Things are still out of hand over here with the fanfics. April was possibly my worst reading month of the year in terms of books but I gobbled up so many fanfics. I’m trying different ways of tracking and I’ve landed on Softgoods for now. I know some people don’t like the idea of it, but I’ve been really struggling with keeping excel tracking going, and this is an easy way of updating on commutes and the like. I’ve got everything set to private, and I love that it gives me so much freedom and organisation, I’m also a huge fan of stats and Softgoods gives me them in spades.

I’ve been in and out of fanfic spaces since 2012, and there is always lots of debate about tracking etc, I totally get that authors have preferences, and I totally respect not rating them, this way of tracking just works for me. It’s only for me and nobody else. I might also change how I do the notes on these round ups. It feels close to rating, and now that I have somewhere I can see my notes (privately) I don’t think I’ll need to add them all here.

Approx. pages read in April: 2,177

You’ve got mail by Anonymous

While trying to write to his friend studying abroad in Moscow, Shane Hollander accidentally reaches Ilya Rozanov.

Words: 13,234

the bisexual fairy godmother of the NHL by avid_reader64

5 times Ilya played matchmaker to the queer guys in the league and showed them that he has insane gaydar and is extremely perceptive (and to maybe make sure they absolutely did not ask out his Shane, even when that wasn’t happening, but you know Ilya he is so obsessed with Shane he assumes that everyone wants to date his man)
+1 time they found out Rozanov wasn’t just an ally

or

5 times Ilya played matchmaker
+1 time everyone found out he is not just an ally

Words: 6,975

Hey Buddy by shailikesbl

After the Montreal team hears the news about Ottawa’s emergency landing, Shane Hollander tries to act like he’s fine.

Hayden Pike knows better.

Later that night, he shows up at Shane’s hotel room with food and quiet concern.

Words: 7,925

Shane Hollander’s girlfriend by Babysterek

Ilya Rozanov, a professional hockey player with the ego of a small country or large, desperately wants to brag about his boyfriend Shane Hollander. Unfortunately, Shane is also his biggest on-ice rival, which makes public admiration socially and professionally inconvenient. Instead of choosing the reasonable option (keeping quiet), Ilya does what anybody would have done: he creates a Twitter account called “Shane Hollander’s girlfriend.”

Words: 125,232

Career Day! by TheGreatOwl

When Hayden Pike forgets to tell his wife, Jackie, that he volunteered for Career Day, Jackie scrambles to find a solution. The last thing she wants is to disappoint her children. Hayden leaves for a week-long series of away games, unable to help. There is only one person she thinks to call, and that person is Uncle Shane Hollander. Little did she know that Uncle Ilya would have other ideas.

Words: 5,181

tell me who i am by sohardtosay

“Say it again?” Shane pleads softly. “Before I leave?”

Ilya nods, pressing his lips to Shane’s chest. When he speaks, it’s like he’s trying to push it between Shane’s ribs—directly to his heart.

“Baby.” This, first, in English. Then in Russian: “One day you’ll realize that you’re wasted on me.”

Shane utters a quiet sob, like he understands every word. Hours later, when Ilya’s trying to sleep, he’ll swear he can feel the same sound trapped in his throat.

Or: Ilya loves pet names. One day, Shane returns the favor.

Words: 4,881

when the right one comes along by UglyGreenJacket

Hayden: Jackie is very jealous of your manny.
Hayden: Says he’s incredible and that a bunch of the school moms are trying to get play dates with Violet.

Shane: He is great.
Shane: Kind of a menace, too, but Violet loves him, so I overlook some things.

Hayden: Oh, I’m sure.
Hayden: She also said he’s super hot.
Hayden: Like he missed his calling as a model hot.

Shane: Geez, Hayd. You want to marry him or something?

Hayden: NO.
Hayden: I just thought maybe for you, ya know?
Hayden: You haven’t dated anyone like…ever.

Shane: I’m not going to get involved with my daughter’s manny.
Shane: That would be irresponsible.
Shane: Even if he is stupid model hot.
Shane: And obnoxiously charming and funny.
Shane: Plus, he cooks, and has the best accent.
Shane: And is amazing with my daughter.
Shane: God. Fuck my life.

Words: 8,180

An Evil Spirit, A Passion, Or An Idea by rottenraebirch

Immediately following the events of Episode 6, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov return to the cottage and spend the next number of days talking, fucking, and sharing secrets about their relationship the other person doesn’t know.

