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The Swiss National League doesn’t care about the legendary Hollander-Rozanov rivalry. When the MLH can’t negotiate with the Hockey Players’ Union in time to prevent a hockey lockout at the start of the 2015 season, the Zürich Lions jump at the chance to sign both Shane and Ilya to short-term contracts. For four months in Switzerland, they share a team, a line, a house, and a bed.
Then the lockout ends in January, and it’s time to go back. Back to different countries, cities, lives. Beds.
Reentry is harder than expected.
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- Part 8 of my heated rivalry anon fics
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18 Feb 2026
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like it always does (and probably always will) by kapricots for uponastarrysky
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
17 Feb 2026
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There’s still a lot hanging on by the thread of hope: championship dreams and romantic wishes. He has so much more than he ever thought he could, and yet parts of him yearn for more, for things he keeps close to his chest and only speaks aloud when he looks to the sky and hopes his mother hears his murmurs of quiet Russian on the porch of the cabin.
Or, Ilya wants.
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18 Feb 2026
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“I know it’s not like one of your five Lamborghinis or whatever, but it’s more luxurious than it looks.”
“Oh, really,” Ilya says skeptically. Playfully. It’s been very hard to stop smiling ever since they left Shane’s parents’ house. “Example, please.”
“The backseat is super spacious and comfortable, for one thing. The leather is nice, really soft. I’ve definitely slept back there more than once when I’ve gotten tired in the middle of a long drive. You’re missing out.”
“Okay,” says Ilya. “So pull over and show me.”
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aka the not so boring car fic
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17 Feb 2026
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this is how i want to love you, cover to cover by allforyoumylove
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
11 Jan 2026
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“Don’t–” Ilya starts, already reaching, already cupping Shane’s face between both hands, thumbs warm and tender against his cheekbones like they’ve always belonged there.
Shane’s eyes are big and gorgeous and genuinely curious. “Don’t what?”
Don’t make me look like a lovesick idiot. Don’t make my heart trip over itself for a way out of my chest and into yours. Don’t say it like that—so fucking sincere—like you don’t know how devastating it is for me.
“Don’t butcher my language,” he says instead and kisses Shane’s smile hard, like reflex, like gravity, like there was never going to be another option.
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Shane sets out to learn Russian. Ilya discovers he's incapable of keeping his composure.
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17 Feb 2026
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ode to a conversation stuck in your throat by ummrys for sunandseas
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
14 Feb 2026
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Ilya's face split into a wide grin. It made his eyes sparkle. Shane wanted to kiss him very badly. "Oh. Oh. You are very drunk."
"I wouldn't say very drunk. I'm normal drunk." Shane corrected, stepping closer to Ilya until they were barely centimeters apart. Shane reached up and wrapped his arms around Ilya's neck. They were so close and he smelled so good. Shane breathed him in for a second. Fuck, he had missed him so badly. It had only been two weeks, but it felt like forever.
"I missed you too." Ilya whispered. Wait, had Shane said that out loud? Oops. Maybe he was very drunk. "More than you know."
Or, the transition from friends with benefits to lovers is far from seamless.
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16 Feb 2026