we stan billy hargrove in this house

(these are in no particular order, and feature a range of topics, ratings, lengths, and possible warnings. as with any rec, please be sure to also double check for any triggers yourself before reading. however, I will not rec MCD and very rarely unhappy endings.

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❤️ KISS WITH A FIST by currlyhairdontcurr

⤷ rating + length: e, 13k

⤷ summary:

Shane gets hard when a classmate from school hits him during a fight. Ilya, his best friend since diapers, knows everything there is to know about sex. Surely, he’ll have a way to fix this.

⤷ notes + warnings:

right out the gate with what might be my favorite that I've read recently. technically it's an au but even if that's not really your thing I REALLY urge you to give it a try. if there's anything I love more than a character study, it's a character study wrapped up in d/s dynamics and gorgeous prose. the dynamic specifically is SO well written and tangible between them. loved ilya's yearning, loved this specific brand of shane's submission, and while I'm usually a hard sell for the childhood friends - ish realm of au's, I was so fucking sold on this from the first paragraph. it's very 'buzzy', as the kids are saying these days dsgjdhfgjg. can't recommend it enough!

🧡 THE SKIN OF YOUR TEETH by floormusic

⤷ rating + length: m, 15k, 3/5 chaps

⤷ summary:

"Okay?” Ilya’s voice is softer now, and asks the underlying question of if Shane is fine going into this uncharted territory with him, if this is something they are really going to do. They can’t. Maybe they could have before, but if this is true, if Shane is— Shane can’t. “Okay,” he breathes out, instead, foolish and doomed. Or: Ilya comes from a line of vampire hunters. Shane gets turned into a vampire right after finding out.

⤷ notes + warnings:

y'all know I LOVEEEE a vamp x hunter trope and this one is so good. I will admit that I had my doubts about how to make this setup work within the confines of canon, but it DOES. there are still two chapters left to go and I am eagerly awaiting the next one. I don't want to give away much plot wise but the writing is fantastic and I can't wait to see what happens next!!!!!

❤️ PARENTAL ADVISORY by cutshot, lovecommahannah

⤷ rating + length: e, 17k

⤷ summary:

“I want one,” he blurts before he can stop himself. Ilya blinks. “A baby?” Shane’s face burns. He can feel it creeping up his neck, warming his cheeks, hot and humiliating. He has been scrambling for a way out, not realising he was only digging himself even deeper. There is no way he can laugh this off anymore, he knows. Not a single chance of escape, but because his body betrays him—his hand drifts down, fingertips brushing over his stomach as if the mere thought alone could make sense if Ilya could see where he would go. “Yeah,” he whispers. “In here.”

⤷ notes + warnings:

this is in my top three hollanov breeding kink fics. btw. incredible.

❤️ LAVENDER by iffervescent

⤷ rating + length: e, 8k

⤷ summary:

Shane goes for a massage.

⤷ notes + warnings:

SEE A/N REGARDING DUBCON TAG! author says interpretation of it can vary by individual comfort level and I strongly agree. personally I do consider it dubcon - that said - I loved it, everything is tagged accordingly, and we all know they love a little dubcon anyway. as a treat. I think I'm kind of late to the game with this one, but I really enjoyed it! (also for all of my 'just the tip' enjoyers -- this one is for you!)

💚 SURVEILLANCE by ac91

⤷ rating + length: g, 5k

⤷ summary:

Yuna has everybody’s security cameras on a family plan. She never really checks them; they’re just there for insurance. Until she sees Ilya Rozanov at Shane’s front door.

⤷ notes + warnings:

this is a BRILLIANT premise, I can't believe I hadn't thought of it or come across anything similar before. also as someone who can click into just about any characterization of the hollander's if it's well written enough, I liked that this one didn't frame her as doing what she does solely because of love and care and parental duty. some of it is just. a clear invasion of privacy and crossed boundaries jdhgfksjhdgf and I'm a sucker for that nuance with every character, but especially digging into shane and his parents specifically.