Words: 13,850

What the heck is a crop top? by DC_Chan

5 times Ilya Rozanov’s crop top personally attacked Cliff Marleau, and the 1 time it was someone else’s problem

Words: 15,600

humidifier by shliapnikovvv (NnoitraSzayel)

“Tell me what you need.”

Ilya couldn’t look at him. He needed too much.

“I don’t want you to… to be angry you have to take care of me.”

Shane frowned. “Angry? Ilya, I will never be mad at you for needing me.”

–

Or, Shane takes care of a sick Ilya who doesn’t think he deserves it.

Words: 5,219

Night Changes by proseandpulse

Shane is drunk, concussed, and hiding in a phone booth when he calls the only number he knows by heart.

The man who answers is not Hayden Pike.

Words: 20,556

Immune to Everything (Except You) by proseandpulse

Shane’s heart learned Ilya’s name and forgot how to beat for anything else.

Words: 17,881

Gather ‘Round the Campfire by Writer_and_Thrasher

As is true of most of the best things in life, it was completely and totally Jackie’s idea.

“Come on, are you serious? You’ve never played ‘Never Have I Ever’?”
_____________
Or, Shane, Ilya, Hayden, and Jackie play Never Have I Ever while on vacation. Everyone learns something about one another, and Shane learns that being open with the people he loves isn’t so scary.

Words: 5,415

What Was Always There by Hatchigo

When a careless comment sends Shane down a path he never expected, he’s forced to confront a possibility he’s avoided his whole life.

A story about late autism diagnosis and denial, with the quiet, steady support of the man who loves him.

Words: 1,830

“Normal” by meterokinesis

It started, as so many things do, with a tweet.

“Hey, Hollzy! Look at this! It’s so you and Roz,” Evan Dykstra said, shoving his phone in Shane’s face. Shane squinted at the slightly blurry screen, willing his eyes to focus on the small font. He never brought his glasses to practice (much to Ilya’s chagrin), but he also never anticipated reading whatever stupid meme the Centaurs decided was vital for his desolate knowledge of pop culture.

Me and the bad bitch I pulled by being autistic, it read, followed by a photo pulled from Centaurs socials of Ilya and Shane smiling at each other like idiots at a team event.

Shane read it a second time, then looked up at Dykstra, who looked incredibly proud of himself. Clearly, Ilya was supposed to be the ‘bad bitch,’ because no one had ever put those two words in the same sentence as Shane Hollander.

“Funny, D,” Shane began, “but I’m not autistic.”

or,
Shane Hollander realizes he might be autistic. He is the last person to do so.

Words: 8,361

Puckin’ around by fantasybubbles03

Ever wondered what the Ottawa Centuars groupchat is like?
From memes, to fights and accidental sexting…this chat has it all.

Words: 3,488

look at you good looking (finally found our footing) by wafflesofdoom for talktothesky

There would be time. Years of it, Ilya hoped – years of holding this beautiful man in his arms while Shane whispered that he loved him, exhaustion etched into every line of his face; but good exhaustion, the kind that came from sharing a secret that had been a heavy burden for so long, the kind of exhaustion that could only come from overwhelming happiness.

After their afternoon with David and Yuna, Ilya reflects.

Words: 2,782

Amber Pike Has Three Dads by e_frye

Private notes: This was so, so good! The outsider POV was so clever and I really had a wonderful time. Fanfic is fanfic and it not being highly polished is actually a part of why we love it, but this could have been absolutely outstanding if there was some proofreaders. It doesn’t take away from my love of it, but I’d love to see this edited, if it ever gets one I’ll totally read it again!

I mean she doesn’t at least not legally, but definitely emotionally. But when you are getting most of your gossip out of the mouth of babes some things get lost in translation. One outsider’s perspective on how they assumed their child’s classmate had three fathers for most of the school year.

Words: 40,346

all the things he did by blankjournals

Private notes: Ninja feels. Down bad Ilya is my fav.

4 times Shane was strict with Ilya and the 1 time he wasn’t ft Ilya having an emotional crisis over it.

OR: inspired by the tweet: ilya actually love having a strict boyfriend. like no his bitch do not let him have friends NO he not allowed to be out past 11 and NO U CANNOT SIT HERE!!!

