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Okay so we know that after Sochi Ilya was ignoring Shane all the way up to the lead up to Vegas, obviously they did hook up then (poor Shane) but I feel like if they hadn't there's a point where Shane absolutely would have said fuck it I'm over this and Ilya would swiftly come to realise he's not over it the moment he changes his mind and tries to flirt with Shane on the ice.

If Shane ignored him I do think I believe that Ilya would start saying increasing sexual things, things that would emotionally scar any of their teammates for sure.

Further I do think there's a point at which if Shane did continue to ignore him Ilya would instead start apologising. "I wanted to message you but I thought I was doing the right thing." "I'm sorry." "Talk to me Hollander." "Hollander I said I am sorry is this enough? I mean it." "Fuck you don't ignore me Hollander."

It would shift again for sure. "Please I am sorry Hollander, I should not have ignored you." "Hollander please, I am begging."

"Hollander. Hollander. Please." "Shane please." "Shane is not because I don't like you, is because I like you too much yes? Please Shane."

By the point the game is about to finish Ilya has lost all dignity, their teams start to think something might be wrong with Rozanov, the audience is starting to think something is and eventually because Shane doesn't want the attention he caves :D

fuuuckwhoknows

I love the idea of Shane’s chirps just being observations.

It started when he was a kid and he was trying to help everyone get better at hockey including the opposing teams players, he would say something like “your stick grip is weak” or “you’re slow on your right” (idk i don’t know hockey very well ESPECIALLY little kid hockey) but he says it totally deadpan because little Shanebug doesn’t understand tone yet.

This makes the other teams so mad! They try and fight him constantly! Little bitty baby hockey fights and then Yuna sits him down in middle school after the first fight that he actually gets hurt (black eye and bloody lip) and asks him what he is saying to make everyone fight him?

“Nothing mean I swear mom!!! I’m trying to be nice and help correct their form”

And suddenly Yuna gets it and explains to Shane that not everyone but especially not the opposing team likes to have their flaws pointed out to them even if it’s coming from a good place and how that could be seen as chirping.

So he stops for a while, then his coach for world juniors tells him to try and piss off Rozanov enough that they can draw a penalty. So Shane does what he does best and points out a flaw at each face off. Jokes on him though because Ilya is actively changing those things and getting better every face off because he is taking it for what it is, advice.

Which pisses Shane off, he thinks his chirping tactic won’t work now that he is older. So he points out at his first scrimmage at practice in Montreal that the center who has been there for years (who he is probably replacing) is favoring his left side is staying too far left to compensate (again I don’t know hockey so I am trying to translate things I know about soccer lol)

And the center loses it on him! Immediately yelling about the lack of respect and how a rookie makes it to the MLH and thinks they are hot shit.

So Shane realizes his chirping DOES work just not on rozanov and becomes a menace he studies game tape specifically to find holes in his opponents game and pre prepares chirps and it fucking works because all these men are so far up their own asses that they just get mad instead of using the advice.

Idk I just needed Shane Chirping but in a very Shane way. Like he really just wants to play hockey but chirping is part of hockey so he studies chirping but doesn’t want to do any of the “classic” chirps (your mom! Your wife! Your girlfriend! You’re gay! Type of stuff) so he invents his own chirps out of his amazing mind

my-castles-crumbling

release - hollanov - @hollanovmicrofic - word count: 561 - click here for my hollanov microfic archive on ao3

Practice had been...a lot.

Not a bad a lot, but...Shane stood frozen in the Centaurs' locker room, face twisted into a frown, gaze unfocused as he tried to process his reality amongst 20-someodd hockey players. It wasn't exactly the easiest thing to do.

Of course, Ilya picked up on his mood right away.

"You want to go work out for a while, Hollander?" he asked softly, voice cutting through the noise of the crowd. "You have not gotten a chance to try out gym yet, da?"

And Shane nodded, both because a workout sounded perfect and because Ilya's hand on the small of his back was the anchor he needed in that moment.

Robotically, he changed into the clothing his husband handed him, and followed Ilya as he led him to the gym and over to a pair of stationary bikes.

