Vivid Ink | Tattoo artist Ilya AU
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This is not the time for a full-blown sexuality crisis. Not with both J.J. and Hayden near. Yet Shane feels like that’s exactly where it’s going.
“Roz,” Svetlana says with a grin on her face, “this is J.J. and Shane. They are hockey players for the Montreal Voyageurs.”
“Okay,” the man called Roz replies, seemingly unsure what to do with that information. He definitely isn’t impressed. “And they want tattoos, yes?”
The Voyageurs win their third Stanley Cup. J.J., Hayden and Shane wonder about the definition of a dynasty and get a specialists' opinion about tattoos. Shane meets a mysterious tattoo artist named Roz and gets too honest about hockey life.
Or: the tattoo artist Ilya AU that no one asked for.
- Part 1 of Vivid Ink | Tattoo artist Ilya AU
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This time, it’s surprisingly Hayden that saves him. “Babe, don’t bother,” he tells Jackie. “Shane is staying in Montreal. He says it’s for business, but I don’t think so.”
Shit, had he been so transparent this morning?
“Look, maybe I met someone, alright?” he says, regretting it the moment he does. Jackie is smiling way too brightly. Hayden is grinning like Shane just scored three goals and he assisted all three.
“What someone?” Jackie asks. “Do you have a picture of them?”
Oh, she’d be so surprised if he found a picture of Ilya Rozanov and showed it to her. The thought in itself is enough to make Shane horribly nervous.
Shane got the number from a man he finds attractive. Now that the ball is in his court, he needs to gather the courage to do something about it. Maybe. Hopefully.
Or: part two of the tattoo artist Ilya AU.
- Part 2 of Vivid Ink | Tattoo artist Ilya AU
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leave on a high note by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-04-27
During introductory interviews, Ilya always got the same types of questions: when did he start playing ice hockey? Did he learn to skate as soon as he learned to walk? Did he spend his entire childhood on the ice to be as good as he was at ice hockey? He always laughed them off, making the same kind of jokes about being able to skate before he could walk and skipping school to be on the rink instead. Don’t be like me, kids, he told the interviewers and the cameras. Don’t skip school.
The truth is that Ilya’s first love wasn’t actually skating.
Or: part three of tattoo artist Ilya AU, where we find out how he ended up in Montreal in 2020 and started his romance with Shane.
- Part 3 of Vivid Ink | Tattoo artist Ilya AU
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