Words: 6,451

Showing Results For by Writer_and_Thrasher

Private notes: Cute and original. I love the timeline of when Shane took the quizzes and that the first quiz and the last quiz were the same one. We really see Shane’s acceptance of himself and it’s beautiful.

Words: 12,710

Ilya Rozanov’s tweeted rivalry by Grocerystoredivorce

Private notes: Coded social media fic. Need to read the previous in series as there is for sure some more I’m missing. Biggest being why Barrett isn’t with the Centaurs and what’s up with that Shadenmarried account.

Jane: Are you seriously using your dog’s twitter account to tell Hayden to go fuck himself?

Lily: that was anya

/

Unfortunately not everyone is supportive of Shane and Ilya’s relationship. Fortunately, Twitter is a great place to defend your man.

Words 3,700

team dads by Marmeladeskies

Private notes: Cute one shot of Shane and Ilya being team dads.

Luca, who is involved in this passionate discussion, gestures to the other boys to shut up, turning to Ilya. 

Shane can see the exact moment his brain stumbles over itself. Shane doesn’t know what he wants to say, probably something like ‘Hey Roz-’, but what comes out is, “Dad-”

Words: 1,906

other end of the world by Marmeladeskies

Private notes: 😭😭😭😭 – Luca gets a scare and Ilya is an awesome captain!

Luca swallows, looks back down at the floor, then back up at Ilya.

There is the slightest wobble in his bottom lip; he bites it quickly, and wow, Ilya feels his heart clench uncomfortably. Without thinking, he reaches out and squeezes Luca’s shoulder. It seems to open the floodgates, because Luca’s eyes fill with tears, and he quickly covers his face with his towel, sniffling into it. “Sorry. Fuck, sorry.

Words: 2,316

finsta by Marmeladeskies

Private notes: Awwww LaPointe, Yuna is correct, “A joke is funny for everybody involved,”

LaPointe tries to catch him, but Holmberg leaps from his chair, holding his phone high and reading the post out loud so everyone can hear. “-following her from his main professional account. The transgender creator specializes in-”

All heads whip around. Shane quickly grabs the laptop because Ilya is already on his feet, reaching for LaPointe who, Shane thinks, is seconds away from punching Holmberg to stop him from reading more.

Words: 1,767

good kids by Marmeladeskies

Private notes: Oh the end of this with Luca and Shane got me right in the feels!

“What the fuck happened?” In the locker room, while their team celebrates around them, Ilya runs his thumb carefully over Shane’s cheek. Shane avoids his eyes sheepishly.

“He was getting on my nerves.”

“I do that every day,” Ilya supplies.

“He, uh,” Shane briefly looks back over his shoulder; their guys are busy chanting “Centaurs, Centaurs!”, “…he kept calling Luca a,” he lowers his voice, “faggot, and kept asking if he gets, y’know,” he pulls a face to indicate something dirty, “by us in the locker room.”

Words: 1,597

Paul Baker Thinks Shane Hollander is ‘Nasty’ at Hockey by isto4u

Private notes: Cute one shot. Paul Baker (ADULTS TV sHOW and possible future troy) with his flip phone and his lack of online knowledge is who I wish I was. Unfortunately I’m chronically online. Jealous Ilya is the best, even if he is jealous of a clueless Paul Baker.

When Shane Hollander returns to his tiny hometown for a quiet visit, he runs into Paul Baker (his high school crush) who has zero idea Shane is now an NHL superstar.

Or: Shane’s first crush meets his boyfriend

ZERO angst just fluff. Shane and Ilya are together and their families know but aren’t out yet as a couple.

Words: 2,702

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Such a Pretty Crier by Bruja_oscura

Shane is still learning that he doesn’t have to be perfect in his own relationship. Ilya is still learning the rules of Shane’s bad days. So when Shane tries to push him away after a crushing loss, it leads to a tense argument. But ten years of rivalry are no match for Shane’s tears; the second he starts to cry, Ilya folds like a house of cards.

Or: Shane tries to starve himself as punishment for losing, Ilya tries to feed him, and it turns into a very soft night of pampering because Ilya is legally incapable of staying angry at a crying Shane.

Words: 10,607

Hoya by GingerBaggins

Private notes: “Ilya.” Shane turned towards him, hands reaching up to hold the sides of his face with palpable tenderness. “It doesn’t matter what you are. You can be a worm, or a fish, or a bird, or a bee. I’ll love you, and you’ll have a home here.”

