Tinycupcakestuff

Hi!! Welcome. A place for my fandom stuff and writing. I'm a longtime fanfic reader and newly minted writer. Millennial/she/her/hers. I’ve got several WIPs on my old favorite ship Eric/Sam from Breakfast with Scot. I read a lot of mm romance particularly mm hockey romance. Trying to branch out into new fandoms: omgcp! and Hannibal. You will find me reblogging and rereading old fics here.

[tinycupcakesstuff]

Full text on AO3

Breakaway is a m/m hockey romance novel and slow-burn reimagining of Eric McNally and Sam Miller’s origin story that serves as an emotional prequel to Breakfast with Scot.

Alternating between Eric’s closeted life as an aging NHL player and Sam’s carefully controlled world as a sports lawyer in a failing relationship, the fic explores how two men shaped by trauma, family expectations, and loneliness slowly find connection in each other.

Set in the gritty, hyper-masculine world of early-2000s professional hockey, Breakaway takes its time unpacking themes like internalized homophobia, PTSD, and the price of silence. A violent on-ice hit pulls Eric into early retirement—and into Sam’s orbit—forcing both men to confront what they really want.

With a mix of vulnerability, quiet humor, and romantic tension that bubbles over into explosive passion, Breakaway is a story about choosing love when it feels impossible and learning to embrace authenticity after years of hiding. For fans of mutual pining, hurt/comfort, angst with a happily ever after that is earned.

There will be more installments set in the movie timeline and into the future.

You can reach me at [email protected].

[tinycupcakesstuff]

I suddenly need a fic of Scot being an elite ice dancer. We have him in a fic as a single figure skater. I need him in pairs. Ice dancing preferred a Tessa/scot situation, he’s bi in this universe. Someone please 🙏

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fanfic writers and fan artists are carrying fandoms. they are the backbone of fandoms.

thank you fanfic writers and fan artists

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I understand that people have issues with ep 3, but I’m grateful for it bc it gave us the Scott/Shane fight and therefore all of these great posts on Tumblr.com

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[dandelionsresilience]

Just gonna drop these here as a starting point :)

How to identify, and then deal with, your emotions

Emotional regulation skills

Conflict resolution skills

Creating and enforcing boundaries

Dialectical Behavioural Therapy skills

Emotional intelligence ideals to aim for

Axes of self-care/wellbeing

Self-care self-evaluation (find out where you’re starting)

How to make a self-care checklist

How to start a self-care habit

Reparenting resources

Crash Course Psychology

KhanAcademy: Understanding the Self and Society (some units more relevant than others)

Emotional education activities for children and teens

Social-Emotional Learning activities for kids (information can be adapted for adults)

[radak1985]

I'm reblogging to actually use this

[incahootss]

the authors who write "sorry for any mistakes" at the end of their 200k word fic that's better than half the published books I've read. bestie you just gave me a whole novel for free with perfect characterization. I'll forgive a typo

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Just found out you can change the kudos message on ao3 and honestly? Best day of my life

Every time you leave kudos on one of my fics, you’ll get one of these messages:

[tinycupcakesstuff]

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

The Breakfast with Scot x Game Changers crossover no one asked for, but I had to write.

This fic answers the question: What was going on with the OG hockey husbands while Ilya and Shane were falling in love during their years long situationship.

Picking up 5 years after the events of Breakaway, I'd Notice You is set during Breakfast with Scot and the years that follow (can be read as a stand alone).

From 2008–2016, Eric and Sam build a family. After they adopt Scot, they find that they can't stop... and end up with 5 children. It's queer joy and domestic chaos. Eric becomes an openly gay sportscaster narrates the rise of the on-ice rivalry between Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander, as he examines the narratives that the league imposes on its players, masculinity, repression, and legacy in hockey.

Full of fun moments from the colorful cast of characters, we get to see Nula and George tie the knot, Mildred's classic meddling, Ryan Burlington deface Miller/McNally property, an epic fistfight between Sam and Billy, Barbara Warren from Child Services calls again with a newborn, and Eric's mom reaches out to meet her grandkids.

The next installment will pick up in 2017 through the end of Heated Rivalry and The Long Game.

I had to stop short of Scott Hunter coming out in 2027. I’d like to see the TV adaptation of The Long Game before expanding this universe.

[actuallysara]

S1 E6 "The Cottage"

"Shane and Ilya get away from the spotlight for a rare moment of freedom. But when the outside world intrudes, they have to face some tough decisions that could change everything about their future and what it means to build a life together."

[bipolar4autistic]

Heated rivalry is proof we need to kill the binge watch format and go back to weekly appointment viewing . Nothing better than when there’s a show airing new episodes once a week and your whole tumblr ecosystem is thriving on the nourishment of two men fucking raw on their screens .

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Shane’s comfort is his home and his family. When he wants to open up to Ilya, he asks him about his parents and about Russia. Which only causes Ilya to shut down. Ilya has always understood his sexuality and is comfortable with that part of himself. In episode 4, Ilya kept trying to talk to Shane about sex and sexuality. Shane’s sexuality is still something he’s suppressing and doesn’t want to reckon with right now.