They exchanged a glance.

Suddenly, Shane was transported back over ten years, to a much smaller, much less fancy hotel gym. To a moment when he'd looked over from his spot on an outdated, dust-covered, hotel bike to see the boy who was destined to not only be his rival, but the love of his life, and had seen the spark of a challenge in his eye.

Smiling, he saw the same thing now.

Mounting the bike, he started slow, allowing his tired muscles time to adjust. But Ilya, who had started next to him, didn't give him much time to think. Soon, they were both gasping and sweating, feet moving at breakneck speed, Shane's mind hazy as the release of endorphins took over.

Of course, he tapped out first.

"Fuck!" he cursed, allowing his legs to slow, rolling his eyes as Ilya let out a cackle of glee and slowed as well.

They both collapsed onto the floor, Ilya grabbing for the closest bottle of water, Shane's, and taking a long sip before offering it to him. This time, Shane took it without protest.

Finally, Ilya asked. "I know is difficut for you. Playing for a new team. Are you okay?" He looked so sincere, even as sweat poured down his face, and Shane resisted the urge to tackle him and kiss him right there on the gym floor. Instead, he worked to figure out his thoughts.

"It's not..." he sighed, taking another sip of water. "It's not difficult. Just different. I don't like change, you know?"

"No, I did not know. Shocking," Ilya deadpanned, smirking at him. "I thought you loved this. Change, surprises, being...what is word? When you decide things last minute?"

"Spontaneous. Asshole," Shane grinned, flicking some water at his husband.

"Yes. My husband, always spontaneous. Same three foods a day and same five outfits. Living life on edge," Ilya grinned.

"Fuck you."

But Ilya's face softened. "But...you are happy here, right? Or...maybe you will be?"

This time, Shane did move. He shuffled over so their sticky legs were touching and he could reach over and cup Ilya's face. "Rozanov," he mumbled, waiting for Ilya to actually look at him. "I'm...like...so fucking happy. With you...with this loud-ass team. Trust me, I'm happy here. Just...give my brain a bit to catch up, okay?"

Ilya smiled at him, obviously relieved. "Okay."

Then, not even thinking about it, Shane leaned over and pressed a quick kiss to his lips. "Okay."

my-castles-crumbling

release - hollanov - @hollanovmicrofic - word count: 270 - click here for my hollanov microfic archive on ao3

"June 3rd, 2022 Ottawa Centaurs OFFICIAL STATEMENT In light of the concern expressed regarding language used by captain and star center Ilya Rozanov on some of his social media posts, the Ottawa Centaurs would like to expressly state that we as a team are not 'heterophobic.' The Centaurs as an organization, and everyone employed under the franchise name, are committed to embracing and accepting everyone, regardless of their sexuality. Hockey is for everyone."

After reading the end of the statement, Shane looked up from his phone, glaring from his husband to Harris Drover. "Rozanov. What the fuck did you do?" he demanded, narrowing his eyes.

"Nothing! Was a joke!" Ilya whined, crossing his arms and smirking a little.

"I cannot believe you made me release a statement in support of the straights. During fucking Pride Month," Harris retorted, frowning.

"I did not-"

"What did you say?" Shane asked again, feeling more and more hysterical.

Ilya sighed. "I just replied to comment on a picture of me, you, Barrett, and Haas in our Pride jerseys. Comment said, 'Reasons 1to 4 I am homophobic.' So I said, 'And you are reason I am heterophobic, Carl.'"

Shane groaned as Harris sent him an 'I-told-you-so' look. "I'm sorry for him," he muttered, shaking his head.

But Harris just chuckled. "You act like I didn't have to spend four hours last week doing damage control because you told a reporter to focus on hockey questions and not flirting with your husband."

Shane flushed a little. "She wasn't doing her job."

