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Gays & Guys

Harris: Heeeey guuuuys :)

Wyatt: Oh no

Bood: I’m scared to ask

Harris: I literally haven’t said anything

Dykstra: Yet

Harris: 🙄

Ilya: shush i wanna know what harris planned next

Ilya: loved the last idea

Bood: You are literally the only one who liked doing that “try not to cringe” video

Troy: Yeah, because he has no shame, that’s why he loved it

Young: and we all CRINGED

LaPointe: bro pls

LaPointe: i literally JUST stopped having nightmares of roz doing “owo”

Holmberg: LMAOOO

Wyatt: Well, that was traumatizing for all of us. Even Holzy was off put by that

Shane: Don’t.

Young: holzy got the ick

LaPointe: he finally saw his husband like we all see him. a menace

Bood: I have feeling that’s just their foreplay

Ilya: and you would be right

Ilya: ;)

Troy: Please, please, learn to shut the fuck up.

Ilya: no❤️

Luca: i liked the one where harris made us sign random objects

Wyatt: Oh yeah! That was fun one

Dykstra: Oh, so Harris CAN have fun idea one time I’m not at practice

Holmberg: ur fault u opted out of optional practice

Dykstra: It’s literally in the name, OPTIONAL.

Dykstra: And plus, I literally had food poisoning

Young: all i hear is ur maaaad

Bood: Okay, moving on because knowing you two this will turn into an ACTUAL argument

Bood: Harris, please tell us the idea

Harris: Well thank you Bood. Nice of someone to acknowledge this is me trying to work and get paid

Bood: You’re welcome

Troy: I just heard Harris’ let out a deep sigh from the bedroom.

Troy: Just wanted to let y’all know

Ilya: thanks troy for letting us know ur not attentive boyfriend and left your boyfriend all alone in bedroom

Ilya: he’s so sad he has to whine to get ur attention

Ilya: couldn’t be me

Troy: Istg, Rozanov.

Ilya: yes, Barrett?

Troy: You are on thin ice.

Ilya: well, we ALL play hockey for living so i guess we are all on thin ice

Wyatt: Hey @shane, please make him stop I can hear Troy’s thoughts from across the town

Shane: Done

Bood: Okay. Are we all done now?

Harris: I don’t care, I’ll write this once and then I’m going to calm down my boyfriend because now I can hear him seething from across the house.

Harris: The idea is to engage with fans more. Yes, we are always putting out challenges and fun videos including longer ones on YT, but I figured why not actually engage more. The way I figured it out, the best way to do that is to do Instagram lives once a week with different players. Doesn’t have to be too long, a few minutes before/after practice or sometime during the day when you’re free.

Harris: Just, talk to people and answer their questions, talk about your personal lives, like what do you like to do in your free time or if you don’t want that just talk hockey and what you wanna see from this season! Y’know, normal hockey talk!

Ilya: oh @shane you are gonna LOVE this

Shane: Literally, shut up and go feed Anya.

Bood: I can’t believe that actually worked

Young: oh holzy is walking him like a dog

LaPointe: LMAOO HE IS

Shane: I’m doing what??

Luca: i like the idea! would be fun to get to know fans more and what they think!

Dykstra: Yeah, that can either be very good or very bad. Depends on how much the haters don’t have lives

Luca: oh.. haven’t thought of that

Shane: Yeah, Harris, that does sound a bit worrisome

Harris: I know. C’mon guys, haven’t you learned to trust me to have it all figured out?

Harris: More info will be sent by mail tomorrow morning so, PLEASE @everyone READ IT!!!!

LaPointe: yes sirrr

Holmberg: of course harris. when haven’t we read your email

Young: literally. that has never happened

Harris: Y’all are insufferable. Goodbye.

Bood: As much as I hate seeing Harris suffer I love being reminded of ‘Collective Spam Mail’ gate

Wyatt: Oh god was that funny asf

Ilya: FUCKKK

Ilya: PLEASEE LET ME DO IT FIRSTT

Ilya: IM NOT CHECKING PHONE FOR 2 MINS AND I MISS THE BEST THING EVER

Wyatt: Yknow, I somehow knew he would love this

Bood: Same

Dykstra: We all did

Shane: I literally heard him scream on top of his lungs from the second floor. I thought someone had died.

