Lost between the deserts and the oceans.

She/Her

[haedraulics]

final boss of parental neglect ilya rozanov

[academicblorbo]

Yuna and David asking about the timeline of their relationship would have been even funnier if, after discussing how long they've been "lovers":

Yuna: ok, so you've been "seeing" each other for 9 years... And when did you confess your real feelings and decided to be together?

Shane:

Ilya:

Yuna:

David:

Shane:

Ilya: like, today at 4am

[finelytaylored]

“can’t believe you treat your gf like this Hollander 😔” has me crying lmao please someone write this

[godmotherpm]

The craziest thing about this whole situation is that Ilya thinks in Russian and in Russian ‘lovers’ LITTERAL TRANSLATION is ‘возлюбленные’. Which ACTUALLY MEANS ‘people who feel love and attraction towards each other’. MY BOY WAS CONFESSING HIS LOVE TO SHANE AND LOST IN TRANSLATION GAME. HE WAS SO PURE ABOUT IT AND ONLY GOT ‘No, Ilya, that’s gross’. MY SWEET LOVERBOY.

[godmotherpm]

this is actually getting ridiculous how many of you people liked it. should i start complaining about how bad was russian to english sub translation as well? you know just for all of you to be just as mad as i was that it didn’t showed even a half of ilya’s emotions? oh don’t even get me started–

[glowcowboy]

does anyone wanna hold hands until we feel a little braver

[its-your-mind]

the reblog map is all of us holding hands btw

[beautifulterriblequeen]

We are each other's night sky. No one is alone here.

[dear-ao3]

night sky continues to get brighter. theres always people here for you

[shinigami-social]

Made a painting of all of us “Holding Hands” <3

[i-am-a-megalodon]

Reblog to hold hands

[synnthamonsugar]

The pilot -> astronaut pipeline makes complete sense but is also funny to me. There's a secret second sky and if you get good enough at doing sky you can do space.

[409-conflict]

I cannot stop thinking about what a fucking year Ilya had in 2014

Putin warns gay people not to spread propaganda during Sochi Olympics

Every Western media outlet wants a sound bite from Ilya, a Russian superstar who’s lived in the West for five years, regarding the gay propaganda laws

Ilya has to thread the needle of neither denouncing or promoting Russia’s stance

Ilya leads the National Hockey Team to a demoralising crash out

The prettiest man in the world makes the unbelievably stupid decision that now is a good time and place to talk to each other in public for the first time ever

He is upbraided by his Papa

Sveta completely misreads what he needs, and he can’t even be mad about it because at least she’s trying

The Bolotnaya Square protesters are convicted

Russia moves troops into Crimea

He keeps frantically googling pictures of Shane in the middle of the night

Russian opposition leaders are detained

G8 suspends Russian membership

Boston makes the playoffs

The Russian government enacts laws tightening control of dissemination of information, categorising bloggers alongside journalists

The Donetsk and Luhansk referenda, unrecognised by the international community

Boston wins the Stanley Cup

Has panic attack in a bathroom, is immediately accused of being an asshole for arriving on time

Successfully convinces himself he’s capable of having sex with Shane without feelings, definitely doesn’t cry once he’s alone

Super super fun happy times summer with his ailing father

MH17 shot down by Russian-made missile

Russia hits back at sanctions by banning food imports, sends food prices soaring

Oil prices crash, halving Russia’s national budget

Foreign ownership in Russia media is capped

Has Totally No Strings No Feelings secret sex with Shane, everything is Chill

Russian financial crisis hits, prices of food up 40 to 50%, some KHL teams can’t even pay their players

And all throughout this, every time he opens Facebook he’s tagged in yet another hundred fucking ALS ice bucket challenges

