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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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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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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
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 💖🥺
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“He wants doll brushes because he’s seen the girls at the park brushing their plushies with them. Their dolls too, obviously. But he wants to brush that pelt you brought him-”
David sets his crossword book down, giving Yuna his full attention.
“What?”
“The pelt of fur? Looks like a wolf, or maybe one of those big cats?” Yuna says, waving her hand dismissively. “Either way, I don’t think doll brushes are the right choice. We can look into getting him a set of actual grooming tools, he needs to learn that the right tools for the right job are an important-”
“Yuna. Sweetheart.” David interrupts. “I did not buy our son a piece of dead animal as a souvenir from Russia.”
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Ilya loses something important at the airport; years later, Shane gives it back to him.
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When Shane reluctantly agreed to kick off his MLH career with a photoshoot, he imagined, somewhat vaguely, a hockey uniform and some dramatic lighting on the rink. Shoot a few pucks. Pose intensely. That kind of thing.
The marketing agency, apparently, had other ideas.
A plane flight gone wrong, a desperate crash landing, and suddenly hockey’s two brightest young stars find themselves stranded in the heart of the Canadian wilderness. With no way home and no rescue coming, they only have one hope for survival -- each other.
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
30 Jun 2026
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Omggg Ilya loves Shane so much it makes him stupid 😭 and Shane is the same 💕
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Breaking News: We Like Each Other by prailock
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
02 May 2026
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In the offseason, a steamy video of Shane and Ilya dancing at a club goes viral. Already out and married for years at this point, the first husbands of hockey can't believe this is news. For once, it's Shane whose media responses blow it up even further. Ilya’s not about to let an opportunity to compete with Shane go to waste.
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The rivalry still hasn't died, they just find new ways to keep it going. Why choose silence when you can choose violence?
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- Part 1 of Pure Meringue
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
30 Jun 2026
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Screamingggg the vows took me out!! 😭😭😭
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Gay During That Goal, Too by batsbeerandbaddecisions
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
14 Jun 2026
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Shane Hollander accidentally comes out to his hockey team after years of hiding his sexuality behind carefully crafted personas and unfinished coming out speeches. As the Metros slowly begin icing him out on and off the ice, Shane spirals between rage, grief, and self-discovery—while Ilya refuses to let him forget exactly who he is.
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
27 Jun 2026
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*Taps mike* Shane hollder deserves to be angry, and a person, AND hIMSELF. He deserves the same as everyone else. I love this so much 😭😭😭
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Future Tense by alidesidero, Rebo758
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
11 Jun 2026
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"After an hour of breathing exercises, retracing what he had learned about himself and others, he opened his Notes app:
want:
Ilya
Stanley Cups
Awardsnot doing:
Dissociating
Making myself small to make others comfortable
Waiting ten fucking yearsWatching the clock, the time he had been waiting for was finally there.
Time to remind Ilya where the smoking area was."
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In 2021, Shane and Ilya are sent back to 2008. And they are determined to do it better this time.
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- Part 1 of Inspired By... Hollanov
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- English
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- 12/12
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
27 Jun 2026
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The number of times I bawled while reading this omg 😭😭😭😭
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a moonbeam in your hand by strange_ghost
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Feb 2026
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"We have newest member of the team with us today, as you all have seen.”
Shane glanced up again, watching as the captain gestured vaguely toward Shane without looking at him. “Shane Hollander.” The name came out of his mouth like it was laced with poison.
Shane became very aware of many eyes turning to him now. He felt a few claps on the back and tried to force a tight smile. But his eyes wandered back up to Ilya Rozanov, who was looking at him with so much quiet contempt, that Shane started to understand the phrase ‘if looks could kill.’
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OR: Ilya spirals into a deep depression when Shane breaks things off with him definitively after a horrifying run in with their feelings (and tuna melts).
They go no contact for close to a year until Shane is unexpectedly traded to Boston the following season.
Shane finds his new captain is a version of Ilya he's never seen before: dark, icy, and distant.
But their newfound proximity mixed with old feelings creates a complicated dynamic that they can't ignore forever.
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find your way back home by strange_ghost
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Jun 2026
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"Hi, solnyshko.”
The Russian pet name set a firework off inside Shane's mind as he heard it cooed from behind him. The intonation was just as he remembered, but the voice was much deeper.He turned and felt himself short circuit. It took every ounce of willpower to not let his jaw drop cartoonishly to the floor. Shane would recognize his individual features anywhere, even after 5 years. But it was as if someone had snapped their fingers and the smug, silly Russian boy who had been attached to Shane's hip for 3 summers was transformed into some sort of fucking Adonis right before his eyes.
“Ilya-” was all Shane managed before strong arms were wrapped around his waist and lifting him off the ground in a greeting all too familiar from years ago.
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When Shane Hollander & Ilya Rozanov spent their summers as teens in an elite hockey camp, they quickly became inseparable friends. But they lose touch when Shane moves on as a prospect for the NHL and Ilya for the KHL.Years later, Montreal makes a bold move to take the hottest player in the KHL. After hearing of the Russian's reputation, the Montreal Captain is tasked with keeping his old best friend and new teammate out of trouble.
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- 22/22
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
03 Jun 2026
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Shout out to this fic for healing meeee 😭😭😭💖✨
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One Night by MeropeMerope for kosegruppie
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
30 Jan 2026
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Stick to your guns, Ilya thinks. Sex. With Hollander. That’s simple. Straightforward.
Except nothing about this night has been straightforward. The more time he spends with Hollander, the more he wants him - and not just the sex. He wants it all: the reading glasses, earnest ramblings, moral compulsions. The sweetness Hollander tries to hide. The way he holds back from almost everyone, even from himself, but never from Ilya.
