Kickstart [Game Changes, Hollanov, nc-17]

Kickstart by sweet_s0rr0w 

Dr Shane Hollander knows exactly where his life is headed. He’s back at Mass Gen, chief resident on the Harvard OB/GYN program, his dream fellowship spot all but guaranteed. All he has to do is keep his head down, log plenty of cases, and see the year out. 

But then a disastrous first day leads to a drunken hookup, and then the stranger Shane left in the bar walks into his OR the next morning. Naturally, the guy's a total asshole. Even worse, he's a brilliant surgeon. 

So much for Shane keeping his head down... 

One of those things that I started to read while still WIP. I really struggeled with myself if I should start to read this or not. Right now I have like five WIP fics that Im waiting to be continued and I hate the waiting, I hate how I forget most of the fic while waiting and then when it gets updated I have to go back and re-read the last chapters.

So. This whole thing is not for me. But. Im still really, really glad I started this. 

In the beginning I was thinkin about how this would be some kind of Grey's Anatomy inspired fic. Thank god this wasnt. Im not really ready to go back to that fandom anytime soon.

But this turned out to be so much more. This is more about how Shane is kind of blind to his surroundings and how narrative is not always straight forward and, most important, they are humans after all. They make mistakes, they are still trying to find themselves and they just want to be together.

Can I re-read this now? 

he's my best friend (who i think is hot) [Game Changers, Hollanov, oneshot]

he's my best friend (who i think is hot) by writinginasnowglobe 

It’s like they think that Ilya's someone to put up with, rather than someone that Shane wants to spend every waking minute of his life with. Someone that is, in every single fucking way, Shane’s person. Someone that knows exactly how to make him laugh and someone he doesn’t have to hide his quirks from and someone who allows his own asshole side to shine when Shane wants it to. 

Shane loves Ilya, is in love with him. It’s just that Ilya is also his best friend. 

Or, 5 times that Shane gets annoyed by people thinking he's supposed to control Ilya, and 1 time he finally says something about it.

Im one of those people who really think Shane is there just make Ilya be more menace. Shane gotta love that shit and thats one thing that gives Shane a permission to be himself around Ilya. So this fic really scratched that itch. 

Tbh, I would love to read more fics where Shane is stirring the pot and hoping for Ilya just to be himself. I dont hate the ones where Shane is reining Ilya in, but these ones make more sense and are better. Yep.

So feel free to recommend them! Thanks. 

Leaked messages are getting us in trouble [Game Changers, Hollanov, oneshot]

Leaked messages are getting us in trouble by Riekawrites 

After a major hack exposing athletes for many (stupid/dumb/terrible) things, Ilya Rozanov's messages are laid bare for the world to see. He promised Shane he would delete anything incriminating, but they didn't define what that meant. 

For Ilya, who doesn't care if the world knows Shane Hollander is his friend (after all isn't that what the plan is for), it means he deleted every sext and mushy I-love-you texts between them. 

So now the world is figuring out that the sport's biggest rivals are friends... 

Set in Jan. 2018, this is a (twitter) reaction fic (take 2) (- no need to read take 1 (first) though). 

Or: Shane and Ilya's text get leaked, luckily they deleted anything incriminating and now they're outed as friends. 

This was my lunchbreak entertainment. Was perfect for getting my brain to stop think about work.

The one thing I really liked about this, was how there was zero imput from Shane or Ilya or their teams. This was just people speculating, being fans and internet being internet. This didnt go anywhere, this was just fun and in good humor.

I know I would love to know what happens next and how their team react to this (or Ilya's team with them knowing about Jane). But this is really good when it just exist as it is. This doesnt need anything else to be perfect. Yep. 

pull at the thread [Game Changers, Hollanov, multichapter, nc-17]

pull at the thread by xogray  

Yuna slides a folder on the table closer, pulling out two packets of paper. She’d gone all out with the contracts. Mainly, Shane suspected, to ease his nerves about the lines of the relationship. Plus, she was always nothing if not prepared. 

She hands one contract to Shane, then another to Rozanov. “As a reminder, this is not legally binding. If either of you wants out early, can’t meet obligations, or wants to change things down the line, that is perfectly fine, and we can work with that. This just lays out the exact timeline of the relationship,” she begins, “down to the start and end dates." 

- or, Shane and Ilya never start hooking up in 2010. So eight years later, after they both come out on their own, Yuna Hollander (momager of the century) decides that a PR relationship would be very beneficial for her son and his infamous rival. And everything definitely goes exactly according to plan... or something like that.

This is me actually reading multichapter fics. Or trying at least. I have like ten of these on my list to read, but the starting is pain in the ass. Commiting isnt something Im good at. 

With this my biggest issue was time. I loved this but I was really trying to read this over the week when I had to first travel for work and then I had a really hectic weekend on top of that. So it was really slow read and because of that this came to my dreams and ate me alive. I just kept waiting for the heartbreak, for everything to fall apart and it ate me alive. No idea how to describle that better.

One other thing I just wanted to know was why Ilya never knocked on the door. I had only one theory about it, I did have other ideas but there was only one theory I was even ready to entertain. That anyways was one of the things that kept me awake at night. Which is why, I fucking hate long fics because they dont leave me alone. Let me be finished with reading and let me sleep in peace.

I know there are things that dont really make sense in here, but seriously. Its fanfiction, some things are just suppose to exist just for us to have a wonderful story to read. So. Close your eyes and dont think about Yuna's ideas behind everything. (okay my theory is that she knew that there could be something between these idiots and wanted to give them a fair change). But yea. 

Fuck. I really loved this one. I really did.

The Omega Who Accidentally Imprinted On His Teammate [F1, LandOscar, nc-17]

The Omega Who Accidentally Imprinted On His Teammate by ItsartbitcheSx 

Oscar’s scent has always been the one place Lando’s omega feels safe. It only becomes a problem when another omega starts wearing it. 

Suddenly, Lando is nesting in Oscar’s clothes, rejecting every other alpha and falling sick whenever Oscar pulls away. Oscar refuses to claim what Lando won’t freely offer and Lando refuses to admit that his body has already chosen. One of them will have to break first.

Im still super surprised about these cute, innocent, lovely a/b/o fics I seem to come across all the time. Like where were these the first time I found the whole a/b/o thingy? 

Okay. This is not the most innocent thing. But this is sweet, cute, lovely with happy ending. There is some angst, but s lovely ending needs some angst to work. 

This also scratched the itch I had for LandOscar fic need. No clue where that came but I want more. Have to get lost in this fandom now, yay.