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  1. You Decided to Knock by

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    2026-09-14

    Submissive Shane Hollander was taken and trafficked three years ago, passed between abusive Doms and clubs. Then he meets Dom Ilya Rozanov, who unexpectedly brings him home. Shane knows better than to trust Rozanov's gentle smile and soft words, after all, Rozanov has a reputation of making subs disappear and allowing reckless doms into his own club back in Boston. The trouble is, Rozanov settles his mind and body. Shane has never wanted a consistent bonded Dom, but he can't escape how much he desires and craves Rozanov's touch and voice. This is a story of rebuilding a stolen life, healing from the unspeakable, and learning that it's okay to love yourself.

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    43,844
    Chapters:
    13/13
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88864681

  2. The Ice Is Colder In Moscow by

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    2026-09-14

    Shane Hollander spends the 2010 Prospect Cup Tournament in a small room, being questioned by police. He thinks that telling the truth will save him. Instead, he’s betrayed by his teammates and pushed to the forefront of a scandal that destroys his chances with any NHL team. Only one professional hockey league is willing to look the other way.

    Desperate to play, Shane Hollander signs a contract with the KHL, packs his things, and moves to Russia.

     

    (Or: As he grapples with a scandal, Shane gives up on the NHL and ends up playing on Ilya Rozanov’s KHL team in Moscow.)

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    67,894
    Chapters:
    11/17
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #85381091

  3. Taller than the Rafters by

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    2026-09-14

    There is something from an Ottawa Centaurs email, titled 'conversation.'

    For a moment, he strongly considers deleting it. Shane no longer owes a single part of the MLH a damn thing, nor does he expect anything from it. His exit from the league is -- well. People aren't motivated to bring it up.

    The sender is listed as Wiebe, B.

    Shane clicks on the message.

    Ten years ago Shane lost everything but Ilya. He has to decide what, if anything, he wants back.

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    Chapters:
    3/3
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88445016

  4. The Bad In Each Other by

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    2026-09-10

    Six months after Boston went dark, Shane Hollander walks into the Raiders' arena with a handgun to do the one thing he won't let a patrol do for him. The thing walking the visiting-team corridor says his name.

    What follows is eight days in two borrowed rooms and a school with a fence: a pulse where there wasn't one, a nurse who wants to know for how long, a friend who will walk you to the door and no farther, and a relationship the two of them never managed to be honest about when they both had a pulse.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #92354491

  5. Ultraviolence by

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    2026-09-10

    “What makes you so confident you can handle him when Montreal couldn’t?” A reporter asks.

    “Because he actually listens to me. Montreal didn’t have a damn clue how to handle guys like him. Me? Oh, I already got this kid under my thumb.”

    Once celebrated as the NHL’s most promising young player, Shane Hollander’s rookie season collapses after brutally attacking a teammate during a nationally televised playoff game, leaving him suspended, publicly disgraced, and traded to the Boston Raiders.

    Months later, Shane arrives in Boston determined to keep his head down and prove himself. But Ilya Rozanov has already taken an unsettling interest in him.

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    68,308
    Chapters:
    7/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #86960821

  6. there's things i want to say to you (but i'll just let you live) by

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    2026-09-09

    Shane recovered at his parents’ house. For once, he didn’t watch any hockey games after the Metros were knocked out of the playoffs. He knew it baffled his mom, but how was he supposed to tell her that the only thing he wanted to do while watching was analyze and pick apart the plays with Ilya fucking Rozanov — the man who had eviscerated his heart? Some days Shane felt so empty he didn’t know if he even cared about hockey anymore. That always sent him spiraling into a panic, because how could he not care about hockey? All Shane Hollander was supposed to care about was hockey. -- Or, what if Ilya had ended things in the hospital when he went to visit Shane?

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    35,100
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80428706

  7. the same team by

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    2026-09-08

    “This might have been a bad idea.”
    “You think so?”
    “Hollander’s pissed.” Marlow said, stating the obvious.
    “No he’s not.” Ilya answered easily. “He’s just nervous.”
    “About what?”

    “About asking if he can watch you fuck me.”

     

    -OR-

    Ilya and Marlow have been hooking up for years - though it was never personal (until it was too late).

