Avalon

When you have nothing better to do on a space ship than listen to some gossip.

Spoons can be used pretty much anywhere.

Carnival tickets are only good for the carnival, and it’s only in town for a limited amount of time.

Yuna: ok, so you've been "seeing" each other for 9 years... And when did you confess your real feelings and decided to be together?

Shane:

Ilya:

Yuna:

David:

Shane:

shane calling another player "a flippin dummy" for an uncalled slashing and ilya chirping him for his boring insults

shane pulling ilya out of a scrum by the back of his jersey

ilya goading a ref for making bad calls and you see shane in the background staring daggers at ilya - cut to a hot mic of him telling ilya to "quit being such a dick or you're sleeping in the guest room"

a montage of them inadvertently following each other around on the ice between plays

a montage of ilya handing things to shane or fixing his gear and calling him babe

them watching a replay on the jumbotron of shane losing his footing and falling and ilya going "ah ice is slippery, yes?" followed by grunting because shane elbowed him in the ribs

He’s playing phenomenal hockey, completely controlling the puck, playing aggressively, just fantastic.

And he’s so polite. He says thank you when he steals the puck. He says sorry when he slams someone into the boards. He says excuse me to the goaltender as he sends the puck flying past them.

@thatlittleegyptologist

heated rivalry + reductress headlines pt 3

pt 1 pt 2

+ bonus

but hear me out: Shane ask not to be coddled and Ilya resorts to ragebaiting him on the ice instead.

Ilya makes an offhand comment about keeping an eye on him during their game and Shane jumps because he’s a professional hockey player, has been for over a decade, he can take the heat thank you very much, and when Ilya points out the whole team will be probably coming for him, he’s like:

“Yes, I am the best fucking player in the league. The entire team coming for me is, like, a normal game night for me”

because he is The Shane Hollander and Ilya is kinda proud and very turned on by the sudden cockiness.

Until game night rolls around and ofc some of the team make comments about having Hollander’s back and Ilya has to swear he didn’t put them up to it (Shane won’t admit it but it makes him feel all warm inside, that’s his new team hell yes).

So 1st third he’s taking it like a champ but by the second, after he scores, the hits & chirps keep getting meaner & it’s getting to Shane. At some point he’s struggling to get up & Ilya skates by and says

“You good, Hollander, or do you need me to kiss your boo-boo?” with THAT tone and it makes Shane startle, but he chuckles and tells him to fuck off.

after that Ilya keeps chirping AT HIM, like he did back when they played against each other “no, no, don’t get up, I can score all the goals we need”, “taking nap, Hollander?”, “maybe you need to find softer sport, yes?”