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  1. Matchmaker by

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    2026-10-25

    Ilya’s heart jumps straight into his throat. For a second, he just stares, watching as Shane reaches past him to press his floor before settling beside him. It’s Anya who breaks the moment. She springs up onto her hind legs, tail wagging furiously, tugging hard at her leash toward him.

    “Anya,” Ilya warns, dragging his eyes away, gently pulling her back. “Stop.”

    “It’s okay,” Shane laughs softly, already crouching down, his hand reaching out without hesitation. “She’s so cute.”

    “Yeah,” Ilya mutters, something sharp and irrational flickering in his chest as he watches Shane give her all his attention. After a week of not seeing him, he selfishly wants it all to himself. “She is a menace though.”

    “I believe it,” Shane says with a chuckle, standing again just as the elevator begins to rise.

    OR

    A chance encounter after his menace of a dog escapes from her crate has Ilya Rozanov desperate to find his cute freckled neighbour in apartment 1410.

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  2. Forever home by ,

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    2026-08-16

    Ilya has talked to a lot of people during his time at the shelter. They come here, they fall in love with animals, and feel sympathy for their situation. It is so easy to see the emotions in their expression, in how their brows furrowing or smiles dance around their mouths. He usually focuses on the animals he works with, not the people coming here, but he cannot stop himself from following Anya as she makes her way towards the guy currently watching the guinea pigs. He is less expressive, as if he is holding back feelings towards the creatures around him, but Ilya is convinced that there is deep emotion in the depths of his eyes, as he looks at Anya. He sees the way his dark eyes sparkle like cool pools of water in the moonlight and Ilya needs to pull himself from their depths to answer his question without looking like a fool. ___ Or: Ilya owns an animal shelter. Shane is suddenly very motivated to do volunteer work. This fic is finished. We will be posting chapters on Sundays and Wednesdays

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  3. Love at First(Aid) Sight by

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    2026-08-11

    The McGill Redbirds have been very naughty boys. Their punishment? Mandatory life-lessons on a Saturday morning until Coach Wiebe no longer wants to cry. Captain Ilya Rozanov is hungover and hoping to slump his way through first-aid. But....who is that unsheathing his stethoscope.....? “Right you shitheads, this is serious. We’ve been training for this all year. We have a hot doctor and two hours to work some magic. I need to know who has mints, who has aftershave, and who I can count on to big me up.”

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  4. wrong number (right answer) by

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    2026-08-01

    “Okay,” the man repeats. “Bye.”
    “Wait-” the dial tone cuts him off and Shane pulls the receiver back to look at it again in disbelief.

    Shane Hollander accidentally dials the wrong number while on a terrible date.
    That should have been the end of it.
    It was not.

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  5. that sudden rush of the world by

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    2026-07-30

    “This is just crazy,” J.J. said. “Give me that, Pike, I’ve got one he absolutely can’t pass.”

    “Oh, so you’re saying it’s my fault?” Hayden asked.

    “Skill issue.” J.J. paused. “Ok. Pedro Pascal.” His voice was smug. 

    A long silence stretched while Shane Hollander looked at the camera, seemingly deciding whether it was worth it to lie.

    “No!” J.J. said, horrified. 

    “Pass… I—What?”

    “The entire internet wants to fuck this man!”

    “Okay?!” Shane Hollander said, throwing his arms out. “I don’t know what to tell you!”

    “Jesus Christ, okay.” Hayden shuffled behind the camera. “Ilya Rozanov.”

    A flush bloomed across Shane Hollander’s freckled face, intensifying so fast it looked like his face was on fire. 

    “Uhm.” He pressed his lips together before his shoulders dropped in resignation. “Smash.”

    Or: A clip of Shane Hollander playing smash or pass goes viral and Ilya wants to eat him alive.

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  6. The Espresso Phase by

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    2026-06-27

    Scott lifted his eyes to take the order, and made the mistake of looking at the kid's face.

    And—stopped.

    It was a stupid, total, machine-grinding-to-a-halt kind of stop, the milk pitcher hanging dumb in his hand. Because the kid was, objectively, a problem. Dark curls shoved back off his forehead like he'd done it with wet hands and given up, one already escaping to flop down again. Brown eyes that were currently very wide and aimed, with devastating sincerity, at Scott. Built—under the too-small hoodie—like something off a Soviet gymnastics poster, all that muscle packed onto five-foot-eight of pure disaster, which somehow read boyish instead of intimidating, like a golden retriever that had been to the gym and felt strongly about it. He smelled, faintly, of cedar and black pepper.

