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    let me give you innovation (got that good good) by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    04 Apr 2026

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    Shane doesn't have anything against fighting in hockey. Truly he doesn't. But there are a million different things to love about playing on the same team as Ilya Rozanov, and watching him stew in the penalty box like a caged animal is near the bottom of that list for Shane.

    Ilya can't keep out of the box, so he's not allowed to put it in anymore.

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    Mic'd Up: Gareth Jones by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

    04 Jun 2026

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    A group of the rookies surround JONES in a weird circle centering his mic pack. They all lean in as they start singing badly.

    LEVIN: You would not believe your eyes.

    JONES: If ten million fire flies.

    YOUNG: Lit up the world as I fell asleep.

    HOLMBERG: I like to make myself believe.

    VAN DER BIJ: That planet earth turns

    LAPOINTE: Slowlyyyy.

    or, they mic up gareth jones, the media team learns to use the censor beep like their life depends on it

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    "can you sign this autograph?" by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

    19 Jun 2026

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    HARRIS: Shane! Ilya! I need you to sign something for me real quick.

    HOLLANDER: Uh— is this about the Centaur’s donation to the Canadian Cancer Society because I thought that came from the organisation not us— why are you recording us?

    HARRIS: No, no, not about the donation. I just have some fans who would like some photos of you signed.

    ROZANOV, suspiciously: What for?

    or harris drover conducts psychological warfare on the ottawa centaurs for the sake of social media by making them sign old photos of themselves

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    Is this thing on? by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    04 Apr 2026

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    “They need to return to a conference based system,” Svetlana said, slamming her hand against the table. “It was fucking fine the way it was, why are we handing out participation trophies to shitty divisions?”

    Ilya raised his eyebrows from where he hovered in the kitchen, cracking open another Red Bull.

    “This is fun,” he said, deadpanned. “You guys should start a podcast or something. I would not listen, you are both terribly boring.”

    * * *

    Or, after an injury on the ice forces Shane into an early retirement, he and Svetlana start a podcast.

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    think twice (and come back for a third time) by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    10 May 2026

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    Shane is heavier than he used to be; his weight bears down on Ilya in a new way. He’s put on pounds of muscle since Ilya last touched him like this. Ilya flattens his palms, skims them under Shane’s undershirt, feels the flat solidity of his abs, the bulk of his lats, the swell of his chest. It’s the same and it’s new, this body; it’s the boy he couldn’t stop thinking about when he was 18 and the man he loved enough to let go at 26 and the person who somehow always comes to find him when he’s lost.

    A stranger, and the love of his life.

     

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    or, Ilya's father doesn't die in 2017; Ilya breaks up with Shane instead of confessing his love. They get older, but not any less stupid about each other. Shane gets a boyfriend; Ilya gets on medication; they work on becoming whole people. And they always find their way back to each other.

    OR a story for those who love Shane and Ilya's baby love but ALSO think it's hot when people in their thirties make active choices about who they are and what they want in their partner!!

    Note: the "cheating" tag refers to the relationship between Shane and his aforementioned BF, not to Shane and Ilya cheating on each other.

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    15 Jul 2026