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back and forth from new york by alphalupi
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
20 Feb 2026
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After coming out to Rose, Shane decides he doesn't want to lie anymore, even if he isn't sure coming out will mean he gets happily ever after with Ilya. When coming out to the Voyageurs leaves him wondering what his future in Montreal might look like, he lets himself be a little selfish, he lets himself wonder if there might be somewhere else he might be happy. If Montreal wants to get rid of a generational player, he's not about to stop them, especially if it means he can get a little closer to joy.
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Or: Shane Hollander leaves Montreal in search of something better.
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- Part 1 of back and forth from new york
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 194,688
- Chapters:
- 44/?
- Collections:
- 35
- Comments:
- 7,965
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- 17,130
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- 839,288
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28 Jan 2026
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the secret society of stick handlers by gurlsrool
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
18 Feb 2026
- Words:
- 52,767
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- 6
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26 Jan 2026
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The Game Plan by FestiveFerret, pouringinsheets
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Dec 2022
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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.
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- English
- Words:
- 64,024
- Chapters:
- 16/16
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- 1,583
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24 Jan 2026
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Ilya Rozanov thinks it's probably best to decline the invitation to the 2017 All-Star Game. It's not swaggering, knothead alpha male bullshit; it's a survival strategy. He doesn't think it'll end well for anyone if he's forced into playing an instinct-driven, blood-pumping sport like ice hockey with Shane Hollander right now, not when Hollander is probably going to bring his new girlfriend to Tampa for the weekend.
But it's Hollander. It's Shane. So of course Ilya doesn't decline the stupid invitation. And of course the game goes sideways.
That doesn't mean it doesn't end well.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 21,828
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 169
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- 3,184
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- 779
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- 35,753
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22 Jan 2026
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something you can build by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 Jan 2026
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Six months ago, Shane’s intimate conversation and break-up with Rose Landry was recorded and leaked. In those six months, his life had completely upended and everything had changed, for better or for worse. Except for Ilya. He still has Ilya, and he’s beginning to understand that he always will.
It’s 2018. Shane Hollander has to figure out his new life, in a new city, on a new team, while being out to the world but not by his own choice. Ilya, along for the ride, also has to learn what it means to be connected to a place, to a person, and to his own inner truth.
(Sequel to “something you can fix,” set post-Heated Rivalry, pre-The Long Game)
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- Part 2 of something you can fix
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 96,881
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Comments:
- 6,765
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- 29,683
- Bookmarks:
- 7,172
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- 596,305
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22 Jan 2026
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something you can fix by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
27 Dec 2025
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Maybe if the video ended there, Shane thought, it would be okay. Okayish. Still incriminating. Still a fucking disaster. Still embarrassing, to have his breakup with this beautiful actress filmed and disseminated on Reddit of all fucking places, but not a nail in his coffin, burying him alive. But the video didn’t end there.
“Can I ask if you’ve ever been with another guy?” she had to ask.
And he, tears visible in his eyes, had to nod.
Just once. Just a single nod.
Why did he have to nod?
“Have you ever told anyone that before?” He shook his head. “Was it different? With a guy?”
“Of course.”
Of course.
“Was it better?”
“Yes.”
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Shane’s conversation with Rose is secretly recorded. Months later, after the All-Star game and Ilya’s confession in Russian, the video gets leaked online. Shane is outed to the world while Ilya is in Russia, and must now finish the 2016-2017 season with the entire world in on his secret.
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- Part 1 of something you can fix
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,815
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 1,358
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- 35,226
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- 9,198
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- 402,184
Bookmarked by Balasar
30 Dec 2025
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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Dec 2025
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Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”
“Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.
“No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
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- Part 1 of Competition is Better With a Friend
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 30,455
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,780
- Kudos:
- 38,274
- Bookmarks:
- 11,367
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- 501,151
Bookmarked by Balasar
29 Dec 2025
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Steve Harrington is normal, everyone thinks so. Captain of the swim team, starter on the varsity basketball team, most popular boy in school, absolute heartthrob, handsome, and rich. He's King Steve, Steve “the Hair” Harrington. He's an all-American boy growing up in the heartland. And he's spent years working very hard to keep it that way, because the truth is the last thing he is, is normal.