😭😭😭

I knew this would make me cry, I could tell from like the first paragraph that it would make me cry, but I was not prepared!!! 😭😭😭

Gorgeous, gorgeous, gorgeous!

It wasn’t that Ilya was jealous. It was just that…he sort of was.

It’s finally the off-season, and Ilya cannot wait for a perfectly boring summer at the cottage with his perfectly boring husband.

Shane, however, has other ideas.

(AKA Ilya gets jealous of a plant.)

Words: 8,453

Local Guide Ilya Rozanov has left a new review by trickysnail

Private notes: Delightful!! 🤗🤗🤗

Ilya just wants a tuna melt but for some reason the owner of We Take the Cake bakery keeps refusing to make him one. The solution to this problem is clearly to leave a review.

Words: 1,073

Where you are wanted by GingerBaggins

Private notes: Ilya and Yuna fics never disappoint. This one is particularly good!

This was different. This wasn’t hockey, or a competition, or a well-honed skill. This was her chance to welcome Ilya to their family.

The five times Yuna Hollander opened her heart to Ilya, and the one time Ilya found a home within it.

Words: 7,228

Out of the shadows, and onto the ice by GingerBaggins

Private notes: Another banger from this author. Super emotional!

In this exclusive profile, spend the day on a lakeshore in Ottawa. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are finally ready to introduce themselves.

Words: 6,817

nighty night, papa’s mama by hollanov_1410

Shane and Ilya are living the domestic, married life they’ve always envisioned for themselves. But when their 3-year-old daughter experiences loss for the first time, in the form of a little bumblebee she befriended, Ilya finds himself guiding her through grief.

Words: 4,022

strange days are here again by hollanov_1410

Private notes: Oh this hurt! Come back to check out the follow up when emotionally ready. I think the fics that really highlight how love won’t cure depression are so important. It’s an aspect of the books I also think is so important and I appreciate seeing that follow through. Makes for really tough reading though. 😞

Ilya rubbed at his face with both hands, trying to knead the heaviness away. It didn’t budge.

Probably just caught something from the kids, he thought to himself. Some kind of virus.

Except he’d been feeling like this for weeks now. Maybe longer. It was hard to tell. The days blurred when you were tired, and he’d been tired for longer than he wanted to admit.

Maybe it was something still lingering in his system. That happened sometimes, right? Viruses could hang around. He’d read that somewhere. Post-viral fatigue.

Yeah. That was probably it.

Some dormant virus still working its way out of him.

Or,

Ilya and Shane are married with kids, living the life they fought for. But Ilya’s depression is rearing its ugly head again.

déjà vu by hollanov_1410

Private notes: Just lovely! This whole story arc was handled so thoughtfully!

Ilya had never really let himself picture it before. Not for too long, anyway. Himself at twelve, standing in that doorway, seeing her lifeless body on the bed.

He didn’t have any photographs of himself from that age, which made it easier to keep the memory at a distance. Just a fact. Something that happened to a version of himself he barely remembered being.

Niko turning twelve closed that distance.

Ilya is going through a depressive episode. Which is hitting differently now that his son is the same age he was when his mom died.

Words: 8,259

A Well-Organized Life by 409_conflict

Private notes: I could have read another 100,000 words! Lovely, lovely, lovely! 🥰

Shane Hollander is a man who thrives on structure, routine, the solid ground of a ten-year plan. Ilya likes that about him, likes the embracing squeeze of having a life organized in tandem with Shane.

No one would call Ilya a man who thrives on structure. But it’s there, if not in his DNA then in the patterns of his brain. A call-and-response of: they do this, I do that.

When Ilya’s life is flayed open for the world to dissect, how will they push-and-pull their way back towards what was once a well-organized life?

Words: 47,947

Ilya R has been added to the group chat. by Anonymous

Private notes: So much fun with some big feels thrown in! I love every single one of them!! ❤❤❤

Bood
what have you given her before?

Ilya
A fucking, mostly

Bood
CHEAP
CHEAP GIFT GIVER

Ilya enlists Bood & the Ottawa WAGs to help brainstorm ideas for his first proper Valentine’s Day with ‘Jane’.