    He was, in short, exactly Scott's type, head to toe, and Scott resented every inch of it instantly and on principle.

    Or:
    The one where Scott quit hockey to become a barista god and Kip is an awkward but charming rugby player who started frequenting Scott's coffee shop.

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  7. Always Like This by

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    2026-06-16

    Sveta
    Help me
    I am in love with a virgin

    Ilya was exaggerating for comic effect, of course. He wasn’t in love with Shane Hollander. He was just absolutely infatuated with him and wanted to carry him around in his pocket and also fuck him senseless and then count his freckles while he slept beside him. So not love, just whatever that was, but still. It was a problem.

    Or,
    A newly-drafted Ilya Rozanov finds himself transfixed by a beautiful man in the grocery store.

    A newly-single Shane Hollander does something uncharacteristically brave.

    Neither of them are prepared for just how out of their depth they're about to be.

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  8. in case of emergency (call 911) by

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    2026-05-22

    When Maya Hollander has an emergency, she does exactly what her dad always told her to do: call the fire department. The problem? The emergency is her Russian homework. Or: one phone call, one very confused dad, and an unexpectedly helpful firefighter.

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  9. Wild Geese by

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    2026-05-17

    When Shane pulls away, he swallows audibly and the breath catches in his throat when he says, “There’s something you should know, too. Um, before.”
    Ilya traces a thumb over his lips, pouts his own to show he’s listening. “Hm?”
    “I’m a man,” Shane says, carefully.
    Ilya scoffs. “Obviously. I’m not—”
    “No, no, I mean—I’m a man. You need to remember that. Because—”
    “Oh,” Ilya murmurs. He brings his other hand up, settles it in the curve of Shane’s neck. “I understand."

    A hockey player and the most beautiful man he's ever seen walk into a bar.

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  10. after the boys of summer have gone by

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    2026-05-07

    “I went to Catholic school, you know,” Scott says, nodding at a painting of the Archangel Gabriel.

    “Oh.” Kip sounds surprised that he’s sharing anything about himself unprompted and stands next to him to look at the painting together. “So you know all the saints and everything?”

    “Saint Christopher,” Scott says quietly and he feels so brave and reckless when he brushes the back of his knuckles against Kip’s. He’s rewarded with a little smile. “Patron saint of travelers. You’ve been watching over this traveler anyway.”

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    Instead of the smoothie shop meet cute, Kip and Scott meet in Spain the following summer. (The working title for this until 5 minutes ago was “people we meet on sexcation”.)

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  11. ‘cause I'm into you quite intimately by

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    2026-04-14

    When Luca crashes into Blayne Stickner on the ice during his first ever family skate, he swears he's too embarrassed to ever talk to the man again. But when he finds out Blayne is one of the team's physical therapists and his usual gal gets sick for a couple weeks, he's going to have to learn how to handle having Blayne's hands on him in a very... professional matter. Cause that's all this is. There is no way he's falling here.

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  12. Permanent Reminder by

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    2026-03-31

    So here he was. About to walk through the door into the empty-looking tattoo shop. Which he had researched extensively and had the best reviews. And he’d specifically called and asked if they could accommodate a private, after-hours appointment. So it would be really rude for him to bail now. He just needed to move his legs...

    As he contemplated calling and cancelling and offering to just pay over the phone as an apology for wasting their time, Shane saw someone walk up to the glass door and open it, sticking his head outside.

    “Want to come in, or are we doing tattoo out here?” The man asked, startling Shane out of his thought-spiral. He was tall, broad, and a lopsided smirk pulled at his left cheek, dimpling it. Shane swallowed hard.

    OR: Shane's whole team is getting Stanley Cup tattoos. Ilya's a tattoo artist. Bon appetit.

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  13. A Not So Lonely Christmas by

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    2026-03-26

    Eric loves Christmas in New York, but this is his first Christmas since the divorce, and the normally bright holiday has him feeling lonely. Lucky for Eric, he happens to have really great friends who recently set him up to meet a very cute bartender at the Kingfisher. Deciding there was no time like the present to pursue his interest in men, an interest that had long lain dormant for the duration of his marriage to Holly, Eric sets out to woo Kyle and maybe, just maybe, not feel so lonely for the holidays.