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or: After Vegas, Ilya knows he should end it with Hollander. He likes trouble, yes. Doesn’t mean he likes feeling scraped raw by wanting impossible things. Then they are marooned together at an airport for a very long, very strange night during which Ilya begins to suspect – shakily, reluctantly – that they might be… something.NOW COMPLETE!
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
03 Jun 2026
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Lizzie McGuire voice: shut upppppp.
I love this 😭😭😭 I cried I laughed I cheered 🥺 -
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“Some useless gossip site posted a story about Rozanov,” Hayden finally explained, turning to him. “A tell-all interview with one of his latest conquests. It was a bit… well… sensational.”
“...Sensational?” Shane repeated, dumbly. Was that his voice? Did he sound like that?
Hayden grimaced, but JJ heroically stepped in.
“She said his dick is so big she cried,” he said, simply, as if he had not just upended Shane’s entire life with a total of nine words. “And not cried in the fun way.”
In the fun way.
Oh dear.
Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
28 May 2026
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Screaminggggggf!!!!!
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In Different Circumstances by SlothyButt
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Feb 2026
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“Mic’ing us up? Did I hear that right?” Hunter questions.
“Someone in PR thought it would be funny to hear the three of you during all of your games,” Coach LeClaire explains, “The idea got out and spread like wildfire.”
“Huh,” Hunter responds.
“It would be funny to hear me,” Ilya corrects, “I am funny. The other two are boring.”
He hears Hollander huff out a laugh and bump shoulders with him as Hunter continues to ask questions. Casually glancing over to the other man, he sees a small smile playing at his lips. His eyes, though, there was a gleam that he hadn’t seen before. He wasn’t certain what it could mean, but it couldn’t be good for Ilya.
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Or what if Shane had stayed with Ilya that night in Boston?
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- Part 1 of For O bāchan's Adopted Commenters
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- 10/10
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
19 May 2026
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Yessss!!! Give Shane a bigger family, I love it! 🥰
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Apogee by OpalApparition
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
09 Mar 2026
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Shane Hollander is the youngest Commander in ISS history; straight-backed, closeted, and so tightly on his own leash that seven months in orbit with Ilya Rozanov have not produced a single crack in his composure.
Ilya Rozanov is the Russian cosmonaut who should have had his job, won’t stop bouncing a tennis ball off the walls, and is still looking for a fissure. Thankfully, a solar storm finds it for him.
or: Near-death, zero gravity, and the wrong man’s hands in exactly the right places.
A Cosmonaut!Ilya x Astronaut!Shane AU 🚀
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
18 May 2026
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So good,like frickkkkkkk I can't even really explain how this made me feel!?!? Me,
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Shane and Ilya had mutually agreed to keep their whatever-they’re-doing out of Sochi. It was an easy decision to make: this was bigger than any MLH rivalry and definitely bigger than a few hotel hook-ups. There was no room for distractions, not with Olympic gold on the line.
So it’d be really fucking great if their daemons could get on the same page and stop trying to cause an international fucking incident.
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- Part 7 of my heated rivalry anon fics
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- 4/4
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14 May 2026
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Ren and Sima my loves, you get those jocks to have a conversation!! I love it! Lol they really looked at the boys situationship and said not on our watch! 🤣💪
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black dog by delagauchetiere
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
18 Apr 2026
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Ilya is not going to steal Shane Hollander's dog. That would be illegal. And wrong. And someone would probably find out and make Ilya give him back.
So. Not stealing.
But there is nothing wrong with giving Chernysh all the pats and treats that he deserves, is there?
Nothing wrong with encouraging Chernysh to spend more and more time at Ilya's house until he doesn't even remember who Hollander is.
Because Hollander is stupid and boring and does not deserve a dog as good as Chernysh. No, he doesn't, does he? Because Chernysh is the best boy in the whole world, yes he is.
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
10 May 2026
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This has everything I could ever want, I cried so much, BEAUTIFUL! 🥰
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Captain vs. Captain by deliciousblizzardshark
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
03 Apr 2026
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Following the internet success of Shane and Ilya's presentation at the NHL Awards, ESPN decided to contract with them to do a whole series. It goes far better than anyone could have dreamed.
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“When you think about it,” Jackie said, when Shane had dinner with her and Hayden a few days later, “hockey’s basically already reality tv.”
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- Part 3 of Hollanov fics
- Part 1 of Captain vs Captain
- Language:
- English
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- 64,863
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- 16/16
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
09 May 2026
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This is soooo good!!
And we should all be more like Ilya in our lives, never give up! Never surrender! Keep putting your crush in new situations! Eventually they will fall for you! 🤣 -
the courtship of ilya rozanov by cherrylilies (cherrydialectic)
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
28 Apr 2026
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After the tuna melt meltdown, Shane meets Rose Landry, has several deeply inconvenient revelations, and decides to do the only sensible thing: win Ilya back with sincerity, logistics, and a frankly alarming amount of emotional effort.
Ilya, meanwhile, mistakes every tender gesture for the kind prelude to an inevitable goodbye.
Or: Shane is living in a romcom. Ilya is living in a Russian tragedy.
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
06 May 2026
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So good!!! Love to see Shane pursue Ilya and Ilya have no clue 🤣
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Barstool Sports Canada reports that Montreal Metros captain Shane Hollander has started learning Russian from new teammate and Russian rookie Sergei Dovonchezky.
Ilya has some thoughts. None of them are particularly kind.
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- Part 6 of my heated rivalry anon fics
- Language:
- English
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- 29,008
- Chapters:
- 4/4
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Bookmarked by optimisticmonday
04 May 2026
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This is sooooo dumb (they can't communicate normally to save their lives tbh) poor Chex mix, he wanted a buddy and yes he got one ( but after getting an enemy 🤣)