heated rivalry or human resources?

containment zone bc i dont wanna spoil hr for my friends || she/fae/it || 21

[takemetohr]

temp pinned until i have something real to say :p

clover/fauna

21

she/fae/bun/it

sideblog! likes and follows will come from main

mostly a place for hr reblogs, at least until i can post without spoiling for my friends!! i also read further than weve watched together so yall have to keep my secrets

pfp (i changed colors :p)

[megankane]

i know the 2015 tumblr callout post on luca haas was diabolical

[hudconvent]

ok the heart really longs for luca haas to be the little biggest pervert in all the land. like the amount of psychosexual hero worship that makes you camp out in the bathroom stall waiting for rozanov to saunter in and piss like a racehorse so you can record the audio of it on your phone to jerk off to later. luca all of this and more can be yours

[okoyestrainee]

Yuna realizes that Shane and Ilya are in LOVE love when she hears singing coming from the kitchen.

“Chopping carrots with Ilya,” Shane sings under his breath. “Making salad with Ilya.”

Yuna smiles softly from the dining room. This is one of her favorite things about her son. From the time he could (barely) talk, he made up little songs about anything and everything. The first time he’d done it, he’d been strapped into his car seat and watching cars go by. When he’d caught Yuna’s eye in the rear view mirror, he’d smiled with all 8 of his little teeth and waved.

“Dwiving,” he’d sung, all of 18 months old and barely able to say the word properly. “Dwivin’ wi’ Mama. Wuv Mama.”

Yuna’s not sure if it’s Shane’s way of processing the world around him, just A Thing some people do, or something special about her baby boy. All she knows is that from the first time he’d made up a little tune about Driving With Mama, everything turned into a song. When he’s comfortable and feeling at ease, Shane turns little things around him into music.

Learning to tie his shoes? “Daddy’s teaching me to tie my shoes. One lace over the other. Make the bunny ears!”

Gearing up for practice when he was 8? “Going to practice. Gonna be great. Gonna score a goal!”

Studying for a science test? “Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Everyone says it because it’s true. Moving on—organelles and cell walls.”

Gearing up for his first Metros game as captain? “Taping my hockey stick. Going out on the ice. Gonna kick some ass.”

It’s something so uniquely, adorably, perfectly Shane.

Today, though? As Shane’s in the kitchen preparing a salad for lunch? For the first time, someone else sings along. For the first time in Shane’s life, someone hears the tune and lyrics that only exist in his head and joins in.

“Making salad with Shane,” Ilya croons along, hooking his chin over his boyfriend’s shoulder and wrapping strong arms around his waist. “Preparing lunch with my love.”

Shane smiles and sings back as Ilya nuzzles his neck. “Being domestic with my boyfriend. Thinking of boring things we can do together.”

Ilya laughs and kisses his ear before finishing the song. “I love to be boring with yooouuuu.”

It’s the best song Yuna’s ever heard.

[okoyestrainee]

…okay, that’s a lie. It’s a tie for the best song Yuna’s ever heard. Maybe. It’s definitely at the top of the list.

Shane pauses on the other line, breath catching as he holds back overwhelming emotion.

“Mom,” he croaks. “I…fuck.”

Yuna stays calm. She mentally takes stock of the situation. Ilya’s fine—he just texted her, a few seconds before Shane called, to warn her of the incoming storm. David’s fine—he’s sitting right next to her, confused and alarmed as their son has some manner of episode on the phone. She’s fine. So what’s—

“—wi’ Dada!”

…oh. Oh.

It’s soft at first, but picking up in volume. Tiny pit-pats in the background accompany the most beautiful little voice Yuna’s heard since Shane made up his first song, Driving With Mama, from his car seat all those years ago.

“Eating,” the little voice sings in the background. It’s garbled by what Yuna assumes are half-chewed remnants of an afternoon snack; probably organic peanut butter on apple slices. “Eating wi’ Dada. Eating wi’ Papa. Dada on phone! Who on phone, Dada?”

There’s wet laughter in the background, further from the phone. “Oh God, Shane. It’s genetic. She’s a little you!”