The reason Shane and Ilya have such a hard time communicating is that their safe space is the other person’s trigger.

[ticklefighthockey]

kinda love this dynamic where ilya's like i get to have sex with anyone i want anytime i want and i also get to tell you about it while you visibly try to repress your feelings. but the second i think you might be having sex with someone else i am going to absolutely fucking spiral. epic crash out. because when I have sex it is empty and meaningless and utterly devoid of real emotional intimacy but you are a rule-following little dweeb who would still be a virgin if i hadn't deflowered you when we were like 18 so i fucking KNOW it means something to you!!!!!! the hypocrisy is delicious

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As an old Canadian queer, I wanna talk about how amazing it is to see Heated Rivalry not only be so popular and spoken about by mainstream media, but also be unapologetically horny.

Now I know the NHL has not in any way endorsed the series, nor has the Canadian Hockey League. But! They are legit posting taglines for the series during televised NHL games, which is a huge deal considering the level of toxic masculinity hockey is steeped in. (I’m a Canadian queer who grew up with hockey players, I know how this shit goes down)

But you know what? Let’s talk a little bit about gay media and its history with the NHL, because this is not the first time Canada has made content about gay hockey players. Back in 2007 there was a little known Canadian film called Breakfast With Scot, based on a 90’s book of the same name written by an openly gay author and university professor named Michael Downing. (he unfortunately passed away in 2021)

The movie is a comedy about a gay couple who adopt a little boy who is very clearly queer as well, the main protagonist of the piece is Eric who is a retired hockey player turned sports reporter, his husband—Sam—is a sports lawyer. Eric is a former player for the NHL team The Toronto Maple Leafs, now they could’ve easily changed this for the movie, could’ve gone the way Heated Rivalry did and made up an alternate national hockey league. But the director didn’t, instead they approached the team as well as the NHL and asked if they could use the team’s name, jerseys and logos for the movie.

Not only did The Toronto Maple Leafs say yes, they also allowed some of their players to have cameos in the movie as well as use clips of past games. Because the team so happily wanted to participate, the NHL agreed as well instead of fighting against the team about it. Keep in mind this is a movie about two gay men raising a gay child.

Because of this, Breakfast With Scot became the very first gay film to ever receive approval for the use of a sports team’s affiliation from any professional sports league on the planet. Up until that time, no professional sports league had ever agreed in the history of movies and television to endorse a piece of gay media.

Sure this movie is a comedy, it’s not spicy, it’s PG13. But the themes of acceptance, fear, love and overwhelming societal pressure surrounding how a hockey player is viewed are all very much there just like with Heated Rivalry… just ya know, with less on screen booty.

The NHL agreed to Breakfast With Scot because it was safe, even though it was still unprecedented what they agreed to. But I truly think that Heated Rivalry will prove to be just as important and influential—if not more so—towards the breaking down of bullshit toxic hockey standards.

Breakfast With Scot walked so Heated Rivalry could run and I for one cannot wait to see what will be coming next.

[biblionerd07]

Heated Rivalry fans, for your m/m hockey viewing pleasure: the 2007 film “Breakfast with Scot.” It’s free on Tubi in the US! I’m sorry, I don’t know where to watch it in other counties. (It’s Canadian so I feel like it should be available somewhere for you guys?) I’ve already talked about this movie since the show started but I will never stop pushing my agenda. They oughta put me on the PR payroll. (It’s very loosely based on a book that I can’t vouch for because everyone who’s read the book and seen the movie advised me to skip the book, so I’m passing that advice on to you.)

Eric McNally played for the Leafs (with the team’s blessing for the movie to use official licensing!) but had to retire due to injury. Now he’s a hockey broadcaster who lives with his partner, Sam, and his greatest fear is anyone finding out he’s gay. He’s so deep in the closet he can barely look at Sam in public and even in private he struggles to say he’s gay out loud. Sam and Eric end up with temporary custody of a little boy, Scot, who Eric calls gay gay. He likes makeup and glitter and twirling and shopping. Eric is horrified, bewildered, terrified, and annoyed by this kid in equal measure. Scot decides to try hockey to be more like Eric, and Eric has to slowly untangle his internalized homophobia and toxic masculinity as he coaches the team and starts to care for Scot.

Now my caveat with this movie is always: it was a more or less mainstream movie in 2007. It was kind of a big deal for representation at the time, but watching through today’s lens feels…lacking. There’s not a lot of affection between these two dudes who’ve been in a years-long relationship. Part of that is plot related, because of Eric’s issues, but a lot of it is the 2007 of it all. They ARE affectionate and there are moments that let you see they’ve been together a long time and they love each other, but they’re a bit on the margins for most of the movie. It stars Tom Cavanagh, who you may know from the Flash show (he’ll always be Ed the bowling alley lawyer to me) and Ben Shenkman, who’d already done Angels in America, so it doesn’t feel like the actors were the ones being weird about it; it feels more like a calculated “what can we get away with without getting told we’re being too in-your-face?” They were working with what they could at the time.

