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after a year living in ottawa, ilya is finally getting comfortable around yuna and david, even going to their house to nap often — sometimes he misses shane too much and napping in his childhood bed eases that hole in his heart that only shane can fill, and of course he absolutely adores all of shane’s childhood pictures. so one of those times when he’s missing shane especially bad, he drives over to shane’s parent’s house after practice to have a meal with them and nap in shane’s old room. yuna and david love welcoming him, they treat him like a second son and get emotional sometimes seeing how comfortable he’s become around them. so they have lunch together and ilya tries to solve some puzzle with david and watches a hockey game with yuna and they just talk about it the whole time and then ilya says he’s gonna take a short nap and they both go “of course, dear” and “of course, son” so ilya goes up to shane’s room and drifts off quickly. when he wakes up he's face to face with shane, who opens a bright smile and says softly “hi my love” and ilya is still sleepy goes “hmm im still dreaming” and shane chuckles and goes “no i’m sure you’re awake now” and ilya says “hmm no if you’re here then i’m definitely still dreaming” and shane smirks and leans above him and kisses his forehead and goes “you sure?” and ilya says “hmm i think i need more of these all around my face so i’m sure i’m awake” and shane lets out a warm laugh but he does exactly what ilya asked, kissing all over his face while ilya melts into it, still half asleep and feeling very loved

baby Ilya’s tiny angry Russian ranting when Irina won’t let him stay on the ice and his cheeks are all bright pink and his little nose is wet and he’s plopping down onto the ice and crossing his arms and yelling NYET NYET NYET.

Across the ocean at the exact same time, the exact same thing is happening to a very exhausted Yuna Hollander.

i just HAD to draw this

So, the documentary in The Long Game about Shane and Ilya’s rivalry. What a fucking embarrassment for ESPN and everybody involved in its creation!

You direct a sports documentary about two of the greatest hockey players in the world. And how they were bitter rivals but eventually became friends and even started a charity together. It’s good, juicy, it gets excellent ratings, and is possibly award winning. The future is bright.

ESPN’s publicists keep talking about how you had unprecedented levels of access to these superstars, and meticulously combed through over a decade of footage of them. The only thing viewers grumble about is that they still don’t know why Ilya Rozanov left Boston for Ottawa. It’s the one mystery of their rivalry that you couldn’t unravel. But overall, the reactions are very positive. A professional triumph for you.

And then only a month later, the whole world (including you) is astonished to find out that these heated rivals have been in a serious and secret romantic relationship for years!!! And you missed the whole thing! One (1) month ago.

The documentary would quickly go from jewel in the crown to albatross around the neck of everybody involved in it. Because you did all this research, you had all this access, and yet you didn’t have a clue. They’re together? They’re getting fucking married? Ilya Rozanov moved to Ottawa because he was more in love with Shane Hollander than he was with being on a cup winning team?

Oh my God, ESPN would be contemplating destroying every copy of the documentary they commissioned, and which had great ratings. Everybody involved in making it has to log into LinkedIn and delete it from their professional history.

Hockey fans keep rewatching it, but not because they like it anymore. Because they can’t believe not even the professionals figured it out, and are looking for clues. The director will be strongly considering flying to Canada to murder both his documentary subjects.

shane and ilya were asked about it in one interview and shane just smiled and said “yeah, i mean we have to be pretty good at keeping that a secret, considering what was on the line. it wasn’t espn’s fault, per se, not a lot of people knew.” and ilya added on “we were very good at acting not in love with each other, i think. we had to hide it from ourselves for a long time.”

and now whole house crying 😔😔

thinking about shane who in his late 30’s discovers that he might be autistic and kind of freaks out about it because he’s already the gay hockey player and the asian hockey player he doesn’t also want to be the autistic hockey player with all the negative stereotypes it comes with but he finally confides in ilya one day and says i think i might have autism and ilya gives him a soft look and says yes i think maybe you do and at first shane gets a little angry at ilya because why does it seem like you knew? how did you know? why didn’t you tell me? and ilya says because i think you deserve to figure out how you feel without me plantning ideas in your head and no matter what you would still be my shane, trying to be all sweet about it and shane gives him a careful look and asks is that why you haven’t turned on the overheard light in 2 years and ilya sighs and nods

*anxious giggling*

Sleepy boys 💤

i think we ALL want to see connor storrie tied up and crying in a trunk

while we're talking hollanov under the influence of medication (is the only one talking about it), i'm laughing about the idea of shane half-expecting ilya to just be even MORE flirty when he's high on painkillers or coming out of sedation

and instead man is AGGRESSIVELY faithful

unhand him ✋ he is MARRIED ✋ (they are literally just trying to take his vitals) hands OFF!! his husband is gorgeous and will NOT appreciate this!!! (he says this to *shane* who is trying to help him back into actual clothes)

shane has to leave to let anya out and just gets a picture from svetlana of ilya curled up in the hospital bed smiling at a full screen picture of shane on his phone. literally the only way he would chill out and relax.

It's Tau Ceti. You have a Petrova line, but you're not dimming. Why? PROJECT HAIL MARY (2026, Phil Lord & Christopher Miller)

some of you are so fucking talented and you’re using it to spread joy and happiness around for free

magnificent creatures, the lot of you

if yuo are, , in my "notifciations," i see you therue. i see you. im watching,. and i love you

per my last desperate howl at the heavens,

Someone online makes a comment about how Shane probably isn’t a very good boyfriend, saying his flat affect and resting neutral face in paparazzi pics and video must mean he’s detached and not affectionate compared to Ilya who is much more overtly affectionate

Ilya then has the rest of the Centaurs help him make a compilation of secretly filmed Shane moments showing how good a boyfriend he is

Ilya doing the “would you still love me if I was a worm?” thing and without missing a beat or asking any questions Shane just goes “Yeah”

Harris films himself asking Shane random Ilya questions and Shane always having an answer. “Hey what Ilya’s favorite milkshake flavor?” “Mint.” “I’m buying everyone fun socks, what’s Ilya’s favorite color?” “Blue, but only if it’s light, he doesn’t like dark blue.” “What’s Ilya’s favorite fruit?” “Pears.”

Troy waits for Shane to sit on the bench looking at his phone or tying his skates then says “Oh hey Ilya’s coming in” and catches multiple examples of Shane immediately scootching over to one side to make room for Ilya to sit next to him

Ilya puts his feet up on Shane’s lap silently and Shane starts lightly massaging them. Ilya lays his head on Shane’s shoulder and Shane starts quietly playing with his hair

They film Ilya handing Shane random things and asking him to hold them and Shane does without question. The internets favorite is the one where Ilya pulls a pineapple out of his bag and asks Shane to hold it and he agrees, getting his gear on one handed so he can keep holding the pineapple in the other

Hayden gets a video of Shane letting Ruby brush his hair and fill it with clips while he and Jade do Ilya’s nails, Ilya laying with a face mask and cucumbers over his eyes and his head on Shane’s lap