AU where Ilya works in a shelter. One day the most beautiful guy with freckles comes in and with a shy voice asks if he can see some dogs.
“Of course, we have tons of dogs but let me ask first. What are you looking for?” Ilya is all giddy and cheerful +
shane kissing ever square inch of skin he can get his mouth on, ilya's body pinning him down on a conference table, the two breathless and sweaty and drinking champagne out of each other's mouth 🚬
An exclusive first look at Rachel Reid’s ‘Unrivaled’, releasing on June 1st, 2027! 💗(via @GMA)
“The two illustrations, featured on the upcoming book's endpapers, offer a glimpse into Shane and Ilya's lives together, depicting their relationship at home and their professional lives.”
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Yeah this is just wrong. Suzanne Collins and JK Rowling dominated the 00s and 10s with very popular adventures, Mary Shelley is the godmother of Science Fiction, Agatha Christie is the Queen of Crime. Lois Lowry, Harper Lee, Madeline L'Engle, Margaret Atwood, so on and so forth.
mini #hollanov smau where shane keeps trying to figure out who’s stealing his lunch at work without realizing it’s his coworker ilya doing it (he has his reasons) 1/11
They start texting after Ilya has gone back to Russia, under the guise of monitoring what they call the Alexei Situation (it doesn't last nearly as long as it should have, before they're sending more than that).
blue collar/non hockey player ilya rozanov who sees his dipshit of a brother, a mid hockey player with a cocaine addiction, squander everything in America playing for a mid team and getting injured often, meanwhile he's stuck with their father back in Moscow.
everyone has already gone home and they end up hooking up after Shane offered to drop Ilya off. They both agree no one can know but Shane is having the worst identity crisis and he doesn't know how to deal with the news that Ilya is already set to return to Moscow soon.