    This is based in the It Takes A Village AU universe. It is a stand alone and you do not have to have read ITAV to understand what is happening, but I highly recommend reading ITAV anyway!

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  14. Cold Days In Canada (the perfect way to warm a frozen heart) by

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    2026-03-19

    Ilya’s dad has to go on his yearly work trip to Canada. That’s nothing new, except for the fact that Ilya’s mom just died, and he’s not trusted to stay home alone. So, to Canada he goes. Ilya’s expecting to hate every second of Canada. And he does. Until he meets Shane Hollander Or: 12 year old Ilya finds himself in Canada, sees a boy with freckles on a frozen lake, and now has a life mission to become a Hollander. (He succeeds)

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  15. liquid gold by

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    2026-03-12

    mary @hollandaze ARE SHANE AND ILYA ON THE NEW MEETCUTESNYC??? shreya @snoopyilya WAIT THEY’VE BEEN HOOKING UP SINCE 2009. WHAT THE FUCK. isabella @ilyalosophy HOW DID WE JUST FIND THIS OUT AT 3PM ON A RANDOM TUESDAY

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  16. A Minor Interruption by

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    2026-03-09

    "Sorry I ruined your date,” he said. His tone once again did not sound sorry at all. Shane huffed out a short laugh before he could stop himself. “No, you’re not.” The man’s smile shifted at that, turning a little more genuine for a moment before the smirk returned. This time it looked less mocking and more teasing, the corner of his mouth curling upward as his eyes flicked over Shane’s face. “No, I’m not,” he admitted easily. “I could not watch someone so beautiful suffer through such terrible date. I had to rescue you.” — After months of bugging, Shane finally gave in and let Jackie set him up on a blind date. He’s very quickly reminded why he always says no. It’s going to take him a while to trust Jackie again after this. Fortunately, or maybe unfortunately, Shane and his date happen to be sitting close to a certain blond Russian who can’t stand to see such a pretty boy suffer through such a terrible date.

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  17. why ilya loves playing the metropolis metros by

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    2026-02-19

    Ilya Rozanov of the Boston Raiders has a crush on mild-mannered sports reporter Shane Hollander.

    But it turns out Superman is plenty appealing too.

    Or: what if Shane had a real Fortress of Solitude instead of a cottage in Quebec?

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  18. Best Girl by

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    2026-01-15

    Anya wanders into Shane’s yard and decides he would be a perfect match to be her Papa’s human. Or The one where Anya conspires to get Ilya a boyfriend.

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  19. rose garden filled with thorns by

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    2026-01-14

    “I’m sorry, but my answer is no. Someone else might be willing to switch if you ask.”

    “I can’t believe—this is unacceptable! I’m going to call the flight attendant over and get this sorted out right now!”

    Flustered and cornered, Shane injects his Captain Voice into the conversation. “Ma’am, I understand that you’re upset, but I paid for this seat and am going to stay here. You’ll have to find someone else willing to change places or just fly with the seat you booked. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you.”

    She hisses like a goddamn tea kettle, and starts to say, “You are the most selfish man I’ve ever—” when another voice behind her says, “You are blocking my seat. Move.”

    Shane and the woman turn to assess the new arrival. It turns out that his seat partner is well above six feet tall, ripped as hell, and knows how to deliver an excellent bitch face. He’s also the hottest man that Shane has ever seen in real life, including a chance run-in with Jensen Ackles at a Stars game.

    Or, still!famous Shane meets non!famous Ilya on a cursed flight from Ottawa to Boston and kind of (totally) falls in love with him at first sight (and first chirp)

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  20. All Things Turn Grey by

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    2026-01-13

    Ilya had never wanted to become a priest, and he was still wondering how he had managed to be one for over ten years now without causing a scandal. Four years ago they had been looking for someone with decent English skills to take over a congregation in Ottawa after the former priest died. Ilya jumped at the possibility of fleeing from his family's watchful eye to another continent where nobody knew him. He kept his masses short, his bed warm with women and a few men that were willing to overlook the eternal damnation that was promised them for fucking with a priest, and his spirits up with a seasonal ticket for the Ottawa Centaurs. Everything changed when one late evening the doors to the church opened and a stranger walked in.

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