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A view from the other shore

Summary:

November 2017. A blurry video of Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov kissing is shared on twitter by an anonymous user.

Notes:

CW for implied homophobia. There is implied harassment in response to the video. This has been omitted because I don’t want to write it and you don’t want to read it.

Chapter 1: Enhance

Chapter Text

November 2017

 

Hockey Fan @anon8364918

A shaky video of a lake with no sound. The camera pans to a large modern lake house and zooms in to the shoreline, becoming a little blurry. A man is visible walking down to the lake, towards the camera, dressed only in swim shorts and shoes. He is recognizable as Ilya Rozanov. Another man is behind him, obscured from view. The video cuts to Rozanov swimming in the lake. The image is now much clearer. The second figure is sat on a rock behind him. His outline is visible but the shadows hide his features. Rozanov swims towards him and the camera zooms again. He steps up towards the second figure as the white balance adjusts to the shadows. We see the back of Rozanov’s head as he kisses the man fondly, but the other man’s face is partially obscured. We can only see his tousled dark hair and his right cheek. The video cuts out.

Raiders Forever @ethanfrost4
Is that @rozanov81? This is not how I expected my Tuesday morning to start

mikey @mikeymike
@ethanfrost4 No way that’s Rozanov, he’s literally famous for how many women he sleeps with

Raiders Forever @ethanfrost4
@mikeymike Either that’s my captain or he has a long lost gay twin

Jennie @rozwife
What is going on???? I am trying to eat my breakfast in peace?????

Jennie @rozwife
Who is this man he is kissing????? It should be me 😭😭😭

Jennie @rozwife
screaming crying throwing up

 

Boston Star @starnewsboston ✔️

BREAKING NEWS: Ilya Rozanov, Captain of the Boston Raiders, caught on camera with MYSTERY MAN at lake house.

LetsGoRaiders @ryandmatthews
@starnewsboston what the fuck

Tom @tommyjames
@starnewsboston I don’t believe this for a second. The guy is a Russian playboy, not gay.

Alex Burton @bostonalex
@starnewsboston I watch my captain score a hat trick against the Centaurs, I go to sleep, and when I wake up he’s gay now???

Gracie @hollanovtruther
@starnewsboston I don’t know how to be normal about this

Carla @carladknight82
@starnewsboston I’m sure this sucks for him but this is hot as fuck

 

Gracie @hollanovtruther

Wait

Gracie @hollanovtruther
NO BUT WAIT

Gracie @hollanovtruther
I think I need to lie down

Gracie @hollanovtruther
HEAR ME OUT

Gracie @hollanovtruther
I am 90% sure that is Hollander

Hollander4Ever @Lara24
@hollanovtruther you are insane

Matt💙❤️ @MetroMattie
@hollanovtruther girl you have literally lost the plot

Hollander4Ever @Lara24
@hollanovtruther leave @shanehollander alone!

Gracie @hollanovtruther
@lara24 I’m not saying that is his cottage, but I’m not saying that is not his cottage youtube.com/watch?v=g0WmiI2QUw0

Matt💙❤️ @MetroMattie
@hollanovtruther Okay I also need to lie down

Matt💙❤️ @MetroMattie
@hollanovtruther @Lara24 do I need to do a wellness check??

 

Boston Star @starnewsboston ✔️

BREAKING NEWS: location of SCANDALOUS GAY ROZANOV CLIP is cottage of Montreal Metros’ Captain SHANE HOLLANDER

Attached images of cottage from leaked video and Shane’s cottage tour.

Boston Star @starnewsboston ✔️
Identity of MYSTERY MAN suspected to be Rozanov’s long-time ARCH-RIVAL, Shane Hollander.

Jennie @rozwife
@starnewsboston WHAT?????

Raiders Forever @ethanfrost4
@starnewsboston what the actual fuck??

Gracie @hollanovtruther
@starnewsboston you cannot be real?? my delusions are not a credible source. Leave them alone weirdos!

Hollander4Ever @Lara24
@hollanovtruther you are literally the biggest weirdo here…

Gracie @hollanovtruther
@Lara24 girl get out of my mentions??? you can’t even see his face, I am straight up jumping to conclusions and they put me on blast????

Gracie @hollanovtruther
@Lara24 and yeah ofc I want this to be real, but if it is this is so fucked up

Kurt @kurtisincanada
@starnewsboston there could be a million houses that look like this. This could be in Russia for all we know

Jennie @Lara24
@kurtisincanada he literally had it custom built. there are no other houses that look like that

Jennie @Lara24
@kurtisincanada I don’t want it to be true but…
Attached images comparing cottage in leaked video to Shane’s cottage tour, with similarities labelled.

Raiders Forever @ethanfrost4
@Lara24 Holy shit.

 

Boston Star @starnewsboston ✔️

EXCLUSIVE: Rival romance exposed. Photo forensics confirms ILYA ROZANOV and SHANE HOLLANDER in leaked video. Full story: bostonstar.com/a/awcwo8c374dho8

Raiders Forever @ethanfrost4
@starnewsboston okay there is no way that isn’t Hollander. What the hell is happening??
Attached image of analysis from the article. The zoomed image of the obscured man’s face matches Hollander’s features exactly.

Gracie @hollanovtruther
@starnewsboston this should be like christmas for me but I don’t know how to react

 

MLH @MLH ✔️

It has been brought to our attention that an unverified video was shared this morning which has caused online harassment towards two MLH players. We will be holding a press conference tomorrow 4PM EST to address the situation.

 

Shane Hollander @shanehollander ✔️

I have been made aware of rumors circulating due to an unverified video shared this morning. Following legal advice, I will be present at the @MLH press conference tomorrow.

 

Ilya Rozanov @ilyarozanov ✔️

I have been made aware of rumors circulating due to an unverified video shared this morning. Following legal advice, I will be present at the @MLH press conference tomorrow.

 

Gracie @hollanovtruther

Guys I’m scared.

Gracie @hollanovtruther
Rozanov is Russian.

Gracie @hollanovtruther
this isn’t fun anymore