More tearful laughter, this time from Shane. “That’s not—she’s adopted, Ilya.”

“I don’t care what the papers say. She is you. Listen to her, she is perfect. She must be part you, sweetheart.”

Driving With Mama. Making Salad With Ilya. Top three songs for sure, as far as Yuna’s concerned. But this one? Eating With Dada and Papa, written and performed by her granddaughter for a live audience? A platinum hit. Give this baby a Grammy.

[okoyestrainee]

When Yuna visits her boys at practice one day, diaper bag hanging off one arm and her granddaughter squirming restlessly in the other, she sees that the music is contagious. More importantly, she sees how many people love and appreciate Shane.

“Mama Hollander!” Bood is the first to notice her. “And baby Hollanov!”

“Hi,” the toddler pipes up. She all smiles and bouncing, curly pigtails as more of the Centaurs skate by. “Where Dada?”

Bood’s laughter echoes all the way to the private seating. He points across the ice with his stick. “He’s right over there, baby girl. Want me to go get him?”

Yuna doesn’t have to look up to know the singing just beyond the boards is coming from Shane. She’s had years to get used to it—to come to love it. She’d know that voice anywhere.

It’s the others that she didn’t count on.

“Defense open on one side,” Shane sings to himself softly. His eyes are laser-focused on the little dry erase board Ilya’s examining with just as much intensity. “Goalie unaware and unprotected. Who’s open on the ice?”

Behind them are Haas, Barrett, LaPointe, and Dykstra, with Hayes on the other end of the ice in the crease. They can’t see the board their captain’s holding, but they can hear the song being written as a play comes together. And Yuna can only tell they can hear because they’re humming along.

Is this what the world sounds like to Shane?

She’s asking herself a million questions as the humming harmonizes. It’s not just synced with the music her son makes; it’s moving and evolving along with it.

The Centaurs are blending notes together into something beautiful. Wyatt takes a low note, Troy takes a high note. Luca and Eric are hitting something that makes Yuna think they could’ve been tenors in a choir. Ilya’s mouthing the words with Shane, like he knows the lyrics as they’re being written. All of it echoes off the ice just so, and it hits a part of her brain just right.

Is this why Shane sings? Because of the tingle down his spine when it sounds like this?

Nobody can hear what’s in Shane’s head. Nobody knows where the music comes from. But here these men are, playing a symphony like they’ve rehearsed it a hundred times. And it’s impossible to tell if the Centaurs have been doing this individually their whole lives, if Shane’s music is actually contagious, or if his way of seeing the world was just adopted by a group of good men who realize that their friend and colleague might be on to something. Whatever the case, Yuna can see the way Shane lights up when the answer seems to materialize out of nowhere, pulled out of thin air and music notes.

“Dykstra!” He exclaims excitedly, pointing to a blue X on the board. “If I’m on the right—“

“You’re a genius,” Ilya interjects as he scribbles on the sides in red. “Absolutely brilliant, sweetheart. Your brain amazes me. Boys! Run it again! Pass to Dykstra!”

“Aht aht!” Bood waves his arms excitedly as he cuts across the defense formation. “Baby break first!”

On cue, the toddler in Yuna’s arms squeals excitedly. “Hi Papa! Hi Dada!”

Ilya takes off across the ice first, with a smile so big Yuna swears it must hurt. Shane’s right behind him, waving a gloved hand at their baby girl.

He stops short, though, when he notices tears in Yuna’s eyes.

“Mom,” he gasps. “Mom, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing, nothing!” She wipes her eyes with her free hand and passes the uncontrollably happy toddler off to Ilya. “Just…”

In the background, the rest of the Centaurs are passing the puck back and forth—gently—to entertain the baby. They’re humming the same tune from before.

Yuna smiles. “I see why you love it here.”

[cumslutshane]

the titty grab + the hand holding!!!

