It's so important to me that everyone who meets Ilya feels safe around him. Shane at age 19 trusting him with his body and his sexuality and his reputation therefore his whole career. Svetlana who left home and could've gone anywhere but chose to move to Boston because guess who also lives there. Every person he's ever hooked up with because that's 100+ of people trusting him and saying yes. Yuna and David who spent less than an hour around him (Ilyushka not Rozanov) and accepted him as Shane's boyfriend even though they've spent the last decade hating him on Shane's behalf. Jackie trusting him with her kids after only meeting him once. Harris's family inviting him over so many times. His neighbors' kids making it a habit to wish him good luck before games. Troy coming out to him when it's his first time saying it out loud. Luca asking him for advice because he's finding it hard to "meet people". Coach Wiebe coming out to him and telling him about the guy he was in love with.
He's the safe space he needed growing up. He's the comfort person he wished for when he felt like he had no one. He's the familiar warm presence who has so much love to give to make up for all the love that was taken away from him.
Here are my fave fics I've read in this fandom! I'll probably add more as I read. Enjoy!
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I'll be Jane by gurlsrool
(7,196 words | Mature | Chapters: 1/1)
Itās not going viral because Janeās true identity was exposedāor even because Ilya was blatantly sexting in public. That partās as expected as Shane doing yoga or any human being on earth breathing.
No, the texts are going viral because no one can believe how bad this āJaneā is at sexting.
The women of the world are outraged. The men of the world are baffled. No one can understand why Ilya Rozanov, whose abs have their own fan club, is wasting his time on āa piece of cardboard that wished to be turned into a real girlā (this particular joke has 300k likes and counting).
Or: After a social media trend mocks Shane's sexting skills, he tries to improve them. It goes about as poorly as you'd expect.
Within Your Reach by Water_Nix
(6,829 words | Teen And Ups Audience | Chapters: 1/1)
Shaneās hearing is muffled, sound bubbling in and out like heās swimming through the lake, dipping under the surface and back into the air. He can make out a word here and there, enough to know that Rozanov is trying to get him to breathe with him. He can feel the expansion of Rozanovās lungs against his hands as he takes deep breaths in and lets them out. Shane tries to copy him, he does, but every inhale carries the scent of him, his cologne, his skin, his hair products. The scents are so familiar to him, and he wants more than anything for them to calm him, make him feel safe, but they are doing the opposite. Why are they still so familiar to him after not being anywhere near Rozanov for half a year? Why does he still want to shove his face against Rozanovās throat and suck in every last last hint he can get?
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Ilya takes longer to arrive in the bathroom after they present the award together, leaving Shane time to sink into a full-blown panic attack. This leads to a very different night in Vegas and an earlier beginning to Shane and Ilyaās relationship.
You Were Never Not Mine by chaa_kiao
(6,025 words | Explicit | Chapters: 1/1)
Jane
10:14 PM
Did you tell my mom about us?
10:29 PM
No. Only that you are sometimes gay and moan like pornstar taking cock
10:29 PM
?????
10:31 PM
We were stuck in elevator. I was nice. Told her nothing about you
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Arriving at the hotel for the 2017 All-Star game, Ilya and Yuna Hollander get stuck in an elevator together. After, Shane, who hasn't talked to Ilya since Tuna Melt day, texts him about it. They talk.
decorate my heart by beetlesandstars,Ā kryptonian
(15,611 words | Explicit | Chapters: 1/1)
āSo,ā Ilya says, dragging the word out. Heās swiping at non-existent crumbs on the counter, avoiding his eyes. āYou have dinner at parents on Christmas, yes?āĀ
āYeah.āĀ
Ilya nods. āI can house-sit while you are away. Make place pretty, if you have decorations. Make it less boring.āĀ
Shaneās eyebrows fly up. āWhat? You donāt want to come with?āĀ
Finally, Ilya looks up at him. Hesitantly, he asks, āYou want me to come with?āĀ
Frowning, Shane says, āIā yeah. Yeah, of course. You think I invited you here just so you could spend Christmas alone?āĀ
Looking away, Ilya shrugs. āI am intruder here, Hollander. You have family. I do not. Makes situation⦠difficult, maybe. You forget the world thinks we are rivals.āĀ
āNot difficult,ā Shane says immediately. āYou want to come, youāre coming.āĀ
Or: Ilya's in Montreal alone during the week leading up to the Winter Classic. Shane doesn't let him spend Christmas alone.