"Yeah, and because of you two, I'm always doing mine," Harris replied, rolling his eyes.

spacemillipede

I know Hayden is supposed to be kind of oblivious to the fact that Shane is gay (and in love with Ilya) but I really want a fic where he figures it out, but only because of something dumb

Luke Prokop (the first openly gay person to have a contract with the nhl, although he plays in the ahl) was talking in an interview (I think, might've been a podcast) about the locker room culture and how weird some of the stuff is. Like evidently talking about each other's dicks is like a daily occurrence

So in my mind, Hayden, being a hockey dude, was one time talking with Shane, and for some reason he starts talking about their teammates dicks. Just like ranking them or some dumb shit. And he asks Shane's opinion, and Shane's like idk and Hayden's like what do you mean you don't know who has the biggest dick on the team, do you not pay attention in the showers??? and Shane is like this is a trap, this is a trap, he knows that I'm gay and he's trying to get me to admit to staring at our teammates dicks in the shower, never mind that Shane doesn't stare at his teammates dicks and the fact that Hayden is evidently looking at their teammates dicks doesn't really register with Shane because Hayden's not gay so it doesn't matter that he's looking at dicks but Shane is gay so when he looks at dicks then it's GAY. and Shane takes so long trying to think of the right answer that won't alert Hayden to the fact that he's gay that the two just kind of end up staring at each other in silence and it's only because Shane is hesitating so much to talk about their teammates dicks that Hayden sees the fear in his eyes and is like oh. okay. that kind of makes sense actually. but he doesn't want to make Shane uncomfortable or make him feel like he has to say anything so he kind of just bumps his shoulder against Shane's and keeps talking and Shane is just some odd mix of terrified that Hayden knows and relieved that he's not going to treat him differently

julsbeinggay

rpf gotta stop yall… one tweet socmed au

and bonus

clinicallyinshane

Prompt: Release (June Day 4 Hollanov Microfic)

@hollanovmicrofic - Word Count: 306 - General Audiences

“What the fuck is wrong with you, Young? I am terrible captain and teacher. Why do you have a picture of you and giant fish on Tinder? Why would this make women want to fuck you?”

Shane leaned over Ilya’s shoulder and let out an approving noise. Apparently the giant fish was impressive. “Wow, he’s huge.”

“Thanks, Shane. Best day of my dad’s life, that catch.” Young tried to grab his phone from Ilya, who held it over his head. “And not gonna lie, Roz, ‘he’s huge’ is exactly what I want women to think when they see my profile.”

“There are other pictures we can take for that!”

Shane pulled Ilya’s hand closer and peered at the screen. “Did you release him? It’s a sturgeon, right? In most fishery management zones in Ontario you have to catch and release all sturgeons, all year.”

Young looked stuck between a lie and a lecture so Ilya quickly handed him his phone back and shooed him out of the gym.

“Okay, enough now. First, landlord, now fishing cop. Soon people will think I married a narc.” Ilya turned to eye him. “And why do you know so much about this, Hollander? You’re not making me do fishing, yes? I won’t. It is very gross, Shane. Very gross.”

Shane sat on the bike next to Ilya, smiling. “Yeah, I think it’s pretty gross too. But dad’s really into—god, has he really never shown you all his pictures and shit? How have you avoided that for so long? Anyway, I picked up a lot of stuff from him. He doesn’t say much but, growing up, like 90% of what he did say was about fucking fishing.”

“Oh well I would do fishing for him. I will call David now, maybe we go this weekend.”

angel-mistakes

I think fans find Ilya’s Spotify account and during the Rose-era they notice he seems to be listening to a LOT of breakup songs. That, along with rumors that he’s apparently not been out to bars or been sleeping around either, have people wondering if Rozanov got his heartbroken…

mutinsfromthemoon

the first practice after summer, and the second season with shane. the team is in the locker room, and shane is away with the communications team doing an interview about his expectations for the upcoming season. when he comes back, he’s halfway to his cubicle when his husband pulls him into a hug while whining about how long the evil communications team has taken with his shanya

the rest of the guys are watching the scene before them. one of the rookies asks, “weren't they only apart for like ten minutes?” a veteran replies “don't ask” and other “they’re always like this and it doesn’t matter how long they’re apart”

perlukafarinn

first post for context / see the tag 'open relationship au' for more snippets.

