I see the words 'Captain Ilya' and 'rookie Shane' and I start grinning like the Grinch meme.

And, honestly? An Ilya who had to grow up as the undisputed number 1 champion of the NHL, with no one to challenge him, to make him better? An Ilya who never had Shane as a tempering influence over his wilder part boy days? Who had to go through losing his father and cutting off his family mostly alone? I think he'd be faaaaar from well adjusted, and I think that means he'd be EASILY tempted by the thought of corrupting the little rising star's innocence. And honestly, the kid's so obvious, he's lucky Ilya's the one he's crushing on - Ilya can show the kid the ropes, give him a good time before he drops him. Ilya would be doing him a favour by popping his gay cherry for him, honestly - there are a lot worse options out there. Ilya can at least teach the kid to be a little more discreet.

Shane reads this wrong, he thinks Svetlana is Ilya's longterm serious girlfriend, that he is the sidepeice that Ilya is cheating with. He knows its wrong, he knows, but its so fucking hot and it's the first time in his life he is enjoying sex to the level that everyone says a young man should so he just can't stop. But he tries very very to never look directly at Svetlana whenever they are in the same room as each other or he sees her in the stands. Honestly poor Shane's rookie year has been both the best and worst year of his life.

HELLLPPPP adding once more to my headcanon that Shane gets a sick kind of thrill at the idea of being the other woman (at least at first - I think this misconception would becoming crushing as Shane falls deeper in love with Ilya as their situationshio goes on).

NEVER DOUBT YOURSELF ANON!!! THIS IS THE KIND OF VITAL WORLD BUILDING SHIT I LOVE LOVE LOVE ABOUT OMEGAVERSE!!!

Ilya brings Shane along whenever there’s meetings with sponsors/management and when the captains hang out, as it’s always important to show how well your team functions (the dominance of the captain, the perfect submission of the team omega). Shane has to hover at Ilya’s elbow for however long, and only speaks when Ilya gives him permission.

Ilya will grip the back of his neck and tell him to say thank you. Sponsors and opposing captains alike marvel at how good Shane is, and Ilya will make him do tricks. They talk about him like he’s not even there. Naturally this fuels Shane’s objectification kink, his praise kink, and his degradation/humiliation kink.

Like, the casual exhibitionism of it all really is what makes this au, huh. Like, it doesn't even have to be overtly sexual - Shane isn't naked or kneeling, but his obedience and total submission is just SO immediately apparent to everyone. Ilya has him at his beck and call and EVERYONE KNOWS!! IT IS LITERALLY COMMON KNOWLEDGE!!!

And while it's primarily a good reflection on Ilya and his command over his team (pack), Shane's obedience and skill and elegant deference also makes HIM look good for sponsors etc,,, all these men nodding approvingly when Shane expertly anticipates Ilya's orders and quietly obeys them,,, "You've trained him well, Captain. I'm impressed." And Ilya nodding, accepting the praise like it's his due. Just the casual degradation that blankets the entire affair, the way Shane is dismissed while still standing in the room,,, it makes Shane SO WET.

And that's not even getting into the reward Ilya gives his omega once the meeting is over for performing sooo well,,, 🥴🥴🥴🥴

Does he ever get punished in front of the team? Like the presence of the team itself is a punishment (as detailed in the prostate orgasm post) but Shane acts up, intentionally as in bratfailure or unintentionally as in also bratfailure, and at the time Ilya just tells him he’ll regret it so the next day after practice the team has to watch him get spanked or Shane has to kiss Ilya skates in front of everyone…oh the humiliation oh the objectification

Ilya does this to really drive the point home for Shane and besides it good for the team to see that Ilya will keep their omega on a tight leash and discipline him

YUUUUUPPP 💯💯💯🔥🔥🔥🔥

Honestly, at the start, the team aspect of Shane being the TEAM'S omega is important in negotiating his dynamic with Ilya - it's the thin veneer of plausible professionalism they need and the reason it takes so long for them to actually fuck. Everything is all tied up in the dictates of their society and how it effects their professions: Shane NEEDS to submit to Ilya as his Alpha,,, for The Team™. It's basically taking the body economy dynamics of professional sports to the absolute extreme - your body is a commodity. And that means most of Ilya's displays of dominance are public at the start.

I think these displays are also public because Ilya also has to frequently assert his dominance, especially if they get new transfers who are Alpha's - he needs to re-establish the pecking order. And part of doing THAT is showing his dominance over the team's omega.

Public spankings as punishment are DEFINITELY happening, but I think, since Shane is such a bratfailure, they're pretty rare. However what ISN'T rare is Shane having to kneel at Ilya's feet and quietly submit himself to him after every game to help regulate his hormones after such a high intensity environment.

The two year no sex timeline on the rookie/captain ABO universe has me in a chokehold and I think maybe it’s well known that male omegas need regular prostate orgasms for their health & in the euro leagues everyone trusts omegas to take care of their own needs and Shane has a slim little vibrator and it’s just part of his weekly schedule & he’s a modern omega who is perfectly well equipped to handle himself

but of course once he gets in the MLH he’s Ilya’s responsibility & everyone knows omegas have to be properly supervised or they won’t take care of themselves & Ilya just watches Shane the first time but he’s really disappointed that Shane isn’t even trying to get all of it out & Hollander, how have you not gotten ill? is important to go until you are empty and of course you have such a bad attitude towards your captain

and so Shane has to ask for Ilya’s help every week and thank him afterwards (it takes a very long time) and it’s all very clinical how Ilya has Shane get on all fours and holds the vibrator (much bigger now, Shane didn’t even have the right size for a slutty omega like him. it really should be criminal how they just leave omegas in Europe to flail around without proper guidance) inside of him until he’s crying and pleading and orgasming dry

(and maybe in the beginning Shane puts up such a fuss and will not behave so Ilya does it in front of the team & privacy is a privilege for good omegas)

HOW THE HELL DID I MISS THIS BANGER⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️⁉️ I need to look through my inbox more thoroughly damn I have the object permanence of an infant.

PHEWWWWW 😮‍💨🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 YEAH YUP YUP IDEA IMMEDIATELY ACCEPTED THIS IS 100% WHAT WAS GOING DOWN DURING THE TWO YEAR GAP.

This also has the dual effect of acclimating Shane to Ilya's scent, to the point that Shane basically develops a Pavlovian responses to it that he is mortified about (Shane starts feeling differently about this when he realises that the reverse is true for Ilya - SHANE'S scent ALSO has an effect on him now)

And the thin veneer of distance and the clinical aspect of this makes it sOoo delicioussss. I'm picturing the Vegas "touch yourself for me" scene but on steroids. Ilya fully clothed, Shane naked. At first it IS all brusque and efficient, but Ilya can't have that as an alpha, his omega needs to be treated better than that, doesn't Shane know anything? So then Ilya talks Shane through what he should be doing,,, and that's when things start to evolve into a show. Twelve months in and Shane is basically doing a full on performance - half the shit he's doing isn't even to make himself feel good, it's so he LOOKS good. Oh god and the fucking TENSIONNNN!!! 😩😩😩😩 It would be INSANE.