Greetings, my friends in smut. I love a line of dialogue that I feel bodily. Words that hit like a punch the first time and continue to make you feel something when you remember them. Hot lines.
There are a lot of hot lines in Hollanov fic because these idiots never talk to each other. When they finally do, itâs often wrenching. Ilyaâs lines that hit: admissions of what he is going to do to Shane, feelings offered up only when there are no options left.
Shaneâs hot lines are simpler, shorter, spare. Matter-of-fact observations or confessions that are fucking painfully earnest and open and raw.
I picked out a few lines from each of the boys to show you what Iâm talking about. But there are so many more. What hot lines are knocking around in your head?
THINGS ILYA ROZANOV HAS SAID IN FIC THAT HAVE MADE ME THROW MY PHONE DOWN AND GROAN
âI have been a fucking saint, Hollander,â Ilya panted. His hips rolled into the air, rocking against his hand. âYou have no idea.â
CAMPUS SECURITY by somnatic (ilya bodyguard/shane son of pm yuna au)
âI think, at this point, we are friends, no?â Ilya asks, his back still to Shane.
âAre we?â Shane asks, and Ilyaâs lip quirks at the way he can hear the curiosity bleed through Shaneâs tone, despite the way heâs clearly trying so hard to sound indifferent.
âI consider you a friend, yes. We had food together. Hung out,â he explains.
âOkay. Sure, yeah,â Shane agrees, meeting Ilyaâs eyes as he turns around to face him. âFriends.â
âGood. It is important you know this,â Ilya asks, stepping across the slightly echoey room, his hand going to tilt Shaneâs jaw up. âItâs important for you to know I like you,â he says, watching with amusement as more confusion spreads across Shaneâs pretty face.
âWhy?â
âBecause,â Ilya says softly, condescendingly as he leans down, his mouth close to Shaneâs. Shane is so receptive to him, his lips already parting, expecting a kiss. âI am going to fuck you like I hate you.â
NOT EVEN A LITTLE BIT, NOT EVEN AT ALL by OrYouCouldHaveMine (idk when this is set but it could be anytime really)
âYouâre in love with me? You said,â little hitch of Shaneâs breath, âYou said youâre in love with me?â
Ilya shakes his head even though Shane canât see it. âYouâre not this fucking stupid, Hollander.â
âWell obviously I am,â Shane bites back, then sharp intake of breath. âSince, since when?â
âThe whole fucking time,â Ilya says miserably and hangs up the phone, stubs out his cigarette.
IN YOUR ARMS IâD START A WAR by justthere4ke (they try to be friends only after Tampa)
âItâs different, for me. It means,â Shane stops and starts, inhaling through his nose, âI guess it means more to me.â
âNoââ Rozanov stops, swears, moaning something in Russian. When he speaks again his voice is very low, a steady, sore cadence. âThere is no way it is more than it is for me. Not possible.â
BULL IN THE HEATHER by garagepaperback (situationship era-ish)
âUm, no,â Ilya said, with a bitchy firmness that Shane could tell he would become too fond of if he let himself. âNo panic. You had very nice sex, Hollander. That is all. Everything is okay.â
HEAVEN IS A BEDROOM by Charlotte_Stant (mormon shane au)
âI love you,â Ilya said in a rush. âIâm so in love with youââit sounded wrong in English, not enoughââI want to be with you all the time, to wash your dishes. I want to lick your freckles. I want to go to the grocery store with you and dance with you because you are so terrible at it. I want to get angry at you because no one else could make me so angry, I want to fuck you oh my god I want to do thatâbut thatâs not, thatâs notâŚâ He was floundering, he was getting it wrong, he couldnât say the whole of it, the words simply didnât exist, not in any language, though every single one of them had tried.
Shane swung into his lap, his knees on the stairs on either side of Ilyaâs hips, the wood creaking beneath them. He gripped Ilyaâs face in his hands, smiling, his teeth white in the dark. âI know,â he said, so gently. âI love you, too.â
I CARRY YOUR HEART (I CARRY IT IN MY HEART) by corvidcordelia (novelists au)
THINGS SHANE HOLLANDER HAS SAID IN FIC THAT HAVE MADE ME BITE MY LIP SO HARD I BLEED
âI love you,â Ilya said in a rush. âIâm so in love with youââit sounded wrong in English, not enoughââI want to be with you all the time, to wash your dishes. I want to lick your freckles. I want to go to the grocery store with you and dance with you because you are so terrible at it. I want to get angry at you because no one else could make me so angry, I want to fuck you oh my god I want to do thatâbut thatâs not, thatâs notâŚâ He was floundering, he was getting it wrong, he couldnât say the whole of it, the words simply didnât exist, not in any language, though every single one of them had tried.
Shane swung into his lap, his knees on the stairs on either side of Ilyaâs hips, the wood creaking beneath them. He gripped Ilyaâs face in his hands, smiling, his teeth white in the dark. âI know,â he said, so gently. âI love you, too.â
I CARRY YOUR HEART (I CARRY IT IN MY HEART) by corvidcordelia (novelists au)
âItâs not like you can sink me,â Shane says. âIâm not exposed.â
âAh,â Ilya says. âFair enough.â
Shane takes a hand off the wheel again. He puts it on Ilyaâs thigh. âLook, if you went out and bet it all on red, or, hell, on zero, knowing you, Iâm not saying I wouldnât be pissed off. But like, look at me. Iâm good, dude. I donât need you to take care of me. I donât even need you to take care of you, really. I can do that myself.â
At this point, something very strange but unmistakable happens to Ilya. His rib cage feels like a balloon being slowly filled with warm honey. âCan you,â he says.
âYeah,â says Shane, confident.
âOkay,â Ilya says, and turns his face towards the window.
CAR WASH REDHEAD, TUBE TOP REM CONCERT, JUROR #6 by rockbound.
It gets one tight corner of his mouth tilted up, though. âItâs kind of hard to believe.â
âWhat?â
âNervous,â Shane says. âYou being nervous.â
âNot being in love with you?â
âNo,â Shane settles back into the couch, one leg stretching out. His foot ends up on Ilyaâs bare calf, the scratchy hair and soft skin still red and singed by winter, slowly getting warmer. Heâs getting warmer. âThat makes sense. You either really loved me or you hated me. It had to be one or the other.â
âWow,â Ilya says. Bright, bright face. Showing everything. âAnd you, what? Think Iâm a nice coworker?â
No hesitation at all. Shane says, âI love you, too.â
FLORIDA by garagepaperback (ilya moves to florida au)
âIlya.â Shane put his palms on either side of his face, held him still. âI would find it extremely romantic if you would make love to me right fucking now.â
WALKING THROUGH WINDOWS by corvidcordelia (ilya crashes shaneâs wedding au)
âAh,â Ilya says. He leans back in, touches his thumb to the corner of Shaneâs mouth. Shane wants to suck on it. He keeps his lips pressed together. âI see. You do like it.â
Shane swallows. Thereâs empty static in his brain where all of his thoughts are usually screaming. âTold you.â
Ilya puts a hand on either side of Shaneâs head, caging him against the wall. âAnd you are so good at it.â
Shane says, automatically, âIâm good at a lot of things.â
FOR THE RIGHT REASONS by citrusss (bachelor au)
reposted from come to think of it