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After a while of talking about how Anya acts the trainer says there’s nothing to worry about, Anya likes Shane just fine, it’s just that she sees him as the boss and is acting accordingly

And Ilya is like. But. I’m the one who adopted her? And raised her before Shane got here?? And the trainer is just like yeah well she sees you more like an equal. And Ilya is like WAIT she thinks Shane is in charge of both of us?? And the trainer is just like well do you interact in a way that would make her think that?

Ilya’s life flashes before his eyes as he thinks of all the times Shane has come over with a snack for Ilya and a treat for Anya, or all the times Shane has announced they’re all going for an after dinner walk, or pets Ilya’s hair and tells him he did a good job at practice, or the fact that he uses the same warning tone with Anya when she misbehaves as he does with Ilya when he’s causing problems on purpose

wulf is definitely taller than thrit, like i just know wulf is one of the big boys

thrit has a more slender build as he focuses his training mostly on shooting arrows while wulf prefers sword fighting

they do hand to hand combat for fun and it turns wulf on when thrit beats him

thrit is definitely a menace; like i imagine him being a little shit who likes to play pranks and laughs at wulfs two left feet (as we saw in the epilogue)

they would somehow find a way for thrit to meet esbar and tuva and tuva would love thrit but esbar would full on adore him as if he were her own son — the power dynamic that they would have!!

thrit teaches siyu how to shoot an inyscan bow and they bond and become super close and bully wulf for his horrible skill of picking up on a crush

thrit fell first but wulf fell harder

thrit knows how to braid hrothi braids and since wulf has long hair thrit always braids it for him

wulf would sometimes still doubt himself due to karlstens bullying but thrit would always be there to catch him and wipe away his tears

sometimes they both mourn their lost friends and when these times come they cannot be separated at all; they are always attached at the hip anyways but during hard times their codependency can become insufferable

wulf sometimes gets frustrated that he wasted so much time — thrit smacks his head when he starts with that shit

they both leave little gifts for baby sabran sometimes

they play a lot of chess and wulf never wins

when wulf gets hurt in battle, thrit jumps in front of him to shield him from whatever else could come at him

when thrit gets hurt in battle, wulf becomes so furious that he kills everyone in a 10 meter radius around him

they have snowball fights in hroth (and always end up kissing in the snow)

they tour the world and study languages (wulf still wants to get better at this mothers language)

when thrit is tired he makes wulf carry him on his back

wulf is ticklish and thrit uses this for his advantage whenever he can

wulf loves to get up early; thrit hates it

they sometimes go fishing for entire days and just enjoy the peace and quiet of nature (wulf loves seeing thrit bare chested in the open water with a spear in his hand)

they race with their horses

they’re both so good with children and maybe sometimes they both dream in the quiet moments of actually having a family together

wulf randomly adopts three stray dogs (they name them regny, sauma and bardt)

thrit has to stand on his tippy toes to kiss wulf; wulf gets giddy when he realizes it for the first time

they wear matching necklaces at some point

einlenk once told wulf he should just propose to thrit (wulf didn’t even know einlenk knew they were together)

thrit and glorian get along really well: he is sent to her once to help with something and they chat and become pen pals

wulf tells thrit about the priory and the mother at some point after they have been together for years: he expects that he has to fight for thrit to understand the meaning behind it, but thrit just nods along and then goes “i always thought it made no sense that a beast should be bound by a bloodline of queens from one person who has defeated him, but when i questioned it as a child they said that it would be treason to even just think that“ wulf would be too stunned to respond and then thrit would add “also no man could do that, it had to have been a woman“ and wulf just kisses the hell out of him

they go shopping for fresh apples on the market together

mara teaches thrit how to bake bread (they love each other so much that wulf finds it concerning)

roland says thrit is too good for wulf; thrit argues against it but wulf secretly agrees

wulfs fathers cry when they see that wulf has found someone he feels safe with

baby centaur!

