hockey wives hollanova relationship reveal
jane hollander is the kind of uptight perfectionist who still creates her own personal sawtrap even in the queernormative world of women’s hockey. so they are technically out(ed), and they’re married teammates and it’s great, but jane refuses to let their relationship become the focus
reporters are always trying to get juicy soundbites out of her about like haha which one of you is always running late or which one of you forgets to clear your dishes, and jane has a near-superhuman ability to keep the focus on lily’s hockey prowess
jane keeps getting asked about what it's like to play with rozanova (her wife) but she just keep bringing up examples of other famous rivalries that ended up being teammates and linemates that work great
"well you know it's great to play with someone who complements my skills, and as much as i miss being captain, roz is also great, i would know, i've played against her for so many years"
"you know her very well" "well yes of course. i spent years studying how to beat her"
everything that jane is answering is technically true and correct! she’s just evading the fact that she’s also married to lilya rozanova
“what are your plans after the game” “you know, debrief. go home and unwind. have some family time. with the dog.”
the casual hockey fan who isn’t plugged into parasocial stuff might have no idea that she’s married let alone WHO she’s married to
the thing is lilya who respect jane's wishes wouldn't affectionately call her jane in front of the press either, but would go gay to "i can't wait to celebrate with my beloved wife!!"
whilst jane exclusively only refers to lilya as Captain, Roz, Rozanova
so if you're extremely stupid you might not connect the dots that lilya's wife is JANE FUCKING HOLLANDER THE ALTERNATE CAPTAIN
the internet rediscovers that Princess of Canada Most Decorated Winter Olympian Jane Hollander is also married to the ottawa captain every other month
jane forbids lily from calling her anything except hollander at work because what if it catches on that's so embarrassing
jane accidentally calls her roz in bed once and lily goes. oh should we pretend we weren't together yet. should we pretend our shared bedroom is a hotel room. do you wanna go outside the door and knock
before every game when they do their walk in in their lil outfits jane always insists they don't walk in literally together. which lilya thinks is stupid but obliges anyway. they however walk in one immediately after the other. and have repeated each other's outfits before
someone asked jane who's her best friend on the team and it's not even lilya. lilya HATES the fact that jane rooms with hayden on the road
hayden doesn't even want a roommate like jane who would get home by 8 and lights off by 10, hayden wants to facetime her husband jackie
jane tries to argue that she needs to focus when they're on roadies and lilya would distract her. lilya makes a youtube playlist to compile Jane's greatest hits of highlight-reel plays SPECIFICALLY from games after lilya fucked her to within an inch of her life
lily: i can’t believe i married you just to not be able to fuck you
lily: we’ve literally fucked right before games before
jane: it’s not professional !!! what about the team!!!
lily: they know we’re married. if anything it’s WEIRDER if we don’t room
jane: … it’s not fair to the others
lily: what. that only we’re getting laid? YOU DON’T KNOW THAT
lily: MAYBE THEY ARE FUCKING EACH OTHER TOO HOLLANDER
one day lilya would be driven to the point of asking everyone on the team “hey would yall be mad if i room with hollander on the road from now on? no? NO RIGHT? SEE HOLLANDER. ok class dismissed”
at the end they made a deal that they can room but only after not sitting next to each other in the locker room, on the bus, or at dinner
it becomes an entire edging ritual for lily... the way for the entire day they act like they barely know each other... just good coworkers...
outside of work in daily life lily is 100% that wife guy who mentions her wife anywhere and anytime and whilst people who knows nothing about hockey might not know lily, everyone in ottawa knows the princess of canada jane hollander
lily just telling the grocers, the cafe barista, random people in the park stories about my wife
lily loves to go get coffee or smoothies or flowers and make a big show of saying ‘is for my wife 🥰🥰’
she's reading off a long list for jane's custom smoothie. "happy wife happy life!"
and one day they find out her wife is captain canada jane hollander on the massive billboard
special shoutout to @tooindecisivetopickaurl for always playing with me in my hollanova sandbox!
