Preface
From The Cutting Room Floor
Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at https://archiveofourown.org/works/88013091.
- Rating:
- Teen And Up Audiences
- Archive Warning:
- No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories:
- Gen, M/M
- Fandoms:
- Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
- Relationships:
- Shane Hollander & Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble & Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
- Characters:
- Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers), Zane Boodram, Troy Barrett, LaPointe (Game Changers), Felix LaPointe, Holmberg (Game Changers), Young (Game Changers), Pete "Bergy" Holmberg, Jordan "Jordy" Young
- Additional Tags:
- Social Media, Established Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Post-Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers), Ottawa Centaurs Player Ilya Rozanov, Ottawa Centaurs Player Shane Hollander, Crack Treated Seriously, Fluff and Humor, Supportive Ottawa Centaurs (Game Changers), Humor
- Language:
- English
- Series:
- Part 3 of Don't Think 'Verse
- Stats:
- Published: 2026-07-06 Updated: 2026-07-07 Words: 1,967 Chapters: 2/?
From The Cutting Room Floor
Summary
The extra bits cut from the Centaurs social media posts in Don't Think Too Hard.
Notes
Miscellaneous bit and bobbins from different chapters. Welcome.
Chapter 1: Do You Want to Play a Game?
Chapter Summary
Continuation of Chapter 11.
Chapter Notes
Centaurs Hockey | @OttawaCentaurs
A special treat on this day off for all of the fans. Hollander v. LaPointe – Extended cut.
[The video begins the same as Shane's segment in the previous video.]
SHANE: You want me to pick one?
HARRIS: (off camera) That's the idea, yes.
SHANE: (rolls eyes, takes the card on the left) Tag. Are we playing tag?
Felix steps out from his hiding spot and the camera cuts over to his view.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) We are.
SHANE: You think you can beat me?
LaPOINTE: (off camera) I know I can.
SHANE: (smirks) You're on.
Shane takes off like a bolt of lightning. He's there and suddenly he's not. Felix makes a confused sound before running after him. Shane runs down the hall past the training room and into the locker room.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) How. Are you. So fast?!
SHANE: (laughs) Fast? I'm just getting started!
Shane takes Felix around the locker room a few times before sprinting out again. He runs, somehow faster, out toward the rink. Coach Brandon Wiebe and Ilya Rozanov are standing near the bench talking. Shane pauses behind Ilya.
ILYA: Shanya? What are you doing?
SHANE: LP thinks he can catch me. I think he needs more speed practice.
ILYA: Mm. And you're hiding behind me, why?
SHANE: So I can do this.
Felix makes a grab for Shane around Ilya. Shane uses his husband's body as a pivot point and slips around him before running off again laughing. Bood, Barrett, and Young appear in the tunnel as Shane sprints past. They all look highly amused.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Okay, Hollzy. Let's call a draw and be done.
SHANE: Eat shit and die, LaPointe!
ILYA: (off camera) You challenged Shane Hollander to a game and thought you could just, what, back out?
LaPOINTE: (off camera) He won't stop until I tag him, will he?
ILYA: (laughs) If you tag him. Which you should do soon, you both still have training today.
Ilya slaps a hand on Felix's shoulder and turns away with an amused chuckle.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) I'm definitely going to ralph after this.
Felix surges forward towards Shane who runs backwards for several steps before spinning around to race up around the edge of the rink.
SHANE: What's your longest time on the treadmill, Felix?
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Not… long enough. Apparently.
SHANE: Maybe ask the trainers about an improved cardio routine?
LaPOINTE: (off camera) How are you… talking so… casually… when you're… running?
Felix grunts with effort as he attempts to keep up with Shane. Shane, however, picks up his pace and loops back around to the other side of the rink where more players have now gathered.
SHANE: This is a warm up, Felix. Why are you struggling?
Shane grins and jogs in place as Felix approaches him again.
SHANE: I'm almost ten years older than you, and you're winded?
ILYA: (laughs) Hollander, give the kid a break.
BOOD: He's been chasing people all morning, Hollzy. (laughs) Let the kid tag you.
SHANE: I thought you heard, Bood, the only person I throw games for is Ilya.
The assembled players, and Coach Wiebe, gasp at Shane's quip before laughter echoes through the practice rink. The camera, still strapped to Felix's chest, jostles with the movement of his own chuckles.