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    89,367
    Chapters:
    20/20
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #81913166

  8. Break Point by

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    2026-09-06

    After the tuna meltdown, Shane's plan to win Ilya back in Tampa is a spectacular failure. The cottage never happens.
    So what's left? Rolex still want him at Wimbledon, so why not spend summer in Europe?
    And he'll be sitting next to a Swedish princess.

    Except...The princess turns out to be a Swedish prince. Very charming, very hot, and very gay. And very much into Shane.

    When the photos hit the internet, Ilya is going to have some feelings about that. And way more than Rose Landry to worry about.

    Or: Ilya Rozanov is about to find out what happens when you tell Shane Hollander you're nothing to each other and then have to watch him move on.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    7/7
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88683296

  9. How I Learned to Stop Worrying (but Didn't Love the Bomb) by

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    2026-09-06

    “Mom?” His mother moved the tea and plate of cookies closer to him, but Shane didn’t let himself get distracted. “I think I’ve had another memory lapse. Why wasn't Ilya in the play-off games? Did something happen?”

    Mom dropped her phone.

    Why does she have such a weird look on her face?

    ...

    Shane has memory gaps and keeps journals. Then, after the seventh game of the playoffs, he discovers they can send him back in time.

    At first, he only wants to fix his relationship with his team.

    Every attempt makes things worse.

    Shane tries again.

    And again.

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    5,955
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #92103291

  10. Who Do I Have To Fight, Rozanov? by

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    2026-09-06

    Despite the *obvious* interest on both their parts (standing naked under a shower makes it hard to hide certain feelings) Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov don’t hook up after the CCM shoot. A few years later, when they’re both Captains of their respective teams, Ilya comes out as bisexual. Shane immediately makes his move to lock down the boy he’s had a crush on all this time, before it’s too late. After a surprise at a post-game press conference and a challenge from the Raiders, Shane has to convince Ilya he is serious about having a real relationship in front of professional hockey and the entire internet. Will it work? There’s only one way to find out!

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    Chapters:
    5/5
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #91849576

  11. Maybe I Will Do More Than Suck Your Dick by

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    2026-09-02

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    Chapters:
    7/?
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    1
    AO3:
    #77531921

  12. disappearing act by

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    2026-09-01

    “Ilya?” his voice is thick and heavy on his tongue. He's so agonizingly beautiful, his face tender and red from the impact of his helmet hitting the ice moments before. “I’m okay,” he insists, blinking slowly.

    And then, starting at his fingertips, Shane starts to fade away, just like St-Simon and Marlow and Pike moments before. Eyes soft, Shane gazes at Ilya, not seeming to realize what’s happening at all. And Ilya, overcome with terror, can only watch as Shane’s whole being simply disintegrates into thin air.

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    Half the universe is snapped out of existence, including Shane.
    Ilya struggles to cope.

    Or, a character study on grief, ending with reunion.

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    Chapters:
    6/6
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #91546936

  13. The Fencer by

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    2026-09-01

    Dr Shane Hollander has spent fifteen years looking for a statue most scholars believe never existed. He finally gets his vindication when it turns up on a construction site outside Florence, perfectly preserved in all its Greek-god beauty and carrying an untranslatable inscription.

    It would be the best day of his life if the insufferable linguist dispatched to help decode the text didn't have the exact same face as the statue that's possessed his thoughts since he was seventeen.

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    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #89979796

  14. A House in Nebraska by

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    2026-09-01

    Shane Hollander doesn't know what he is. He knows what he wants. For a long time, he tells himself those are different things.

    Ilya Rozanov knows what he is. He can't control what he wants. For a long time, he tells himself those are the same thing.

    They’re just boys who handle it badly—from a junior tournament in Canada to the NHL draft to the moment a security camera at the end of a hallway changes everything

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    Shane and Ilya are discovered before they even play their first game

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    Chapters:
    15/15
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #87605006

  15. Stupid Canadian Jailbird by

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    2026-08-31

    Shane and Ilya get arrested hours after Team Canada wins the World Junior Championship. From one day to the next, their lives are flipped upside down. As prisoners – er, incarcerated persons –, they are no longer climbing the hockey social ladder. They are no longer rival captains and star hockey players bearing responsibility for their nations’ and their future MLH teams’ hopes. They are nothing more than cellmates awaiting trial, caught in a tedious cycle of empty days where privacy is a distant memory. However will they pass the time?

