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1. Private Meetings by hermacology

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   15 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Rose Landry
   • Hayden Pike
   • Alternate Universe - Coffee Shops & Cafés
   • Barista Shane Hollander
   • Power Dynamics
   • Language Barrier
   • Cultural Miscommunication
   • Dramatic Irony
   • Anxious Shane Hollander
   • Bottom Shane Hollander
   • Top Ilya Rozanov
   • Sexual Tension
   • Eventual Smut
   • Explicit Sexual Content
   • I say this is going to be a slow burn
   • but I don't know if I have any self control
   • Gratuitous use of em-dashes is my only personality trait at this point
   • The writer can't speak Russian but she can use Google with the best of them
   • No Beta
   • Autistic Shane Hollander
   • Oral Sex
   • Anal Sex
   • Consent King Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander Has a Praise Kink
   • but like
   • mildly
   • Mysterious background Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander can't read a room or a book
   • Soft Ilya Rozanov
   • Protective Ilya Rozanov
   • POV Shane Hollander

   Summary

   Shane Hollander works at a coffee shop, plays hockey, keeps his head down, and doesn’t ask questions he doesn’t need the answers to.

   So when a new regular starts showing up—quiet, watchful, Russian-accented, and conducting invitation-only meetings in the back—Shane notices. When that same man takes an unsettling interest in Shane’s closing shifts, his routines, and his safety, Shane does what feels sensible: he adjusts his behavior and keeps his mouth shut.

   Ilya Rosanov orders an Americano. He reads, but only in Russian. He worries when people work late alone.

   They are operating with very different definitions of danger.

   If he didn’t ask questions, he couldn’t be lied to.

   The rules were simple.

   1. Do not ask questions you don’t need the answer to.
   2. Do not share personal information freely.
   3. Do not be alone with Ilya Rozanov.
   4. Do not give him a reason to think you’re afraid.

   Language:

   English

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