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He crowds Shane into the hood of the car, hands up under his shirt and jacket again. October is getting cold; nights are getting colder. The places where Ilya is touching him are the only parts of Shane’s body that are warm right now. Maybe that’s why he wraps his arms around Ilya’s neck and clings to him, though he doesn’t necessarily surprise himself with it. They don’t even kiss for a moment. Ilya busies himself breathing into the crook of Shane’s neck, trying to regain control. Shane opens his eyes and gazes over Ilya’s shoulder at the dark field and realizes that an utterly foreign feeling has risen up in him. It’s Ilya’s broad shoulders and beautiful hair between Shane and the world and he feels—small. Protected.
“Oh my God,” Shane whispers, completely ashamed of the feeling and hungry for it. It curls warm in his stomach. His toes arch inside his shoes. Something about being so close to this man, something about Ilya putting himself between Shane and—the world. Whatever lurks in the deep night. It’s a feeling like a ghost, something that Shane isn’t allowed to look directly at except for moments like these. Quiet and dark.Shane, Ilya, Vermont. Meeting in the middle.
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From His Lips to God's Ears by Goodnightsammy
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
05 Jul 2026
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@IlyaRozanovOfficial✅ Happy to announce that I WILL be pounding Shane Hollander tonight! That ass is MINE!
@CliffMarleau✅Brother, please ask me before you post shit like this.
@BostonWAGOneDay pounding him into… the boards… right? RIGHT?
@HollanderBabe24 in my dreams 🙏🙏🙏
@HockeyFan81 PLEASE have someone proof-read this man’s Tweets.
@IllyaRozanovOfficial✅ what is ‘proof-read’? Internet tells me this mean
fix errors. What error? I said what I said.@HockeyFan81 I’M SCREAMING
OR: Instead of just hooking up at the CCM shoot, Shane and Ilya start a serious relationship the summer before their rookie season. They are not public about their relationship, but Ilya sees no reason to lie when people ask him what he thinks of his biggest rival. Maybe it’s the Russian accent, though, because for some reason, everyone thinks he's joking.
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“How can Montreal be snowed in?” Ilya asks. “They are not ready for winter?”
“It’s Montreal, man,” Marleau snickers, like that's an explanation.
Jane- 9:44 a.m.- Look on the bright side. If you’re stuck another day, you can come back here.
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After Ilya leaves Shane’s apartment for the first time, he knows he’s on thin ice and at risk of falling into more serious feelings. He’s ready to put distance back between them.
A Montreal blizzard has other ideas.
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05 Feb 2026
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Updating!
Chap 27
Ahhh love this version of sochi that is set up, I know it's gonna hurt so good!!
Lily - 8:38 pm - want to come homeHe stares at it for a long second before he realizes what he’s said. How he’d said it, what it looks like. He’d only meant that he wanted to go back to Shane’s apartment.
His mind is too full of sludge. He wonders if there’s anything he could say to rectify it, retract it, make Shane see that it was only a slip of his drunken mind. A new text comes in with a little chime.
Jane - 8:39 pm - Then come home.
Helppppp!!!Oh Cliff bud, what a shock. I feel like this is a bit more accurate to his personality. Cliff would be confused and off kilter but he cares about Ilya truly.
Shane down to fight, always for Ilya 💖
Also, Cliff Sochi MVP!!!! 💕👑
Chap29:
Ilya being loved and Shane being brave 😭😭 -
Cliff's Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Week (Is Probably Going Better Than Ilya's) by petroltogo
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
15 Apr 2026
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It figures that even half-way across the world Ilya's dick manages to ruin Cliff's day. The real surprise is that it isn't the only dick involved in this mess.
Featuring an ill-timed outing, a supportive but clueless team trying its best, panicking over Russia's LGBTQ laws, too many group chats, an unhinged 3am brainstorming session on how to get your captain a new citizenship (asking for a friend) and Roz' inability to answer his fucking phone.
Or: Ilya disappears in Sochi. Half-way across the world his team does its best to help. Their best is more than anyone could have foreseen.
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- Part 1 of maximal confusion, some believability
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07 Jul 2026
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Cliff, loml fr 😭💞 bears my beloveds, never change❤️
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When the Moment Arrives (you'll know it) by Itsallfine
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
30 Apr 2026
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Shane heard himself say the words from a distance, as if he was standing somewhere on the other side of the room.
“I’ve been sleeping with him since we were nineteen and I think I’m in love with him.”
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Shane never ran off the night of the tuna melt, but the boys still failed to have an honest conversation about any of it. Instead, they trip and fall into a whole new level of maybe-accidentally-dating situationship hell. Shane needs to confess his feelings and define the relationship.
He probably shouldn't have done it... there.
Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
06 Jul 2026
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You cannot tell me in another universe they did it exactly like this!?!?🤣💞 Rose and Svetlana officiating their wedding on ice. Cliff cries 💖🥺