Words: 33,111

The First Pancake is Always Lumpy by Anonymous

Private notes: Awwwwww… It’s so fluffy!! 😍

Last night, Ilya dreamed Shane served him divorce papers. They were making dinner when suddenly Shane pulled them out of the microwave and thrust them into Ilya’s hand. This isn’t working, he said. I’m divorcing you. No negotiations.

And look: of course Ilya understands that it was just a dream. The official divorce petition was a stack of sticky notes. Shane had faintly green skin and, Ilya is pretty sure, a third eye next to his left nipple. It obviously wasn’t real.

But.

Words: 3,486

A Silent Voice by Riri_S

Private notes: Those 1,683 words do a lot!

Nothing ever appears.

By sixteen, people stop asking.

By seventeen, people start looking at him with pity instead.

By eighteen, Ilya has decided that soulmates are bullshit, and if they were real, they wouldn’t leave him like this—wordless and alone and still reaching for someone who never bothered to speak.

Words: 1,683

Happy Birthday, Ilya! by Anonymous

Private notes: A nice birthday one shot!

The Centaurs think they’ve planned the perfect surprise for Ilya’s birthday. Instead, they’re the ones caught off guard when they discover Shane at their captain’s house. Between party prep, team antics, and one very suspicious “Jane”, Shane ends up hanging out with the team.
–
“They must really love each other,” Wyatt said.
“What else?” Bood prompted Shane.
“You hockey boys are a bunch of gossips.” Yuna laughed and drank from her wine. She checked on Shane, but he didn’t seem to mind the questions.
“Don’t you want to know too, Yuna?” Bood asked.
“Maybe. But she’s probably very private,” Yuna replied.

Words: 3,689

Your Poison, My Remedy by Wellbeing98

Private notes: This made me super sad but they worked it out. Sometimes even the best couples fight!😭

Shane likes things in order. Ilya likes to pretend he doesn’t. After too many games, too little sleep, and a dinner party they shouldn’t have hosted, a stupid argument spirals into something neither of them can take back.
Old habits resurface. Old wounds echo. Ilya storms out. Shane reflects and reaches for something he never has before. Somewhere between a cigarette and years of almosts, they figure out how to come back to each other again.

Words: 4,419

Wow, the Vodka Here is Different by HollowIsTheWorld

“Were you actually roofied one time?” Shane asks. “Because that’s a shitty fucking joke if not, and if you were-” He huffs again, but it is a different huff, one not cute enough to make the Top 10 list because it is venturing unpleasantly close to the territory of Shane being actually annoyed, and Ilya doesn’t like that nearly as much. Or at all, really. “Is this for real?”

Words: 2,411

Effortless is a Myth by orangeskyes

Private notes: Cute little one shot of Shane getting to come out on his terms to the Pikes.

It might have been the culmination of events from the last few months combined with the four Coronas he drank this evening, but in this moment, Shane couldn’t push down the debilitating fear of not being good enough for the people he loved.

Or

Post-cottage AU canon divergence where Shane spends the night at the Pike residence and comes out to Hayden and Jackie, while also finally introducing them to his boyfriend.

Words: 5,689

A box of us by milkntoastnhoney

Private notes: Awwwwww 🤗

What is in that box that Ilya keeps in their walk-in closet?
Why can’t Shane open it? What is he hiding?

Shane’s curiosity it’s at the edge and when it falls off the cliff, he opens that box.

His mouth falls open…

Words: 1,626

plane and simple by UglyGreenJacket

Private note: Very cute plane story fic. Now I want to hear Ilya’s version of the Tuna Meltdown, but like the funny version, not the make me want to cry version!

“Hey, Hollander, it’s your turn to tell the story,” Wyatt Hayes interrupts from the row behind them. 

“The what?” Shane questions, looking to Ilya, who only manages to give him a sort of sympathetic look. “Is this some kind of hazing thing you didn’t tell me about?”

Troy Barrett’s head pops up from the row in front of him. “It’s something we do every flight. Harris told the story about his sister and a skunk on that first flight after the incident in Tampa, and it kinda became a thing. Helps to calm everyone’s nerves.”

“Oh,” Shane says, feeling nervous and kind of annoyed already. “Just like…any story?”

“Usually it’s something funny. Pretty simple stuff,” Nick Chouinard tells him. “But you’ve got to stand in the aisle and project so we can all hear you.” 

“Oh, but I don’t have that loud of a voice,” he tries to say, but it doesn’t seem like anyone is listening, an excited rumble moving through the team. 

Fucking great.

