in the heated rivalry universe, there's several fics in the series and I recommend checking them all)

☆ Will kick you in the heart

skin still wet, still on my skin by IsvsWorld

Mature / 9K / One-shot

Lily looked deliberately over Jane's shoulder at that, her delicate fingers running through her smooth, ash blonde hair. She had started bleaching it a few years earlier.

"Sure," she laughed, sharp and flinty, "When are we not fighting?"

Jane and Lily as WAGs

(Shane and Ilya as actual wags trapped in marriages while sneaking around with each other – this honestly wrecked me)

holy matrimony by lowkey_existential_despair

Explicit/ 31K / Completed

There’s a sign in front of Shane. It says Welcome to Scott Hunter and Kip Grady’s Happily Ever After in a cursive font that makes Shane think of Etsy. Shane’s stomach churns. He briefly squeezes his empty ring finger. He feels, all at once, like he might cry. Instead, he swallows, and breathes, and pastes a smile on his face, and marches his ass down to Scott and Kip’s fucking wedding of the century.

(A bit of non-linear storytelling and actually amazing writing, here David doesn't find them kissing and stuff kinda evolves from there, definitely worth a read)

☆ angsty read and a lot of feelings

unsportsmanlike conduct by sohardtosay

Explicit / 23K / One-shot

When you're with her," Ilya continues, voice rough and breathless, "and she does fuck all for you no matter how hard you close your eyes, do you try to angle your hand so she brushes up on the scar? Do you do everything you can to remember it exists? Am I there with you, Hollander? Always?"

Shane wants to touch him-so he does the only thing he's allowed to do.

He throws the first punch.

Or: After Shane and Ilya's first on-ice fight sends the media into a frenzy, the league forces them to date to control the narrative.

(Captivating read, really freak4freak so be warned – also they start fake dating while still hiding that they're hooking up)

[dogsdayilya]

Loyalty (1869)

— by Briton Rivière

Loyalty (2025)

— by Ilya Rozanov

[graceebooks]

harris: wait wait shane and ilya you guys were banging over a DECADE AGO? jesus christ like nobody alive could possibly have imagined that luca:

[memyselfandi13531]

look i love ilya putting shane in lingerie as much as the next guy but what we must remember is that canon ilya is fantasizing about shane in fucking old man pajamas, which in my opinion is a much better and funnier option. give me ilya buying shane an expensive pajama set and being like "put in on.... for me ;)" and shane just being so confused

[sirens-scales]

We don’t talk about this enough. With all the big romantic gestures in The Long Game, this, to me, is one of the most romantic moments.

We know Ilya isn’t a fan of Shane’s restrictive diet. He teases him about it, but Ilya is an expert ragebaiter who knows how to tease the people he cares about when they feel safe and in ways that never really hurt.

Shane is “frantic” in this scene. Ilya has the perfect opening to say something about his diet, and he doesn’t take it. He sees that Shane is panicking, steps in and fixes it. He was looking at that menu thinking about Shane and Shane’s fuckass diet that Ilya doesn’t even like. But he knows this is important to Shane. He knows Shane is already nervous about being on a date with Ilya in public and being with another queer couple. So he meets Shane’s needs without Shane ever having to ask, and he does it quietly, without drawing any attention, so that Shane can save face.

Of course he’s gonna tease him about it a little bit later because that’s what they do. But he only does that AFTER Shane’s had a chance to catch his breath and feel safe again.

To be loved is to be known indeed.

[unlikelychildchaos]

One day before s2, I will sit with my copies of HR and TLG and annotate them like I'm studying for my finals.

[tessville]

For @snugglesandsmut who provides me with eye candy and frequent belly laughs.

Piermont brush, canvas texture layer, minor chromatic aberration.

