Sharing the Shiny

“You won’t if you want to fuck me tonight.” Hollander had said in Russian.

Dmitry glanced up, pausing from where he was unlacing his skates. What the fuck could in the conversation possibly have possibly led to this?

He glanced at Rozanov, who’d been smirking and teasing Wyatt only a second earlier. Now, his mouth was firmly shut. All the rest of the team stared at Rozanov.

Source: from the outside, by goldengalaxies – Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Teen, social media fic. I adore outside POVs, and this series has a bunch of lovely ones!

“Should call you the Ottawa Puppies,” says the Toronto centre, Svensson. As an insult it makes no sense, so Ilya ignores it, until he continues, “Hear Hollander keeps you on a short leash.”

Ilya is the captain, so if anything, he should be holding the leash. In English, you can be singular or plural, but he knows what Svensson is trying to say. He is saying Ilya Rozanov, you are Hollander’s bitch.

“Only sometimes,” Ilya replies, grinning. He wins the face off.

Source: Dog, by a_good_soldier – Game Changers Series – Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, D/s, puppy play. The latter isn’t usually what I go for at all – but holy shit, Ilya as Shane’s obedient guard dog does things to me!

He thought, yet again, about hitting the power button until his phone shut down. Or picking it up and throwing it out the window. He was in Montreal, in his apartment. The phone would never survive a fall from his floor, not even in its sturdy, practical case. He could shove it down his garbage disposal and turn it on until his sink spat fragments of glass and plastic across his counter. He imagined the noise it would make.

Shane wondered where the WAGs were getting their news. Probably Twitter. That was where Shane had seen it.

Source: something you can fix, by some1_around – Game Changers Series – Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Mature, canon-divergence. Someone films Shane’s and Rose’s “break-up” conversation.

Such an incredible Shane POV of how his life goes to pieces – and what happens after. You can really feel how traumatic a forced outing is, especially for someone like him. Luckily he’s not alone – and then, he truly isn’t alone anymore, because when Montreal drops him, he ends up in Boston… And wow, I think my new favourite thing are fics where our boys end up on the same team!

“You’re going to Boston.”

Long after Farah hangs up, the words keep echoing in Shane’s head. If he had thought his thoughts had been chaotic this morning, when his biggest problem had been his rival potentially fucking him when he came to Montreal in two weeks, that’s nothing compared to the code-red panic that started the instant he found out he was being traded to Rozanov’s team.

Source: Home Ice Advantage – Chapter 1, by taywrites11 – Game Changers Series – Rachel Reid [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, canon-divergence after the North America vs. Europe All-Stars game. Such a great ‘what if’ with an amazing (incredibly anxious) Shane POV as the boys find themselves on the same team. Can’t wait for the sequel!

“Lily,” Hayden says automatically. “You know about Lily?”

Something flickers across Rozanov’s face. His jaw twitches. “Yes, I know about Lily.” He raises his eyebrows.

Hayden feels like a complete asshole, all of a sudden. There’s just been too much going on to even think about Shane’s mystery girlfriend. “Shit, I should probably, like, call her, or something? I don’t know this girl at all, but Shane’s been obsessed with her for years. If she was watching the game, she would have seen him get hurt.”

“You don’t need to call her,” Rozanov says, and when Hayden glances at him, he still looks fucking miserable but now he’s rolling his eyes, a much more familiar expression of disdain on his face. “She’s sitting right here.”

Source: The Waiting Game – Chapter 1, by Rizandace – Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Teen, canon-divergence after Shane’s injury. With him in a coma Ilya is so desperate for news that he asks Hayden… A series of beautifully handled coming outs – Ilya and Hayden, Shane and Hayden, and Ilya and Svetlana – as the boys can no longer hide how much it all means, from themselves or each other.

Ilya’s hand wraps around his bare wrist and squeezes. Shane barely stops himself from collapsing to his knees.

The pressure lights up every receptor of his touch-starved nervous system, wrenching a small, pained noise from the back of his throat. Every muted sensation comes flooding back so intensely that it almost hurts. He needs Ilya to hold him down until there’s nothing inside him but quiet. He wants to sink into him and disappear.

It takes Shane an entire beat to remember where they are. Fighting against the fog in his mind, he manages to drag his gaze up to meet Ilya’s.

There’s a slow-dawning horror and understanding on Ilya’s face.

Source: so come over now (and talk me down), by kurtstiel – Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, D/s. Shane in sub-drop after leaving Ilya’s hotel room in Vegas.

The way Ilya kept his (emotional) distance from Shane after his MVP win was actually painful to watch, and this fic pursues the aftermath in such a fascinating way. Feels perfectly plausible for both characters and offers such a fascinating insight into why aftercare is so important in a Dom/sub dynamic…

“Hi Irina.”

Ilya feels his blood still in his veins. His vision almost immediately blurs at the sound of his mother’s name falling so gently from Shane’s lips. Shane rambles something, almost to himself, before:

“I’m Shane. Shane Hollander. And I’m in love with your son, Ilya.”

Ilya’s breath catches, heart lurching in his chest, fluttering almost painfully as the realization hits him: He’s introducing himself to her.

Source: Your Life in Him, by MoonlitInsomniac – Heated Rivalry (TV) [Archive of Our Own]

Post-canon, established relationship. This legit brought tears to my eyes, which happens very rarely when it comes to fic. I adore “She would have loved you…” and this touching vignette just proves it.