2014

It's been two weeks since they last ate dinner together. The last time they did, they got into a stupid argument about something Shane can't even remember and Brian ended up storming out and sleeping at his own place. They met up for a short lunch the next week and made up, but they haven't been able to spend any substantial amount of time alone together since.

Shane is determined for tonight to go well. He got food delivered from Brian's favorite restaurant and picked up a bottle of his favorite wine to pair it with. He even busted out the candles. He's not the best boyfriend, he knows, but he can at least show Brian that he's trying.

Brian seems to be on the same page, because he shows up with a bouquet of flowers and an apologetic smile. He swoops Shane in for a passionate kiss on the doorstep, sending Shane's heart fluttering.

They sit down to eat and it's nice. Cozy in its familiarity. There's still some tension lingering between them but for the first time in two weeks, Shane feels confident they can work through it.

There's a lull in the conversation and Brian straightens, looking uncomfortable all of a sudden.

"You okay?" Shane asks, reaching for him across the table.

Brian takes his hand, squeezing it gratefully. "I'm fine. Just... thinking."

"About?"

"There's something I've been meaning to bring up," Brian says. "I'm just not sure how to say it."

anime-writing-everything

How Shane shows Hayden affection:

-sending “send this to your best friend” social media posts on all social media his mom forces him on

-sends him fan edits on social media, mostly platonic but he has definitely sent non platonic shipper edits to Hayden and Hayden doesn’t say anything

-let’s Hayden hug him (in the epilogue of heated rivalry I love that it’s established that Hayden puts his arms out for hugs and Shane decides to close the gap)

-constantly around him, which is the equivalent to a cat staying in your space

-gets him sponsorships, or more specifically gets his mom to do it. He also probably makes Hayden use the same agent

-if Hayden asks a “what did you do” will say the entire thing of what he did from start to finish in bullet points

-bumps his head against Hayden, both with and without helmets

tinylilhollander

In my mind, Shane doesn't start as a Centaurs fan. He doesn't really have a team – he just likes hockey so he watches every game and shouts for whichever team is playing better. He likes the Metros just fine, but he wants his own team.

But then when he's like 7 or 8 he goes to a Cens hockey game. He's watching the warmups so intently, trying to see if there are any stretches he can take into his own training. And, as you would when you see an adorable 7-year-old watching you warm up with the intensity of a seasoned coach, one of the players laughs and gives him a sweet little wink. And Shane decides right then that this is his favourite player on his favourite team. It's only years later that he figures out that the reason he imprinted on this guy so immediately was probably because it was baby's first celebrity crush.

providing-leverage

Need a reaction to the Jane/Lily aliases where the person (Hayden probably) is like "wow that's not great, I'm shocked you got away with it for so long, who came up with that?"

Shane: we were 19, give us a break

Hayden: 19????

Shane, ignoring him: 🥰 Ilya was so smart coming up with code names 🥰 he wanted to see me again so bad 🥰

eurydicees

in realism world i do think that shane and ilya both keep their last names, definitely professionally even if not also legally, and would at most hyphenate legally. BUT! i also think that by far the funniest option is that shane takes ilya's name and ilya takes shane's name and they just. you know. switch. and then shane joins the centaurs with the name rozanov on his jersey and ilya wears hollander, and they spend the next five seasons minimum making every commentator hate their fucking job

ivviannaa

i need people to remember more often that rose landry is based off of jennifer lawrence which means that rose is canonically the funniest and bitchiest person ever and i think we need to utilize that more often. give me "you should be off pudding" and "did you hear that, mike pence roger crowell? i said conversion therapy ISNT REAL. though i know you think it worked on you" from rose landry. she deserves it

writinginasnowglobe

i like to think that after shane signs with the centaurs, there is a flood of tiktoks/reels of shane edits to "you'll always find your way back home" by hannah montana which increases tremendously after yuna catches wind of it and posts some baby cens stan shane pictures

perlukafarinn

a video just popped up in my feed of a 6yo girl getting interviewed after playing a hockey game. she's asked who's there with her and she counts off all her family members and then she's asked if she wants to say anything to them and she goes "...hello."

"do you want to say anything else to them?"

"..........no."

anyway, that's baby shane to me.

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