🧡 COMPROMISING ON PERFECTION by anarchyat4am

⤷ rating + length: m, 5k

⤷ summary:

In the summer of 2016, Shane starts to heal his relationships with himself, his body, and his desires. That October, Ilya gets to be grateful for the results, in more ways than one.

⤷ notes + warnings:

cw: eating disorders. I came across this fic when I was researching for one I was writing about celiac!shane, and I am SO glad I did. it's got both the autistic Shane tag and the eating disorder recovery tag, and as someone who has experience in both categories irl sjhdfskjhgf nothing jumped out at me as disingenuous or thrown in for the plot or gratuitous body worship. despite typically being a staunch believer that shane simply ignores his issues until he can't anymore, this one really sold me on his recovery. also bonus it doubles as a tuna melt gate fix it which is always awesome!

❤️ SWEET FOR YOU by ladybundle

⤷ rating + length: e, 9k

⤷ summary:

Ilya is going to fuck Shane Hollander. Hollander wants to hook up again. Ilya can tell. He can always tell. Shane Hollander wants his dick. + It starts casual. It doesn’t stay that way for long.

⤷ notes + warnings:

mommy kink. pathetic levels of yearning. (attempted) lactation kink. need I say more? probably, but I'm easy and sold and this was fucking incredible #myfreaks -- there is a teeny bit of infidelity between shane/rose but it's not much.

❤️ AND OTHER OXYMORONS by anyabarnes

⤷ rating + length: e, 13k

⤷ summary:

He doesn’t try it on. Not yet, anyways. Ilya opens the drawer and stares at the dress once a day–sometimes twice, sometimes three times–petting along the soft fabric and wondering how it would slip down his body. Would it contour to his chest, all fat and muscle? Would it fall just mid-thigh, or would the length of his torso force the hem upwards? Would he put it on and look in the mirror and recognize himself? Would he take it off the same man? Would he–

Femininity, Ilya learns, does not have to come at the expense of his dominance.

⤷ notes + warnings:

ILYA GENDER PLAY WE CHEEREDDDDDD this scratched an itch I wasn't even aware that I had. loved ilya's inner monologue and loved the dynamic between him and shane here. loved it!

🩶 IMPACT by orphan_account

⤷ rating + length: nr, 52k

⤷ summary:

A rookie's bad hit sends Ilya into the boards during the Boston-Montreal game. Shane's three weeks of broken Russian are barely enough to calm him down, but it's something. But when the scans reveal something much worse, Shane and Ilya have to figure out how to be there for each other in ways totally unforeseen.

⤷ notes + warnings:

ilya has brain cancer in this BUT !!!! remember I only rec HAPPY ENDINGS! sometimes you just need a good, tender fic of them taking care of each other with some angst + hurt/comfort, and this one really hit the spot for me. the work itself is finished and obviously orphaned, but it has been added to a series here if you'd like to subscribe just in case!

❤️ TOAST YOUR DILEMMA, BABY by embodied

⤷ rating + length: e, 12k

⤷ summary:

Five times Shane doesn’t know what to do with his newly acquired pussy, and one time he comes pretty close to figuring it all out. Alternatively, Shane’s Magical Pussy Haunts the Narrative

⤷ notes + warnings:

pretty much just what it says in the summary (except BETTER holy shit the concept of shane having to call ilya to tell him how to touch himself is. WOOF!!!!! reached out and slapped me through the page fr I love filth)

❤️ LEAVE YOUR LIFE OPEN by emotionsandphenomena

⤷ rating + length: e, 31k

⤷ summary:

It doesn’t take Ilya long; he was worked up already. And the knowledge that this is the bot that so often bested him on the ice, about whom a commentator once said “matches Rozanov in everything and beats him with the cool head advantage,” makes everything hotter. His supplication for Ilya. Taking orders. Ilya always thought sex with a robot would feel like that in a cold, abject way. He likes push and pull with girls especially, he likes when they obviously want it. But the bot – Shane – does suck dick like he wants it; like he needs it, really.

