Lyra

[shanehollanderfreckles]

My personal opinion is that regardless of the au they are in hollonov always get their happy ending. No matter how dire the stakes their love wins and that is fundamental to their story whether they in a bratva au mma au or a figure skating au. They always make it work.

[penandinkprincess]

i do love and respect the idea of the world at large being stunned at finding out how long ilya and shane have been together, but i truly think that under NO circumstances would shane ever choose to offer ANY personal details about himself or their relationship willingly.

which combined with ilya loving just making things up and saying them (as seen in the "yes, the rumors are true-" scene) offers the very funny idea that ilya actively tries to offer as much privacy as possible by just throwing out stories about them at random so there IS no central story for people to hound shane about.

assorted backstories a la "ilya just started talking and found out with everyone else where he was going with this":

they got snowed in at all stars one year (b-but wasn't that year in florida?) and decided there was nothing better to do

it started as a bit and neither is willing to give up first

they paired off to combine forces like nato

they paired off to limit how many kids they could have in the future to make sure hockey stayed fair

ilya lost a bet six years ago

shane lost a bet three years ago

ilya got tired of remembering phone numbers for his hookups and shane's is easy

ilya got tired of having to look things up in english and french when talking to other people and decide to marry someone who speaks two languages to save time

shane is gifted enough (wink wink wink) that other people are cowards and only ilya was brave enough to rise to the challenge (this one gets him in trouble on the phone later but it also gets him laid that night at home and also confuses the online speculation about who tops and bottoms, so net positive tbh)

yuna hollander is the best manager in the business and a political marriage was the best way to secure her services longterm

with the end result that all shane has to do is shrug and "my husband has already told our story a thousand times by this point. no point in repeating it and boring people." in interviews to get out of people trying to dig into things he doesn't want to tell them.

[lavenderprose]

Ilya finds an odd picture of Shane in a photo album at one point. He's maybe three, he's sitting on the massive purple sofa that Ilya has discovered the Hollanders owned when Shane was born. He's frowning, red-cheeked and he's got a strange plastic case on his thumb.

"Yuna," he says, shifting his elbows on the table to point at it. "What is this on his hand? Was broken?"

Shane's head snaps up from across the table, where he's pretending that Photo Album Time is very boring to him and not worth paying attention to. He hasn't scrolled on the article he's pretending to read for over five minutes.

"I never broke a bone as a kid," he says, brows furrowed. "Not until U13, when that fucking kid from Guelph--"

Yuna and Shane both inhale quickly through their noses in what Ilya has learned to recognize as a moderative measure, lest they start yelling about something that everyone else on Earth has forgotten about.

"No," Yuna says, once her face looks a little less intense. "No, it wasn't broken. It was this...contraption that the dentist gave us to correct his thumb-sucking. He was so mad about it, we only put it on him a few times."

"Oh, Jesus," Shane mutters, eyes going back to his phone.

"Aw," Ilya says. "Poor baby Shane." He taps his finger against one little red cheek and laughs. "You really do look so mad, sweetheart. How did you make him stop?"

"Hmm...you know, I don't remember," Yuna sighs, tilting her head. "I guess he just stopped by himself eventually. Do you remember, Shane?"

"No," Shane says, shortly.

"Of course, that didn't get rid of the oral fixation," Yuna sighs, adjusting her reading glasses as she flips the page. "The things you used to chew on, Shane. Pens and straws and--"

"Mom," Shane snaps, while Ilya vibrates beside him. "Can we not?"

"I was afraid to give him popsicles because I thought he would gnaw on the sticks until he got a splinter in his stomach."

"Mom!"

"Well, honey, it's true! And you did outgrow it eventually, so it's not as if you have to be embarrassed."

"Oh, you did?" Ilya says, shoulders shaking. "You outgrew the, uh, oral fixation?"

"Stop," Shane hisses.

"Mm. Excuse me." Ilya stands from the table and sweeps out onto the back porch, though the sliding door does nothing to prevent the sound of his guffaws from floating back into the kitchen.

"You know," Yuna says, "I'm just going to assume that this is some kind of language barrier thing--"

"Please stop."

[closetfascination]

When your situationship gives you a lil' pat on the cheek and wishes you good luck after kissing you passionately in the bathroom and you manage not to cry.

Pt 8 of The Bathroom Scene Series

[swagsmeister]

the dua lipa of it all

[tackminyard]

having a kevin day meal. protein-heavy dinner and then ice cream and straight vodka

[chubby-cry-baby]

top 10 days of ilya’s life were definitely getting to see shane’s childhood bedroom and touching everything, he probably asked a hundred questions without breathing once - “nice room…” “what’s this” “what’s that” “yearbooks!?!” “so cute and boring” “YOU BLEACHED YOUR HAIR?” “awww you look so cute here” “most likely to play for the NHL wow” “who are these girls signing with hearts?! are you cheating on me?” “what’s that” “so many trophys mr superstar” “wearing a jersey for halloween is so boring” “can i have this picture” “you still have all your jerseys?” “who are those children” “PROM PICTURES” “aw all your ottawa friends” “what’re those?” “why are you wearing goalie gear” “you look so cute” “you read books that aren’t about hockey?” “where is the poster of me?” “you had to play with number 42?” “what is timbits hockey” “of course you were 10 year old captain” “what’s that” “hockey bedsheets im not surprised” “is that a puck shaped pillow” “wow hollander you are obsessed with hockey”

[katsukix1pyro]

You can't go on in life with out learning from mistakes it's just a dumb move 💥💥💥💥💥💥💥

[franmikas]

aftg trilogy

[starz86]

if i were the ravens and i saw kevin day switch his racket to his left hand knowing just how good he is playing with his left hand AND i saw neil take up a backliners spot i would have just walked off the court cause at that point its over.

[mybrainis2full]

rip andrew minyard you unironically would’ve loved the lego batman movie

[mybrainis2full]

rip andrew minyard you unironically would’ve loved the lego batman movie

[thehawkslullaby]

I want Neil and Andrew to have a wedding just so that Neil can ask Jean (misplaced forever partner) to be his best man and Andrew to as Renee to be his which results in Kevin being deeply offended and being offer the position of ring bearer as placation

[colonel--sarge]

do i have a gaping hole in my soul after finishing Heated Rivalry and The Long Game? yes, yes i do. am i going to start a re-read of Heated Rivalry today just to fill that hole? also, yes

[my-2nd-account]

The difference is that jealous Ilya looks homicidal while jealous Shane looks suicidal

[thechaoticcherub]

I’ll say it slowly for the few people that dont get it…

the sterilization of fanfictions causes the downfall of fandom and is a product of conceding to a puritanical, christo-fascist environment.

writing fantasies you enjoy and being disgusting disrupts the idea that women are supposed to be pure, perfect and sexual only when it is “appropriate” (read: when its for men)

being anti-fiction writing doesnt make you a feminist because fiction does not cause domestic violence, rape or murder.

[autistic-shane-hollander]

It would be so funny if everyone had a long list of guys to try to set Shane up with and were just waiting on him to say the word but by the time anyone knew he was gay he was already at the making marriage and retirement plans stage with Ilya rozanov