ilya rozanov: i prefer to have sex with people i like and trust. this is because i am LAZY. it has nothing at all to do with the fact that i have been emotionally abused, neglected, and/or abandoned by my family, the people who were supposed to love me. i am not starved for affection!! NYET. i am just a fundamentally lazy person. never mind that i am a world-class professional athlete—one of the best players in the NHL—an accomplishment regularly achieved by indolent sloths.
when shane's like hey why don't we try this crazy new thing where we say what we think and feel instead of disguising our emotions behind layers of deflection and bro-y fuck yous and ilya's like ummmmmm idk if i can make any promises..... cut to ilya opening his eyes the next morning half awake blurting out I LIKE YOUUUUUU!!!!!!! like he'd been practicing it in his sleep. baby's first taste of emotional security lol he's riding HIGH on that rush of feeling loved and safe
everyone in the league calling ilya an asshole meanwhile he’s apologizing to the bartender for his rowdy teammates, smiling politely at the nurse, playing mermaids with the kids, painting hayden’s kid’s nails and then his own nails to show them that boys can paint their nails too, getting excited over the team puppy, and then spoiling his dog rotten when he finally gets one. sorry but idgaf that he’s mean to grown ass men, they deserve it 😭😭
everyone making fun of hollanov for not having the domestic wherewithal that scott hunter does but you have to remember that hunter is five million years old and has probably been looking to settle down since before the new millennium while shane just discovered what being gay is and ilya just discovered the concept of being in a relationship
outside of the obvious reasons why the hollanov relationship reveal must be crazy to shane’s parents, it’s gotta be wild to them that their shy, awkward kid is dating the league slut. their kid, who cannot even say the word “sex” without blushing, has been fucking a man whose sexual reputation is a topic of conversation. for a decade. they are in fact on a sexcation together. if you want to see them, you need to text them that you’re on your way there, because even if they know you’re coming in advance, they cannot keep their hands off of each other long enough to properly keep track of time. david hollander sees things start to heat up between them and knows instantly that they have probably fucked against every window in that extremely glass house.
idk i’m obsessed with how shane bringing ilya home is not just him coming out as gay, it’s him coming out as an experienced sex freak.
i love how fucking weird shane’s parents were actually. i love that they’re shocked about shane and ilya but they’re almost more shocked that shane managed to shock them at all. i love that they adore their perfect golden boy so much that they don’t even realize he needs any reassurance. i love that they’re clearly not used to having difficult conversations. i love that shane crying freaks them out. i love that yuna still has no idea how much pressure shane is under. i love that they think they know him so well, and they do, but it’s not enough. i love shane’s hesitance about telling them and his abject terror at being found out, and i love that he was pretty damn justified