ILYA: Alright, alright!
Ilya comes up from behind Felix and stalks toward Shane with purposeful steps. Shane eyes him wearily and begins to tentatively move back toward the tunnel. Ilya moves quickly like a bullet from a gun and Shane scrambles away from him. Zane and Troy, however, block the tunnel long enough to keep Shane from escaping so that Ilya and grab onto him. He wraps his arms around Shane's waist and hauls him off of the ground.
SHANE: This is cheating! Unsportsmanlike conduct!
ILYA: All is fair in love and tag, Shanya.
Ilya walks over to Felix and holds out a squirming Shane, who looks a bit like a hissing cat as he tries to escape his husband's hold.
ILYA: Please tag him so we can all get on with our training.
Felix huffs loudly and reaches out to lay a hand on Shane's shoulder.
[The video ends as the camera cuts back to Harris's view in the back corridors, Felix LaPointe is shuffling back looking very tired. He holds a hand up and shakes his head, not wanting to talk about what just happened.]
@hollanderharlot2469
this is the man they tried to say threw a game for rozanov btw
@voyageohnos
i dont remember ever seeing hollander look that happy in montreal
@reformedpuckbunny
😳🥵🥵
[A screenshot of Shane in his grey sweatpants and black tanktop]
@skiesoutthighsout
[Tiffany Pollard ‘I know its big’ gif]@centaursbonkpatrol
Double BONK! To horny jail with both of you!!
@puckingpuckandpuck
[The Pam from the Office ‘Corporate wants you to find the difference between these two pictures’ meme with a picture of a hissing and spitting kitten and a screenshot of Shane from the video]
@shanesfreckles
That was my first thought too!!!!
@rowdyrozzy
Jesus H Christ how strong is Roz that he can just fucking YOINK Hollzy like that???? 🥵
@gettolapointe
pobrecito mi bebé
@centaurfuge
shane is having FUN and LP is fucking huffing and puffing like the big bad wolf 🤣
@ottawasted
I like this side of Hollzy
@shanesbrokenblade
Me too
[A cropped screenshot of Shane's butt as he runs down the corridor away from Felix.]@centaursbonkpatrol
BONK! Straight to horny jail for you!
Chapter 2: What's the funniest thing that's happened to you?
Chapter Summary
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Yes, sir. You know i like it when you're bossy.
HOLMBERG: (laughs) Shut the fuck up, dude.
Chapter Notes
Centaurs Hockey | @OttawaCentaurs 🔁 Jordan Young | @Young33Centaurs
We may be looking into hiring babysitters for our roadies going forward 🤦
@Young33Centaurs
Going through my phone and found these absolute ✨️gems✨️
[Video 1: The video begins focused on the geometric pattern of a hotel hallway carpet.]
Jordan Young and Pete Holmberg are standing close together in the hallway. There are no windows to help infer the time of day, but the pair is whispering as if it is late at night. Felix LaPointe is chuckling from behind the camera.
YOUNG: (stage whisper) No way!
HOLMBERG: Yes way!
LaPOINTE: (off camera)Are you just gonna stand around or actually do something?
YOUNG and HOLMBERG: Shut up, LP.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Damn. Okay.
YOUNG: Anyway, like I said, twenty bucks that I can reach the elevators before you.
HOLMBERG: (scoffs) My Wingate score at the combine was better than yours and you think you're gonna beat me?
LaPOINTE: (off camera) I was number 2 in that test.
Both Jordy and Bergy slowly turn their heads to face the camera, Felix, with unimpressed looks on their faces.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) I was top 5 in the sprint, too.
YOUNG: Do you wanna race, LP?
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Nah, I want to watch you guys eat shit.
HOLMBERG: (rolls eyes) Just shut up and film.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Yes, sir. You know i like it when you're bossy.
HOLMBERG: (laughs) Shut the fuck up, dude.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Okay. First person to push the elevator button wins.
The camera zooms in, past Jordy and Bergy, to focus on the elevator at the very end of the hallway. It is obviously quite a ways away. The camera view then pulls back to once again focus on both guys, now stretching.
LaPOINTE: On your mark. Get set. Go!
Bergy takes off quickly with Jordy right behind him. Their feet thud loudly down the hallway. Felix, and the camera, hurry after them as they run. The three of them can be heard giggling and shushing each other as the race. Doors blur passed the camera. The elevator gets closer and closer until Jordan stretches out a hand, using that extra inch of wingspan, to slap his hand against the call button for the elevator. There is a loud ding as the elevator doors open.