Š¼Š°ŃŠŗŠøŃовка by ghosttotheparty
(12,398 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 1/1)
Heās already in the room, shutting the door behind himself as quietly as he can before he realises that not only is there someone other than Shane in the room, but there areĀ threeĀ someones other than Shane.
And, as if he hasnāt already fucked up spectacularly, the someones happen to be the Hollanders and Hayden fucking Pike.
// or; Ilya visits Shane in the hospital and meets his parents. He's traumatized and grieving, everything hurts, and Shane takes after his mother.
#janegate by deadmemewalking
(10,526 words | Explicit | Chapters: 2/2)
zuko nationĀ @yaoionice
tell me why the rozanov leaks have me sobbing into my pillow ⦠god i see what you have done for others
oh captain my captainĀ @jimothykirk
Replying to @yaoionice
RIGHT like i think love might be real
daniĀ @danisqueerbar
Replying to @jimothykirk
we found love in a hopeless place (rozanovās dms)
Or, the internet reacts to leaked messages between Ilya Rozanov and the mysterious Jane.
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tongues a-wagging by Anonymous
(29,008 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 4/4)
Barstool Sports Canada reports that Montreal Metros captain Shane Hollander has started learning Russian from new teammate and Russian rookie Sergei Dovonchezky.
Ilya has some thoughts. None of them are particularly kind.
I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
(30,455 words | Mature | Chapters: 4/4)
Rozanov cocked his head.Ā āYou speak Russian? Or just the curse words?ā
āYes, I speak Russian,āĀ he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov.Ā āWhy? Do I not look Russian to you?āĀ He scoffed.
āNo, not really,āĀ Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didnāt laugh, though.Ā āAre you Russian?ā
āGo fuck yourself.ā
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russiaās Ilya Rozanov learns that Canadaās Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
and i spit out the seeds by linearity
(24,200 words | Explicit | Chapters: 1/1)
A video of Shane sucking Ilyaās dick is leaked. Over the next twenty-four hours, Ilya goes on an odyssey.
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So Much Of You Is Left Behind by ChaoticRussian2481
(56,411 words | Mature | Chapters: 13/13)
Loud beeps from his phone startled Ilya, and he slowed down, reaching for the device heād put on the bar between his legs. Jane. He smiled to himself when he saw the notifications, and, checking Marlowe was absorbed in his own fitness, opened it quickly, smiling in anticipation of Shane's words.
The smile was wiped off his face almost instantly.
The blood drained from his face, and Ilya felt like the bottom had just fallen out of his world.
*****
Maybe he was naive, but Ilya always thought he had time. Time with Shane. Time to tell him what he truly meant to him.
That, somehow, one way or another, Shane would always be there.
But a text message late one night threatens to destroy the future that Ilya has spent the time carefully constructing in his mind.
Maybe Shane wasn't always going to be there. That Shane would be cruelly snatched away from him before he had a chance to be honest.
That he would be left behind. Alone.
all around you, all the time by peculiarblue
(52,889 words | Teen And Up Audiences | Chapters: 1/1)
āI am out for the season?ā
āProbably."
āAre you by any chance looking for a trophy husband?ā
āIlya.ā
āYes? No?ā
āItās one season, Ilya, weāre notāitās bad because youāre hurting, not becauseāIām not letting this fuck anything up for us, okay? Weāll figure something out,ā Shane says, resolutely.
or, you know what they say about the best laid plans
ilyaās first year in ottawa looks a little different than originally planned, maybe sort of because he ends up spending it recovering a broken leg in his boyfriendās apartment, but probably mostly because he meets jackie pike
Home Ice Advantage by taywrites11
(51,933 words | Explicit | Chapters: 6/6)
āYouāre going to Boston.ā
Long after Farah hangs up, the words keep echoing in Shaneās head. If he had thought his thoughts had been chaotic this morning, when his biggest problem had been his rival potentially fucking him when he came to Montreal in two weeks, thatās nothing compared to the code-red panic that started the instant he found out he was being traded to Rozanovās team.