“So, the first time Ilya met my parents was so bad.”

“How bad was it?” Hayes deadpans, and everyone laughs again.

Shane swallows. “I’m so glad you asked.”

Words: 2,633

Rough by AC91

Private notes: I need to read more ‘intense’ Shane fics. This was fun and I feel like it would be accurate!

5 times Ilya was rough with Shane, and 1 time he was so gentle, Shane didn’t know what to do with it.

Words: 3,775

glimpses of adoration by diazette

Private note: I also enjoy a good ‘I get it now’ fic.

Hayden finds himself at ilya rozanov’s for the night with shane, sans ilya. with every physical memento around the house and every trace of shane in the corners, it’s abundantly clear that his best friend is disgustingly and all-consumingly loved by his boyfriend. hayden finally understands too just why shane loves him right back.

Words: 6,886

Man I Need by jimns

The one where Shane has to get emergency wisdom teeth surgery and forgets who Ilya is.

Words: 3,319

i knew i’d curse you for the longest time by thatdayisjustnogood

Private notes:

Ilya’s Etsy witch reviews get exposed.

Words: 8,413

#breakupwithhim by thatdayisjustnogood

A chat between Shane and a certain “Lily” gets exposed. Cue misunderstandings and chaos.

Words: 7,658

hayden pike is a bisexual ally (NOT BISEXUAL!!!) by persimmon_tea

Private notes: 😂😂💗💜💙

After a disastrous dinner date with Shane and Ilya Rozanov, Hayden Pike is determined to become the best ally the bisexual community has ever dreamed of… up to and including accidentally coming out as bisexual himself.

Social media is… confused?

Words: 7,398

Needy by AC91

Ilya had worked out long ago that he needed a little danger; it made him feel alive.
*5 times Ilya tried to feel something and 1 time he didn’t need to try.

Words: 3,674

Wow…genetic by Thelibrarian (Wadjilicious)

Shane sees a post claiming kinks are genetic. Shane has kinks. Shane has parents. Shane has a family lunch in four hours.
This is the worst Sunday of Shane Hollander’s life and nobody will ever know about it except Ilya, who will know about it forever.

Words: 6,885

and it feels like home by SmoochesOnPaper

Private notes: The inclusion of the SNL skit was a work of genius! 😂

Shane didn’t even think of having a bachelor party.
But then Rose suggested it- more like insisted on it. So it’s happening.
And Ilya’s about to give Shane the surprise of his life.

Words: 3,332

Vogue’s 73 Questions with the hottest couple in hockey by dragonsXmaroon

Private notes: Funny but a little bit over the top crazy, sometimes that works for me and sometimes it doesn’t!

Shane and Ilya do the 73 Question Interview with Vogue.
Ilya is his usual self. Shane contemplates filing for divorce.

OR
Ilya Rozanov refuses to get media trained and Shane gets multiple heart attacks.

Chapter 1: The interview
Chapter 2: Twitter reactions

note: this fic is a what-if. Ilya Rozanov would probably never act so unhinged/ embarrass Shane this much. Read this if you want to giggle and have a good laugh, not if you want something highly realistic.

Words: 10,320

mistakes have been made by UglyGreenJacket

Private notes: Laugh out loud goodness —coded group chats ❤️

Ilya: Troy came out to the team a few days ago and then asked me for your number

Shane: And you thought it would be a good idea to give it to him?

Ilya: It’s been a boring few months.
Ilya: Was he awkward? He is so awkward.
Ilya: He is about as bad at being gay as you are.

Shane: Fuck you.
Shane: And YES. It was fucking awkward.

Ilya: I knew it.
Ilya: Tell me everything.

Shane: He told me he was gay.
Shane: Which WTF. Didn’t see that coming.

Ilya: Okay, yes. And?

Shane: And then he asked me out on a date.

Ilya: What.

Shane: And now we’re going to dinner next week after the game.

Ilya: WHAT.

Words: 4,841

Madwoman by septemberwriting

Private notes: Delightful! I would love to see stan Twitter reacting to photos of Ilya! 😂

 Ilya watches his husband in Laufey’s “Madwoman” music video. It goes about as chaotic as expected.

Words: 7,091

Ilya Rozanov: the wedding planner by yougotmecursingthedaylight

Private notes: Awwwwwww 😍😍😍

Ilya Rozanov has loved Shane Hollander quietly for many years. Now, he gets to love him out loud. Engaged, happy, on the same team and out to the world, this is what happens when Ilya asks if he can plan their wedding, and Shane says yes.

