Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandoms:

Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid

Relationship:

Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov

Characters:

Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov

Additional Tags:

POV Outsider, referees, Caught, Crack, Attempt at Humor, Humor, Fluff and Humor, Texting, Texting Fic, Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander, Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov, Idiots in Love

Language:

English

Series:

Part 2 of Zebra Huddle

Stats:

Published: 2026-03-18 Words: 1,353 Chapters: 1/1

Zebra Huddle: 2010-2017

Summary

Prequel to Zebra Huddle

The MLH refs have a group chat to gossip, talk hockey... and sometimes Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov come up, even when they don't even realize it.

Notes

Someone in the comments suggested a prequel to Zebra Huddle and well... I had to. I've gotten an astonishing amount of love for ZH so I hope this meets your expectations 😸

Alex: woooo new season!  Who’s working the Boston-Montreal game with me?

Mel: I am

Mel: Is this your first game as an MLH ref?

Alex: yep 😸 I was with the AHL for 12 years though

Donnie: nice, glad to have you aboard

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Alex: jeez, they’re really pushing this Hollander-Rozanov rivalry

Mel: I actually kinda feel bad for them

Mel: I mean, they’re 19? And every time they’re on the ice, everyone is pitting them against each other

Donnie: I was watching at home, was it as intense there as it felt on tv?

Alex: I mean it was pretty intense, Rozanov would not let up on Hollander with the chirping

Alex: he’s got quite the mouth

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Donnie: I love All Star weekend

Mel: you mean, you love being drunk in a hotel bar in Nashville

Donnie: that too

Alex: hey Mel, what room are you in?  I found your hoodie

Mel: 1223

Mel: come by before 10, I want to get to bed early.  Whoever’s next door kept me up half the night last night.

Donnie: do tell

Mel: someone was having very enthusiastic sex and I feel so very, very single

Alex: if they start up again tonight, throw your shoes at the wall until they stop

Donnie: no, no, if they moan, then you moan louder.  If they yell, you reply fuck yeah baby!

Donnie: alternatively put on some Barry White and crank it

Alex: Donnie always coming in clutch

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Cam: holy fuck, what a game

Hank: what happened?

Cam: Roz was really going after Hollander tonight

Cam: He was putting Hollander against the boards every chance he had

Donnie: I don’t think Hollander minded, the kid had a smile on his face all night

Donnie: besides Montreal won, it must not have bothered him that much

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Hank: holy fuck Montreal v Boston are the worst

Cam: I know, lately Roz and Holly have been really going hard against each other

Cam: hey Mel, can you text me when you have a minute?  I need to talk to you about the wedding

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Cam: Mel? You ok?

Mel: Yeah, I’m good, I just had a weird night

Cam: want to talk about it?

Mel: I don’t think I can, it’s not something I can share

Cam: I get it

Mel: thanks man

Mel: what’s this about the wedding?

Cam: can I bring a plus one?  My girl is going to be in town

Mel: I’ll ask my sister but I’m sure its fine

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Hank: I’ve said it before, I’ll say it again, Montreal v Boston is never boring

Cam: what happened?

Hank: Roz would not shut up

Hank: he started off strong by telling Hollander to suck his dick

Hank: Hollander got him pretty good though, he just told him he had to ask nicely

Cam: holy fuck I didn’t know he had it in him

Alex: did you hear him tell Hollander his ass was looking extra fuckable?

Hank: what a fucking legend

Alex: H told him he had to buy him dinner first

Mel: omg 🤣🤣🤣

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Donnie: everyone, meet the new guy, this is Terry.  He’s joining us from the WHL.

Terry: hi

Mel: hey Terry!

Cam: Hey!

Hank: hi!

Liam: hey!

Donnie: holy shit, I forgot you were here Liam

Liam: yeah, sorry

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Liam: what the fuck is going on with Roz and Hollander?  They’re both playing like garbage lately

Donnie: I don’t know, I did Montreal v Boston last week and there was no chirping, they wouldn’t even make eye contact

Donnie: Roz didn’t even check Hollander once and he’s usually chasing after his ass like it owes him money

Liam: 😂

Liam: maybe they had a fight or something?

