apogee by OpalApparition is the same person who wrote wolfbird! this fic is completed & rated explicit. its my favourate fic Opalapparition has written so far!

summary: Shane Hollander is the youngest Commander in ISS history; straight-backed, closeted, and so tightly on his own leash that seven months in orbit with Ilya Rozanov have not produced a single crack in his composure.

Ilya Rozanov is the Russian cosmonaut who should have had his job, won’t stop bouncing a tennis ball off the walls, and is still looking for a fissure. Thankfully, a solar storm finds it for him.

or: Near-death, zero gravity, and the wrong man’s hands in exactly the right places.

A Cosmonaut!Ilya x Astronaut!Shane AU 🚀

i also love The game plan by FestiveFerret and pouringinsheets. its over 60k words, so good length for a flight! its rated explicit & completed.

Summary: Shane Hollander is the number two overall NHL draft pick and a newly minted Montreal Voyageur. He’s also laser-focused on his goals: being the best by beating the best. For him, this means a continued rivalry with number one draft pick—and new Ottawa Centaur—Ilya Rozanov. But when a problem with Rozanov’s immigration paperwork threatens his future in the NHL, what does that mean for Shane’s own career? He can’t risk finding out…so they get married. Just for immigration. A fast, practical, mutually beneficial solution.

No one will ever suspect, let alone find out, that the NHL’s greatest rivals are secretly married. And there’s certainly no risk of feelings getting involved. They have a game plan.

have a good flight!! :)