Bood: That’s our cap (for better or for worse)

-

“I love this idea so much!” Ilya exclaimed the next day at practice. Shane was sure there hasn’t been more than an hour since yesterday where Ilya hasn’t mentioned Harris’ Instagram Live idea.

It is no secret that Shane is definitely not a fan of sharing too much online or to the world in general. He likes his privacy, a lot. Sometimes he laughs at himself; he is a very famous hockey player that hates the idea of being in the spotlight, well, spotlight that isn’t because of hockey, he hates that. He will gladly share everything about hockey and would relish in being perceived as the best hockey player.

His husband on the other hand. The husband who is currently on the ice leaning against boards smiling from ear to ear.

That husband loves sharing. Oversharing even. And yes, that is annoying and sometimes even worries Shane what his husband would say, but he still can’t help himself but be smitten when Ilya talks about them to the world.

Shane knows his husband would scream on top of his lungs about how much he loves Shane, and Shane can’t help but love Ilya even more.

But, knowing Ilya, this idea will end up in flames.

“We KNOW.” Bood replied, already exhausted by his captain mentioning the Instagram Live idea.

Ilya grins. “Oh, I’m sorry, Bood. I know your life is not as fun as mine so you probably won’t even know what to talk about.”

“Literally what are you talking about?” Troy questioned as he skated over to the boards grabbing his water bottle and squirting some directly into his mouth.

“About my super extra fun life. I know what the fans love.”

“‘Super extra fun life’?” Troy made a face, “I literally texted you yesterday asking you to go grab coffee with me and you just replied ‘Can’t. Laundry date.’”

Young skated past the group and laughed out loud, probably enjoying someone calling Ilya out. Only a few people get to do that and Troy is one of those people.

“That is super extra fun, to me.”

“And you will talk about laundry dates to the fans?”

“Yes.”

“I have a feeling we have different definitions of fun.”

Shane just closed his eyes and took a deep breath from the bench he was currently sitting on. He could hear Ilya and Troy snapping at one another and he could hear Luca, who was sitting next to him, quietly giggling at the pair of professional hockey players bickering about something so trivial.

He could feel Bood and Dykstra groaning next to Ilya and Troy.

He heard quiet laughter from the distance, he knew it was Young, Holmberg and LaPointe joking around with Wyatt.

The feeling inside him only grew. He knew it was love, it was comfort. He loved his team so much.

He would be lying if he said it was an instant bond with the team. He knew, the beginning was hard. He had to learn to trust them, as teammates and friends. He was so closed off at the beginning he was afraid sometimes he would ruin the feeling of family the team shared.

But Ilya. His wonderful husband and best friend, he did everything he could for that feeling of family to spread to Shane. From team outings to explaining the inside jokes, Ilya built that connection with Shane and the team. It came so naturally to Ilya. He built this team from the ground to what the team was now, second place in the Atlantic division.

Granted, they were battling hard to keep that place and it was a bit different for Shane, who used to play with a team that would always come on top. But nonetheless, Shane loved them all, as a team and each individual specifically.

He knew Ilya was made for this team. It was like it was written in the stars. Shane never saw Ilya this content and relaxed when it came to someone who wasn’t Shane. He knew the love Ilya has for his team was deep and unbreakable.

Shane felt so at peace when he saw Ilya interact with his team, especially his best friend. Yes, Shane was his best friend but his best friend who he didn’t kiss, as he put it himself once.

Ilya and Troy are best friends, no matter how much they bicker aimlessly. They have each other through it all and Shane is more than happy. He remembers the time Ilya was so closed off and had no one, he remembers how much it was killing him and now.. now he had a best friend and whole team behind him who would always pick him up when he needed them.

Even if Ilya and Troy are best friends, they love to annoy one another to no end. Bickering was their thing, especially Ilya’s who absolutely loved the way Troy would fall for his ragebait. If there is something Ilya loved more than being with Shane, it was ragebaiting anyone he could.

“Man, is there a button to shut you up?” Troy questioned, already sounding exhausted.

“Nope.” Ilya responded, dragging the P.

“I don’t know why you let him ragebait you, Barrett.” Dykstra sounded from his side.

