Your heated rivalry WIP rec list is a thing of beauty. I found so many new favourite fics - your taste is amazing (should have known this from your writing alone really). Do you have any other favourites in the fandom because i will follow you off a cliff.
this is so sweet thank you!! i'm really glad you enjoyed the WIP rec list :)) i'll use this as an opportunity to share the love on more fics! again, no particular order and varying vibes hah
so you must like me for me by @alasse9 (36k)
shane is outed before the draft, and ends up 7th pick going to ottawa. ilya/shane in this make me feel sooo many things, this is an absolutely gorgeous friends to lovers
Everything is fine by Tamystardust (33k)
after the fight on boxing day, but before the plane incident, shane joins a centaurs bbq. unfortunately, said bbq is a bit overshadowed by some massive metros homophobia. but shane is fine, really, everything is fine.
this home on ice by @corvidcordelia (23k)
i don't know where to start with this one but it's a gorgeous mixed media fic - there's texting, internet research, an 'am i gay' quiz, and so much more. some angst but also a lot of fluff, this is a comfort fic for me
black dog by delagauchetiere (68k)
ilya/shane are neighbors and ilya loooves shane's dog... i don't want to say more bc spoilers but this was gorgeously written and incredibly good
"Tell me everything, Shane Hollander's ex-girlfriend Jessica" by doctor_roc_roger (17k)
in the 2-year period where ilya is #chasingthathole, he runs into jessica and gets some intel to help him #getthathole. this turns into an ilya/jessica friendship that i absolutely adoreeee this was so funny and fun
anybody like you by plonk (50k)
shane reconnects with his figure skating buddy joe at the olympics and ends up... making real friends!! this is such a beautiful shane character study and i fell in love with every character (also features figure skater ilya)
Heaven is a bedroom by @thomasmomwell / Charlotte_Stant (18k)
au where shane is a mormon missionary and ilya wants to smash... fair warning if you have religious trauma but this was SO GOOD and if you're worried pls see tag "better living through enthusiastic gay sex"
A Mean Boy From Boston by @willowmckinley (15k)
yuna walks in on ilya/shane, and ilya is not afraid to be the bad guy. featuring some very firm boundary setting, and both ilya/shane being menaces
World on Your Shoulders by Latigra (15k)
ok so this whole series is amazing, but in this fic specifically shane's new rookie is being blackmailed by a male hookup. the unreliable narrator here is sooo good and this shane characterization (bitchy shane!!!) is one of my absolute favs
