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Ilya and Shane wearing baseball caps backwards so they can make out

im obsessed with the idea of one of Hayden's kids get diagnosed with autism and he's like "ok ok I got this. I'm gonna be the best dad" and immediately calls Shane "like hey what helps with autistic kids?" And Shane's like "??¿¿" And Hayden's like "no obviously you have a lot of experience with autism so-" and Shane's immediately mad. "JUST BECAUSE HES RUSSIAN DOESN'T MEAN HES AUTISTIC." and Hayden has to take a minute to process that because he's still channeling Good Dad energy. "Shane..my best friend...I'm talking about you because you have autism. Did you... Did you not know??"

heated rivalry summer hockey camp. you are shane hollander and you cannot wait for russian hockey delegation to arrive at the camp (he will be there). everything smells of pine trees. you train, read, swim in the lake (his wet skin glows in the sunlight), and train some more. they play 2000s pop hits in the evening when its time for a disco night (it would be nice to dance with him). some girls from girl hockey team say he looks like justin timberlake (“no, he doesn’t”. he is not good looking or whatever. and liking boy bands is girly anyway so you can’t have an opinion). sometimes he knocks on your cabin door at night and you sneak out. he keeps making fun of you but never leaves for some reason (and volunteers to play with you on the same team).

shane is such a terrifying captain & i feel like nobody talks abt this. ive seen maybe 2 fics that did this well tops.

yuna getting really lovely, thoughtful, sometimes extravagant mothers day and birthday gifts from ilya never really understanding why hes going through all this effort even if she does appreciate it and thinks hes so so sweet for it all, even after the boys tell her and david about ilyas mother and the irina foundation it doesnt fully click for a while. it only comes together on some random day, ilya has a game later that night and he’s had lunch with yuna and david planned for a while and he shows up with the good vodka david likes and this small package of candies that ilya hands to her very shyly for the first time probably in his life, definitely since shes known him, and he explains with shaking hands that they were his mama’s favorite, and it was her birthday today.

shane and ilya swap jerseys during their last montreal vs boston game!!! its already public that ilya isn’t signing back with boston and it’s part of their 300 step plan of showing the public they’re friends before announcing the irina foundation.

#myshane loves the pwhl and the pwhl loves him back. in montreal, he would go to every victoire (triomphe?) game that he could given his schedule. he has jerseys and gets wedding invites and the entire roster's numbers in his phone. they adore him and he loves being around people who share his love of hockey without being boisterous dickbags

Remember Shane's PR approved smile whenever we see him recording an ad in the show?

Do you think Shane ever comes home with Ilya from a long day of practice and his brain is a little scrambled because it's full of plays and strategy and how to tighten up their passes. So when Ilya hands him a ginger ale and says he's going to order in something for dinner, Shane's like, "Sounds good. Thanks, bro." And then as he realises what he's said, he's like, "Shit, I mean—"

my take on #shanesinevitablecrashout is that cliff sees it coming first. he’s very used to reading ilyas moods like the weather. shane is not nearly as volatile, but the symptoms of a storm look the same regardless of the locale. denser air pressure. dark clouds. distant thunder and lightning.