“He can’t help it. He is a ragebaiter like me, he just doesn’t accept himself.” Ilya responded, leaning even more over the boards. “Accept yourself, Barrett. You could be free.”

“I think I already did that, Rozanov. I don’t know if you remember my very public coming out.” Barrett retorted.

“Ah, yes. The famous pride night where Barrett was centre of attention. Yes, I remember. But not what I was talking about. I know you, you are just like me, accept it. It is in your blood!”

“The day I become like you is the day I die.”

Before Ilya could bite back, Harris appeared next to them, smiling and probably knowing what Ilya and Troy are up to. If the look he gave Shane is anything to go by.

“Hey guys! Glad y’all are already gathered because I have news about the Instagram Live idea!”

“Yes!” Ilya exclaimed loudly, his voice sounded all across the rink, grabbing the attention of the rest of the team.

Harris chuckled at Ilya’s antics and continued, “Well it was approved by the whole team and we can proceed.” Harris smiled and looked at Ilya, directing his next words at him, “And yes, I know how excited you are and yes, you can go first Ilya.”

Ilya cheered loudly making an expression like he just won gold.

The team groaned in sync. Already yelling how insufferable Ilya is going to become.

Shane just smiled softly, maybe too softly and shook his head. But he really can’t help himself when it comes to his husband.

-

Ottawa Centaurs
Hello! Today marks the beginning of our new initiative “Instagram Live w/ Cens”! Our players are very excited to engage with fans more and so are we!

Today, your favorite captain, Ilya Rozanov, will be the one to break the ice! Catch his live at 6pm!

Replies:

Annie
oh i just KNOW he begged to be first

hollanov4ever!
IM SO EXCITED OMGG

ilya’s wife
this can either be best or worst night of my life.

“Hello our dear fans! Your favorite captain is here to answer your burning questions and I know you have them so let me hear them!” Ilya’s voice booms through the phone.

He is sitting at the kitchen island, his phone propped on a fruit bowl, grinning from ear to ear. Ilya is so very excited for this, he loves the fans so much and he loves talking about his team and himself. And of course, Shane.

“‘Where is our alternative captain?’” Ilya reads the first question and smirks, “Seriously? I am here, your CAPTAIN and you are asking for the most boring guy in the world?”.

The comments are already flooding in. There are too many to answer them all so Ilya tries to read the ones that stood out. Most of them are greeting him or wishing him luck in the next game that is tomorrow against Buffalo.

But of course, many are asking where Shane is or how Shane is doing. Ilya knew this would happen and he was glad it did, he wanted to do this with Shane. He wanted to make this easier for him and also to tease him a bit. Ilya is truly the man of many talents.

“Okay! Okay! I see all you guys care about is the second best player in the league and since I am in a good mood- because I was picked to do this first- I will now summon him.” Ilya rolls his eyes, feigning annoyance.

He leans a bit back on the stool and clears his throat, “SHANE!”, he yells out loud, his voice carrying all around the house.

“Okay now we wait.” He leans back to look at comments once more.

“‘Good luck tomorrow!’, we don’t need luck, we are the best team in the league.”, he lets the words sink in before he says “But thank you. We appreciate you guys a lot. We know we have the best fans!”

“‘Are you really 6’3?’, okay now you are offending me. Of course I am. Who told you I wasn’t?”

“‘Whats one thing you are bad at?’, bad at? I’m best at everything I do.” Ilya answers rolling his eyes, “What kind of stupid question is that?”

“‘What do you think the team needs to work on more?’, well, I am not coach but in my personal opinion Barrett needs to work on his stick handling while Boodram needs to work on his speed.” Ilya starts, already ready to list all of the things his teammates need to work on. “Hollander on the other hand needs to-“

“‘Hollander needs to’ what?” A voice comes from behind him. Ilya smirks and turns around.

“Here he is! Here you go everyone. I still don’t understand why you all wanted to see second best player but ok. I make your wishes come true.” Ilya speaks, playful smirk on his face. He faces Shane and grabs him by the waist bringing him closer to him and the phone.

Shane stills seeing the live but tries to smile politely.

“‘Shane wears glasses?!’ Well yes! Isn’t he so cute when he wears them? He is my pretty little Бэмби!”

“Really?” Shane glances at him, making a face.