same picture years later

mental health awareness is important. 💚

shane: i’m in the kitchen

ilya: what is taking him so long😭🎶

shane: i’m literally just doing the dishes

ilya: to find me-e-e 🎶

shane: get in here rozanov! you can sing and dry the plates at the same time

anybody like you by plonk - read one chapter of this and became a plonk evangelist. ilya!figure skater au. shane reconnects with his figure skater friend joe in sochi & finds out it's possible to have fun hanging out with queer people... hope this doesn't awaken anything in him... 4/5 chapters posted and i refresh my email every morning hoping ch5 will be there <3

route 96 kanata by anonymous - literally just finished reading this and goddddd. shane suffers a debilitating injury before the draft, so he never goes pro - but that doesn't mean he & ilya don't meet. this is like. godddd a bleak winter day. pressing into a bruise. it's sitting in shane's listless monotony... but in a good way! i promise! 6/10 chapters posted

lacuna by anonymous - ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND AU LET'S GOOOOOOOO! this is both dual timeline & dual perspective.... incredible. so so good. shane erases ilya first... of course. 3/5 chapters posted. btw what is up with these anonymous authors... they are jacob tierney's strongest soldiers. imagine doing all this for no credit.

rule 69.3 - contact inside the goal crease by zero_byte - goalie shane!!! we love goalie shane!!! 7/? chapters posted

good on my own accord by impetuous - more goalie shane!!! we still love goalie shane!!! and this time there's a league-wide belief that shane has hexed ilya so he'll never score on him! yay! 10/? chapters posted

there is no heart for me like yours by profdanglais - secretly married rookie season for visa purposes my beloved <3 yes they are literally married and going through the canadian immigration process together. yes they are fucking the whole time. no they don't have their shit together even a little bit. and that's okay!!! 10/? chapters posted

frequently, secretly fond of each other by milominderbinder - shane traded to boston au... the boys living in the same apartment building... how convenient... this is one i'm always sooo excited to see in my inbox <3 21/25 chapters posted

an honorable mention to i know where to draw the line by magneticwave, which technically wrapped up a couple weeks ago but which is still occupying my thoughts like a wip... i'm dwelling, i'm daydreaming, i'm rereading my favorite chapters...

i'm sure there are a ton that i don't have actively open in tabs which will be lost to time (until i get the update email)... so i may update.

EDIT: one of the aforementioned emails came in...! :)

behind enemy lines by anonymous - what if people had daemons and also soulmates and you could switch daemons but only with your soulmate. and maybe your daemons are the exact same animal through some cosmic coincidence. and maybe they get the idea to switch on you without you knowing. to prove a point or make you address your feelings...? chapter 3/4 just posted & i'm going to go read it right now <3

Shane lifts one eyelid again to look at Rozanov. His eyes are red-rimmed. Like he’s been crying. “Why…why aren’t you in Boston?” Rozanov’s brow furrows. “Why would I be in Boston?” “You, you’re captain. Raiders. Boston.” The room is silent except for the beeping of monitors.

In 2023, Shane takes a bad hit on the ice. When he wakes up, the last thing he remembers is a tuna melt.

There’s a lot to get used to.

My Kingdom For a Kiss by tippitytap rated t | 31.5k words Shane and Ilya managed to hide their relationship for over a decade. What if they manage to hold out a little longer, get married in secret, deal with their mental well-beings, and then get to tell the world on their own terms? [a great rumination on mental health and the stress of hiding for as long as they did]