Rozanov, who was supposed to be his great career rival. Rozanov, who heās hooked up with twice now. Rozanov, who had been planning on coming to Shaneās apartment in Montreal to fuck him the next time they saw each other. God, how on Earth is Shane going to walk into his locker room in Boston in a few days time?
The impending awkwardness of dealing with Rozanov is almost enough to eclipse the hurt heās trying to ignore. The knowledge that Montreal values him so little that theyāre willing to dispose of him only six months into his rookie season. Almost, but not quite.
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Or, Shane gets traded to Boston AU.
a year safe in your heart by Anonymous
(54,996 words | Not Rated | Chapters: 6/6)
āAnd youāre sure thereās nothing for you?ā David says suddenly. āYouāre notāyouāre feeling okay? Youāre not sick? Shane wouldnāt have any reason to think that youāre sick?ā
Ilya blinks and turns to him. āI am fine. Totally fine. Better than fine, even, before today.ā
āItās justāShaneās acting like youāre dying, Ilya.ā
āNot as far as Iām aware,ā says Ilya. āAnd I do not think he would learn this before me.ā
ā
The summer before Ilya joins the Centaurs, Shane wakes up nervous. It doesn't stop from there.
Captain vs. Captain by deliciousblizzardshark
(64,872 words | Explicit | Chapters: 16/16)
Following the internet success of Shane and Ilya's presentation at the NHL Awards, ESPN decided to contract with them to do a whole series. It goes far better than anyone could have dreamed.
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āWhen you think about it,ā Jackie said, when Shane had dinner with her and Hayden a few days later, āhockeyās basically already reality tv.ā
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something you can fix by some1_around
(134,697 words | Mature | Series - 3 completed parts)
Maybe if the video ended there, Shane thought, it would be okay. Okayish. Still incriminating. Still a fucking disaster. Still embarrassing, to have his breakup with this beautiful actress filmed and disseminated on Reddit of all fucking places, but not a nail in his coffin, burying him alive. But the video didnāt end there.
āCan I ask if youāve ever been with another guy?ā she had to ask.
And he, tears visible in his eyes, had to nod.
Just once. Just a single nod.
Why did he have to nod?
āHave you ever told anyone that before?ā He shook his head. āWas it different? With a guy?ā
āOf course.ā
Of course.
āWas it better?ā
āYes.ā
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Shaneās conversation with Rose is secretly recorded. Months later, after the All-Star game and Ilyaās confession in Russian, the video gets leaked online. Shane is outed to the world while Ilya is in Russia, and must now finish the 2016-2017 season with the entire world in on his secret.
frequently, secretly fond of each other. by milominderbinder
(185,699 words | Explicit | Chapters: 25/27)
Shrugging one shoulder far more casually than he possibly feels, Ilya says, āI like both. Is secret, okay?ā
āOkay,ā Hollander says, voice cracking.
He doesnāt say anything else. The airās so heavy around them that it feels like being in the middle of a scrum, the weight and heat of all those bodies pressing down on you. Danger always feels like hockey; itās the most dangerous thing Ilya knows, except for this. Everything dangerous in his life involves menās bodies and just how close he can get to them. Closer than he probably should.
A year after mysteriously dropping out of the 2009 draft, Shane Hollander is signed by the Boston Raiders, right behind Ilya Rozanov. Having the two biggest stars in the league on the same line is great for Boston ā but playing alongside their worst rival was never exactly in Shane or Ilya's plans. Especially not when staying away from each other starts to feel just as impossible as getting along.
ultimately the truth about frankenstein is that we are all grotesque amalgamations of the best and worst parts of everyone who came before us. and sometimes the people who are supposed to love us because of and in spite of this will not. and we can kill them with hammers for that. and i think thatās beautiful
I just finished Undertale with my partner the other day (late to the party, I know) and my TSHD fixation mixed with it in my head. So the result is me making this crude little animation. idk
Men use āIām just a manā to cheat on their wives. Odysseus uses āIām just a manā to kill, slay and torture people to get back to HIS wife. They are not the same.