yeah, right

jen, she/her, tired and sad

[perlukafarinn]

I think there's a part of Shane that genuinely believes that when he finishes his last game, they will take him out back and shoot him like a sick dog.

[lavenderprose]

I hope Connors got climbed like a fucking tree that night in the club God look at his cute fucking face. I think as a little treat for him I'm going to institute a headcanon wherein Connors pulls just INCONCIEVABLE amounts of pussy just by being so fucking earnest and having that funky little mustache. He walks into the locker room and Ilya is like "Connie! Did you take that girl home last night?" And Connors is like, "Oh dude you know I did." And Ilya daps him up and calls him a king and someone is like "Okay I understand Rozanov, he's like objectively hot and he's rich, but Connors I just don't get," and Ilya turns to that guy and says, "Of course you fucking wouldn't, when was the last time you ate pussy," and the other guys just all groan because here we go again...

There's a separate groupchat that someone accidentally added Cliff to and in that group chat someone is like "Hey does anyone else think it's super weird that Cap and Connors talk about eating pussy like all the time. Like they've gotta be capping. Or compensating for something. Like, nobody actually likes eating pussy like that."

"Hate to break it to you," Cliff tells them the next time they're all hanging out at Ilya's place, "But the boys put their heads together and now they think you're both gay for liking pussy too much."

Ilya rolls off the couch laughing. Connors says, "Fellas, if it's gay to eat pussy they're gonna have to put a new color on the rainbow just for me" and then won't stop saying it for the next week.

Ilya laughs every time, mostly because at least half the times he's mentioned going down on someone in the last two years he's actually been talking about Shane Hollander's ass.

[loveisdumb]

— Canada's Shane Hollander ( ilya version )

[loveisdumb]

— Russia's Ilya Rozanov ( shane version )

[ilyannarozanova]

It's always such a culture shock returning to fandom spaces after engaging with the original media like what do u mean Shane is an obligate sub and Ilya an obligate dom. The same Shane who started taking more control during sex as his confidence and experience grew?? The Ilya who tried to be a mean dom one time and made them both miserable for months??? Also not to be a freak on main but the sex is soooo vanilla like pls be for real this shit is not hardcore bdsm 😭

[ilyasmole]

Hey so this is all I'll say about it bc im not involved and have just kinda been watching whats going on but I think we need to collectively stop telling people what they can and can't write in this fandom. Idk when it started but its been happening every day here lately and im tired of it. It's fanfiction. People can write what they want and you need to be respectful of that. no one's forcing you to read anything. yes you can have opinions and you can post those opinions on your blog but I do think you need to remember that creating all these made up rules just makes people feel like 1) they shouldn't contribute any fic or even try bc their ideas seem to cause discourse and 2) it makes them feel bad if they've already been writing fic like this or enjoy fic like this. I'm just not in the habit or enjoyment of making others feel bad and yeah I do think some of you need a reality check that we are in fact losers on tumblr dot com writing fanfiction about two fictional hockey players and it is in fact not that serious.

[anya-rozander]

— Shane, does this book make me look smart enough?

— Well, it’s doing its best, Ilya.

[gremlinnddraws]

He got off lucky (this time)

[bobbole]

Anthony Machuca, Wake up Steve, our bowls are empty

[schnuckiputz]

you know what i want from season 2 of hr?

a smash cut from shane throwing ilya against the boards to shane holding ilya down and riding him into oblivion.

[gimmiekiss1221]

you know how ilya teases shane about the strip of condoms he pulls out during their first time? i'm imagining shane getting a complex about looking too eager with all those condoms. and so from then on he keeps them all in the bathroom cabinet and will pull one off and place it in his drawer when he knows ilya is coming over.

so the next time ilya is there, they're kissing and laughing softly while they grind against each other. ilya nips at shane's bottom lip and grins down at him. he gives a playful wink before reaching over to the drawer in shane's bedside table. he pulls it open, and sees an almost empty bottle of lube [shane's dildo has been seeing a lot more action after that first time] and one singular condom.

his face immediately falls; his body stills. he suddenly is feeling the urge to throw his fist through the wall, he wants to rip somebody's throat out.

because who the fuck is fucking shane when he's not around???

he saw the box that last time, an unopened value pack of 40 condoms. it made him grin like an idiot at the time, made him want to tease shane for his eagerness then kiss his lips til they were numb and cherry red.

and now it made him sick to his fucking stomach. did shane get fucked by 38 other men since the last time ilya had him? was it all with the same man? ilya didn't know which option was worse.

so, despite wanting to vomit, buy a gun, then go find all of shane's other boys, he resolves that he has to remind shane how good it can be with just him instead. that he can be all shane needs, can satisfy him better than anyone else ever could.