“What? You are my Бэмби!” Ilya smiles and kisses Shane’s cheek loudly, coating Shane’s cheek in saliva.

Shane tries to push him off, feigning annoyance but his smile and look of total adoration gives his true feelings away.

“Anyway.. Hello everyone, I am Shane Hollander.”

“They know who you are.”

“So? I’m trying to be polite and introduce myself.”

“Such good and polite Canadian boy. That’s why we love him, right guys?” Ilya asks and looks through the comments. As expected, the comments are flooded with fans sending hearts, screaming how cute they are and how ‘their love needs to be protected’. Ilya smiles at the comments, agreeing with every single one.

Well, all except one. He sees it and hopes Shane hasn’t seen it. He doesn’t want his husband seeing such comments. He doesn’t want anyone to read such comments but he knows that is an impossible task, he can’t protect everyone but he always wants to protect his husband, always.

But suddenly Shane starts speaking, his tone serious and face neutral. “I knew there would be comments like these so I want to point this out.” he starts, “‘Disgusting. There are kids watching this, you are poisoning their minds.’, actually no. We are not. We are just two people who fell in love, coincidentally we are two guys and two hockey players. We are not doing anything no other couple wouldn’t do. We are sitting here and answering our fans’ questions because we love our fans and we love each other. If you share this person’s opinions I am sad to let you know, this team is not for you. We accept everyone here regardless of their sexual orientation.”

Ilya could cry. His beautiful, amazing husband just ended homophobia singlehandedly. He wants to kiss him. So he does. He kisses Shane quickly but tries to pour all his love in one kiss. And the look Shane gives him, he knows Shane got the message.

They smile stupidly at one another until Shane’s phone buzzes.

He picks it up and angles it so Ilya could also see the notification. It’s from Troy, who texted their group chat.

Gays & Guys
Troy: I know we are all watching Ilya’s live right now and we are all seething by that comment, but boy are they disgustingly in love.

Ilya laughs and Shane’s face goes red.

“Ah, I just learned new information. Apparently our whole team is watching this live. So hi to the gayest team in the NHL.” Ilya smirks. “Which, if you didn’t know, and apparently some people didn’t, we are the gayest team in the league so fuck off with your homophobic bullshit.”

Shane would usually reprimand him to stop swearing so publicly and Ilya was actually ready for that but this time he didn’t. He just laughed and swatted lightly at Ilya. Ilya’s heart skipped a beat.

“‘Stop being so disgusting with each other’ says Bood.” Shane read Bood’s comment and blushed.

“Never.” Ilya deadpanned.

The live didn’t last long, maybe for another ten minutes but they answered some more basic game questions and then flirted some more, much to annoyance from the rest of their team.

hollanov endgame
they were so fucking cute wtf

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May
oh my god i cried when i saw how wholesome they are

hollanov nation
they are in love your honor.

annie
when is it my turn wtf

-

And so, since Ilya broke the ice by doing the first live, the rest of the guys followed. Harris would pat himself on the shoulder for having the best idea yet.

After Ilya, Bood decided to do an unplanned live. It was short but fun. Fans loved the idea so much and loved Bood even more after he showed them- in specific detail- his BBQ station. What really got fans’ attention was Bood showing off his tattoos, especially his whole sleeve tattoo. Turns out Bood is the sexiest Centaur according to a poll fans made on Twitter. Ilya was annoyed at that but the hashtag #BoodSexOnAStick trended for almost a week straight.

After Bood came Wyatt. He wasn’t named the sexiest Centaur but the cutest. Ilya also had to say something about that because according to him, that spot was reserved for Shane.

Wyatt did live for almost an hour and a half explaining in detail his comic book rankings that turned into an online book club. Harris had to call Wyatt’s wife, Lisa, to stop the madness he caused.

Apparently, he accidentally started an online discussion about some superhero that later on turned into a full blown war between fans. Wyatt swears he didn’t know that would happen but Harris still doesn’t believe him.

Wyatt was banned from lives until the situation calmed down.

After Wyatt came Haas. He was very shy and awkward. He didn’t know what to talk about and every time the fans would ask him follow up questions he would shut those up too.

Luckily for Haas- well, it’s debatable how lucky he really was- Ilya came to his rescue.