Crashing by WhimsicalSesquipedalian rated m | 22.5k words “Oh shit.” Shane looked up, turned his head to where J.J. was sat across the aisle. The blue glow of his phone lit up the too-wide whites of his eyes staring down intently at whatever was on his screen. Shane’s stomach lurched again, anticipating a sudden stop his body hadn’t quite caught up to yet. “The Centaurs’ plane crashed in Tampa.” There was a moment where everything was still moving, where Shane and the world were still spinning at the same speed they both always had, and then it all came crashing down. Shane wasn’t sure whether it was him that had stopped, or the world around him, but either way, in a matter of seconds the distance between himself and the bus he had only a moment ago been sitting in became staggeringly, dizzyingly vast. The Centaur's emergency landing plays out a little bit worse, and Shane is left with the harsh reality of the cost of loving Ilya in secret. [this got me really emotional – no major character death here though, don't worry]

stick to the game plan (stall for time) by subcorax rated t | 6.3k words Evgenia Alexeyevna Rozanova is nine years old when her grandfather dies, and she meets Shane Hollander. This is the first time she speaks to him. It is not the last. Or: Zhenya Rozanova grows up. She has some help along the way. [I really love the concept of Ilya and his niece reuniting]

Aching, Aching, Aching, and Alive by verbaepulchellae rated e | 17.0k words They’re getting into a rhythm now, though, and Shane can see it. He can see this team winning the Cup this year. He tries not to get ahead of himself, tries to stay focused and go game by game, reminds himself that building up a team takes time and several seasons, but god. He wants this legacy: for himself, for Ottawa, for Ilya. For both of them and everyone else. Which is why, goddamnit, now is not the time to crash out over fantasies of Ilya working his whole hand down to the wrist into Shane’s ass and fucking him on his fist. And yet. Shane should know by now that timing and “good ideas” are rarely factors in whether or not he gets obsessed with something. OR: It starts, as a surprising number of things actually do, with a text from Rose. [someone else rec's this as '17k words of character work disguised as a fisting fic', and I fully second that]

Unanswered (And Other Words Found In The Thesaurus) by fandom_commitment_issues rated m | 6.6k words “Were you sleeping with Rose Landry?” LeClaire asked, and Ilya felt his entire world flip upside down. Ilya scoffed and sank into the chair. He stared at his lap and, for a second, wished he could just say yes. It would have been easier. A simpler explanation. Something everyone else could swallow. “No,” he answered instead. “I was not sleeping with Landry.” Coach sighed, the weight of it settling uncomfortably in the office. “So it was Hollander, then.” Or Ilya gets called into his Coach's office after Rose and Shane start dating and an uncomfortable conversation takes place. Ilya realizes some things. Also he may need to stop reading his thesaurus. [obsessed with the idea of Ilya hate-reading the thesaurus]

Baby Centaurs by WriteSmart rated t | 11.0k words To be clear, Ilya is grateful the rookies aren’t growing up the way he did in the NHL. Ilya took the hazing to the chin – humiliation rituals, beat downs, grueling practices to prove he could “hang” with the big guns on the team. That being said, there’s still some part of Ilya that balks at the request by the gaggle of rookies to watch The Iron Giant, a veritable children’s movie at the team’s latest movie night. OR: Five times Shane and Ilya were the support system for the Centaur rookies they dreamed of having when they were younger. [unsurprisingly, I love the Centaurs and their dynamic, and this captures it really well]

the things you buy, the secrets i keep by sleepberries rated g | 3.6k words [+ a sequel] Amélie's work days are usually boring. Sit at the counter, help people find things, process orders. If she's lucky, she'll get great commission when someone shows up to spend money for money's sake. Her only companions her phone and the near constant presence of Shane Hollander's Rolex campaigns. So, boring. Until Shane Hollander walks through the door. [very well done outsider pov, I also recommend the sequel]

