tackytiger

Loyalty (1869)

— by Briton Rivière

Loyalty (2025)

a small heated rivalry AU

🏷️ sculptor Shane, internalised homophobia, inspired by the Pygmalion myth

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JACOB ANDERSON as Louis de Pointe du Lac

Loved this one-shot so much! 🖤

https://archiveofourown.org/works/80695646

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Ilya's on a hotel roof in the middle of the night. The draft is tomorrow, and he can't sleep.

laika1957 made these absolutely STUNNING covers for Shane and Ilya's novels from icyh, I'm absolutely overwhelmed.

situationship era:

florida by garagepaperback

A little more "Touch Me" by foolishgames

degausser by knucklecurve

Knock on Wood by mcshrug

liminal boyfriends:

apple tree, my brightness by campholmes

the marble leaves the man by citrusses

pour out by dinosaur

berlin pond by toyourdetriment

the great surrender by totheverge

the one hand rim-rocker by tedyexe

breaking your ground by twnkwlf

one of them gets outed:

i really hope you're gonna get out soon by taywrites11

AUs (one or both not a hockey player):

bloodfeather by embodied

AUs (both still hockey players):

The Sochi Affair by flawlessassholes

Home Ice Advantage by taywrites11

omegaverse:

dark out and still thirty degrees by tedyexe

wildcards:

like a virgin by eleadore

blender in a blender by garagepaperback

slowly towards the door by segs

liminal boyfriends:

Combat Medicine by maplesalad

language acquisition by SNAKEHABITATTURNAROUND

Skin to Skin by hoko_onchi

if it be your will by servetas

sweet as sugar in the cane by eleadore

AUs (one or both not a hockey player):

HOLLANDER VS ROZANOV I by gone_girl

i'm about to detonate by ratherunnecessary (sequel to i only threw this party 4 u)

Vessel by medric

and never get dizzy by Anonymous

omegaverse:

Chase by ziusura

Think of England by LavenderProse (prequel to Tin Roof Rusted)

resplendent by kisscamcolby

wildcards:

lick, lick by tackytiger

dogging by radialarch

situationship era:

from your point of view by probablylily (sequel to all my perversions)

pull like a dog by segs

liminal boyfriends:

duel income by Anonymous

usagi ringo by boatcat

playing piggyback by tedyexe (sequel to the one hand rim-rocker)

Wins Above Replacement by mcshrug

a pigsty built for two by Anonymous

one of them gets outed:

I'll build a house inside of you by jtimu

AUs (one or both not a hockey player):

Wild Geese by LavenderProse

For the Right Reasons by citrusses

AUs (both still hockey players):

frequently, secretly fond of each other by milominderbinder

good on my own accord by impetuous

wildcards:

everybody loves counting by nettlepixie (sequel to let's make a team (make 'em say my name))

many happy returns by probablylily

beating like a hammer by saltandbyrne

lick, lick

i like reading about shane denying that ilya could feel anything for him because of his insecurities about ilya’s bisexuality. lots of fics explore this in a way that’s really nuanced and true to character. heed the tags, but due to the nature of the premise, all of these fics flirt in some way with misogyny and/or canon-typical biphobia.

1. cortisol, oxytocin, vasopressin by rhodenia

Shane meets with one of Rose’s friends- a ballet dancer who hooked up with Ilya during the playoff season where Boston won the cup. She shares what happened during that hookup (including Ilya staring longingly at Jane’s texts!), and she becomes a representation of the women Ilya could have in his head. The angst, the pining, all of it is very delicious.

2. all my perversions by @probablily

Shane watches this sex tape over and over again, trying to figure out if Ilya treats him like a hookup, treats his girls the way he treats Shane. I love that he’s watching it sitting right next to Hayden, #ourShane.

3. bird with a magnet by @ireverents

So visceral, and ties in Shane’s past experiences in a way that is gutting. Shane sees a lipstick stain on Ilya’s sofa and spirals. He buys a skirt and keeps it hidden for seven years like a monster under his bed. It’s a looming specter over every one of their interactions- Ilya, do you want me to be a girl? And then you get the catharsis in that last sex scene, and it’s unreal. Must-read!!!

4. like one of your girls by @creamsiclemelt