YOUNG: I win. You suck! Pay me!
HOLMBERG: Shh. Shut the fuck up. You're going to w–
A door opens and the camera turns to see a very perturbed looking Russian man in the doorway.
ILYA: What… the fuck… are you three doing?
The camera whips back to see both Jordan and Bergy bent over with hands on their knees with proper deer-in-headlights expressions on their faces.
LaPOINTE: (off camera) Well… you see, Cap, we…
The camera moves too fast to make sense of anything. There are heavy footsteps, indignant shouts, and panting as the camera shifts from floor to ceiling while the person holding it obviously runs down the hall.
YOUNG: (off camera) LP! YOU SON OF A–
The phone goes clattering to the ground and the camera focuses on the hallway ceiling. Bodies run past and a door opens and closes before hands bang on it.
HOLMBERG: (off camera) LP! Open the door!
YOUNG: (off camera) Let us in, man!
HOLMBERG: (off camera) It's my room too, asshole!
The phone is picked up from the floor and Ilya Rozanov is in frame briefly.
ILYA: (off camera) You two. With me. Now.
[The video ends on a shaky image of Jordan Young as he takes his phone back and stops the video.]
[Video 2: The video begins in almost total darkness. There is a faint, green glow from somewhere in the distance.]
There is a faint rustling sound close to the camera as it moves around in the dark.
YOUNG: (off camera) (whispering) Bergy. Psst, Bergy.
HOLMBERG: (in the dark) (whispers) What?
YOUNG: (off camera) (whispers) How much trouble do you think we are actually in?
HOLMBERG: (in the dark) (whispers) Probably not much.
YOUNG: (off camera) (whispers) I don't know, man. Cap looked especially mad an–
ILYA: (off camera) And he will murder you if you wake up his husband. Again.
A heavy silence settles over the room. There is the sound of rustling blankets, the room's air conditioning kicking on, and someone letting out a sleepy huff of air. A SpongeBob-esque graphic appears on screen reading ‘A few moments later’.
YOUNG: (off camera) (whispers) Bergs?
HOLMBERG: (in the dark) (whispers) What, Jordy?
YOUNG: (off camera) (whispers) Do you want to go get breakfast in the morning?
HOLMBERG: (in the dark) (whispers) You're seriously asking that right now?
YOUNG: (off camera) (whispers) I just thought about it. Boyle said something about a place called Waffle House. I want to visit a house of waffles.
HOLMBERG: (in the dark) (whispers) If I agree to go get waffles will you shut up and go to s–
A light clicks on. Pete Holmberg's face is just off center of the camera. He's laying on a hotel couch and his eyes are as big as dinner plates. Slowly, the camera shifts to find Shane Hollander, shirtless and wearing just a pair of Centaurs branded sweatpants stalking closer.
SHANE: Get up. I don't care what weird punishment Ilya has concocted for you two. You are not staying here.
HOLMBERG: (flailing to his feet) LP wouldn't open the door for me. And Jordy's rooming with Dicky. He's probably knocked out.
SHANE: Oh, I will make sure Felix opens that door. (motions toward the hotel door) Move.
[The video ends as the three of them leave the room, the camera following Shane's bare back down the hall.]
@layoungbergtriplets
This is the true definition of “boys will be boys”
@boyleberry
Not the house of waffles 🤦
@lahaasarmy
The way Felix fucking booked it when Roz opened the door 💀💀
@vivalapointe
Mijo would 100% survive a horror movie
@centsandsensibility
How did we even get to this point????
@shanesleftnip
OMG HI
[A blurry screenshot of shirtless Shane]
@shanesrightnipple
Brother we made it!!!
@iceicegrownadult
I have so many thoughts and feelings about stern and shirtless Shane
@centaursbonkpatrol
👀👀@iceicegrownadult
Thoughts and feelings I will be keeping to myself@centaursbonkpatrol
👍
@hollanderstan24lyfe
That light turning on was truly horrifying idk how Bergy and Jordy didn't like shit themselves or something
@hollanovdefensesquad
Ooooh mom and dad are maaaaaad
Chapter End Notes
This was fun. This is fun.
Thank you for reading 💖
Afterword
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