Shane Hollander's Left Titty

I Laugh Like Me Again by theki11erandthefina1gir1

Archive Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings. Rating: Teen And Up Audiences. Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series- Rachel Reid. Chapters: 2/2. Word Count: 21,921.

Warnings, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Scott Hunter (Game Changers), Carter Vaughn, Rose Landry, Original Characters (Podcasters), Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers), stan twitter - Character, Harris Drover, Hayden Pike, Mixed Media, Social Media, post-canon: the long game, shane and ilya get tired of being asked about their relationship, so they do one (1) interview about it, Shane Hollander Walks Ilya Rozanov Like A Dog, Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander, Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov, Media Trained Shane Hollander, Media Trained Against His Will Ilya Rozanov, Eating Disorder (Orthorexia), author fucking hates AI and would rather die than let it into her writing, author just enjoys em dashes, First Husbands of Hockey, shane hollander is a PWHL enjoyer

It's Shane Hollander's first season in Ottawa, and the whole Centaurs roster is playing better than they ever have. So why won't the press focus on that? Why do he and Ilya keep having to answer questions about their marriage, and not get to talk about the incredible start to the season that their team is having? Maybe if they do one podcast, with hosts who are normal people, they can just tell their whole story and focus on bringing the Stanley Cup to Ottawa.

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He lands and as soon as his phone reconnects to the network, a voice note from Shane comes through.

“Hey baby, I’ve been watching your flights and I know you missed your connection. There isn’t another flight to Ottawa today, but I booked you a flight to Montreal. It leaves in 90 minutes, so you should have lots of time to make it. I’m going to hop in the car and I’ll pick you up at the Montreal airport. I grabbed us a hotel room so we don’t have to drive back tonight. We’ll be tired, and also I need you inside me like… right fucking now. I’m gonna put a plug in before I hit the road so I’m all ready for you when you land.

Anyway, I sent the flight details to your email so you have everything. I love you so much, baby. I’ll see you soon.” (It’s important to note that this entire message is delivered in a matter of fact, business tone.)

Ilya experiences the Shane-specific range of emotions that his husband is oh-so-good at eliciting in him: gratitude, overwhelming affection, feeling safe and loved, and insane horniness, all before he even gets his bags and gets off the plane.

He subtly adjusts himself and texts Shane as soon as he’s in the terminal.

“Thank you for taking care of the flight. You know how much I respect you, right?”

Shane replies:

“Of course I do, baby. Why?”

Ilya:

“Because when I get you into that hotel room tonight, it’s going to seem like I don’t.”

Shane just sends back a picture of himself, back to the mirror, the merest hint of something silver between his cheeks.

Ilya:

“And they call me a fucking menace. See you soon. I love you.”

Shane:

“shane and ilya’s wedding song was diamonds by rihanna” uh im pretty sure it was the moana soundtrack? as evidenced by these book screenshots my sister sent me:

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I hated this for Shane. As someone who had only seen the good and positive sides of hockey, he was send crashing. There are the many moments when I wish Rachel Reid would have explored more from Shane's perspective and given his reaction and grief room to breathe and be explored.

The way Shane's biggest fears materialized in real time and in worse ways than he had even imagined. He spent all of the Long Game so tense and scared about his relationship with Ilya being discovered because he was afraid of these very same repercussions. And then they were outed like that and Shane faced the brunt of the consequences. And none of this really gets explored in TLG. Some of the most devastating things to happen to Shane occurred off scree in the book. They get a one paragraph exploration and explanation and then we move on to the next thing. I was left with so many questions.