Series: "I Swear This Series Isn't ALL Outsider POV"
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Five Times A Centaur Went To Worlds by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-09-10
“Okay. Um. Hi. I wanted to introduce myself.”
“… I know who you are,” Luca said, and then kicked himself internally. Maybe he should have stuck to French after all.
"You're a strong all-round forward," Hollander said, and Luca was actually relieved when his instinct was to blush, or say something - anything - rather than to just white out on the spot. Shane fucking Hollander knew about him. Shane fucking Hollander's team had made the playoffs; they sure as fuck weren't getting top five first-round draft picks; but Hollander knew about him all the same.
"I hope this," Luca said.
"You'll be high in the draft order, I think," Hollander said, and Luca's stomach flipped over. Sure, he had - still had - a Rozanov poster on his wall, and he'd argue with anyone willing to take the other side that Rozanov was the better player of the two of them, but Montréal had the better team (or had, for the past few years; this year, Montréal was out of the playoffs and the Raiders were through to the conference finals). But praise from Shane Hollander was praise from Shane Hollander.
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- English
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- 6,447
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #92334786
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Joe is Japan when the video goes viral, and at first he assumes it's some kind of weird prank. He's a bit disappointed, honestly; the Shane he's known since peewee hockey days isn't the kind of guy to pull a stunt like that.
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He swipes through the pictures. Shane and Rozanov at their hockey camp. Shane and Rozanov at the press conference announcing their charity foundation thing. Shane and Rozanov at some press conference in matching jerseys - Joe thinks he vaguely remembers some big deal about the two of them playing on the same line for a one-off NHL event. Shane and Rozanov in a face-off on the ice, Rozanov smirking and, more unusual, Shane smiling widely. Huh.
Joe Airds thinks about Shane Hollander, and has to concede that he might have been the insensitive sports bro in this friendship.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 5,582
- Chapters:
- 1/2
- Files:
- 1
- AO3:
- #91955396