No, Steve Harrington has a dark past he's desperate to escape, however that gets much harder when Will Byers goes missing and Steve just can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong in Hawkins, something that's pointing straight to his past. But everything will be fine, right? All he has to do is pretend everything is normal.
Or, another lab experiment Steve story because I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m sharing it with everyone.
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- Part 1 of Pretend Everything is Normal
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,121,639
- Chapters:
- 146/?
- Comments:
- 11,363
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- 9,828
- Bookmarks:
- 1,605
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- 535,227
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12 Dec 2025
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In A Mirrored Room, Talking To Myself by entanglednow
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Oct 2024
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The Corroded Coffin members made a name for themselves investigating the paranormal, they have a fairly successful show that brings in some extra cash. Eddie's not sure if he really believes any of it, it's been eight years and he's only managed to record a few pieces of evidence he can't explain.
He's not expecting much from the investigation of the Harrington house, even laughing at how serious the man sounds about their safety. Steve Harrington himself and his stupid beautiful face is a big draw, he's not going to lie, but the stories he's telling about the haunting he's experiencing sound far-fetched even for them; particles of darkness, doors that lead nowhere, voices from rooms that are empty and visions of other places filled with black vines.
He'd assume the whole thing to be a hoax, if Harrington wasn't offering them a sizable amount of money to spend the night, and there's more on the table if they can rid him of his haunting for good.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 65,345
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 912
- Kudos:
- 1,170
- Bookmarks:
- 376
- Hits:
- 17,165
Bookmarked by Balasar
10 Nov 2025
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do you think that you would love me ‘til tomorrow if you could by suzukiblu for radians
Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)
23 Aug 2018
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Jesse’s first roommate got himself stabbed. Jesse refuses to take responsibility for that, since any idiot ought to know better than to shake awake anyone in Overwatch, much less the very recently ex-gang member. His second roommate was a manic neat freak. The third was on day shift. The fourth was--
Look, there’s been a lot of roommates. Coming home to the murder-cyborg ain’t really a downgrade, is his point here.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,368
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 47
- Kudos:
- 1,195
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- 203
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- 7,459
Bookmarked by Balasar
08 Oct 2025
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Spencer in no way expects the whole world to gasp in awe whenever he runs an algorithm faster than a computer could, or produces an esoteric fact he read about once a decade ago. But whenever Alvez smiles when everybody else rolls their eyes, it kind of knocks the wind out of him.
So Spencer is in desperate need of an argument to convince himself that it’s a good thing that nothing will ever happen between them, and that all his mental power currently dedicated to daydreaming about Luke Alvez would be better spent literally anywhere else.
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Part character study, part romance, in which Spencer Reid grapples with his thoughts and feelings for one Luke Alvez.Bookmarked by Balasar
29 Jul 2025
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honey, honey by notquitegucci (notquiteguchi)
Fandoms: Arcane: League of Legends (Cartoon 2021)
24 Jun 2025
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“So, run it by me one more time.”
Vi paced the length of the room with her chin pinched firmly between her fingers. She had been tracing a wide oval on the floor, her boots clanking heavily with every step. They had been over the plan several times already, Viktor lamented soundlessly, but he understood her nerves. Ekko, who was busy spinning himself in one of Viktor’s office chairs, slowed to a stop with an exaggerated groan, dragging the toe of his shoes along Viktor’s floor. “Vi, how many more times are you gonna make us—”
“Until it’s perfect, Ekko.” Vi interrupted brusquely. “Everyone needs to be on the same page about what they’re doing, where they’re supposed to be, and what we’re after. We’re not gonna get another shot at this for months if we fail.”
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OR: The kids from Zaun have a plan—find whatever Jayce Talis has been working on and steal it. The Progress Day Gala is the perfect opportunity to do so. The only issue? Viktor has to attend to "present" his research to Heimerdinger. He should be in and out quickly—just long enough to get Vi into place and dip. If all goes smoothly, he'll never have to interact with Jayce Talis at all. Simple, right?
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- Part 1 of lay all your love on me (verse)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 220,933
- Chapters:
- 27/27
- Comments:
- 3,508
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- 5,800
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- 1,503
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- 199,354
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03 Mar 2025
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At Sokka’s behest, the Gaang skips rescuing Zuko during the Siege at the North Pole. Instead they leave him, unconscious, buried in the snow.