Shane may come to realise he might have made a mistake.

Words: 61

the social media menace by yougotmecursingthedaylight

Private notes: Amazing work, every time Connors came in with the 😔 I cackled! 😂 Poor sweet innocent Marly! 😂😂

Post TunaMeltdown™️, Ilya Rozanov goes on a quest to get back his man using the not so subtle art of thirst traps, subtweets and psychological warfare in the form of social media.

Shane Hollander does not stand a chance.

Words: 1,193

the trials and tribulations of love languages by moonlightdances

Private notes: But why did I cry though? So sweet! 😭

Every single example online of the love languages could fit Ilya to some degree – Shane had never thought about it before, but now that he knew, it was a problem that he didn’t know Ilya’s. He already wasn’t fluent in Russian, despite his attempt at learning, and he refused to be behind on another of Ilya’s languages.

Shane looked down at Ilya, still passed out asleep in his arms, and nodded to himself, ready to run a series of experiments until he found what worked for Ilya.

Words: 7,278

Hayden Pike and his own personal hell by stargazingstormtrooper92

Private notes: Eh!! Not sure!

Hayden finds out about Ilya and Shane in an unsuspected way. Inspired by ‘that’ phone call scene in ep6 😏

this night is sparklin’ by starsandscars84

Private notes: 💗💗💗

Ilya Rozanov gets personally invited to the VIP tent for the final night of the Eras Tour tour in Vancouver. He is not cool about it at all.

Words: 6,407

The Quiet Assist by Kiyominox

Private notes: “If it felt familiar, that does not mean you are weak. It means you have been doing a hard thing your whole life without knowing what it was called.”

Shane has always believed survival meant discipline. Precision. Powering through the noise, the pressure, the parts of himself that never quite fit. Hockey gave him rules when the world didn’t, and he learned to excel inside that structure even as everything else scraped him raw.

Ilya notices what no one else does.

Quiet adjustments, steady presence, and the refusal to treat Shane’s needs like flaws. When the idea Shane has been running from finally takes shape, it doesn’t break him. It reframes everything. The anger. The exhaustion. The brilliance.

This is not a story about fixing what’s broken.

It’s about learning a language for the way Shane’s mind has always worked, and what becomes possible when he stops fighting it. It’s about love that makes room instead of taking space. About a rivalry that becomes partnership. And about what happens when understanding doesn’t just change a player, but reshapes the game itself.

Because some legacies aren’t written in records.

They’re written in who gets to stay.

Words: 11,142

eleven out of ten by gurlsrool

Private notes: I love this series so much!

Shane: You know, believe it or not, eating women out actually wasn’t my favorite pastime
Ilya: Sure.
Shane: Ilya. I’m GAY
Ilya: Not too gay to eat lots of pussy

In which the women Shane has slept with share their experiences on social media, Shane and Ilya both react totally normally, and Hayden would like some clarity on his best friend’s sex life

A sequel to “ten out of ten”

Part 8 of the secret society of stick handlers

Words: 12,353

36 Questions That Lead to Love by UglyGreenJacket

Private notes: Very cute!

Shane: So, what is this we’re doing again? 

Harris: It’s called 36 Questions That Lead to Love. They’re questions that a psychologist developed back in the nineties that are supposed to help couples move past the awkward stage and get more personal. It’ll be fun!

Shane: You always say that it’ll be fun, and I don’t think it ever ends up being much fun. 

Ilya: I always have fun. I do not know what your problem is. 

[Harris lets out his signature booming laugh, and Ilya grins widely.]

Harris: You maybe have a little too much fun. 

Ilya: There is no such thing. 

Shane: But what’s the point of the questions if we’re already in love? Like, we’re married. You were there when it happened.

Harris: Yes, but they can help you deepen your connection, and it makes for good content. People love your love. 

Ilya: I think we had a pretty deep connection last night, am I right?

Words: 5,781

heavy handed by ghosttotheparty

Private notes: I thought this was a light fluffy fic because I’m dumb and didn’t look at the tags. It’s not a light fluffy fic, it was a tough one. Really digs into Shane’s mental health, and touches on Ilya’s. It mostly made me sad but there is hope at the end.

shane is a liar, and he’s tired of it all. his life falls apart, and he finds that he doesn’t actually mind.