    Good thing they have each other. Now if only they could be honest about their feelings... Ideally, before they're released and face the legal and professional consequences of their venture into crime.

    ***

    OR a fact-ridden, funny, and frustrating romance set in one of the world's least romantic and most devastating environments, courtesy of a prison scholar.

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    Chapters:
    15/15
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #89569931

  16. Restart Again and Again by

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    2026-08-31

    The phone rings and Shane startles, fists tightening in his hair as the sound grates against him. Ilya grabs the device from the counter above him and silences it, tossing it towards the living room and away from the tiny, careful bubble he's created. He watches as Shane's eyes close tightly, a small huff of rattling breath escaping him.

    “How could there be a video?” He whispers, almost so quietly that Ilya nearly misses it. Maybe he wasn't intended to hear it in the first place.

    Or: A sequel to Try, Try Again - the assault happened, Shane recovered, but when someone sends a link to an online video, their world is tipped upside down again.

    Heed the tags! We get a bit more graphic in this one, again, I don't go into explicit detail of the assault, but it is referenced and opening scenes of the video are included. If you do not wish to do this to yourself because you like happiness, please, follow your heart and click away.

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    Chapters:
    7/7
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88934971

  17. the third option by

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    2026-08-29

    A teenage Ilya arrives at an elite six-month development programme already planning to kill himself. Shane keeps accidentally interrupting his suicide attempts because he’s obsessed with rules, routine, and following proper protocol.

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    56,099
    Chapters:
    13/13
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #84680606

  18. Take Me to War (Honey I Dare You) by

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    2026-08-29

    Shane Hollander was the best monster hunter in Canada. Past tense, as of last week. Now that he's been turned into a vampire it's Ilya Rozanov's job to hunt him down, a tricky task considering vampire Shane still possesses all the skills he had in life. And Ilya hasn't dealt with the fact that he's in love with him yet.

    Hayden Pike is convinced there's a way to bring Shane back to humanity, but Ilya doesn't believe in miracle cures and happily ever afters. Why should he? He's a monster hunter. His kind of life only ends one way, and it isn’t with a kiss.

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    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #89898686

  19. Into the Blue by

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    2026-08-29

    With the first overall selection of the 2010 NHL draft, the New York Admirals are proud to select Shane Hollander.
     

    “Ah, New York! New York is nice, yes?”

    “Uh, yeah, I guess. I haven’t really spent much time there. Yet, I guess.”

    “I am also moving to New York.”

    ----

    On the night of the NHL draft, Shane Hollander goes to the gym. Ilya Rozanov may not be a hockey player, but somehow he is there, in Shane’s orbit, in New York, under his skin.

    Or, how more proximity can turn a fuck buddy into a best friend, but falling in love is always hard.

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    Chapters:
    19/19
    Files:
    3 versions
    AO3:
    #85409651

  20. tell me i've got it wrong somehow by

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    2026-08-27

    Ilya smiled down at Shane and his eyes gleamed with mischief. 

    "You know, Troy is just a few doors down. We could call him over, make it a little party." 

    Shane's eyes snapped open only to narrow again as he glared up at Ilya.

    “Would you like that?”

    “No, I wouldn’t,” Shane snarled. 

    But his face was screwed up in frustrated pleasure. Ilya hummed thoughtfully and pretended to consider. 

    “Perhaps we could make it a competition then.” 

    Shane made an irritated noise and turned his face away. Ilya leaned closer and let his teeth drag down the length of Shane's clenched jaw.

    "You want Troy to see how well you take it, or do you want to see if he's better at riding my cock than you are?" 

    He had been teasing him, pushing at the jealousy that usually made Shane squirm and glare and tell him to shut the fuck up while his traitorous cock twitched and throbbed at how much he secretly liked it. 

    So when Shane did squirm away from him, Ilya followed automatically, pressing their chests flush together. He thought Shane was playing.

    “Get the fuck off me,” Shane spat.
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    Shane safewords out of Ilya's teasing about Troy.

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    2 versions
    AO3:
    #91420826
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