And they all get their happy end / In the end

"theory on relativity" - an assignment for class.

HEATED RIVALRY WEEK 2026 🏒 DAY THREE: FAVORITE KISS

not because he owes the world ANYTHING but because he already did ALL the right things and obeyed the media training and acted just how he was supposed to, and then his world got blown to smithereens anyway, so FUCK IT. he still mostly stays on the rails, but he is more relaxed in interviews with ilya because a little bit "fuck it" and a little bit "i'm sitting next to my favorite person while doing this"

they DO end up sidetracking each other, though, a la the way ilya kept cracking up and wrecking the ccm shoot

they get asked couple interview questions that are just softball content things like "who cooks the most?"

and IMMEDIATELY the answer is delayed by bickering

"-kay, yeah, maybe during the season you do more cooking, but let's also talk about who sets the fire alarm off more"

"oh, we want to do this? who is the one who tried to set our toaster on fire this morning, hollander? remind me of this"

"oh, you mean our THIRD toaster this year because you just shove stuff in there and see what happen-"

"you also were curious about if cookies could go in there. you know you were."

"no, i wasn't! i said don't do it!"

"no, you are rewriting history." *hand flick and look to camera* i asked if cookies could go in the toaster, and he said 'i don't know.'" *look back to shane* "you wanted to know."

"no! that is not what that means at ALL. that doesn't-"

"i asked question, you-"

"no, you're ridiculous." *look back to camera* "he cooks more, but you can also ask the fire department who sets off the alarm more. it's the same answer."

"the fire department came ONE time."

"yeah, and it's one more than i've ever had them called on me."

"yes, because your great love is the microwave and that-"

and the interviewer behind the camera just. really does not know where to jump in here because they are fully more focused on each other than actually. doing the interview.

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Rose Landry, Miles (Heated Rivalry) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Episode: s01e04 Rose (Heated Rivalry), Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Alpha Ilya Rozanov, Omega Shane Hollander, Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Caretaking, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Non-Consensual Drug Use, Explicit Sexual Content, Shower Sex, POV Alternating, Alpha/Omega, Omega Verse, Protective Ilya Rozanov Series: Part 1 of Eye of the Storm Summary:

“Someone did this to me.”

Ilya can only nod, knowing that there’s not much else to say. What comfort can he offer, when he can only imagine the turmoil that Shane must feel?

“You’re safe now,” he offers, hoping that it can offer some measure of solace.

Shane’s eyes flit back to him, wide and swallowed up by a tangle of emotions.

“I always was,” he says, his voice hushed. “You were there.”

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- Shoulders. Back. Arms. 🫪 (Yeah this is the horny balloon emoji again for those who can't see.)

- Fixing the hair? Soooo casual. So nonchalant. Doesn't care at all.

- Imagine answering the door shirtless in October and that just being a casual choice you're making with no ulterior motive at all. Happened to my best good friend Ilya Rozanov

- The Rick Owens haunt the narrative

- Moles.

- Literally he is serving and for what. Shane walks in the door like "Wattup you know who built this place" and has to be redirected like a distracted dog.

- He is trying to be so cool and casual and nonchalant. He's so chill and cool and nonchalant in fact that he breaks a personal fucking record for how long it takes him to get Shane's legs around him. (42 seconds. I counted.)

- Starting to think that Shane has Doritos at the Cottage because he's being fully sublimated into it by Ilya's shoulder to waist ratio. Like it is that serious.