They just finished practice so Ilya was still lazing around, joking with the guys about one thing or another, not getting changed at all. When he learned Haas was doing instagram live he rushed over to the room Luca was in, half naked, with only his practice pants on, shirt long forgotten. He was sweaty and his hair was all around the place, his usual unruly curls now looked even worse.

Luca blushed profusely and Ilya poked at his shyness even more. “Ahh our baby Haas! Still having crush on your big sexy captain, huh?”

Luca was redder than a tomato. He avoided Ilya and his gaze like a plague. Ilya, being the asshole he was, relished in knowing he was making it hard for Luca.

“Rozanov!” Shane’s voice echoed through the room. “We have to leave, we have dinner with my parents in half an hour and you still haven’t showered.”

“Moya lyubov,” Ilya teased, “Do not worry, I will be ready soon, I just have to make sure Haas is properly answering very hard questions.”

“You had your turn, let the kid have his.”

“Please do not pretend you are my parents.. again.” Luca whimpered, quietly but not quiet enough for the live to not catch it.

“Ahh, but I have to help our child answer very important questions!” Ilya explained like it was very obvious why he had to do it.

“Please.. I’m not that young..” Luca pleaded quietly, his head hanging low.

“Ilya. If you don’t start getting ready right now I promise to you-“ and then Shane started speaking rapid Russian.

Surprisingly enough that shut Ilya up real fast. Suddenly he looked mortified and his face went pale. “You wouldn’t dare..”

Shane leveled him with a look.

Ilya left as quickly as he came in.

Shane took a deep breath and smiled lightly at Luca then, as he put one hand on Luca’s shoulder so he could lean in closer to the phone, he addressed the fans.

“I am sorry everybody, my husband is a child at heart and sometimes I have to teach him how to behave.” Shane smiled sweetly and truly apologetically. “I will teach him how to behave.”

And then, Luca went even redder. He couldn’t believe this was coming out of Shane Hollander’s mouth and worst of all, Shane Hollander seemed to not understand why what he said was so bad.

New hashtag trended for a week after that, #WalkHimLikeADog followed by countless screenshots of shirtless Ilya that the fans took. Fans also noticed how badly Luca blushed and how shy he was when Hollander and Rozanov acted as his parents.

HOLLANOV4EVER
so.. will anybody translate what hollzy said to roz in russian?

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Shane Hollander Defender
I wish I didn’t understand Russian, honestly.. But he um, basically said he will ban Ilya from eating him out…

annie
NO WAY LMAOOOOO

hollanov endgame
i think we should know less about one another. especially hollanov

ilya’s wife
WALK HIM LIKE A DOG.

shane’s wife
HE WALKS HIM LIKE A DOG.

hazzy my love
WALK HIM LIKE A DOG

All three of them were banned from doing lives for three weeks. Some took that ban as a blessing (Luca and Shane) while others (Ilya) begged Harris day after day to lift the ban.

Harris didn’t budge, at all.

But since Luca, Shane and Ilya were banned for three weeks, it only meant The Rookies took over their duties. Which meant even more chaos.

They didn’t even answer questions properly, they would read one question and accidentally make it into a whole podcast where the rest of the live they would talk about nothing and everything, completely ignoring the fact they should be engaging the fans not one another.

Later, they would beg Harris to let them launch a podcast called “The Three Rookies” because that’s their official name now, according to fans. Harris couldn’t explain to them it wasn’t up to him to make them a podcast; if they wanted one they should do it themselves.

And that’s how the new podcast came to be. “The Three Rookies” was a new hockey podcast consisting of Young, LaPointe and Chouinard. They did it whenever they had the time. Usually on the road they would ask the rest of the guys to be their guests and the guys being guys, would join. Being loud in their hotel rooms talking about hockey and nothing in particular but it still ended up being the most watched and streamed hockey podcast.

Emma
i dont wanna call grown ass men cute BUT THEY ARE

hollanov truther
the only men ever

Luca Haas defender
they are besties in a way the girls are

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hollanov endgame
OMG UR SO RIGHT

kylie
have u seen their new podcast?? they are so funny oh my god i cant believe i am thirsting over them

cens no1 fan!
they are actually so respectful.. what more can we ask for?!