[pregnanthudsonwilliams]

like i just want to see hudson get slapped across the face. is that really too much to ask for

[penandinkprincess]

depending on how small the grocery store near the cottage is, i am CACKLING at how 👀👀👀👀 any employee who's been there a few summers must be at shane "routine" hollander suddenly buying snack food and cokes instead of the exact same things he buys every single time he's there

extremely funny canon divergence in which yuna and david find out shane has someone over when belinda the checkout lady who works this job post-retirement mostly just for something to do drops a, "so exciting for shane to have someone there this summer! is it this rose girl he's been seeing?"

thus prompting yuna and david into an extremely funny attempt at subtly "checking in" and reminding shane they're there if he needs them and does he need more groceries? does he want to come over for dinner, actually? they've got plenty. enough for a whole second person haha 👀👀👀👀👀👀

[penandinkprincess]

reblogging with my own tags because it's important to me that shane gets his terrible guessing from his mama, and this also presents the fucking clown show that the "I'm dating ilya" could be in these circumstances when yuna and david are openly trying to gently nudge shane into a reminder that they love him no matter what (david is not convinced vis a vis hollandry baby, but it's this or yuna left to think about if they need to redo the downstairs bathroom or not).

and shane finally deciding that his parents know SOMEONE is here with him somehow and yeah that makes him anxious because how MUCH do they know, but okay. just rip the bandaid off. let's tell them.

but he gets ilya to wait in the car just for a second because he wants to do the "I'm gay" and THEN the "also I'm with ilya rozanov" reveals

but yuna just pulls him into a hug before he can speak and just, "you don't have to worry so much, honey. we love you no matter what. always." and shane has his, "I'm really sorry-" and yuna just shushes him and "there's ALWAYS more room in the family"

and shane just figures oh they must have stopped by and seen them?? embarrassing, but they're taking it really well. okay.

and shane is a little flustered and a little tear-y and just *gesture back towards the door* "I'm just gonna..." and yuna just *nod nod* "of course. we're doing pasta if that sounds okay." because SHE thinks they might be cooking to keep in mind possible morning sickness, and shane just agrees and "🥹 yeah, pasta's great" because his parents love him and this is all going so well

up until he comes back to the door with ilya and yuna in total shock is just "...but rose?"

shane: "wh-what about rose?"

yuna: "rose and the baby???"

ilya: "the WHAT"

[haasthoughts]

are you friends with hollander?

last week he invited me over and told me to plank until failure and when i lasted a minute thirty one he smiled Really Big and told me i could go home. so i think Yes.

[haasthoughts]

haasy this is Barely any time At All haasy you’re a pro athlete Oh mein Gott forbid i flirt a little with a married man ………….

[aemelia]

SHANE ZINE | 1. Unknown author // 2. Supernatural, season 12, episode 22 // 3. Salt to the Sea, Ruta Sepetys // 4. Unknown author // 5. Tumblr post, filmnoirsbian // 6. Heated Rivalry, episode 6.

[ILYA'S VERSION]

[aemelia]

ILYA ZINE | 1. Unknown author // 2. Quote, Seraiah // 3. Heated Rivalry, Episode 5–6 // 4. In the blood, John Mayer.

[SHANE'S VERSION]

[gingerpolyglot]

I love playing with the Boxing Day fight and balancing out the narrative so it's not so heavy on blaming Shane for everything, but it's also SO juicy to play with Shane taking on all of the blame and guilt that Ilya heaps on him at his lowest and internalizing it, and breaking himself trying to make up for something he isn't actually responsible for fixing and forcing Ilya not only to recognize and acknowledge how unfair it was to put all of that on Shane's shoulders but also apologizing and working to do better going forward.

I want Ilya to get to a better place with his mental health and finally look back and realize how unfair he was to Shane, and I want him to be horrified when Shane is like "but I deserved it, yeah maybe you were a little hard on me but that's because I wasn't being a good boyfriend," and I want him to hear Irina telling him "Papa is hard on me but it's because he has high expectations." I want Ilya to have a nightmare about the Boxing Day fight where he DID hurt Shane when he shoved him against the wall and have to confront that moment of anger. I want him to scroll through Shane's Instagram, perfectly curated and professional, and see hundreds of hateful comments under even the most benign post and realize that he's been holding onto resentment about Shane not plastering their relationship all over social media now that they can.