In completely unrelated news, Sokka’s haunted by a ghost now.
(If you'd like more details before deciding to read this story, look here for spoilers.)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 67,555
- Chapters:
- 14/14
- Collections:
- 67
- Comments:
- 3,916
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- 19,041
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- 5,786
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- 252,740
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12 Feb 2025
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After drinking something he wasn't supposed to, Arthur's demeanor regarding his manservant Merlin has entirely changed, leaving everyone to believe he had been snuck a love potion. But when it seems to be something else, a potion that amplifies existing feelings to an almost obsessive state, the only way to pull him back is for him to willingly participate in the spell needed to save him. What is Merlin to do when Arthur won't let him out of his sight and there are no other willing sorcerers within the kingdom?
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,713
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Comments:
- 202
- Kudos:
- 2,959
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- 595
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- 35,553
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25 Dec 2024
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It was an act of appalling, ghastly cruelty that, had Arthur not been so horribly in love with him, he might never have noticed Merlin was a sorcerer.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 41,317
- Chapters:
- 5/5
- Comments:
- 208
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- 1,436
- Bookmarks:
- 334
- Hits:
- 17,020
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26 Nov 2024
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“Fuck David! I do!”
“Fuck Ben! I do!”
Charlie’s friends give a drunken cheer.
“I now pronounce you husband and husband!” Drag Elvis shouts joyfully.
Charlie’s friends cheer some more.
“I like this guy,” Tao says to Elle. “And I just learned his last name.”
“So did Charlie,” Elle says. Then she throws her glitter-confetti. “To the happy couple!”
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 104,325
- Chapters:
- 12/12
- Comments:
- 1,246
- Kudos:
- 1,673
- Bookmarks:
- 403
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- 47,524
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16 Nov 2024
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The Waste Of Time That Is Soulmate Gatherings (Or how Edwin finally found happiness) by HenryTheHAP
Fandoms: Dead Boy Detectives (TV)
11 Aug 2024
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Every six months there's a Soulmate Gathering, where those of age meet in the hopes of finding their other half. Edwin is less than thrilled. Until he's very thrilled.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 10,756
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 45
- Kudos:
- 337
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- 81
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- 2,298
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14 Aug 2024
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It’s just turned November in 1999, meaning that Charles has been dead (and thus with Edwin) for almost a full decade. If he had lived, he’d be 26 now. He is 26, sort of. He’s sure that he’s more mature now than he was when he died, but that might just be the natural result of a decade spent with Edwin standing next to him, raising a single eyebrow imperiously as if to say ‘really, Charles?’ every time he acts before thinking (so, almost all the time).
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10 years after Charles dies, he realizes that he's in love with his best friend. He handles this about as well as anyone could expect.
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- Part 1 of 1999 au
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 14,083
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Comments:
- 116
- Kudos:
- 1,274
- Bookmarks:
- 221
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- 12,296
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05 Jul 2024
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“Where are you buried, do you’ve any idea?”
“My body was never found,” he replies softly. “There is a memorial marker next to my parents’ graves, but my remains are not there.”
The idea is so horrifying that it stuns Charles into silence for a couple seconds. “I didn’t know that. Why didn’t I know that?”
Edwin’s shoulders tense. “The whole thing is bloody tragic enough as it is.”
Grabbing his wrist, Charles begins marching them back in the direction of the pond they used to get here.
Edwin doesn’t resist, but he does argue, because of course he does. “Charles, where are we going?”
“St. Hilarion’s. We’ve got a new case, don’t we?”
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- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,749
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 772
- Kudos:
- 2,590
- Bookmarks:
- 617
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- 21,943
Bookmarked by Balasar
26 Jun 2024
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i would know you (again and again) by Kenna21
Fandoms: The Song of Achilles - Madeline Miller, The Iliad - Homer
26 Jul 2022
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Do I know of any hero that was happy? He thinks.
(And frowns, because he is certain he has heard similar words spoken somewhere. They seem important, so why is it that he could not remember where they came from?)
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 222,228
- Chapters:
- 44/44
- Comments:
- 555
- Kudos:
- 1,283
- Bookmarks:
- 253
- Hits:
- 36,630
Bookmarked by Balasar
10 Jun 2024