My childfree Hollanov headcanons:
Ilya and Shane are the favourite fun uncles to all their nieces and nephews. The “fun” part includes Shane letting the children in his cottage, where they can swim around and play in the lake for hours. Ilya is also in the lake with the kids, sometimes pretending he has been attacked by a shark, other times doing handstands in the water.
Ilya is kinda glad that he doesn’t have to learn how to change a baby’s diaper, and that he can hand the child back to their parents when they get too fussy.
Shane is just relieved that he doesn’t have to join Hayden in this life, which he refers to as “a nightmare”. Because Shane has, first hand, seen Jackie trying to find nannies and all other sort of help for the Pike Kids. And no, Shane is not interested in any of that, thank you very much.
Although Ilya was mostly in Boston for all those years, he still used to go back to Russia during summers to take care of his dying father. And even in Boston he used to always be on the phone, trying to arrange caretakers and getting medicines for Grigori. That all combined with his depression didn’t exactly let Ilya enjoy his life that much. But now, in Ottawa he has a lovely husband, and a really wonderful group of friends. And he would like to keep it that way, so he doesn’t see a need to add kids to the mix.
Shane is secretly glad that he will always be the most important person in Ilya’s life. He was always a little worried that having kids would mean Ilya would keep him as the second priority. Because for Shane, Ilya will always be his first priority. Ilya is Shane’s baby, argue with the wall.
Coincidentally, Wyatt and Lisa are also childfree, and Hollanov go on double dates with them whenever Lisa have the time. Sometimes it’s both Wyatt and Ilya’s duty to take Centaurs kids to watch a new Marvel movie.
Yuna and David sometimes ask for grandchildren, and Shane just points at Anya.
Shane and Ilya absolutely love coaching at the camps and shaping young minds. Ilya immediately takes any new rookie in the team under his wing, just like he did with Haas.
Sometimes Shane goes for hiking and camping, meanwhile Ilya goes out partying with Svetlana without having to worry about kids.
After retirement, Shane and Ilya go for a long trip to Europe. And when they return, Ilya adopts two more puppies, as now he has all the time in the world to take care of his dogs.
