#role model

and troy smiles, “right, because you were with roz the whole time.”

“i mean, yes, but also because you and dallas kent spent years calling me and jj ‘rush hour’ and asking hayden if his wife was his beard to cover up his big gay relationship with me.”

the rest of the centaurs blink. harris puts his head in his hands and groans.

they definitely did not have the same experience, of course, and especially the facts that troy got his perfect coming out while shane got punished + the racism shane probably was confronted with by troy are unique for shane. ryan on the other hand experienced mobbing and downright emotional abuse.

but they both share the fact experience of having to watch troy being absolved for all the shit he did and yes they see that troy changed for the better, that he wants to make a difference, he apologizes he wants to make amends, he takes responsibility (even tho there is still a lot of room for processing all the shit he did just saying) and that is all great.

they all go to the arcade for 'bonding' and shane and ilya are SCARY competitive and try to get the highest points on everything. At some point wyatt says "i thought they were only competitive on ice..."

harris organizes a centaurs charity calendar and shane and ilya are february because valentines day (awww)

the team will always leave a spot for the other when standing around at practice or sitting at a restaurant - they know shane and ilya want to be beside eachother. warning: DO NOT SEPARATE

theres multiple wedding celebration dinners they get invited to in the summer and there is a lot of "so you're why we never saw roz at any team events hmmm" (harris' family loves shane!!!!!)

sometimes they'll do team rozanov vs team hollander at practice - it's truly cemented that shane is actually the best player ever of all time

shane and ilya finally go to a Bood BBQ

shane cleans up at poker - he has no tells and he loves winning

harris comes to take content when they’re practicing and ilya teases him “you just want to see your boyfriend” and they look over to see shane and troy doing elaborate passes and harris teases back, “you’re staring more than me”

gayest team in the league

rookies want to play with hollander and rozanov soooo bad (having a centaurs induced sexuality crisis becomes a thing there's a lot of "hey um hollander/rozanov/barrett can i ask you a question")

ilya regular flirts with shane infront of everyone they don't even bat an eyelash but when shane flirts with ilya everyones starts ribbing him like 'ooooh rozy'

“okay tell us who made the first move” “me” “i did” - and a massive argument ensues

“FINALLY SOMEONE TO TRANSLATE WHATEVER ROZ SAYS IN RUSSIAN” “you don’t want to know what he says in russian”

shane’s insane hockey iq tells each of them what they’re doing wrong & their plays improve within weeks (“your angle is wrong” “if you go faster you might actually score”) - he can’t help though he can only tell you what’s wrong

harris organizes a centaurs FAQ video; “twitter is dying to know ‘ilya rozanov can you fight?!?’” “who’s asking” “it trends everytime shane posts a sponsorship or scores a goal or does an interview or gets papped or-” “yes i will fight anyone”

shane and ilya can speak with their eyes and it gets spooky; the centaurs immediately make a game to see who has the best telepathy with their captain

Meanwhile Troy: ILYAAAAAA 💗🩷🌸 OMG ILYA WITH PUPPIES 🩷💐🌸 OMG ILYA AND THE KIDS IN THE HOSPITAL 🩷🩷 I'M ILYA ROZANOV'S NUMBER 1 FAN 💕 OMG ILYA PLAYING MARIO KART 💗💘 OMG ILYA BEST CAPTAIN BESTEST BEST FRIEND 💘💗💕🩷 OMG ILYA WEARING A SANTA HAT 🌸🌺 OMG ILYA 💗🩷 ILYAAAA 💐💗🩷🩷💘💞