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  1. “Mr Hollander, you and Ilya Rozanov have been photographed coming out of multiple hotels late at night. Can you explain that?”

    Shane panics. He can’t give the real answer, that they meet up every few months because he’s an undead monster and Rozanov happens to have delicious blood.

    “Um. We were… well. Gay sex! We were having gay sex!”

    Or: Shane Hollander isn’t in denial about being gay. He is in denial about being a vampire.

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    AO3:
    #95543206
  2. Exhausted and annoyed with his teammates' nagging, Shane Hollander makes the stupidest, most childish decision of his adult life. He makes up a fake girlfriend.
    Her name is Lily (after his neighbour's cat); she is from Boston (so no one asks too many questions). To make the lie somehow believable, he saves and texts a random number, accidentally starting a conversation that might just change his life.

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    1/10
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    1
    AO3:
    #95485841
  3. Shane broke up with his high school girlfriend before leaving for the NHL. He doesn't think he'll ever talk to her again, but one day just before his second season, she shows up at his apartment. She tells him she's gay, and her parents kicked her out. Obviously, he offers her a place to stay. His parents, the Metros, and the media all make assumptions about their relationship, and they figure... why not let them assume?

    He says, “It’ll be cool. Like… a sleepover with friends.”
    He says, “What else do you need?”
    He does not say, “I think I get it more than I should.”
    And that’s how Jessica comes to live with him.

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    Chapters:
    21/?
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    1
    AO3:
    #84819726
  4. Lily
    Have you seen the pictures

    Lily
    I did not mean for this to happen

    Lily
    Hollander pick up the phone

    OR

    When explicit photos of Shane are leaked from Ilya’s phone, they decide to pretend to be in a romantic relationship to save their reputations, while continuing their strictly-sexual relationship in private.

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    AO3:
    #88640251
  5. Retired hockey player Shane has been lying to his mom about having a boyfriend, but now he’s agreed to take said boyfriend to the family reunion.

    Ilya Rozanov is Shane’s friendly neighbour. Maybe he can help!

    “Okay, so this is my plan: I re-download Tinder and make a profile that has one photo of me, with the caption ‘I need a fake boyfriend for my family reunion. I will pay you $30,000 and cover travel.’ That’ll work, right?”

    Or: The smutty fake dating fic with no miscommunication! They said it couldn’t be done, but I have done it.

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    9/9
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    1
    AO3:
    #90940276
  6. What if Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov didn't hook up at the CCM photoshoot, but agreed to fake date instead?

    And Yuna used her witchy powers for matchmaking good?

    What would it look like if Hallmark had a fake dating at Thanksgiving and Christmas movie, but it was X-rated?

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    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #91454906
  7. “I’ve been thinking about doing something like this for a while,” Wiebe admitted. “Though originally I was going to reach out to an actress. Get a nice, pretty, girl next door type on his arm for a year or so. Straighten out his image just enough to get him back to ‘loveable bad boy’ instead of 'on the edge of being cancelled‘. But hey, now I can kill two birds with one stone!”

    Shane Hollander is a working actor in need of some exposure to get his big break. Ilya Rozanov is an international rock star in need of a reputation boost after his latest scandal. The powers that be think a PR relationship between the two will get everyone what they want.

    So begins a year long, very public romance as Hollywood's latest young 'it' couple. Can Shane survive the scrutiny that comes with fame in exchange for a shot at success? Can Ilya keep it together long enough to fulfill the contract? And will either of them make it to the end date without a broken heart?

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    Chapters:
    19/19
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #83637516
  8. Tired of his parents, friends and teammates always trying to set him up with a ‘Nice Alpha’, Omega Hockey Player, Shane Hollander, hires an actor to pose as his date to a fancy Gala in an effort to get people off his back. He fully intended to hire an actor. However, it seems he mistakenly hired an Alpha prostitute by the name of Ilya Rozanov.

