take Ilya's dick out of your mouth before you talk

shane: hey :) play better next time best buddy :)

-it’s shane’s idea to take their kid in for the assessment. Ilya ilya something is Wrong they’re so scared of sounds they keep pulling Anya’s hair they are crying a lot and walking like they don’t want to touch the ground

-ilya goes moy lyubov. Nothing is wrong. I Promise you this is something we (I) can handle. -no ilya no something is Wrong we need to Fix It. I’ve looked at the tapes (observed my child) and I’m noticing things Ilya we have to do something

Rated E. 52k (complete)

In 2008, Ilya Rozanov won his first World Figure Skating title. That same year, Shane Hollander was selected first overall by the Boston Raiders.

In 2014, both are chosen to represent their countries in the Sochi Olympics.

“Chopping carrots with Ilya,” Shane sings under his breath. “Making salad with Ilya.”

Yuna smiles softly from the dining room. This is one of her favorite things about her son. From the time he could (barely) talk, he made up little songs about anything and everything. The first time he’d done it, he’d been strapped into his car seat and watching cars go by. When he’d caught Yuna’s eye in the rear view mirror, he’d smiled with all 8 of his little teeth and waved.

“Dwiving,” he’d sung, all of 18 months old and barely able to say the word properly. “Dwivin’ wi’ Mama. Wuv Mama.”

Yuna’s not sure if it’s Shane’s way of processing the world around him, just A Thing some people do, or something special about her baby boy. All she knows is that from the first time he’d made up a little tune about Driving With Mama, everything turned into a song. When he’s comfortable and feeling at ease, Shane turns little things around him into music.

Learning to tie his shoes? “Daddy’s teaching me to tie my shoes. One lace over the other. Make the bunny ears!”

Gearing up for practice when he was 8? “Going to practice. Gonna be great. Gonna score a goal!”

Studying for a science test? “Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Everyone says it because it’s true. Moving on—organelles and cell walls.”

Gearing up for his first Metros game as captain? “Taping my hockey stick. Going out on the ice. Gonna kick some ass.”

It’s something so uniquely, adorably, perfectly Shane.

Today, though? As Shane’s in the kitchen preparing a salad for lunch? For the first time, someone else sings along. For the first time in Shane’s life, someone hears the tune and lyrics that only exist in his head and joins in.

“Making salad with Shane,” Ilya croons along, hooking his chin over his boyfriend’s shoulder and wrapping strong arms around his waist. “Preparing lunch with my love.”

Shane smiles and sings back as Ilya nuzzles his neck. “Being domestic with my boyfriend. Thinking of boring things we can do together.”

Ilya laughs and kisses his ear before finishing the song. “I love to be boring with yooouuuu.”

re: headcanons

the russia phone call, where ilya says he's upset about the wrong thing and Shane says "not your father" and ilya says "maybe... i wish it could be different. i wish he could know me" - i think he means his brother, not his dad (which i feel isnt a common interpretation? but idk). he'd just been talking about him and i think he's still thinking about that fight they just had (and all their fights) and its upsetting him more than his father's death (which was guilty relief). i think he feels lik their dad tainted their relationship as brothers and even though their dad is gone, ilya's disappointed and upset and frustrated that its still ruined between them. he was hoping without their father it could have been different, they could hav both made the choice to try as adults to hav a better relationship, but alexei didnt.

i think in many ways he saw his relationship with his father as unchangeable, but with alexei. i think he saw how it didnt hav to b like this. and i think now hes facing that it can never be anything else. that his brother will never know him. i think ilya really wanted a brother, never stopped even when alexei was terrible.

also one of my sometimes headcanons is irina post-partum depression (or even just lik much worse depression after pregnancy with ilya) that she works hard to keep from ilya (or at least that ilya cant know the difference between before him and after) but alexei sees and blames him for (as a possible "my brother, he's always hated me and i know why", which also ties to the above being about his brother not dad too) but thats a whole separate train of thought

urgh i gotta work on my fics but the whole russia call scene is so so juicy