Words: 33,474

hi shane, is this still available? by tunamelt (bbang1z)

Private notes: Lots of fun, don’t love college fics but this was enjoyable!

While in search of a roommate, Ilya comes across an interesting Facebook Marketplace listing from Shane Hollander.

Words: 6,676

Nine Lives by theskywasblue

Private notes: Cat content!

It’s hard for Ilya to hate anything that Shane loves as much as he loves the stupid cat.

Not impossible, though.

Words: 3,693

The White Hat Situation by MinaLogan

Private notes: 🫠🥵

Ilya really likes Shane’s backwards hat.
This is NSFW Fanart.

Words: no words – fanart

all my perversions by probablylily for connorstorriethinker

Private notes: I’m not sure, I enjoyed like 90% of this, some of the kink wasn’t my cup of tea though.

A sex tape of Ilya with a girl leaks. Shane reacts normally.

Words: 16,869

Reckless & Young by some1_around

Private notes: This was really good, I love The Boston Bears, Cliff specifically!

A prank-gone-wrong leads to the Boston Bears finding out about Shane and Ilya’s relationship in 2016. The day Ilya first invited Shane into his house. Right after they say each other’s names for the first time. Fuck his life, honestly

Words: 30,173

Irina’s by PeaceLilies

Private notes: This was a really lovely AU, very fluffy, low angst.

Ilya Rozanov has always wanted to open his own bar. When the opportunity presents itself, he manages to make his dreams come true, and opens up his own place. He meets fussy food writer Shane Hollander one night at the bar as Shane is assigned to do a write-up on the new hot spot. What starts out as a quippy, slightly antagonistic relationship, turns into a sweet romance…

Words: 59,807

nooo hollander, i want to fuck you by Anonymous

Private notes: JFC!! 🥵🙈 Absolutely NSFW!!

has your brain ever been so consumed by gay hockey players that you suddenly feel compelled to make nsfw art? yeah me too.

(a collection of my nsfw hollanov art. very nsfw.)

Words: no words – fanart

Select Your Team by CrazyJ

Private notes: Oh turned very smutty all of a sudden. I approve!

For as long as Ilya had known Shane, they’d always picked Boston and Montreal when queuing up that year’s NHL game on their consoles.

But when Shane walks into the room after their wedding and sees Montreal selected on the screen out of habit, his face falls in a way that Ilya desperately wishes he could erase.

Together, they both learn that ‘letting go’ and ‘healing’ sometimes come in the form of digital vengeance and some much needed loving from one husband to the other.

Words: 5,153

Thank You To My Husband by CrazyJ

Private notes: I think I prefer the first wedding, cure but a bit too ott for these two I think! 🙈

It was supposed to be a simple comment, a passing question asked in jest about whether Ilya had any regrets around their wedding.

But when it turns out that he does, Shane and his husband vow to right their past wrongs and re-do their wedding ceremony, but this time with a better guest list, their own vows included, and perhaps a couple dozen chairs.

Words: 7,264

Thawing Ice by heartsmadeofbooks

Private notes: Oh my heart, it started very rough and I was ready to go to war, but it ended well!

Yuna Hollander just wants to make sure her son doesn’t get hurt. Even if that means having to get right in his arch-rival’s face to make sure he knows Shane is not someone to mess with.

Or: Yuna Hollander thinks Rozanov is an asshole. Rozanov proves her wrong.

Words: 9,393

He Liked it. HE LIKED IT by Babysterek – (author has removed from AO3)

Private notes: Very fun mixed media fic, so much work. Removed because of possible AI. AI sucks and I’ll personally never use it, but I read a screenshot of this authors explanation and it doesn’t sound like they used AI to write the fic, but more to help unravel a knot in the story. Personally I think there is a massive difference between using it that way and using it to write the whole thing, but I do also understand the concerns people raised about the possibility of it being used for the whole story. I think it’s why I’d prefer not to use it at all. The line gets blurry when you use it for some things.

Told through tweets, screenshots, interviews, and fan threads. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov’s rivalry slowly turns into something softer and more complicated.

Words: 65,635

The Time Shane Hollander Like It by Babysterek – (author has removed from AO3)

Private notes: See above

This is how Shane Hollander accidentally liked that one thread (companion piece to He Liked it. HE LIKE IT.

Words: 1,232