On the ice, they were enemies. At home, they were fathers. Vasilia Alexandra Mila Eudoxia Starkov had spent fifteen years believing she belonged nowhere. Russian-Canadian, extraordinarily intelligent, painfully observant and happiest with a book in one hand and skates beneath her feet, Vasilia has always existed slightly outside the world around her. Then she became Vasilia Hollander-Rozanov. Adopted by hockey legends Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov, she is the one person capable of walking into a room with both men arguing and somehow making them stop. She knows their habits. Their moods. Their histories. She knows when Shane is pretending not to worry. She knows when Ilya is hiding something behind a joke. And, perhaps most importantly, she knows that beneath decades of rivalry, there has always been something neither man could quite name. Now fifteen, Vasilia is entering a complicated new chapter of her own. Between figure skating, hockey, school, her extraordinary mind, navigating neurodivergence and dissociative experiences, and figuring out her bisexuality, she has more than enough occupying her thoughts. But when pieces of her life before adoption begin resurfacing, Vasilia discovers that becoming a Hollander-Rozanov didn't erase the Starkov name. It only gave her somewhere safe enough to finally confront it. And Shane and Ilya are about to discover that protecting their daughter isn't always about keeping her away from the storm. Sometimes it's about standing beside her while she walks through it.

Ilya Rozanov is Boston's newest hockey captain-and New York's Scott Hunter's biggest headache. On the ice, the two are locked in a rivalry fueled by pride, competition, and more than a little trash talk. Charlotte Reese has never been much of a hockey fan. At least, that's what she tells herself. After watching Ilya lead the Boston Raiders to a massive victory, Charlotte reluctantly agrees to celebrate with her roommate. One night, one club, and one unexpected encounter later, she wakes up wondering if meeting Boston's infamous captain was the biggest mistake-or the best thing-that could have happened. But when Charlotte realizes Ilya isn't just a famous hockey player, the lines between attraction, rivalry, and real feelings begin to blur. Because some rivalries are fought on the ice. And some follow you long after the final buzzer.

Twenty-year-old rookie Mason thought making an NHL roster would be the hardest year of his life. He was wrong.

Getting your dream job as part of the Ottawa hockey team's media department was supposed to be the start of your career-not the start of a complicated relationship with the team's most frustrating player. After accidentally spilling coffee all over star forward Ilya Rozanov on your very first day, you're convinced you've made the worst first impression imaginable. Instead of being annoyed, however, Ilya seems strangely entertained by you. He teases you every chance he gets, finds excuses to start conversations, and somehow always appears exactly where you are. He's arrogant, sarcastic, and impossible to read. You tell yourself he's just bored. He tells himself you're just the new media girl. Neither of you realizes that playful banter, lingering glances, and stolen moments around the arena are slowly turning into something neither of you expected. But dating a professional hockey player is complicated enough.

Shane and Ilya have been a constant in one another's lives - connected by hockey, a profound mutual respect, sexual attraction and deep love for each other. But there is a connection between them that they have never known about - that connection is you. You entered their lives at two different times - both men have broken your heart, leaving you psychologically broken. In response to their callousness with your heart - you disappeared from their lives in such a way that it was like you never existed at all. You disappearing left them both confused with unanswered questions about your relationship, questions that haunted them privately. But you can't run from your past forever, it always seems to catch up with you. It's going to catch up to all three of you.

Jane runs her finger across his cheek with a warm smile. "Ilya, listen to me. You did your best, and that's all that matters. " He stopped for a moment, staring down at her. He needed someone to say this. And it came from her. From Jane Hollander. All that is running through his mind is: "Ya Tebya lyublyu." But he couldn't say it to her. And it kills him... ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• Jane Hollander is starting her career in the Women's Major League Hockey, and she is fucking determined to prove herself to the world. She's also the neurotic overachiever, who is extremely anxious and "boring." She is always in a good mood - except when she's around Ilya Rozanov. From the moment she faceplanted into the intimidating Russian hockey player with the cheekbones of Greek god, she despised him. Ilya Rozanov. Intimidating, but a total ladies' man. He always seems to find a way of getting under his opponents' skins. He is starting his professional hockey career, being known as "one of the best prospects in the world." The only way to describe him is intimidating and cocky. Ilya is already starting his career with an enemy - it's a WMLH player, Jane Hollander. From the moment he walked into the annoyed yet positive rookie with flawless skin and freckles scattered across her smooth, delicate skin, he despised her. They became enemies.... Rivals. One thing that they didn't expect happened: They fell in love... •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••

Shane and Ilya know how to handle pressure, but they've never faced anything like Madeline. She's Shane's oldest friend and the one person Ilya can't seem to rattle-until he does. When the cracks in her "neutral" facade reveal a secret she's spent a lifetime hiding, the '' rivalry'' takes a backseat. Madeline didn't want their help, and she certainly didn't want them to see her at her most vulnerable. But Ilya is observant, Shane is protective, and neither of them is letting her run away this time. or Madeline is a star-a former NFL cheerleader, a gymnast, and Hollywood's newest "it" girl. She's spent her life being exactly what everyone needed her to be: perfect, polished, and unbreakable. But underneath the grey eyes and the spotlight, she's drowning in a past she was never protected from. When she retreats to the cottage with Shane and Ilya, the walls she's built finally begin to crumble. She's terrified of being small, but with the two most competitive men in the NHL acting as her unplanned guardians, she's about to learn that she doesn't have to be "big" to be loved.

Growing up in the shadow of a hockey prodigy means never being the headline, only the footnote. Shane Hollander's sister has spent her life drifting-between cities, identities, and half-lived passions-until Montréal becomes the first place that asks her to stay. Grounded by family and a city that refuses to rush her, she begins to discover who she is when she's no longer running. Everything shifts the night she collides with Ilya Rozanov, her brother's most formidable rival. What starts as rivalry-adjacent tension becomes something quieter and far more dangerous-an undeniable connection between two people who refuse to be underestimated. Set between Montréal and Boston, this story explores identity, intimacy, and what happens when you finally meet someone who sees you exactly as you are.

Covering their rivalry was easy. Falling between them was not.

Figure Skater Y/N x Ilya x Shane (On hiatus until i decide to read the book or s2 comes out)