Meanwhile_In_Hell
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Rozanov takes a bad hit.
Hollander sees it.
Hollander stops being a functioning adult.
There are bruises, tape, ice, kissing, and exactly zero emotional coping skills—followed by a center ice faceoff where Rozanov smirks like nothing happened.
(Something happened.)Bookmarked by Meanwhile_In_Hell
26 Feb 2026
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If This Is It... by S_D_Blackthorn
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Heated Rivalry (Book), The Long Game (Book)
27 Feb 2026
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When a petty morning argument is the last thing Ilya says to Shane before he boards the Montreal Metros’ team plane, he thinks the worst consequence will be a bruised ego and an awkward apology.
Instead, the aircraft declares an emergency.
As social media explodes, the hockey world halts, and Shane’s Instagram messages turn from apologies to goodbyes, Ilya is forced to confront the one truth he’s been hiding longer than his feelings:
Shane Hollander is his. And he may have just lost him.
A mixed-media, Long Game–era angst spiral featuring breaking news alerts, trending fan edits, locker room confessions, and the most devastating Instagram DM thread you will ever read.
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26 Feb 2026
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Drunken virality by Bellakitse
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
17 Feb 2026
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“I’ve just gone viral.”
“Viral?” Ilya questions curiously, now calmer that he knows everyone he cares about is safe. “What for?”
Shane groans as he rapidly reads through messages, comments on posts, and article links on Twitter. “For being an idiot in love with you,”
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While out with the team, a drunk Shane lets his teammates know why he loves his husband.
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18 Feb 2026
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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
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16 Feb 2026
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you bring me home by freaakkhollanov
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
13 Feb 2026
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“Да. Yes. Ilya Rozanov.” Ilya said looking at the woman, Rose, he presumed. He shifts his gaze to his victim with an apology on his lips. Only for every word he had ever learned in English or Russian to completely slip his brain, except one.
Freckles.
That was all Ilya could manage to think. Freckles.
And so many of them. Adorable brown marks, varying in hue and size, were scattered across the man's cheeks and nose. His nose. Had Ilya ever noticed someone's nose before? He quickly decided not to dwell on that when the boy finally met his stare.
The big eyes that focused on Ilya were nothing short of beautiful. Pools of brown swirled around his pupils, which Ilya wanted to dive head first into.
Holy shit this man is stunning. As in, ‘Oh my god I think I just fell in love with you’, kind of stunning.
or jock ilya is obsessed with nerd shane
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15 Feb 2026