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annie
i mean, they do play for the GAYEST team in nhl

cens no1 fan!
no ur right, would be weird if they weren't so respectful

Ottawa Centaurs Updates!
NEW episode from your favorite podcasters “The Three Rookies”!

Episode 12: Are bigfoots real?

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cens are the best!
i cant believe they recorded a podcast with ilya and troy about conspiracies they believe in.

cens no1 fan!
girl they recorded it in a hotel room at like 3am

Emma loves hockey!
i cant believe we saw them debate if bigfoots are real

hollanov truther
and the way it actually turned into a fight?? they ARE SO UNSERIOUS

cens are gayest nhl team
yknow, nothing surprises me anymore.

shane hollander defender
and the way shane stormed the room and made them stop. #WALKTHEMLIKEDOGS

hollanov lover
#SHANEWALKSTHEMLIKEDOGS

cens no1 fan!
#SHANEWALKSTHEMLIKEDOGS

Ottawa Centaurs Updates!
#SHANEWALKSTHEMLIKEDOGS

Emma loves hockey!
#SHANEWALKSTHEMLIKEDOGS

troy barret is the hottest centaur
ok but can we talk about besties troy and ilya..

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hollanov endgame
OMG RIGHT? they are so cute together!

Annie
i cant believe a ‘hollanov engame’ account called troy x ilya cute

hollanov endgame
well.. shh dont tell shane. but i didn’t mean it in rpf way! they are a couple of besties!

ilya’s wife
oh.. they look at one another before answering questions

Luca Haas defender
i cant believe my tl is in shambles over troy and ilya being besties.. like I’VE BEEN SAYING

Replies:
Emma
GIRL WHY HAVENT I LISTENED TO YOU BEFORE

Luca Haas defender
I’VE BEEN TRYING TO TELL YOU! U JUST WOULDNT LISTEN!!

cens no1 fan!
there is so much to unpack about troyxilya besties.. like the way they lean in one another when laughing or how they are always brushing their knees or how ilya always smirks at troy before ragebaiting him or how troy rolls his eyes but smiles softly at ilya or or or

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hollanov endgame
nurse she is out again

cens no1 fan!
IM JUST SAYING #STOPCENSHATE

hollanov endgame
GIRL?? WHO IS HATING AT CENS ? IM HATING YOUR EVIL RPF MIND!!!!

cens are gayest nhl team
nurse, they are BOTH OUT

ilya rozanov loverboy
no but im so happy to see ilya this happy i havent seen him this happy i dont remember. im glad he found people he is comfortable with and that he finally has friends that love him for him.

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troy barrett’s skates
and how troy is also finally happy. the way he handles himself? he seems so much more relaxed and happy. im so glad they found each other

ilya rozanov loverboy
SAME GIRL SAME

wyatt hayes best goalie
ok but like.. will we talk about the nicknames they have for one another..?

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cens no1 fan!
girl idk if we can even call them nicknames those are pure insults

wyatt hayes best goalie
YEAH BUT THEY SAY IT IN SUCH ENDEARING WAY

cens no1 fan!
ilya calling troy a looser and a bad gay while troy calls ilya jerk and white russian.. yeah okay

Later on, Harris asked them how the name “The Three Rookies” would work once they weren’t rookies anymore. They didn’t have an answer for Harris and Harris found himself not caring enough to help them out.

Dykstra was actually banned forever from doing a live because one time he did the live, he explained in too much detail how to skin a deer. Harris is still traumatized and so are many fans and animal protection centres. Harris had to release a public apology to the fans and animal rights activists. Safe to say Dykstra was banned forever from doing lives without supervision.

The only one who wasn’t giving him bad headaches was his awesome boyfriend. Harris could kiss the man senseless; so he does, frequently.

The fans loved him, he was actually answering their questions and not once has it blown out of proportion. The only thing the people did was thirst over his hot boyfriend and Harris couldn’t blame them.

So Harris actually looked forward to the days his boyfriend would go live. It was the only day he didn’t get a headache and everything would go smoothly.

Or so he thought.

Of course peace never lasts.