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    Chapters:
    27/27
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #84395126
  9. Just Pretend by

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    2026-07-21

    Shane makes a drunken mistake in the name of protecting his carefully constructed closet, his life explodes in spectacular fashion. Suddenly faced with an unplanned pregnancy, a movie-star girlfriend, and a team of publicists convinced that "devoted family man" is a better headline than "gay hockey player," Shane commits himself to a future that looks perfect on paper. The only problem is that his heart still belongs to Ilya Rozanov—the man he left behind a few months earlier with a broken heart, several unresolved feelings, and a belly button full of cum.

    Featuring an unforgettable supporting cast of ridiculous characters—including the endlessly supportive Rose, a delightfully meddling book club of old biddies who adopt Ilya as one of their own, and a sweet baby who changes all of their lives—this is a funny, emotional story about parenthood, forgiveness, grief, healing, and two grown men who could have avoided most of their problems by having one honest fucking conversation.

    or- Shane knocks up Rose, almost dies, and he and Ilya find their way back to each other the way they always do...only now they have an adorable baby to love too.

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    Chapters:
    21/21
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    1
    AO3:
    #86610151
  10. Yuna slides a folder on the table closer, pulling out two packets of paper. She’d gone all out with the contracts. Mainly, Shane suspected, to ease his nerves about the lines of the relationship. Plus, she was always nothing if not prepared.

    She hands one contract to Shane, then another to Rozanov. “As a reminder, this is not legally binding. If either of you wants out early, can’t meet obligations, or wants to change things down the line, that is perfectly fine, and we can work with that. This just lays out the exact timeline of the relationship,” she begins, “down to the start and end dates."

     
    - or, Shane and Ilya never start hooking up in 2010. So eight years later, after they both come out on their own, Yuna Hollander (momager of the century) decides that a PR relationship would be very beneficial for her son and his infamous rival. And everything definitely goes exactly according to plan... or something like that.

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    108,003
    Chapters:
    27/27
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #82164541
  11. Scott’s friends don’t think Kip’s boyfriend is good enough for him. Unfortunately, Scott is Kip’s boyfriend. A comedy of errors.

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    AO3:
    #86710341
  12. According to the Tags by

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    2026-06-02

    Shane had stumbled onto this corner of Archive of Our Own entirely by accident—or at least, that’s the lie he was going to tell his agent, his teammates, and God until his dying day.

    —or—

    When Dallas Kent creates a massive PR disaster, rivals Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are handed a corporate ultimatum: fake date each other for the cameras, or sit out a season-long suspension. Now trapped in this shitty situation, they have to map out a public "romance strategy," they have a strict no-touching rule behind closed doors. Too bad Shane is currently treating AO3 tags like a hockey drill, and Ilya is losing his mind.

    ( There are interactive elements within the story! Look out for messages between characters and frames containing information. Just tap or hover on them to see the text messages! and other things just like my other story)

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    Chapters:
    9/9
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #85688586
  13. Fool me once... by

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    2026-06-01

    “Hayden, give it-” 

    “I don’t think so buddy!” Hayden teases, sing-song; post game adrenaline making him giddy. “I think if you’re ditching us to go hang out with some girl, we deserve the courtesy of at least knowing what she looks like.”

    There’s a general grumbling of approval amongst the team, and fear starts to ice down Shane’s spine.

    “No, Hayden.” he tries, desperation growing and grabbing at his friend’s arm. “This isn’t funny, stop-”

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    AO3:
    #85113751
  14. Shane gets added to the Ottawa WAG chat not long after Ilya joins the team, fully intending on replying as little as possible. Instead, he finds himself with an unexpected support system when coming out to his teammates goes wrong, and he finds himself traded across the continent.

