norax



Recent bookmarks

  1. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    “Where are you going?”

    “To the arena, Hollander. We are playing a game in three hours.”

    “That’s tomorrow, Rozanov,” Hollander says, smirking like Ilya might be fucking with him and he wants to make sure he’s in on the joke. He looks behind and around him. “Um, can I come inside?”

    “Hollander, we have game today. You were here yesterday.”

    Hollander is striding toward his kitchen, looking over his shoulder at Ilya like he’s getting tired of the joke. “Very funny. I was in Montreal yesterday, Rozanov.”

    “Hollander.” Ilya goes to stand in front of him. Hollander’s eyes flicker up and down his body the way that Ilya usually craves, but is rather unwelcome right now. “Today is Thursday. Game is today. Yesterday, you came to my house. We ate tuna melts, watched Buffalo game. Then, you left.”

    “Rozanov, it’s Wednesday morning. And I’ve never been to your house before.”

    “Hollander…”

    “Look at your phone if you don’t believe me.”

    Ilya snorts like a bull and pulls his phone out of his pocket, swipes down on the screen to look at the date.

    Wednesday, November 9th.


    Or: Ilya Rozanov in Groundhog Day!

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    34,332
    Chapters:
    5/5
    Comments:
    887
    Kudos:
    6,751
    Bookmarks:
    1,963
    Hits:
    82,394

    21 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    comes out on the other side bloodied and with half teeth missing

  2. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    "And is like I said, very easy to do. You just lay back and let someone else do work. Could do it in my sleep, would not be problem at all for me to come hands-free.”

    Hollander scowled, full competitive personality shining through. “Prove it.”

    “Fine, I will,” Ilya snapped back.

    Hollander's eyes went wide, and so did Ilya's when he realized what he had promised. His words hung in the air between them, suddenly heavy with implication.

    ---
    Ilya doesn't think switching with Hollander one time for the sake of settling a bet will change anything about their arrangement, and it certainly wouldn't make him discover anything about himself. Afterall, it would only be one time, right?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    23,893
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Comments:
    935
    Kudos:
    5,737
    Bookmarks:
    1,745
    Hits:
    83,416

    13 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
    Bookmarker's Notes

    THAT WAS AMAZINGGGGGGGGGG LETS GOOOOOOOOOO

  3. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    Shane Hollander is a UFA on July 1, 2019 at 12pm Eastern. An Unrestricted Free Agent, or UFA for short, is a player of a certain tenure whose contract has ended and can sign with any team of their choosing. If it were anyone else, a player walking to his UFA day would strike fear into the fans and managers hearts. They could lose a player for nothing.

    On the morning of July 1, 2019, with Shane Hollander set to test free agency, the Montreal Metros and their fanbase aren't worried. It's well documented that Shane Hollander has always held out for the best deal, and being a free agent is his leverage. Everyone knows that he’ll sign another deal with the Metros.

    But maybe everyone is wrong.

    (Alternatively: the one where Shane Hollander finds out ahead of schedule that Ilya Rozanov is lonely.)

    Series
    Language:
    English
    Words:
    12,549
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    277
    Kudos:
    4,953
    Bookmarks:
    1,044
    Hits:
    25,111

    10 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Tags:
  4. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    Ilya Rozanov thinks it's probably best to decline the invitation to the 2017 All-Star Game. It's not swaggering, knothead alpha male bullshit; it's a survival strategy. He doesn't think it'll end well for anyone if he's forced into playing an instinct-driven, blood-pumping sport like ice hockey with Shane Hollander right now, not when Hollander is probably going to bring his new girlfriend to Tampa for the weekend.

    But it's Hollander. It's Shane. So of course Ilya doesn't decline the stupid invitation. And of course the game goes sideways.

    That doesn't mean it doesn't end well.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    21,828
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Collections:
    1
    Comments:
    206
    Kudos:
    4,287
    Bookmarks:
    1,024
    Hits:
    51,777

    08 Jul 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    delicioussssssssssss

  5. Rec *

    Tags
    Summary

    Ilya doesn’t think much of his own impulses. He goes to a bar, he finds a pretty girl, he has sex. He catches Sasha’s eye from across the locker room, and then they’re in the same toilet stall, noises bitten away before they become dangerous. Svetlana invites him over when her father is away, and he kisses her on top of her quilted bedspread, hard from the feel of her under his hands and, a little bit, from the anticipation of the beating he’ll get if the Minister walks in on him. She scratches her fingers through his hair afterwards and he traces letters into the skin above her knee.

    So when he gets the impulse to buy Hollander flowers, he doesn’t hesitate. Maybe it’s because Hollander is so cute with his little freckles. Maybe because he gets irritated so easily, that flush spilling down his collarbones to his chest. Maybe Ilya just wants to reward him for opening the door after that CCM shoot, or for letting Ilya suck his dick after the All-Stars even with Scott Hunter next door.

    OR: 5 times Ilya got Shane flowers, and 1 time Shane got Ilya flowers

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,642
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Comments:
    224
    Kudos:
    4,661
    Bookmarks:
    923
    Hits:
    24,606

    23 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    “You are so sweet to me,” he murmurs, and Ilya kisses him again, smells him, his deodorant and shampoo and the little bit of clean sweat under his jaw, feels the softness of his skin."