every time after that, ilya is frantically checking shane's drawer, then filling with dread and white hot jealousy each time he finds only a condom or two and a bottle of lube that is always within various stages of usage.

and then, like every other time before, he works to wring as many mind blowing orgasms out of shane as he possibly can and nearly drowning him with kisses and whispered praise. and then he hopes that this time will be the one where shane decides to give all the others up.

meanwhile shane is over the moon over how attentive and gentle ilya has been. he's loving all the kissing and the way he coos in russian all soft and sweet into his ear. and he's started calling him sweetheart and baby??? that was a little weird at first, but shane warmed up to it and now it makes his heart flutter.

ilya doesn't learn the truth until the cottage when shane tells him he hasn't been with anyone since their last time.

"you finally want to give up all your other boys just for me?" ilya teasingly asks.

"my other boys? what are you talking about?"

"you know, the ones you used boxes and boxes of condoms with when i wasn't around."

"oh, like you have room to talk - wait. ilya what the fuck are you talking about?? i've had the same box of condoms for two years."

ilya furrows his brow. "but... every time i was there, there was only a couple left in your drawer."

then it finally hits shane. he bursts into a fit of laughter and drops his face into the crook of ilya's neck. he presses a quick kiss there then lifts his head back up.

"you made fun of me when i pulled out that strip of them the first time we did it! so i got embarrassed and started keeping them in the bathroom and just grabbing one when i knew you were gonna come over. i just got used to keeping them there."

ilya laughs so hard that it eventually turns into sobs of relief

[boringmenace]

Ilya thinking he’s about to embark on a sexcation only to be bombarded by cutieful Shane Hollander with plans to spend the rest of their lives together which effectively alters Ilya’s brain chemistry to be The Boyfriend of all time is straight up the funniest thing about heated rivalry

[sleepyloon]

Personally i think a flavor of this is that literally up until shane says "i would really like to relax with you, for once," ilya is very much under the impression that he is like, an alpha being dragged to his omega's secret den to be used like a sentient sex doll for 2 weeks and that Shane only wants dick from him and he is "fine with that" and "willing to have whatever shane will give him" until the end of time

Except then shane is like no, this is my comfort place, and now its yours too, and I am so giddy to see you here I cant see straight and yes im a little hard about it but mostly I just want to exist with you with no pretense of running out the door in a few short hours hey by the way dont marry svetlana even for a green card, I have a better idea--

And ilya is so starstruck by this 180 of his expectations from being here to provide orgasms to spending the rest of his life with this man that he loses his grip on himself and says I love you first and then panics but then shane says it back and holds him while he sobs and they can never go back from this

[boringmenace]

Shane and Ilya hadn’t seen each other for 4 months.

After leaving the cottage and having a tearful goodbye at the airport as official boyfriends, they had been surviving off of texts and facetimes for months. They had tried to see each other during the preseason, but due to other obligations, every effort failed.

Shane thought he might lose his mind. 

He felt stupid. Even just last season it didn’t feel this damn hard. Ignoring his feelings also made it possible to ignore just how deeply he would miss Ilya in the times they were apart. Now it consumed him. It thrashed in him in a way that left his chest tight and pained. Sometimes it would get so bad that he couldn’t stop himself from telling Ilya how much it hurt, and he would feel a little better when Ilya would tell him he felt the same.

But tonight was their first game against each other of the season. The Raiders were in Montreal, and Shane was going to have Ilya to himself for an entire night.

They leaned down across from each other on the ice for the face off and it took every ounce of control for Shane to stop himself from reaching for his boyfriend in front of the entire stadium.

“How was your summer?” Shane asked, daring to meet Ilya’s eyes.

Ilya’s face split into a grin. “Very good. Best in a long time.”

Montreal won.

The moment Ilya let himself inside Shane’s apartment Shane was on him, wrapping his arms around Ilya in a vice-like grip.

And then Ilya was kissing him. And kissing him and kissing him and kissing him and-

“Wait,” Shane gasped, pulling away. Ilya raised a brow, not-so subtley tugging at the hem of his shirt. “I wanna show you something.”

Intrigued, Ilya gestured in front of him. “Lead the way.”

Shane grabbed Ilya’s hand and pulled him toward the kitchen, Ilya’s feet stuttering as the dining table came more into view. Shane stopped short, suddenly feeling self conscious. 

There were a couple candles lit and two plates beside each other, filled with food. A bottle of wine and some glasses framed the display. “I was thinking,” Shane began. “You know, we can’t really like… go on dates or anything. So I thought I could, like, bring a date to us, maybe.” 

Ilya didn’t respond at first and just stared, leaving Shane feeling compelled to explain more. “It’s steamed fish. I was trying to think of something that we’d both like, I hope it’s okay.”