Hank: I don’t think they’re friends or anything, I doubt they interact at all off the ice

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Donnie: Trish was just watching E!, did y’all hear Hollander is dating Rose Landry?

Donnie: [eonline.ca “Rose Landry and Shane Hollander Spotted Together…”]

Liam: holy she’s such a babe

Cam: oh man, what if that’s why Roz and Hollander are acting so weird

Cam: maybe it’s a love triangle thing between Roz, Hollander and Rose and Rose picked Hollander

Hank:

 

Liam: it tracks

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Hank: who’s doing All Stars with me?

Liam: me and Terry

Cam: lucky, I wanna go to Tampa

Hank: plus on the ice with Roz and Hollander with them on the same team? 😁 can’t wait

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Cam: holy fuck guys, I just watched it on tv, I need to hear about everything on the ice!

Liam: it was a religious experience 🙌

Hank: if Roz and Hollz ever end up on the same team, they would win every cup ever for the rest of time

Liam: it’s like they’re psychic, they both just always knew where the other was, it was like ballet or something

Hank: I think they’ve becoming friends actually, they were certainly acting friendly

Cam: really?  That’s crazy

Liam: I saw them in the bar, they were having a drink together, then they were hanging out by the pool

Liam: then during the game, they scored and Roz pulled him into a big hug and kissed his helmet

Hank: Roz can be such a goofball

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Cam: oof

Alex: yeah that was a rough game

Cam: have you heard anything about Hollander?

Alex: no, just they took him to Montreal General

Cam: Roz was pretty broken up about it

Alex: did you hear him?

Cam: yeah, I had to push him back to his bench, he kept yelling at the medics

Alex: I guess they really are friends

Alex: Hollander seemed really out it, first he said to Roz that everyone could see them or something, then really wanted the medics to tell Ilya he was okay.  I’m guessing he meant Rozanov?

Cam: Jesus, I hope he’s ok.  Sounds he was in bad shape.

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Jared: hey Mel

Mel: hey man, how’s it going?

Jared: can I tell you something in confidence?

Mel: yeah, of course

Jared: so Lina had the baby

Mel: congratulations!

Jared: thank you, we had a girl, Jessie Marie, 7lbs even

Mel: that’s awesome!  How’s Lina?

Jared: she’s great, they’re coming home tomorrow

Jared: but that’s not what this is about

Jared: she’s at the General, and that place is a maze

Jared: so I was taking a shortcut to the maternity ward, and I was being nosy, just kinda glancing in each of the little windows in the doors

Jared: anyway, I accidentally found Hollander’s room

Jared: I peeked in and he’s in his bed, all bruised up and in a sling.  But Rozanov was in there too!

Mel: well, I mean, sometimes the captain of the other team will visit when there’s an injury

Jared: I know, but Hollander was reaching out to him and Roz goes to the bed and takes his hand

Jared; they held hands the whole time I was watching

Jared: plus Roz was like stroking Hollander’s cheek and he basically melted

Jared: this went beyond captains being friendly, they looked more like lovers

Mel: Jared, I’m going to tell you something I have never told anyone else

Mel: I saw something I wasn’t supposed to see either, and they’ve been involved for a long time.  Like years.

Mel: you can’t tell anyone else this.  It would out them and maybe end their careers.

Jared: shit

Jared: my lips are sealed, but this is just insane.  It’s like one of those romance books Lina is always reading.

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Hank: holy fuck, are y’all watching this??

Cam: 🏳️‍🌈 You get it Hunter 🏳️‍🌈

Hank: who’s working tonight?

Cam: Terry, Mel, Liam and Jared

Hank: holy fuck

Hank: like I’m crying right now

Cam: is Tim with you?

Hank: yeah he’s sobbing

Hank: we’re just a couple of blubbering queers 😭

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Hank: I missed working Montreal v Boston, never a dull moment

Hank: Hollander started off the night by calling Roz lover boy and it was just downhill from there

Cam: 🤣

Liam: don’t forget Roz checking Hollander and saying and I quote “you’re looking so breedable tonight”

Liam: I don’t even know what that means

Donnie:

Donnie: are we sure that they’re just rivals?