Tag: Pairing: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov

“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.