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    1
    AO3:
    #83444096
  15. tuna salad days by

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    2026-05-15

    Shane (to himself): This is great. I'm going to get a good grade in friends with benefits, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve,

    Or:

    When Shane sticks it out at Ilya's house, and the tuna meltdown doesn't happen, he still walks away confused about what Ilya actually WANTS from him. When an opportunity presents itself in the form of Rose Landry and a very thorough PR relationship contract, Shane decides to take advantage of it to show Ilya that he can be a totally chill and normal friend with benefits, and definitely isn't too attached.

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    AO3:
    #84877096
  16. “...oh,” his mom says. “Oh, honey, you were seeing someone? You never said anything.”

    “It’s-it’s complicated.” He catches the present tense too fucking late to do anything about it, and he barely resists the urge to either groan or slip forward to start beating his head against the coffee table.

    Fuck his fucking life.

    “You’re still…seeing this person?” His mom asks, and the amount of control he can hear her exerting is almost painful. “Who is-”

    “Yuna,” his dad cuts in, voice quiet, “maybe give him a second, yeah?”

    Yeah, Shane agrees in his head. Give him a second.

    Maybe give him a decade while they’re at it.

    (when shane's old fake id falls out of his wallet around his parents, he has to explain that it was to book hotel rooms before he was 21)

    (...and then he has to explain why he needed to book those hotel rooms in the first place)

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    AO3:
    #83934211
  17. everybody wins by

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    2026-05-03

    Ilya tsks. “Yes, I give a shit about Marleau. If it was anywhere else… I wouldn’t be able to call and threaten his new captain. But it’s you.”
    Shane breathes that in. There’s something complex in that sentence that he can’t even begin to unpack. But it’s you.
    “I’ll take care of him, Rozanov. You have my word. I look out for my team.”
    Ilya sighs softly. “I know you do, Hollander.” His voice is different now. The jig is up. He hesitates but forces the words out of his mouth. “I’m glad it’s you.”

    aka

    Cliff Marleau gets traded to Montreal and suddenly Shane's teammates with Ilya's best friend. Right as they adjust to the new dynamics, Ilya gets traded too. Shane and Ilya decide to see what it would've been like to flirt and fall in love in front of their team, in front of their friends.

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    1
    AO3:
    #84201916
  18. stutter by

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    2026-04-25

    “Am not a coward, Hollander,” Rozanov interrupts his rambling, and even his eyebrows manage to look—not displeased but disapproving? Shane is not quite sure what to make of the current expression on his face.

    “Um,” says Shane. “What?”

    Rozanov gestures between the two of them, almost impatient. “I can pretend to date you for a bit to please the monkeys in the circus. Everybody thinks we are dating now, anyway, so we might as well use it. And paparazzi are stupid. Even though Scott Hunter is a prick, he is a prick that does not deserve this kind of negative attention.” He shrugs, almost casual, and looks Shane up and down. “Plus, am into boys as well as girls. Is honestly not a problem for me.”

    or: Shane digs himself quite a big hole, and now everyone believes he is dating none other than Ilya Rozanov. This would be no problem if he and Ilya 1) were indeed dating and 2) could actually stand each other.

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    7/9
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    1
    AO3:
    #77201911
  19. working overtime by

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    2026-04-16

    Newly and accidentally outed hockey star Ilya Rozanov needs a bodyguard to keep the bigots away and a fake boyfriend to appear more “wholesome” to a shocked hockey world.

    Shane Hollander of Metro Bodyguards just might be able to do both.

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    12/12
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    1
    AO3:
    #81519901
  20. For many decades, District 8 has only had one Victor - Yuna Hollander. Until two years ago when Ilya Rozanov won his Games. Now, he's teaming up with Yuna to Mentor the new Tributes. When Rose Landry volunteers to spare her brother's life, Ilya thinks she's their best odds of winning. She'd be an easy choice for him and Yuna to pour their resources into. Until the name "Shane Hollander" is called.
    ---
    OR: Heated Rivalry Hunger Games AU

    Language:
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    27,304
    Chapters:
    9/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #78184686
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