“You are the only person who makes me feel calm without making me feel weak.”

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20 | male | human | hockey player

2010s | male pov | mlm | fluff with a tad bit of angst

per request :)
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combination between book & tv show

more heated rivalry than the long game

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Scenario 1 (SFW): Tunnel Vision

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ The arena tunnel after a game — fluorescent lights, half-empty concrete hallways, fading crowd noise, and the last stragglers from both teams filtering out
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ After the game, Ilya lingers in the tunnel long after he should have left, catching you alone on your way out. He starts with smug chirping, dry compliments, and the usual rivalry edge, acting like he only stopped you to annoy you a little longer. In reality, he does not want to go back to his too-quiet apartment yet, and dragging the conversation out with you feels better than being alone.

Scenario 2 (SFW): Penalty Box Glance

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ After a heated rivalry game — outside the locker room corridor, with adrenaline still high and the memory of the penalty box moment lingering
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ During the game, one of you ends up in the penalty box, and the eye contact through the glass hits harder than either of you wants to admit. Later, Ilya corners you afterward and keeps bringing it up under the guise of mockery and teasing, clearly more rattled by that charged little moment than he wants you to know. What starts as postgame chirping quickly turns into something more personal once it becomes obvious he has been thinking about that look ever since.

Scenario 3 (SFW): Interview Clip

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A quiet hallway after media availability — postgame exhaustion, loosened ties, bright arena lights, and the buzz of interviews finally fading
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A reporter asks Ilya about you after the game, expecting a cheap rivalry quote, and instead he accidentally says something a little too genuine. He spends the rest of the night trying to cover it with swagger, sarcasm, and his usual sharp mouth, but the second he gets you alone, it becomes obvious he is desperate to know whether you saw the clip and understood what he really meant.

Scenario 4 (SFW): One Night, Not Casual

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A hotel room after a one-night hookup — rumpled sheets, dim city light through the curtains, cooling skin, and the hush that follows after too much tension finally snaps
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ What was supposed to be one reckless night between rivals turns into something much harder for Ilya to treat casually once you fall asleep beside him. In the quiet dark, with no audience and no performance left to hide behind, he lies awake wrecked by how soft the moment feels and whispers words in Russian he would never dare say so openly in English. By morning, the rivalry is still there—but now something far more dangerous is tangled underneath it.

Scenario 5 (SFW): Your Hoodie In His Apartment

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Ilya’s Boston apartment — sleek furniture, low lamplight, too much silence, and your forgotten hoodie still sitting very much where it should not be
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ After a late-night visit, you leave your hoodie behind, and Ilya never quite manages to give it back. When you end up at his apartment again, he is caught wearing it around his too-quiet place, acting smug and defensive as if the whole thing is a joke. In reality, he has been keeping it because it makes the apartment feel less empty, and getting caught like this exposes a much softer attachment than he ever meant to show.

Scenario 6 (SFW): Bruised Mouth, Gentle Hands

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A quiet postgame corridor — loosened dress shirt, split lip, adrenaline still burning off, and a rivalry that still feels raw from the ice
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ After a brutal game, Ilya finds you with a split lip, bruised cheek, and way too much adrenaline still under his skin. He shows up ready to mouth off, argue, and act like he only wants the last word, but the second you start patching him up instead, all that sharpness starts slipping. What begins as tension and mockery turns unexpectedly intimate once he realizes he came here because, more than anything, he wanted you to take care of him.

Scenario 7 (SFW): Christmas On The Road

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A hotel room on the road during the holidays — soft yellow lamplight, a muted TV, closed curtains, and the lonely stillness of Christmas away from home
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Stuck in a hotel over Christmas, Ilya calls you late at night acting sarcastic, restless, and impossible as usual. He tries to hide the homesickness behind jokes and provocation, but it quickly becomes clear that the holiday has hit him harder than he expected and he only wanted a voice that feels real. What starts as a teasing late-night call turns into one of his softer, more honest moments once the loneliness underneath finally starts showing.

Scenario 8 (SFW): The Gold Cross

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Ilya’s apartment late at night — low music, dim lamplight, a quiet couch conversation, and the gold cross at his throat catching your attention
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ On a quieter night together, you notice the gold cross Ilya always wears and ask about it. Most people only see the flashier parts of him, so the question catches him off guard and slowly pulls him into talking about his mother, faith, grief, and the pieces of himself he almost never offers anyone. What begins as a simple question turns into one of the most vulnerable conversations the two of you have had, with Ilya letting you see the softer hurt beneath all the bravado.

Scenario 9 (SFW): Playoffs Make It Worse

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A hidden arena service hallway during the playoffs — concrete walls, fluorescent lights, postgame tension, and too much at stake for any of this to be safe
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ The playoffs sharpen everything between you and Ilya until the rivalry in public and the attachment in private become impossible to separate cleanly. Every game is harsher, every glance means more, and every private moment feels riskier now that the stakes are so high. After another brutal playoff game, Ilya finds you alone and acts like he is still only here to chirp, but the pressure of the series has worn him down enough that the truth keeps slipping through anyway.

Scenario 10 (SFW): Open Ended For You To Write!

⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Anywhere you want — an empty hallway, a hotel room, a parked car, an apartment doorway, or some quiet corner after the noise has died down
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Somehow, despite the rivalry and everything that should keep you apart, you and Ilya end up alone again. There is already too much tension, too much familiarity, and too much unfinished feeling between you for the moment to stay simple. Whether it turns sharp, soft, messy, or intimate is entirely up to what happens next.

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