I want Shane to tell Hayden to fuck off when he makes another snide comment, and when Ilya expresses his surprise Shane explains that he couldn't risk even more disruption in the room in Montreal when management was already looking for any excuse to get rid of him after he came out, that if he hadn't pulled their miraculous cup run off there would have been a lot of very pointed comments about bringing in new blood and shaking things up, and what would they have done if he'd ended up somewhere further away?

I want Ilya to think about how Hayden hated him and JJ broke Shane's trust and Rose was never around so actually, who DID Shane have to talk about their relationship with, besides his parents?

I want Ilya to catch Shane flinching when one of the guys makes another crack about him not having a leadership position and realize he's been pouring salt in a wound he didn't see for months, and worse, letting the team do it too.

I want Ilya to see the impact that his behavior has had on the man he loves and work on fixing it, instead of spiraling into self loathing or being dismissive.

And I want Shane to see Ilya take ownership of his own contributions to their issues and stop thinking of taking on all the blame as something else he just has to deal with to get to be with Ilya.

[awfulsweettobealittlebutterbi]

Ilya and Shane are watching game tape and both taking notes (Ilya because it's his responsibility as Captain and Shane because his soul feels ItchyTM if he doesn't), when Shane notices that Ilya is just doodling loops on his page instead of taking this seriously 😠 Even with both of them on the same team, they've lost a couple games this season and they need to lock in!! 😠

This is how Shane learns what Russian cursive looks like and that Ilya takes game notes in Russian cursive

[allstarrocks]

i love to think of dogshane in the context of their first intentional petplay scenes, when theyve talked and decided they want to do it

maybe negotiations r a little giggly bc it feels silly to play dog and when they get some gear for it shane sits at ilyas feet while he clips ears into his hair and they both are holding back laughter bc they keep slipping out of place

and then ilya is putting a collar around shanes neck, slipping his fingers under it to make sure its not too tight, tugging lightly just to see, and suddenly nothings funny at all, shanes whole face has gone slack and ilyas pupils are huge as he fists the collar and pulls

[penandinkprincess]

my shane hollander pet head canon for the longest time is that when Shane was little, Yuna, and David got him a pet rabbit, and Shane somehow, having heard the phrase puck bunny, wanted the name the rabbit puck, and after a little protest and honestly trying to explain why it might not be the most appropriate name for the bunny, and failing, like i imagine they try to give a child appropriate explaination of a puckbunny and after the third time shane says "like mommy" they relent because it is really funny

They do worry about explaining why they let Shane name the rabbit that, but that worry soon vanishes when they have to assure family members that the rabbit is not actually named fuck (little Shane has trouble enunciating the beginning of words)

(not "like mommy?" oh my GOD. lil baby shane (who is very quiet and adult-oriented and thus doesn't always get noticed sneaking up to stand near groups of adults) who heard one of the adults say "puck bunny" and goes oh?? bunny who plays hockey??? that sounds like the best pet EVER. but now they know shane has heard this word and are trying to, "it's a word that's not very nice that some people use for ladies who, uh, REALLY like hockey" and oh, yeah, he understands that. MOMMY really loves hockey, so OBVIOUSLY-)

on the FLOOR from laughing imagining the family home video of lil baby shane sitting next to his bunny in her pen and david behind the camera going, "what's your bunny's name, bud?" and baby shane SO proudly turning to the camera and going "FUCK! :D" as yuna turns her head to the side so he won't see how hard she's trying not to laugh

ilya records it and has it saved to his phone.

[littlegirlinvisible]

CONNOR STORRIE On “Late Night with Seth Meyers,” talking about the immense success of his show Heated Rivalry and how he didn’t know how to ice skate or speak Russian before starring in it. Check out his full interview on YouTube!

[darlingofdots]

hyperactive rescue herding dog being given A Job so he stops chewing on the furniture

[cephalopodie]

BREAKING: Vic Michaelis has been cast as Commissioner Crowell in Heated Rivalry Season 2.