-

“Of course! I will tell Hayden Pike he is the worst player in the league!” Ilya responded to a comment and smirked. He was currently sitting in a conference room at the rink. The team just finished their practice and he left to do his live. He knew the fans loved him all sweaty and still mostly in his hockey gear. And who was he to deny them that pleasure?

Harris finally lifted his ban on Instagram lives and Ilya is living the life. He missed talking to fans about the team, himself and of course, Shane. While he did promise Shane he won’t say anything too out of line about their sex life; he never said nothing about chirping Hayden and boy does he love annoying Hayden.

He escaped as soon as the practice ended and only told Shane where he was going. He only told Shane so he could enjoy the comments in peace, whatever that meant.

He was about to read another comment that is chirping Hayden when the door to the conference room suddenly burst open. He didn’t even have the time to turn his head and look at whoever was interrupting his sacred time of being a hater, when a loud voice (looking back, it was far too loud) greeted him in the worst way possible.

“Hey, faggot!” Troy yelled.

“No! Stop!” Ilya yelled back, throwing himself over the table to catch his phone but it was too late. He ended the live but the damage was already done. He was sure everyone heard the ‘greeting’ Troy yelled far too loudly. He was also sure people and the media were already sharing it everywhere they could. Oh how fucked they were.

Ilya slowly turned his head towards Troy who was white as a sheet, rooted in place. “What the fuck..” Ilya rasped. Troy gulped hard.

“Fuck..” Troy barely rasped out. “I didn’t know..” He tried but couldn’t form words.

“Man! What the fuck!” Ilya stood and yelled at Troy, not actually trying to scare him or be mean, he was just starting to freak out.

“I didn’t know you were live!” Troy yelled back, fear showing in his voice.

“Then why would you enter a room shouting that?!” Ilya questioned, his arms flailing around trying to gather his thoughts and come up with a reason as to how this could have been stopped.

“I always do that!” Troy replied as he dragged his hands over his face that landed on his hair, already pulling on it.

At that moment Harris walked in, probably hearing the commotion he decided to investigate. Well, Ilya was sure they weren’t quiet, at all. And he was sure Harris would also freak out when he saw them in the position they were in. Ilya standing tall, fear and anger all over his face as his hands were spread before him and Troy who was white as a sheet pulling on his hair.

“Do I even want to know?” Harris asked, his voice already filled with fear.

Ilya and Troy just looked at him, neither saying anything. That only freaked Harris out even more.

To make things better, Shane walked in, his phone in his hand holding it tightly, almost smashing it to pieces. His hair wet and towel placed tightly around his waist. He probably just came out of the shower and- where they in different circumstances- Ilya would tease his husband and probably pin him to the nearest wall. But now was not the time nor the place. Shane also looked angry.

“Why the fuck would you do this?!” Shane screamed, looking at both of them. If looks could kill, Ilya was sure he and Troy would be dead.

“What?” Harris questioned Shane and Shane just handed him the phone. Harris took it and Ilya could pinpoint the exact second it dawned on Harris what happened.

Harris closed his eyes and squeezed the phone tightly.

“God.. why always me?”

-

Sport news!
BREAKING: Troy Barrett and Ilya Rozanov of Ottawa Centaurs caught using homophobic slur!

Watch the video here! Link:

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Montreal fan forever
Oh I knew they were disgusting

cens no1 fan!
what’s that saying? the pot is calling the kettle black?

Montreal fan forever
What?

cens no1 fan!
your team literally chased away your only gay player.. shut the fuck up

Emma loves hockey!
oh umm idk how i should feel about this ngl

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hollanov endgame
yeahh same..

ilya’s wife
girl they are both openly GAY they can use the slur that is directed at gay men.

hollanov endgame
i mean yeah obviously, but like idk its weird

shane hollander defender
y’all are not serious. they are GAY MEN let them be, it’s obviously a joke.

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troy barrett’s skates
I’VE BEEN SAYING! like its obvious they are using it as a joke and it’s not harming ANYONE

shane hollander defender
EXACTLY! like we know they use this type of language for each other as PET NAMES! its not that deep omg

Annie
idk guys, i think queer people can reclaim the slur but ALSO queer people can be offended by usage of it in general..

