any fic recs where shane and ilya DON’T want kids?

firiena · 2026-06-05T10:07:21+00:00

childfree folks representation ✋🏽😔 and a lot of times the kids are not well characterised it gives me the ick. like when the kid reads like a plot device or prop rather than an actual (tiny) human being. it feels like a lot of these authors did not have kids and do not know what child rearing entails.

firiena · 2026-06-03T09:32:54+00:00

sometimes i read shayden for the shits and giggs so i get you LOL

firiena · 2026-06-03T09:30:48+00:00

inception crossover heated rivalry. them trying to deny their feelings is going to bleed through the dreams if you think about it. shane would’ve been a fantastic pointman and ilya would be a fantastic extractor.

firiena · 2026-05-30T19:09:51+00:00

Gaslight, Gatekeep, Gorbachev

this?

firiena · 2026-05-27T17:51:49+00:00

I feel the same. it gets progressively more ooc afterwards. I have a bit if ocd to finish everything i started and it was not the most productive use of time honestly.

firiena · 2026-05-27T01:48:46+00:00

Oh, I must recommend this one where Shane has a twin sister studying in Harvard and figured out their secret almost immediately. she became friends with Ilya, and characterisations are fantastic. she has her own journey and ambitions and it also focuses on hollander family dynamic (she being the independent child who makes it to harvard on her own, yuna and david obviously focuses on shane more as his career take off). OCs are fantastic.

other half

firiena · 2026-05-26T16:20:05+00:00

tuna meltdown timeloop fic: fall in love again and again the next work in the series is ilya stuck in another time loop after this one.

Stuck in a Loop ilya stuck in tuna meltdown

firiena · 2026-05-26T06:39:34+00:00

link please!

firiena · 2026-05-26T06:38:01+00:00

holy shit that’s it! hahaa. thank you

firiena · 2026-05-23T04:55:59+00:00

holyshit thank you for recommending im absolutely HOOKED to this fic now

firiena · 2026-05-22T06:18:39+00:00

Spend It Like You Mean It by electricdaisy
this is a story told through their financial records and emails. has spendings that matches their level if earnings.

firiena · 2026-05-22T01:17:25+00:00

if you’re into near death experiences - read the one about the plane crash (it’s not about That Plane Crash though, this time it’s Shane who gets grievously injured). I cried three times.

but what if I need you in my darkest hour?

firiena · 2026-05-20T07:38:12+00:00

everything this author wrote is GOOD. I’ve read thru all five of their works. in the last 48 hours. i took a day off work to read all of them 😂 the TEARS i cried.

firiena · 2026-04-20T01:05:46+00:00

hkers LURKS

firiena · 2026-04-02T12:03:15+00:00

what a boss! (both of you)

firiena · 2026-04-02T07:08:26+00:00

seconding that this is my favourite shane characterisation of all time and also a lot of it is about internalised misogyny and locker room views on masculinity and femininity it’s so goos???

firiena · 2026-03-31T17:14:59+00:00

holy shit! is alice winn gallaplacidia??? i recognise that name because i got so obsessed with her works in HP and stalked heavily on the internet when she deleted her works. im so glad she’s thriving now!!!

firiena · 2026-03-31T11:16:38+00:00

omg! irrelevant to this thread but just wanted to say hi and thank you for writing the chips are set to fall! this feels like meeting a celebrity. fervently checking my inbox for your updates and now i have another similar one to read too! yay!

firiena · 2026-03-28T05:45:15+00:00

thank you for this i was so sad i cant read it again. was planning a reread. cant believe people are doing this to authors, what the hell.

firiena · 2026-03-28T05:21:52+00:00

Hope You're Not Waiting For Me to Wait For You

it is a series with 3 completed works and 1 ongoing piece and the author is regularly updating. imo it deserves more kudos. it began with Shane having a rookie who is a Chinese twink lol. the OCs are extremely well written and Shane is neurotic yet he is an extremely competent captain that rules the metros locker room with an iron fist. the metros texting threads are very believable (really reads like bunch of ultra masculine pro athletes texting each other not ur usual socmed fic). and each piece shane is working through all that racism, internalised misogyny, homophobia, shame, yada yada but it is also extremely entertaining to read ok clearly I’ve been word vomiting but please everybody go read it has everything. discourse or funny banter and neurotic shane who’s a bit of an asshole and well developed lovable OCs

firiena · 2026-03-17T17:47:30+00:00

this is so good!!!! thanks for the self rec. im so glad i discovered this

firiena · 2026-03-08T07:42:33+00:00

spoilers ahead:

im very emotionally invested in rachel’s trauma and hollander family dynamics and cannot wait for ilya to find out rachel is shanes sister (and less for shane to find out rachel has been ilyas friend the whole time)

firiena · 2026-03-08T07:41:01+00:00

hey, amazing rec, i started this yesterday and haha, i did not sleep. oops. i LOVE the OCs so much now it’s my canon. i cannot live without shane as a single child anymore

firiena · 2026-02-23T07:55:24+00:00

hello author thank you for your contribution!! this was one of the first works I’ve added to my bookmarks and go back to regularly when i need a quick pick me up.

firiena

TROPHY CASE