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But have you considered: Ilya can’t drink on his meds.

Imagine them at the club after their first cup win with the Centaurs. Shane is absolutely wasted, having the time of his life, and Ilya is also having the time of his life stone cold sober, cause he gets to see his husband let loose and then afterwards he gets to drive him home and bridal carry him to bed and feed him a glass of water and make him a greasy breakfast the next morning because Shane is hungover. Like, that is his baby!

Imagine the Centaurs at the barbecue passing around a blunt and Shane looks kinda interested actually. He has been depriving himself his whole life, he kinda wants to try. So obviously Ilya can read this on his face and is like: Shanya you can try. I will take care of you, don‘t worry I‘m here. So then Ilya gets to witness Shane getting high for the first time and Shane is absolutely trying to crawl into Ilya‘s skin in front of god and everybody and every single one of the Centaurs. Shane and Harris both get the munchies so now they are standing in Bood‘s kitchen a little after midnight arguing over how to make apple pie. Harris is like: I‘m the king of apples! I know this! And Shane is like: Well. I have never baked anything in my entire life but I‘m still pretty sure I am correct. And then they are both giggling and shoving each other and they end up covered in flour. And Ilya is standing in the kitchen doorway arms crossed stone cold sober, has never been more lucid and present, and thinks: this is the best moment of my life. Like, he keeps complaining to Shane that he misses Vodka, but he doesn‘t. He would not trade this for anything and he knows Shane only lets loose 100% because he trusts Ilya to protect and take care of him.

And then the next morning Ilya wakes Shane with little kisses on his face like: Good Morning Shanya *kiss* can you tell me *kiss* why is there so much flour *kiss* in my car? Hm? *kiss* It‘s all over the seats? *kiss* any idea how that happened? *kiss*

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Smash, definitely by Hayze57 — Drunken Shane played Smash or Pass with Metros WAGs.

Jane is the throat GOAT by SpaceGhostCoastToCoast92 — text messages between Ilya and Jane got leaked.

Ilya Rozanov's Guide to Skincare Routine | Vogue by CinnamonProse — Ilya showing his skincare routine which also includes Shane’s.

The League’s Worst Kept Secret by v_velour — 3 times strangers found out about not-so-secret Hollanov before fanmail video went viral.

Lily Wants To Be A WAG by harmonyrenjun — Lily wanted to be added into Montreal WAGs group chat.

truth, dare, spin bottles by fllweriesz — drunken Shane accidentally outed them during Bood’s BBQ.

biting my tongue by alexclrmontdiaz — poor Haas accidentally saw Hollanov making out with each other.

Surprise, Cliff! by Lydiawearingacross — Shane wanted to surprise Ilya but ended up getting surprised by Cliff.

The News of the Gala by oh_Halcyon — Shane and Ilya decided to announce the world about their relationship during MHL gala with a little surprise.

Before Shane’s extracted, Ilya only gets two birthdays with him. The first is just before they’re married, and he takes the day off from work to take Shane to all his favorite places in the city and then they end the night with a private dinner at one of the restaurants the family owns. He gets Shane a new Rolex because he started collecting them recently. The next year is similar, but they’re married now and more open with their relationship, so instead of a private dinner they have a party with the higher up bratva members.

The first time Shane’s birthday arrives after his “death,” Ilya has to take the day off because he’s struggling to do anything. He spends the day looking through photos of last year’s party, and then even more pictures of their life together, lets himself open Shane’s old dresser to touch and smell his clothes. In the years that follow, he’s focused on finding Shane, but still gets weird and snippy on his birthday and spends the day wondering where Shane is and what he’s doing.

The first birthday Shane has when he’s back is so extra. Like, you know that scene in The Great Gatsby where Gatsby fills the house with flowers for Daisy? That’s literally what Shane wakes up to. Ilya has four years of birthdays to catch up on and he WILL be doing the most.

“I love that little guy. I love him. I used to not like him.” It wasn’t easy for a kid like him growing up in Odessa, Texas. “I was this artist, sissy boy in West Texas that didn’t want to play football,” he explains. “I wanted to play pretend and play dress up and disappear into weird worlds and entertain and try to connect with people that way, and that was just not the norm out there.”

(Shane & Ilya have been married a year by the time Shane finally says something. It’s accidental, it’s just an anecdote about the hospital he was staying in and he truly, genuinely, forgot that Ilya didn’t already know. It goes . Badly. Ilya starts driving to cool his head and it’s been an hour when he realizes he just left a man who admitted to a previous attempt alone, and reacts even worse to his own actions.) (couples therapy is now a requirement )