[liminalmess]

god i just love the idea of stuck to him like glue ilya with shane

there’s already the whole him running his 2 year campaign thing and “nooo Hollander i want to fuck you” and setting up the photoshoot and the coming up behind him to literally plaster himself against Shane’s back when he’s grilling at the cottage

because if he was persistent and whiny when he wanted something before now that he has shane and knows he feels the same about him it’s fully game over like shane is never getting rid of him he’s gonna be soooo disgustingly clingy(pos) (and shane loves this btw)

post-cottage every time they have a weekend or day together at either of their places, he’s getting a “where are you going” every time he gets up and he’s huffing like ilya im just going to get something from the other room and Ilya’s like “I’ll come with you” for no reason

he’s knocking when he’s been in the bathroom a little too long (it’s been 3 mins btw) and Shane’s like “ilya im in the bathroom”?? and he’s like “i know i just miss you” and shane is shaking his head like i love whatever the fuck is wrong with you and he has with a little too much seriousness for Shane’s liking asked if he can hold his dick while shane pees

he’s never not touching him the whole time too like even if it’s just their toes touching on the couch or a hand on his leg or petting his hair

he’s sooo sad if shane has to go do errands because this is before the charity stuff and they can’t be seen out together yet and he’s like noooo Hollander you don’t need to go anywhere you are filthy rich and im filthy rich don’t you have doordash or something in Canada?? And Shane gives in after a lot of pouting and teasing because he doesn’t wanna miss a single minute either UGHHHH GIRL WHATEVER

[fractally]

I am a fan of the dynamic where there's no leak and Shane moves to the Cens of his own accord and then Shane and Ilya never come out exactly but they just live openly and all these dumbass hockey players are just like

"Oh yeah they're just like that. They live together and room together and vacation together and get mad if they're separated on the bench. And they kiss in the locker room sometimes but it's you know. They're joking around. Good guys. Gay? Well---no I don't think so. I mean that's weird. Roz is a pussy hound. I mean I've never seen him with a woman but you know he is. Anyway Hollander had that whole thing with Rose Landry and he still talks about her, I think he's still hung up on her. Poor guy. I did walk in on Hollander sleeping on Roz's lap the other day but they were just getting in sync for power play you know? You reporters always want to make everything gay it's so weird. What do you mean 'why do they kiss so much' they're the top goal scoring duo in the league"

[handsywoman]

those genuine blissful smiles make my cheeks hurt

[hollanovs-ilya]

But where would we... Where would we what? Meet?

[perlukafarinn]

Shane does an interview after they're outed where he says, kind of off-handedly, that the one thing that still bothers him about having to keep their relationship secret for so long is that there are no pictures of them together as a couple from those years.

Someone clips it and it goes viral.

Over the next few days, Shane and Ilya's mentions start to get flooded with pictures. Mostly it's screenshots from various games they played against each other, meticulously picked through by dedicated fans to find every moment Shane and Ilya looked at each other on the ice.

Some screenshots get shared by hundreds of different people because they stand out so obviously: Shane and Ilya meeting each other's eyes during a face off; Ilya looking at Shane while his back is turned, naked longing visible on his face; Shane chasing after Ilya with a small but delighted grin.

There are also pictures from press events, award ceremonies, behind the scenes at All Stars. Seemingly any time Shane and Ilya got captured in the same frame gets dug up and shared.

Finally, a couple of weeks later, the director of Shane and Ilya's CCM commercial posts outtakes from their shoot. It's captioned 'Took a bit of digging but I knew I still had these somewhere! I had to make my contribution to the #HollanovArchives even though this must have been a while before they got together. These kids had crazy chemistry, right from the start!'

Shane hasn't responded to the onslaught yet, too overwhelmed by the (slightly terrifying) dedication of their fans as well as the fact that he now has dozens of pictures clearly displaying his and Ilya's love for each other during a time in their lives when it was so desperately hidden.

He does respond now, sharing the director's post with a sincere (and publicist-approved) caption thanking him and the fans.

Ilya also shares the post, tacking on 'yes if a while means a few hours 👅' like he didn't cry when Shane showed him the videos.

[thisfeebleheart]

Heated Rivalry, Chapter Eight

[poughkeepsiesjr]

if you feel queerbaited by actual real human beings have you considered that maybe you're just queerstupid and queerparasocial and need to touch some queergrass

[poughkeepsiesjr]

also, bisexual people exist. it's just that you people will call them straight if they're dating someone of the opposite gender and gay/lesbian if they're dating someone of the same gender. because you have no object permanence because you're, as previously noted, queerStupid

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[dgct2]

Shane & Ilya both being worried about each other.

"How could they not know?" Shane said. "How could they not see this -- see you -- and not known about us?" Ilya had displayed his heart so openly, smashed against the ice as unmistakably as Shane's broken body. (The Long Game, Chapter 15)

Heated Rivalry 1.05 I'll Believe In Anything

[texasbama]

#relax bro no one is taking him from you (part two)