So Lily's Just a Buddy? by multifandomhomo rated m | 8.9k words 5 times Hayden learns things about “Boston Lily” from texts + 1 time he learns who [s]he is Or, Hayden needs to get better at not looking at Shane’s phone, but to his defense, it’s always open. [good friend Hayden agenda, it always bothered me how hostile he is to Ilya in canon]

how do you feel? by exogenesissymph rated t | 10.8k words No one is going to win a Pulitzer interviewing him, and Shane is okay with that. He spends most interviews rephrasing the same five sentiments--I’m happy we won or We need to work harder after that loss. They are a good team; the win was hard fought or They are a good team; there is a lot for us to take away. And finally: I love playing on this team, for our fans. Then Ilya Rozanov bursts into his life, and answering questions becomes a little more complicated. or: Shane Hollander, interviewee, throughout the years. [baby Shane in minor hockey is so precious to me]

last one to leave the bleachers every time by Anonymous rated g | 4.6k words They’d considered it—Shane being gay. It’d been an option. But Ilya Rozanov and the way Shane looks at him like he’s the love of his life has blindsided them. Blindsided both of them, and there’s almost nothing Yuna likes less than being blindsided. She’s not mad, David wants to say. We’re so proud of you. We’re so happy for you. We just didn’t know. Somehow we missed it, you falling in love. or, what David Hollander and Ilya Rozanov talk about while Shane and Yuna are outside in episode six. [Shane's parents reaction to finding out about Ilya is such an interesting topic and I really enjoyed this take on it]

About Summer by chaentics rated m | 7.4k words Ilya comes back. This is the crux of it. [word of advice: learn from my mistakes and don't read this on a bad brain day]

a sound is still a sound around no one by dykeries rated e | 43.2k words Shane lifts one eyelid again to look at Rozanov. His eyes are red-rimmed. Like he’s been crying. “Why…why aren’t you in Boston?” Rozanov’s brow furrows. “Why would I be in Boston?” “You, you’re captain. Raiders. Boston.” The room is silent except for the beeping of monitors. In 2023, Shane takes a bad hit on the ice. When he wakes up, the last thing he remembers is a tuna melt. There’s a lot to get used to. [this is the amnesia fic. even if that's not usually your cup of tea, give this one a try]

your fave is problematic by makemegentle rated m | 4.2k words your fave is problematic - yourfaveisproblematic.tumblr.com/post/6453061/ilya-rozanov Admin note: POST IS WIP 1. Admitted to using the f-slur during his rookie year in the NHL and doubled down with ableist remarks on Twitter. 2. He’s a stalinist and supports the unlawful slaughter of children. [cont…] rozanovdefender replied to yourfaveisproblematic “the unlawful slaughter of children” YOU MEAN THE ROMANOVS?? habsbluntrotation reblogged ⇄ yourfaveisproblematic girl not to be a bolshevik on main but the romanovs sorta deserved that one or, Ilya Rozanov lands himself on yourfaveisproblematic for—well, quite a few reasons. [something more lighthearted, and the funniest fic I've read in quite a while]

ghosts we've always known by impetuous rated e | 69.6k words “Seeing you smile like that, it makes me want to give you all of this,” he called out, making a sweeping gesture across the ice. Shane turned back to look at him, eyes bright, and laughed. “Canadian Tire Centre? I know you’re rich, Rozanov, but an entire arena is a pretty big real estate investment.” Ilya pushed off, skating to a stop in front of him, knowing his expression had morphed into something serious. “Hockey, Hollander. It should have been yours.” Or, everything that happens when your dreams don’t come true. [this made me feel so sad for Shane, and opened my eyes to what he would be like if he wasn't playing hockey]

The Great Jane Debacle of 2016 by Anonymous rated g | 7.7k words Pummel: Fuck Jane St-Simon: nah… St-Simon: i dont think shes done anything wrong… Pummel: youre right Pummel: Sorry Jane Pummel: FUCK ROZANOV Varkov: FUCK ROZANOV Connors: Hey guys did you see this article about Rose Landry and Shane Hollander? Carmichael: Bad timing, man. Connors: Oh Connors: Give me a second to read back. Connors: Oh…. Connors: FUCK ROZANOV [Or, how the Raiders---in particular the long suffering Cliff Marleau, dealt with the Great Jane Debacle of 2016, told in a series of texts, posts, and Cliff being the best Bostonian friend Ilya could ask for] [aka the cap suicide watch of 2k16; I really hope that Boston was good to Ilya]