Shane invites Ilya to his lakeside cottage for two quiet weeks in the off-season. It's supposed to be uncomplicated. No teams, no press, no pretending. Instead, it turns into slow mornings, shared meals, negotiated control, and the kind of closeness that's a lot harder to walk away from than either of them expected.

after more than six months apart, shane and ilya reunite-only to face the question of whether love alone is strong enough to overcome what stands between them THIRD book of the FOUR || hollanov ff > mm || the characters belong to rachel reid, but this story is from my imagination only >> so all rights reserved to me

shane and ilya spend their first christmas together at the cottage, but everything falls apart. FIRST book of the FOUR 6. #shane - 12.28.2025. 1. #ilya - 12.28.2025. 3. #heated - 12.29.2025. 1. #hollander - 12.28.2025. 4. #hollanov - 12.28.2025. 2. #hollanov - 10.01.2026. 1. #christmas - 17.01.2026. || hollanov ff > mm || the characters belong to rachel reid, but this story is from my imagination only >> so all rights reserved to me

For all of those (including me) who are dying to see the day where season 2 comes out . Based off of heated rivalry!

Just me and my little Hollanov fics against the cruel cruel world.... and also my coping mechanism till second season ..

Shane Hollander has always been easy to read. At Controlled Damage Studios, Montreal's most sought-after tattoo shop, he turns other people's stories into ink. Until Ilya Rozanov walks through the door asking for something permanent. One appointment should have been the end of it. Then they run into each other at the gym, and walking away stops being an option. Tension turns into something they call casual, simple, temporary no expectations. Lines blur. Because some connections leave a mark long before the ink does. And some choices become permanent whether you meant them to or not.

What started as hatred turned into something reckless. A secret pregnancy traps two rivals in a cycle of obsession, power, and unfinished war.

WARNING: this takes place after the second book about Ilya and Shane by Rachel Reid. If you haven't read the books 'heated rivalry' and 'the long game' you might not understand this storyline. Two years after their wedding, Shane and Ilya both decided that it's time for them to start their own family. They knew it was gonna be a long process, but they knew they'd face it together. And then... there were Maeve and Elli. While Elli was a happy Child, singing all the frozen songs while walking to kindergarten, Maeve was her sisters opposite. And she was NOT a child anymore. She wouldn't bother to stay at the hollanovs for long. She knew, it'd only be a matter of time for them to pick Elli but not Maeve.

"What's between us, Rozanov?" Shane hears the breathy chuckle again. "Well, that is, most of the time there is nothing - except for the empty porn chatting. But now we're standing here together." "And then what?.." Or a little piece of Hollanov's tough conversation.