⤷ notes + warnings:

oof I was NOT expecting something so poignant when I clicked on this, but honestly I couldn't put it down. I read part one when it came out and then eagerly waited for part two, which was just as thick with nuance, thought provoking world building and characterization, and overall amazing writing. do be sure to check the tags, this includes some elements of what I would call murky dubcon, but within the context I think it makes sense for the story. it's got layers to bite into, so take some time to sit with it if you plan to read!!!

🧡 AT THE FOOT OF A PALINDROME by labeledbones

⤷ rating + length: e, 7k

⤷ summary:

He goes to the fridge to look for the bell peppers, and while he’s in there, he says, “It was a good first kiss. As far as I could tell. I hadn’t really kissed anyone before.” He takes an orange bell pepper from the bag his mom brought over and brings it over to the counter. “Not anyone I really wanted to kiss anyway.” He cuts the top and bottom off the pepper and then works on cutting out the seeds. “Ilya’s a good kisser,” he adds. And he can’t believe he’s just said that out loud to his mom. Shane and Ilya's dinner with Shane's parents at his house following the end of episode six.

⤷ notes + warnings:

I've read all sorts of different takes on the yuna/shane relationship and I've never read one with quite the same tone as this one before. shane getting to finally talk about ilya out loud with someone for the first time is already a fave trope, and doing it with yuna was healing in a way that I didn't know would be so cathartic to read!!!! very sweet!

❤️ COMMORIENT by yourinsomnia

⤷ rating + length: e, 25k

⤷ summary:

There were no survivors from the Ottawa Centaurs’ plane crash. Ilya Rozanov should have been on that flight. Except, according to the rest of the world, Ilya Rozanov never existed. But Shane knows that isn’t true. He knows Ilya was real, and he’s spent the last decade denying himself the ability to love him. And no amount of psychiatric intervention is going to dismantle that conviction.

⤷ notes + warnings:

y'all know I LOVE some good timeline fuckery and this was just. MMMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! DELICIOUS. it's probably a level above the angst I usually read but I really loved it. it made the world and shane's feelings so tangible, shoved them in between my teeth and made me chew on them for a while. gorgeous writing that hits right in that pocket of leaving you unsatisfied so you're going crazy wanting more. (little bit of an ambiguous ending if that's not your thing, but truly such an awesome experience!)

❤️ PROFESSIONAL HEARTBREAKER by yourinsomnia

⤷ rating + length: e, 15k

⤷ summary:

Out of all Ilya’s terrible vices, repeatedly hiring the same escort might be the stupidest one he’s ever picked up.

⤷ notes + warnings:

there is a scene in the first chapter of this that I will never stop thinking about. it's always there. in the back of my mind. I'm not even going to say anything else so you can experience what I did the first time I read it. all you need to know is mob boss ilya x escort shane. go.

❤️ RELIEVING PRESSURE by hrtpjm (bonsvii)

⤷ rating + length: e, 2k

⤷ summary:

Shane Hollander hasn't been playing well -- he can't focus on or off the ice and his brain feels... fuzzy. Enter Ilya Rozanov, team doctor for the Montreal Voyageurs, who knows exactly what sort of treatment Shane needs.

⤷ notes + warnings:

I will suspend my disbelief any time any day in every way for this kind of fic. in fact, this is probably exactly my niche of medical kink. has all the staples of it and also blends some of the trademark hollanov dynamics right into it. awesome! (ALSO. MORE PROSTATE ORGASMS PLEASE. JUSTICE FOR THE HOLLANOV PROSTATE-GASM).

❤️ PLAY DESTROY by kneeinjury

⤷ rating + length: e, 11k

⤷ summary:

Shane is silent for so long that Rozanov leans, slouching against the doorframe, and raises his eyebrows at him expectantly. “Yes? You are selling bibles?” “You fucked my girlfriend.” It tears out of him. “Ah,” Rozanov drawls, as if the thought is just now occurring to him, “yes. I did.”

