oh hollanov how much you mean to me, so here’s another does of headcanons bc they actually have been haunting me all week
both ilya and shane have oral fixations (yes in the freaky way but also in the non freaky way)
but i think it stems from different places. like ilya would always get in trouble for playing with his mouth guard, chewing straws, etc.
but shane used to suck his thumb and only stopped around age 13. and THAT was bc he broke a finger in a game and had his thumb splinted to it. and his other thumb js didn’t hit the same. so he unintentionally trained himself out of it. now he js chews on hoodie strings and the such (yuna almost misses the thumb sucking)
i’m this is a fairly common headcanon but i’m abt to take it to hell (and lowk make it sad but it’s okay) but i think irina didn’t cut ilya’s hair until his father made her. and that was around age 6. so for years he kept getting mistaken for a girl.
now after irina dies, ilya keeps it long for a while bc 1. his mom often let it grow out as much as it could before she knew it would be a “problem” and 2. it’s the last piece of her he really feels like he can have since their house has been purged of her.
ilya’s dad and alexi/andrei make him cut it bc he looks too much like her. it’s like he’s haunting the house everytime they see her.
in all truthfulness he does it for a while (mainly bc he can’t look in the mirror) but he hits a stage in his mid to late teens before he’s drafted where he doesn’t gaf anymore. the older he gets the more he looks like her and god his kisses his mom. so if the only place he can see her alive and well is in the mirror then that’s where he’ll meet her.
he does cut it it before he’s drafted mainly bc no other guy generally keeps their hair that long that’s being drafted. and he needs to look “presentable” for the pictures. plus the more he gains weight and bulks up the less he looks like his mom
no one sees or knows of this version of ilya again until maybe two or seasons after him and shane are married.
it happens partially bc he’s been in therapy now and exploring more of his childhood and keeping it long heals something in him. and selfishly he wants to know what his mom would look like at this age.
shane always used to tell him how pretty he was before but now it literally takes his breath away how beautiful ilya is esp with him being comfortable enough in his masculinity now to indulge in more “feminine” perceived things outside of his long hair (ilya furiously blushes whenever shane fawns over him like this)
also bc of this ilya become androgynous hell (as in he creates androgynous envy across all boards)
like he’s so damn pretty. and he’s perfectly masculine and feminine that it’s really hard to tell his gender identity most times.
it gets to a point where yuna is making brand endorsement for ilya that weight specifically on this factor. shane has gotten into a waping 4 fights and it’s only 4 weeks into the season. (everyone on the ice thinks they can liberty talk abt how pretty his husband is and many other depraved things. esp bc he “looks more like a girl now”. shane is extremely possessive. and he will not stand for ppl even imagining they can have what is his)
sveta helps him re-curate his curl routine and cut his hair so it looks exactly how he desires (she also gets him a banner bc the silk pillows aren’t enough with longer hair)
the Pike girls love to give him two french braids.
the loose buns with face framing pieces almost send shane into an early grave. shane also loves to pull on is js as much as ilya love for him to pull on it.
ilya loves to do calisthenics after he retires
shane actually becomes the head manager of the centaurs after he retires (following in his moms footsteps)
shane gets picked up more often than ilya but ilya is picked up fairly often. like shane tosses him around like he’s a damn feather and he finds it incredibly sexy as well as sweet.
shane will often toss ilya over his shoulder if they’re at a team bbq or the bar and they already said they were leaving but ilya starts up another 20 min convo or he’s getting a bit too wild to be in public
ilya always flips up, squeezed shane’s ass (gets a firm smack on his ass for the effort), smirks like the little shit he is and waves like a princess to her court
shane has ilya clicker trained. no i will not be elaborating (i actually will if you want me to 😛)
before they are on the sense team, ilya and shane have weighted stuffed animals that they sleep with that were gifted to one another. they trade every time they see each other so they fall asleep with something that smells like the other. Marly ribs him lightly but also ensures no one on the team bothers him about it if they see it and always keeps it safe
they share clothes. ilya is only abt 3 in taller than shane and shane is a bit broader but thats really the only drastic difference
this is always hilarious bc they have drastically different styles and the team can always tell if they js picked something and left for thing reason (as well as if they they accidents switched an item on their excursion on the way out the door)
shane prefers piecing bc they don’t permanently modify your body, you can take it out, and he enjoys the soreness after
he gets his nipples pieced and ilya swears he sees heaven
ilya prefers tattoos bc he js hates needles with a passion. like he’s lowk severely afraid of them. any tattoo he has he’s been either high or drunk. he’s made the decision to get them sober but he can’t be fully there and sober bc he will have a panic attack
but regardless he can eventually sleep through them bc it js feels like someone is poking him really hard with a pen. someone piercing through his skin is js something he can’t wrap his head around
he gets a little tattoo of shane’s number on his upper pelvis near his v line
let’s js say ilya legit blacked out after him and shane were done with shane found out (best section of his life. he almost got a “property of shane hollander-rosanov” as a tramp stamp)
shane says hell no and that’s the only reason he doesn’t
shane lets his hair grow out and has this half mullet/ wolf cut situation going on
it changed brain chemistries (mainly ilya’s)
i hope yall enjoyed!! i haven’t read through to edit this for mistakes so ill do that later but pls do tell me what yall think and if yall would want more (or if im talking to the void)