[shanehollanderjpg]

the only reason you don’t see the pike kids at the aquarium is that jackie le fay cast a spell to make everyone in universe believe the pike children were real. there’s just one physical baby that she can summon that shows up throughout the years

[shanehollanderjpg]

tags from @transjackiepike

crying at the idea of in universe shayden shippers believing that the only reason hayden isn’t with shane publicly is because jackie has him under a spell

[bugslibraryy]

Pardon my French Ilya cuming in his boxers while Shane mouths at his cock and Shane sucks all of it out of the fabric

[eldritchazure]

i think a part of ilya truly believes that when god created shane god took one of shane’s ribs and used that to create ilya. sometimes when theyre laying in bed together after having mind blowing sex or whatever ilya catches himself feeling around shane’s ribs like he’s trying to find the gap

[eldritchazure]

@fruitbatman holy shit i love your tags???? they are wonderful and beautiful and so very precious to me <3

yk how people are always saying that ilya stretches out shane’s shirts because he’s always putting his whole upper body under them while shane is still wearing them? ilya does that because he’s trying to burrow his way back to His Spot

[4me2knowandyou2wonder]

Shane, lying awake at the cottage realizing he can send Ilya to OTTAWA and SAVE HIS FAVORITE TEAM.

[corvidcantina]

I love fanon Luca Haas. He can’t chirp for shit. He learned what retaliation is and immediately got into a fight, which he won. He draws. He bartends. He dances. He can’t dance to save his life. He had a tumblr account. He still has a tumblr account. He isn’t on social media. He is the sweetest guy alive. He’s an absolute asshole. He has a younger sister. Three older sisters. Three sisters and a brother. His parents are dead. His parents are too young. He’s best friends with his teammates. He doesn’t really hang out with his teammates. He idolises Ilya. He idolises Shane. He wants to be the filling in a Hollanov sandwich. He is fucking Cliff Marlow. He’s fucking his rival. He’s dating his rival. He’s dating a swimmer. He’s dating a boxer. He’s dating an actor. He’s dating a totally normal guy. He’s dating a totally normal guy who happens to be trans. He’s dating one of his teammates. He blushes talking about sex. His sex tape just got leaked. This kid contains multitudes and I absolutely adore it.

[enh1614149]

[topgradeboy]

hollanov hall of fame (fic rec masterlist)

some popular some not so popular fics that i adore. asterisks are favs that i can't be normal about.

character study

rookie of the year by medric / @bluegrasshole*

rozanov – not on hockey / vdud' (eng) by werevolche / gotthesunshinex *

mosquito by gone_girl

au (hockey, or not)

vessel by medric / @bluegrasshole*

clear to a hedgehog by @magneticwave*

for the right reasons by @citrusses*

house of mirrors by ratherunnecessary

win and bear it by anonymous (public plea to please...update)

hurts so good (angst/whump)

penalties by @citrusses*

show me how to be whole again by @rozanohwell*

send me back a thousand days by @rozanohwell*

if only a prayer by absolutelyhollanov*

dogging by @radialarch

everything else (yum yum )

running down the hills by hockeyfinches

ballad of a bisexual terminator by pressuretoparty

torture me (with all i’ve wanted) by toomuchplor

like for like by @smugrobotics*

love takes a mile by corsi

that'll leave a mark by subcorax

forget there's any other place by anonymous

serendipity by ummrys

[exactphoify]

HR Rec list 3: oops all E

Time again for fics I’ve liked, but weirdly enough in the last month I’ve mostly heart-recc'd Porn with Plot, so here we are:

Fourteen ten by delagauchetiere E. 26k complete. Ilya forgot his key in 1410 and comes back, gets trapped in Shane’s room. I know you’re tired of hearing me talk about black dog by the same author because it’s the fic of all time, but I have come back to this as my comfort-read now so many times. This is funny and sweet and hot and I just love this author’s vision.

The Birds and the Bees by Slagathor99 E. 36k, 5 chapters complete. Incredible sex pollen fic! Rose-era Shane gets sex pollen’d and calls Ilya to help.

Knock on Wood by mcshrug E. 6k complete. Shane and Ilya do something different in their hookup, and Shane wins their game later. So naturally, superstition kicks in and Shane wants to it again (fruits of my #Just The Tip tag binge).

When the Ice Runs Red by DaylightDaisies E. 26k, 9 chapters complete. They turn murder into foreplay. Idk what else to tell you, it’s brilliant.

Select All by Regolith (metonym) E. 47k, 11 chapters complete. They’ve never hooked up, but Shane sends a nude to Ilya by accident. The author does such a good job making you feel their emotions. This one is still living in my brain.

Continuum by scisaac_the_socio E. 6k. Shane time-travels to younger Ilya and they do it. #BottomIlyaSupremacy.