won't he be a sight with his hockey helmet on? (that'll be his first love 'til his first love comes along) [Game Changers, Hollanov, oneshot]

won't he be a sight with his hockey helmet on? (that'll be his first love 'til his first love comes along) by apageinthisbook 

“You know, I’ve been waiting to meet you his whole life.” At Ilya’s surprised look, David nods, “His whole life. Meet someone, fall in love, bring them home, the good stuff. I hoped he would be happy."

Its good idea to read shit out of order. Its even better idea to read stuff just to cry over it. Whatever. What Im trying to say, is that its a really good idea to read this. Yup. 

daisy chain [Game Changers, Hollanov, oneshot]

daisy chain by angel_deux 

Shane goes back to his hotel after leaving Ilya's house, and he immediately spits up a flower petal. Within a week, he has his mother schedule the surgery.

And fuck. We are back to my deepest, darkest, quilty pleasure fics. Fucking hanahaki. Just make me cry and hate the fucking world.

One thing that makes so much sense is how different they are in how they deal with hanahaki. And it makes so, so, so much sense. Even when the one same thing is that they will not tell the other. But other than that. Yeah.

I need a tag for hanahaki now. Shit. 

I Laugh Like Me Again [Game Changers, Hollanov]

I Laugh Like Me Again by theki11erandthefina1gir1 

It's Shane Hollander's first season in Ottawa, and the whole Centaurs roster is playing better than they ever have. So why won't the press focus on that? Why do he and Ilya keep having to answer questions about their marriage, and not get to talk about the incredible start to the season that their team is having? Maybe if they do one podcast, with hosts who are normal people, they can just tell their whole story and focus on bringing the Stanley Cup to Ottawa. 

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or, Shane and Ilya do a sports podcast run by lesbians for members of the LGBTQ+ community, and the internet reacts.

Im still not sure if I like these interview ones. This is good, I liked it. There were some of those little thins that I dont like about them, but mostly I loved how this had been executed. So one of the best so far for me.

Just in general, Im still undecided about them. Thats just a me problem, no one elses. Ill just have to find more good ones to change my opinion.  

Ilya Rozanov's secret ao3 [Game Changers, Hollanov]

Ilya Rozanov's secret ao3 account by Candetrona 

Ilya Rozanov knew his English wasn't the best. As one of his ways to improve it, he started reading stories that fans wrote about hockey players on the internet. After meeting Shane Hollander, he decided to try writing some of these stories. To improve his English, of course. 

Or, Rozanov journaled all of his interactions with Hollander in English and posted them as fanfics online.

I have really bad headcanons about fanfiction now. I kinda want to Shane to find these and then comment to all of them. The comments can go from "seriously?!?!?" to lovely "for fuck sake" and the angsty ones could have something like "Im sorry" and ofc the one with I love yous has to have something like "I love you too". Ilya will answer to them with just pure emojis, 🥰😘😇. Everyone can then find them and have a mental breakdown over all that. Ofc all this has to happen before the whole FanMail incident. Yup.

But in all  seriousness. I love how fun this was to read. In general I love how fun some of  these fics are and how Im smiling and laughing reading them. Mostly Im used to those angsty fics where I spent most of the fics crying. And finding funny, lovely Hollanov fics is just the best part of my day now.

Thank you. And please, keep the fandom pure and drama free. Please. I want to keep finding more of these kinds of fics. 

Unbelievers [One Direction, Larry, multichapter, nc-17]

Unbelievers by isthatyoularry 

It’s Louis’ senior year, and he’s dead set on doing it right. However, along with his pair of cleats, a healthy dose of sarcasm and his ridiculous best friend, he’s also got a complicated family, a terrifyingly uncertain future, and a mortal enemy making his life just that much worse. Mortal enemies “with benefits” was not exactly the plan. 

Or: The one where Louis and Harry definitely aren’t friends, and football is everything.

I was 100% sure I had read this before. But in the end, when I was about to leave kudos, I hadnt done that before. So. Maybe I hadnt read this before.

There is also a sequel to this, but I havent gotten that far yet. Only used a whole day to read this and get really hooked. Like. This gave me so good book vibes, like this could be an actual published book. Which is so weird. But a good thing, because I have been searching MM romance books with football players in them recently (and let me tell you, I have yet to find a single one that I actually like).

Anyways. There is actually a lot going on here for Louis and he is just trying to survive to the next day. I loved how some small things didnt get any conclusion until the end and how well those things hold there. This didnt let me down at any point in the story, which is a huge thing for me. 

Just. I am so glad I clicked this super random link somewhere and ended reading this. Yea.