Ilya began to blink rapidly and turned to Shane, the smile on his face showing every single tooth in his mouth. “Shane Hollander,” he said, the smile sounding in his voice. “You’re taking me on a date?”

Shane huffed and nodded. “Yeah.”

Ilya grabbed his face with both hands and smacked a loud kiss to his lips. “I love you,” he murmured into Shane’s mouth.

Shane didn’t know happiness could feel like this. This… big. “And I love you. Come on, before it gets cold.”

The two sat hunched together while they ate, giggling and whispering to each other as if they weren’t the only ones in the whole apartment. They stole kisses, grabbed knees, tapped feet. 

Shane was damn near in Ilya’s lap the whole dinner.

That is, until he was actually in Ilya’s lap once they finished, fusing his mouth to Ilya’s in a way that left Ilya gasping.

Shane couldn’t imagine a more perfect moment, and he had never been more sure that this was going to be forever.

[ilyasrozanov]

There's versions of her all over the world. Sometimes she's an ugly old witch who lives in a disappearing hut on chicken feet. Sometimes she's a wise woman, an enchantress, a healer. Sometimes she helps a hero on his quest. Sometimes she tests him, sometimes she kills him, sometimes she eats him, sometimes she fucks him. But she always has a name. Baba Yaga.

[tafkarfanfic]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Chapters: 1/6 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander/Original Male Character(s) Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Original Male Character(s), Svetlana Vetrova, Hayden Pike, Jean-Jacques Boiziau | J. J. Dagenais, Rose Landry Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Open Relationships, Infidelity, Emotional Infidelity, Hurt Shane Hollander, Protective Ilya Rozanov, Jealous Ilya Rozanov, Emotional/Psychological Abuse, Implied/Referenced Underage Sex Summary:

“We, uh, Brian and I, that is. We decided to open up the relationship.”

“Okay?” Ilya says, voice flat. “What is that?”

Hollander shrugs. His posture has gone stiff again. “It. It means we’re still together, but we can also like…see other people. Or not see, because we’re not dating anyone else but, uh. Fuck. Fuck other people.”

Oh.

“And this is why you texted me?” Ilya asks.

In a way, it’s almost better. Hollander and his boyfriend breaking up and Ilya reaping the rewards would be enjoyable. Ilya having to work for that reward himself, getting the chance to fuck Hollander so good he forgets all about that loser who attached himself to him like a parasite before he was old enough to know better?

Well. Ilya loves a challenge.

——

AAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! This is now being posted to AO3! If you haven’t read this story (previously known as #Open Relationship AU), then you NEEEEEEED to go read it now!

[catsolari]

Domestic boys!!

Bonus points if you know the oil they use 👀

[bea-goldfish]

one of the things that I honestly find most compelling about Shane Hollander is his comphet and the way he navigates this space as he begins to accept not just his desire for men but also his lack thereof for women

Like, when I think of book!Shane especially, he’s been with women, even before Rose. He’s not a total shut-in. It’s very occasional and rare, but he does hook up sometimes and it’s like… rote. He’s doing it because he thinks he should and he thinks he ought to enjoy it and he thinks he ought to enjoy women. There’s one point in HR where he mulls over not understanding why some guys like eating girls out because it’s just, like, not doing it for him.

And! I think it’s also crucial to remember! Shane never DENIES that he likes men. His comphet does not actually feature denial of his desire for men — the reason he tries to deny his desire for Ilya isn’t because he’s a man, it’s because he’s Rozanov and because there’s the fear of feelings. Not cuz he’s a dude.

No, Shane’s arc is so interesting to me because it’s not a story of realizing or discovering his queerness. He’s not, like, figuring out that he likes men. He’s figuring out that he doesn’t like women.

And I think that’s so interesting! Shane Hollander, golden boy of hockey, forcing himself to fit the mold and also go above and beyond, he thinks for a long time “okay, I want to fuck men and that’s fine, whatever, but I’ll find a nice girl and settle down someday” and he thinks it’s the first part that is making him feel trapped and panicky and scared, but NO! It’s the second! It’s the trappings (literally) of heteronormativity that has him reeling! He’s convinced himself it’s an option, just like it’s hypothetically an option for Ilya, and the tuna melt scene emotional overflow scares him because he’s thinking oh fuck, I have these options and I might choose the “wrong” (re: not straight) one

The moment he realizes “I don’t want to fuck women,” when Rose makes him confront that he’s gay and not bi?? That’s when he’s like “oh. That doesn’t have to be the choice I make. That doesn’t have to be an option for me. I don’t have to like women”

It’s liberating for him. It lets him open up, lets him let the feelings in.

Shane’s sexuality arc is SO fascinating because it’s not actually a story of discovery — it’s a story of letting go