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The Weight of Still by amberlightfic
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
02 Mar 2026
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Summary
On a Monday morning in October, Shane Hollander drops a mug of coffee and doesn't get back up.
Ilya is upstairs with the twins. He hears the sound — not the mug breaking, but the body. The thud of the person who holds it all upright. He puts the children down. He goes to the kitchen. Shane is on the floor, looking at Ilya, trying to say everything, but nothing comes out.
Stroke. Left hemisphere. Thirty-eight years old.
Shane spends six weeks in a hospital bed learning how to say his children's names. Ilya spends six weeks splitting himself into three people — the husband in the chair, the father in the nursery, the hockey player on the ice
Series
- Part 1 of The Weight