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. 

let the bird of loudest lay [Game Changers, Hollanov]

let the bird of loudest lay by Anonymous 

”It’s not bad” says his mom, carefully. “Very Canadian, sponsors are happy about that.” That, and not much else, he can tell. A loon is neither masculine nor impressive. A disappointment, to those who hoped he’d have something like a wolf, himself included. His dad tries to bake him the traditional settling cake, in the shape of the new adults’ daemon, but his cake decorating skills aren’t great, so it mostly looks like a grey football. And Shanes’ strict diet doesn’t allow for cake.  

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Shane Hollander, the soul he didn't choose to have, the boy he didn't choose to love, and the life that, despite all odds, might just end up worth living.

I got lost, which was pretty great. I love getting lost. 

The best part of this was Shane's relationship with Mika. It felt really Shane and how he is not really okay with himself. He is lost and doesnt know who he is. I really loved that part, even when it was super sad. 

Ilya's daemon made also so much sense. Like everything in here felt like it had been thought through, even the smallest detail was good. Like everything. 

the practical (accidental) acquisition of a husband [Game Changers, Hollanov, multichapter, nc-17]

the practical (accidental) acquisition of a husband by cherrylilies 

After a viral photo outs Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov while they're still busy pretending their years-long situationship is mostly just sex, the fallout gets complicated fast. The world reacts badly. Their teams react worse. Ilya's future in North America starts to look alarmingly fragile, and Shane, who has never met a disaster he didn't try to control into submission, throws himself into fixing what can still be fixed. 

Ilya has spent his whole life being wanted for the wrong reasons and discarded for the right ones. Shane has spent his whole life believing that if he is careful enough, good enough, controlled enough, he can keep disaster from reaching the people he loves. 

A practical solution emerges, then a house, then rings. 

Somehow, by the time they say their vows, both of them are certain they are the only one who means them.

Im  trying to read the long fics now. It feels like they are getting finished and I can finally get lost in them. I still hate WIP, I hate the waiting, I hate when I forget where the fic was left and so on. It is just not for me. So. Finally these longer fuckers are complete and I can get lost.

This is one of the longer ones. And emotional one. A whole rollercoaster of a lot of things actually.

To be honest, the beginning was a really slow read for me. I had to take breaks every so often (like every 5min) and just digest everything, feel everything, understand everything. Just a lot to take in. But the further it got, the faster it became for me to read. Thats not to said the start was shitty, far from it. It was just so much stuff, so much everything. Yea. A lot to take in.

By the end, I just wanted to read more of their domestic life, how everything ended and how they really found each other. And it was beautiful and sweet and lovely and so many feelings all over the place. It was perfect. Seriously. 

I dont even really have words for this. So please, if you have the time and inspiration, go and read this. You will fall in love. Thank you.

here at the end of all things [Game Changers, Hollanov, nc-17]

here at the end of all things by nomadsland 

A knee injury ends Shane Hollander's nineteen-year NHL career. 

Ilya Rozanov keeps checking in. 

Shane pencils in "big gay midlife crisis" between physiotherapy sessions.

I spent the first two, three chapters just crying. I had to stop reading every so often, just so I could cry. What the fuck.

I dont know.

This hit deep. This is beautiful. This is all nice things a nice package and this is something to remember. At the same time this is heartbreaking but it builds you up again. Reading this makes you better and appreciate life more.

And I fucking hate that Im almost as old as they are in this fic. Fuck Im old. 

Yeah. Just. All that. Everything.