It’s goofy and cheesy and the logistics feel a lot like fanfic handwaving, but it’s so so sweet and will always hold a very special place in my heart. The first time I watched it, as soon as it ended I started it over and watched it again. A lot of sweet family feels and learning to love yourself. I wish they would’ve made lunch and dinner with Scot too. There should be as many meals with Scot movies as there Fast and Furious movies. Tom Cavanagh if you can hear me, make a sequel now and I will watch the shit out of it.

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I still haven't hit post-nut clarity after episode 3 of HEATED RIVALRY and the Hollanov parts of it were sooooo good but I needed coda fic to that episode specifically, along with the usual Centaurs era fic, so here I am back with this show's hands still wrapped tightly around my throat. And fandom has provided The Good Shit once again, god bless.

HEATED RIVALRY - POST-THE LONG GAME FIC (THE CENTAURS ARE PERFECT AND I WILL HEAR ONLY GOOD ABOUT THEM):

The Ilya Rozanov Exposé by nineteenohtwo, ilya/shane & centaurs & rose, 1.8k     Perez Hilton ✅ @PerezHilton Viral: Married gay hockey star Ilya Rozanov caught IN PUBLIC sexting mystery woman. WITH RECEIPTS!

The Hickey by dntat, ilya/shane & centaurs, NSFW, 12.6k     Three times Ilya can't resist marking what's his, and one time Shane decides to return the favor.

HEATED RIVALRY - I WILL LOVE THESE DING DONGS IN EVERY SCENARIO:

heart on my sleeve (not where it should be) by thatgayprince, ilya/shane & cast, NSFW, 5.6k wip     5 times they wear something of each other secretly and one time they take it off

Heat On Ice by Camme975, ilya/shane, NSFW, omegaverse, 7.2k     This season for Shane Hollander is everything - scouts watching, stats climbing, NHL dreams within arm’s reach. He’s disciplined, controlled, built to dominate. But then he goes into an unexpected first heat in the middle of a game. No one notices except Ilya Rozanov, a rival he’s only ever admired through screens and stat sheets, the one man whose scent cuts through Shane’s fever like relief.

HEATED RIVALRY - SHOW-SPECIFIC FIC IN CASE YOU WANT TO REACT TO A SCENE AND/OR YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOKS YET:

you're starting to sound like him by marquelict, ilya/shane & scott, NSFW, 1.9k     Ilya Rozanov happens to catch the game where Shane Hollander picks a fight with Scott Hunter. It kind of... turns him on.

The Hollander Incident - A Rozanov Investigation by Lil_lightning15, ilya/shane & scott, ~1k     Shane Hollander does not fight. This is a universal truth. Like gravity. Or taxes. Or the fact that Ilya Rozanov will always find the best angle to kiss Hollander senseless. Until he does… Ilya watches the replay three times.

like him by ganseytheking, ilya/shane & scott, nsfw, 2.1k     “What the fuck is that supposed to mean?” Shane asks tightly, his voice thinner than he wants it to be, because he’s almost sure he knows what Hunter is implying, and the idea of it has his stomach roiling and twisting on itself. There’s no way in hell Scott fucking Hunter knows. They’d been so careful. Shane had been so careful. Hunter’s eyes bore into him, his mouth pressed into a flat line. Fuck.

forbidden fruit by goldengalaxies, ilya/shane & scott & hayden & j.j., 3.2k     (shane calls ilya after he fights scott hunter. hayden & jj overhear)

Breakin’ all the rules, like they weren’t made for you by mickeysmyheart, ilya/shane, NSFW, 2.1k     Ilya FaceTimes Shane after his game to find out why he fought with Scott Hunter.

with a temper like you by starblushed, ilya/shane, NSFW, 2.3k     Lily: What did Hunter say to piss you off? Me: What? Lily: You got in a fight with him last night. Lily: Why? Ilya confronts Shane after the fight with Scott Hunter on the ice, and edges the truth out of him.

After the Whistle by ashes0909, ilya/shane, ~1k     Hollander and Hunter get into a fight, and Ilya needs to know why. Unfortunately, the only person who can tell him is the man he definitely isn’t thinking about all the time.

you’re starting to sound like him by lizee, ilya/shane, NSFW, 1.3k     Or, Ilya gets turned on after seeing Shane and Scott’s brief fight on the ice, so Ilya texts Shane. Phone sex ensues.

Angry Kitten Fight by AkirasStories, ilya/shane, 1k     Golden Boy Shane Hollander fighting Nice Guy Scott Hunter after the final whistle. “Has Shane Hollander ever fought anyone?” the commentator asks. A delighted laugh leaves Ilya as a close-up of Hollander’s and Hunter’s faces appears when the refs finally get them to calm down. They look like a beat-up puppy and an angry kitten.

part-time mirror breaker by firelord_zutara, ilya/shane & scott, 2.8k Scott Hunter's fight with Shane Hollander, and what happens after

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[nondelphic]

writing is so humiliating. like “here’s my little fake guy. he’s very sad about the weather. please clap.”