⤷ notes + warnings:

cw: cheating (on OFC with each other). I know this one has already gotten its flowers but I just got around to it and am echoing the sentiment. loved the writing style and the premise makes for such a delicious dynamic between them.

❤️ ADJUSTMENTS by sheepknitssweater

⤷ rating + length: e, 3k

⤷ summary:

Shane had been sucking Rozanov’s mostly soft dick for between six and eight minutes. Since all the most important moments of Shane’s life were timed, he had a good internal clock. He was pretty sure it had been eight minutes.

⤷ notes + warnings:

perfect character study feat. injuries + erectile dysfunction, massages, and good old fashioned situationship era care disguised as a Sex Thing. I wanted to eat this off the page. brilliant.

❤️ THE BIRDS AND THE BEES by Slagathor99

⤷ rating + length: e, 36k

⤷ summary:

“It won’t stop,” Shane said to the floor. His hands slid down and grabbed at his crotch, rubbing frantically over his boxers. “I can’t make it stop.” They were still in the fucking hallway, and yes, it was six in the morning, but it was not private. Anyone could walk in, from their own apartments or the elevator. And Shane wasn’t exactly being quiet, gasping and groaning as he massaged himself. Viagra didn’t do this. It didn’t make you lose all sense of space, of boundaries, of… yourself. This wasn’t normal. This wasn’t natural. [The morning after Ilya watches Shane and Rose together at the club, he gets a call from Shane. Something is wrong, and Shane says Ilya is the only one who can fix it. Ilya knows it's a bad idea, but that's never stopped him before.]

⤷ notes + warnings:

more sex pollen and this time there's SWITCH!HOLLANOV !!!!!! usually this trope is quick and dirty (which I am also NOT complaining about) but this one was especially fun to read because it's got 35k to dig into the mechanics of the 'sex pollen', the nature of their relationship around rose-era, and the role that sex plays in it when it becomes an imperative instead of an indulgence. loved it!

❤️ FEEL GOOD HIT OF THE SUMMER by prettyboy_parker

⤷ rating + length: e, 11k

⤷ summary:

“Yes, Mr. Rozanov,” he decides. “I want to feel good.” Slowly, Mr. Rozanov rests his hand on Shane’s upper thigh. “I will make you feel very, very good, Shane.”

Shane is a virgin. He complains to Mr. Rozanov about it.

⤷ notes + warnings:

everybody needs a good best friend's dad / best friend's brother trope with a virginity kink every once in a while. it's good for the soul. this one was soooo good.

❤️ RITE OF MOVEMENT by anonymous

⤷ rating + length: e, 8k

⤷ summary:

Ilya's still reveling in the final aftershocks of pleasure, milking it, fucking his cum as deep into Shane as biology's restrictions allow him, when he notices it—the helpless, tiny bucks of Shane's hips. He watches them work, enthralled. Then lays his hands on them, feels the movement until it stutters to a halt, like Shane finally realises he's doing something he's not supposed to.

or, Ilya sees Shane hump the bed, gets ridiculously fixated on it and then gets fucked about it too

⤷ notes + warnings:

DOM BOTTOM ILYAAAAAAAA MY BELOVED <3 there are literally too many parts of this I loved to mention here. it's scorching from start to finish - the dialogue, the dynamic, the premise. I could read a million words of this but I am more than grateful for this 8k of it. SO GOOD !!!!!!!

✒️ author rec: FREAKSHAPED

⤷ notes + warnings:

not one of these works is something I ever consciously thought 'I need this' prior to reading them, but once I read one I literally went through the whole catalogue. if you're a fellow freak4freak - in the monsterfucking-ish sort of way - here's ~19 fics that might hit the spot. I haven't seen many hr authors (yet!) writing in this arena, so it felt like a goldmine!!

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that's all for now! I want to make another rec soon with an assortment of hollanov x various other characters in the GC verse, so look out for that :)