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Emma loves hockey!
THIS! they shouldn't use it so openly

hollanov endgame
yes! they shouldn't use it so openly especially not on instagram live where many people are watching them

shane hollander defender
y’all are not serious. it obviously wasn’t PLANNED. it was AN ACCIDENT. im sure if troy knew ilya was live he wouldn’t use that slur.

hollanov endgame
so they need to apologize.

shane hollander defender
you are not serious? apologize for what? reclaiming a slur???

wyatt hayes best goalie!
hey guys! what did i miss

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young and lapointe on top
oh god.. i dont even know how to explain what u missed LOL

wyatt hayes best goalie!
.. i just saw and LOL

kylie
guys pls stop fighting its getting boring. they are grown ass men they didn’t mean to

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Luca Haas defender
im just saying, it would be nice for them to acknowledge their mistake and apologize to fans who were offended

kylie
it’s been less than 2 hours.. im sure they will. im just saying people should stop being so mean to one another, we already have voyageurs fans on our backs

voyageurs forever!
that’s cuz ur cap and his best friend are homophobic assholes LMAO cry about it

kylie
girl I KNOW you are not telling me the GAYEST NHL TEAM is homophobic when ur fuckass team CHASED SHANE HOLLANDER, PRINCE OF HOCKEY away from your homophobic players. grow up

Ottawa Centaurs
We would like to offer our deepest apologies to the fans who took offense by comments that were made today by our captain Ilya Rozanov and our forward Troy Barrett. They should have known better and shouldn’t have used homophobic language. This type of behaviour is not acceptable and they know it. We, as a team, are always working to promote inclusive space for everyone; fans, staff and players.

Rozanov and Barrett would like to offer a few words to every fan that was offended by their actions:

(Video transcription: Ilya and Troy are standing in front of camera, Ilya on Troy’s right with his palms folded and Troy with a serious face, looking like he could cry.)

TROY: I’m speaking to all of you today to hold myself accountable and not to make any excuses in any way. The way I behaved today was disgusting and horrible.

ILYA is nodding.

TROY: I think so many problematic phrases go unchallenged and they perpetuate negativity and hate and intolerance and today I was a part of that. And I am truly truly sorry.

ILYA is still nodding.

TROY: Moving forward I will make sure with every ounce of me that the words I use create love and happiness and tolerance and never create hate or intolerance or sadness for anyone.

ILYA is nodding, sometimes glancing at Troy who is still going.

TROY: That is never my intention and that is never what I wanted to do. I know my past is not something I am proud of and no one should look up to my past self but I am trying to be a better version of myself everyday. I want to apologize to everyone for my past mistakes and how I behaved in the past. I am sorry to everyone I hurt with my actions.

ILYA, nods before speaking: I just want to say one thing. Um, especially to people who love us. I want you to know, we support you and I want everybody to know this whole team stands up for love and kindness.

TROY is now the one nodding.

ILYA: We always joke we are the gayest team in the NHL and maybe we are but that doesn’t excuse our bad behaviour.

TROY is nodding, looking at the floor.

ILYA: I am also sorry for the way we behaved today. I will not use word ‘faggot’ again.

SHANE, off camera: ILYA NO!

(Video abruptly ends.)

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shane hollander defender
LMAOOOOO NO WAY THEY POSTED WRONG VIDEO

cens no1 fan!
IM ACTUALLY CRYING NO WAY THIS SHIT IS REAL

troy barrett’s skates
my team is the GAYEST and STUPIDEST team in all of nhl oh my god

ilya’s wife
ilya be like: i wont use word STUPID FUCKING ASSHOLE EAT SHIT AND DIE ever again cuz now i know better

Luca Haas defender
Yknow what.. i’ll take this apology cuz my team is THAT stupid. i know they are sencere

cens are gayest nhl team
i always say this but man, nothing and i mean NOTHING surprises me anymore with this fuckass team

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cens are gayest nhl team
like.. no one is forcing me to watch them but everyday i come back.

cens no1 fan!
same

hollanov endgame
#same

hollanov 4ever
#expiriencecenshockey !

kylie
#expiriencecenshockey

shane hollander defender
#expiriencecenshockey

wyatt hayes best goalie!
#expiriencecenshockey !

Luca Haas defender
#expiriencecenshockey

Emma loves hockey!
yknow, i love that the only thing to bring all of cens fans together is our team being stupid asf