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    Reasons by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, heated - Fandom  

    25 Mar 2026

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    “My mother, she –” his voice shook, but he continued, “I had a dream about her. Just now. She – she told me something. That if I have letters to write, I have reasons to stay. And I – blyat’ – I’d have so many letters to write.”

    Or,

    Ilya attempts writing a "just-in-case" suicide letter to Shane, and then passes out for 16 hours where he has a very vivid dream about his mother. Shane finds Ilya's letter first, and then him passed out on the bed and (validly) assumes the worst. Happy ending though. I promise 🫶🏻

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    28 Jun 2026

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    After Hours (My Moon, My Man) by

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

    17 Jan 2026

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    Shane Hollander knew three things for certain: He looked great in tailored suits, deadlines were negotiable if you were charming enough and Ilya Rozanov had never looked at him the way Shane wanted. But that was about to change.

    or, the office siren Shane x hot boss Ilya fic, in which Shane makes it his mission to get under his hot boss' skin by obnoxiously flirting with him and maybe -just maybe- it's working

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    28 Jun 2026

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    good bones by Anonymous

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

    10 May 2026

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    [a voice message sent May 10th, 1991, received by a Panasonic answering machine]

    David: Hey, Mom. The baby has been ejected.

    Yuna: David, no, that’s—no. Give me that. Hey, Mrs. Holl—

    David: She’s your mom too, you know—

    Yuna: —just letting you know that we have a baby! Seven pounds and seven ounces, ten fingers and ten toes. His name is Shane, and he’s excited to meet you… at some point. When we get out of the hospital. We love you, we hope to see you soon, and—

    David: —and bring peach cobbler when you visit!

    Yuna: … and bring peach cobbler when you visit. Bye.

    [Or, Shane is the best Mother's Day gift that Yuna could ever ask for. Literally. Told through a thirty-five-year-long series of letters, postcards, voice messages, and Yuna feeling so much love for her son(s) she could just burst.]

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    25 Jun 2026

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    like the bodies of saints by

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

    09 Feb 2026

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    An open door was hardly an invitation for a man like Shane—someone who navigated life by second-guessing, who agonized over every choice laid in front of him.

    But maybe that was the point

    Maybe that was Ilya’s part in his life—Shane’s reckoning with letting go.

    Or an AU in which Shane and Ilya are roommates, Ilya has an OnlyFans, Shane works at the boxing gym, and everyone around them thinks they’re already married.

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    23 Jun 2026

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    children I birthed chat by

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

    23 Feb 2026

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    [Text] LaPointe: You two can vote too I guess: which of you is the mom and which is the dad?

    [Text] Ilya: I am papa clearly

    [Text] Shane: We're neither. Because we're not your parents...

    [Text] Luca: That feels like something only a dad would say

    [Text: LaPointe: And not a very good dad 😔

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    or, a month of texts between Ilya, Shane, and their rookies

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