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hard launch this, soft launch that...has anyone written hollanov going full gaslighting with their coming out? just straight up going "we've been together for years? why are you acting like this is news?"

double points if they don't even plan to do it. they decide to soft launch via no longer actively hiding their relationship, just slowly acting more like a couple around other people. they're both at some event and ilya finds shane and just wraps his arm across his shoulders, which maybe that could just be ilya being ilya, but then shane just leans into it? like this is fine and normal? and when someone questions it shane panics and is just like "why wouldn't i? he's my boyfriend" and whoever they're talking to is like "what? since when?" and ilya is immediately onboard with this game "since 2017."

they just keep doubling down "you don't remember me sneaking out to go visit him every time we played in boston? you were all chirping me about it."

"wait, did you two drive here together?" "why would we take separate cars, we live together?" "you WHAT?"

when someone thinks they're joking they bring up the group chat with shane's parents, ilya scrolls back to a text where yuna calls him her favorite son. they bring up a video clip jackie sent of the twins saying "we love you uncle ilya!" shane brings up his thread with svetlana where she sends him russian words and phrases she thinks he should know.

they quickly enlist everyone who already knew, get them all onboard to pretend like their relationship wasn't ever top secret information. shane posts a picture of him with anya, when someone comments "that looks just like ilya rozanov's dog?" he just replies "yeah, we adopted her several months ago" and ilya replies "love our daughter ❤️"

the more people act like this is revelatory news the more they inisist that it's not. "we started a charity together!" "i moved to canada for him!" meanwhile everyone else is slowly losing their minds.

gaynehollander

I absolutely do not think Ilya slept at all during their nap in Boston. He did not want to miss a moment that could be spent holding Shane in his arms, being allowed to feel Shane's steady breaths, getting to watch his profile while unobserved himself. He would have been content to stay there for hours. Just getting to have this, for the first time.

ticklefighthockey

I still think it’s so funny that shane was assigned gay by rose landry and his reaction was WHEW! thank god someone else decided that for me. anyway I’m off to get my man I can sense that he’s making bad decisions in a club somewhere

nuancecomprehender

my life isnt perfect but at least im not doing a mans laundry

mynorthernattitude

they should make a sleep that feels like you’ve slept

ily-a

#hey hey hey hey (affectionate)

HEATED RIVALRY (2025-) 1.06 | The Cottage

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thisfeebleheart

Heated Rivalry Week 2026 Day 1: Favourite Episode ● 1x06: The Cottage

8nin

Nonsexual intimacy is so fucking important.

iero

Boring, you know, when Ilya calls Shane boring, he's saying he's in love with him. And he's not boring, Ilya is endlessly fascinated by Shane. And the only way he can communicate that is by making fun of him and calling him boring because anything else would rip his soul out through his face. - Jacob Tierney

HEATED RIVALRY (2025 -)

prideandprejudice

#boyfriends | requested by @spcecowboyyy

hrgifs

I remember being at the monitor and my intimacy coordinator and producer were like, “Is that kiss too sweet?” I remember just being like, “I don’t care. It’s so good. It’s sweet. I want it to exist.” It wasn’t scripted that way, but at the same time it was Episode 2 so there had to be hesitation. But I was like, “I love it. I just want to watch them kiss each other.” When Ilya takes his hoodie [from Shane], they just had it.

— Jacob Tierney on the stairwell scene [via Gold Derby]