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kiss me just once for luck (these are desperate measures) by LiarsandThieves22
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
30 Jan 2026
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“I do not want to make you uncomfortable. With how I talk about us. To others. Like . . . reporters. Or how I treat you in front of others, like the guys on the team.”
Something like understanding settled on Shane’s face now, and it immediately made Ilya’s heart stop racing. “You think I don’t like PDA.”
“First time I held your hand in public I thought you were going to have a panic attack,” Ilya admitted.
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Or: Shane's first season on the Ottawa Centaurs, as told through five times Ilya initiated PDA (and one time Shane did).
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12 Jul 2026
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pardon my french, could you speak in tongues? by c_a_andromeda
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
10 Jul 2026
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That should be the end of it. The interaction should be forgotten, pushed out of his mind, and never brought up again except maybe to make fun of Hollander. “Hey remember that time I fucked you so well you started speaking french?” He could say. Better if he never brings it up again, never holds onto anything of Hollander’s, not even the memories. Except…except…
Except Ilya can’t push it out of his fucking head.
And so, that is how Ilya starts learning French.
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four times Ilya understands what Shane is saying, and one time Shane understands him
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11 Jul 2026
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you know this moment, don’t you? (time is strangely calm now) by barnes_romzanov
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 Dec 2025
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It’s dark, and Ilya’s not quite sure where he is.
His entire body is numb. His shoes are soaking wet from trudging lazily through the snow. His nose is running, and his lips are chapped.
Selfishly, he wishes Shane would fuss over him now. Pull him close, whisper “I forgive you” even though he shouldn’t, because Ilya would never change, because something inside him- in his family line, in his soul- was broken.
Ilya wondered how long ago it had clicked- when Shane had realized that Ilya wormed his way into this country and tricked the Hollanders into caring for him, then returned the favor by botching their language and leaving a trail of mess in his wake. He still can't help but wonder if that will be part of his punishment- being doomed to miss him in death, too.
or: Ilya’s mostly been able to cope with the fact that he’ll never be able to articulate himself fully in this country- but he’s also never been good at talking about feelings in the first place.
"I'm tired" is the best he's got. It definitely doesn't capture what's going on in his head, and Shane can't read minds.
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- Part 1 of Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call
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10 Jul 2026
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Ilya is like his mother in the way that he plays with fireworks and skates on not quite frozen rivers.
Shane often finds himself lost in translation.
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An exploration of Ilya and Shane, their mental health, and their relationships
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- Part 1 of mental health fics to exorcise my demons
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10 Jul 2026
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smoke gets in your eyes by residentrookie
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
13 Feb 2026
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Then Rozanov turns, his side profile on full display, and Shane can see now that it’s not his phone he’s cradling in his hands but an unlit cigarette and a flickering lighter.
Shane is suddenly unsure of his next move. If he announces himself, he can perhaps get this introduction over with before the stick ever gets lit. And then, of course, there’s always the option of turning around completely, heading back inside like he was never even here. But when else will he get the chance to meet Rozanov alone, privately, without a crowd of hungry journalists eager to hear their first exchange and weigh in on their microexpressions and tones and the unspoken messages in their words?
What he absolutely cannot do is be within three metres of Ilya Rozanov smoking a cigarette because there are some embarrassments you never come back from, and suffering a spontaneous nosebleed while introducing himself to the Russian opponent he’s never met before is unequivocally one of them.
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Shane Hollander has a strange affliction: cigarette smoke gives him nosebleeds. Needless to say, this makes interacting with Ilya Rozanov more difficult than he'd previously imagined.
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10 Jul 2026