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A warmth spread through her, consuming her, until even the air seemed too thick to draw into her lungs. She pressed her palms against her knees, as though to steady herself, yet her mind would not be stilled. She saw again that brief flash of his smile, the one that had undone her entirely, and her breath trembled.
What foolishness this was. What wicked foolishness. And yet… she could not summon the shame she knew she ought to feel. Her sisters often spoke of temptation as something that hunted the innocent, but Penelope could not help but feel, in that moment, that it was she who hunted it.
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Deemed hopeless on the marriage market and quietly sent away to a convent, Penelope spends five quiet years trying to tame her heart before taking her vows. But when a young farmer begins assisting Sister Agatha, his gentle presence awakens feelings she ought never to harbour. Try as she might, Penelope cannot banish these wicked longings, nor the dangerous hope that her life beyond the convent walls might yet be her own.
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She lifted three fingers in front of his face, steady and unamused. “How many fingers am I holding up?”
Colin smirked, shifting on the bench despite the throb in his head. “Twenty,” he quipped, voice low, teasing.
Her unimpressed stare hit him harder than any punch he’d taken tonight. Without breaking her gaze, she turned her head toward Arch. “Looks like you still don’t know how to pick a smart fighter, Dad. This one doesn’t even know how to count.”
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After taking a bad hit, Colin’s coach calls the only person who can help; his estranged daughter, a reluctant paramedic. Colin thinks their tense encounter is the last he’ll see of her… until his sister introduces him to her classmate.
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“But you can’t go alone,” she added, her gaze meeting his with quiet conviction.
Colin’s lips quirked. “You sound as though you’re volunteering.”
Penelope’s smile was faint, but her eyes gleamed with the same spark he had always known; when she found a story, when she had uncovered some hidden truth others missed.
“Someone has to keep you from getting trampled in traffic.”
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A year after his disappearance, and the Brazilian government’s eventual declaration of his death, Colin and Penelope journey into the same jungle where Edmund Bridgerton vanished, seeking answers. But as they brave the wild together, they find that the greatest discovery is not what lies hidden in the jungle, but within their hearts.
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Built by Hand by yellowbrickroad
Fandoms: The Last of Us (TV), The Last of Us (Video Games)
14 Aug 2025
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“Joel,” you said, almost unsure why you were saying his name.
He looked at you again, like he’d wait all night if you needed him to.
But instead of saying what you wanted to say—what terrified you to say—you offered a small, broken smile and whispered, “Thank you.”
And Joel, ever steady, just nodded once. “Anytime.”
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When Joel Miller is hired to renovate your kitchen, it seems like just another project. That is, until the days stretch on, walls come down, and something unexpected begins to take shape. Amid the dust and drywall, you find yourself growing attached to the rugged older contractor, and before long, you’re no longer just picturing a new kitchen, but a life with him in it.
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Colin looked around at his siblings, buzzing with wine and energy, ready to take the night into unknown territory, and then at Penelope again. The corner of her mouth twitched like she was holding in a question.
His heart gave a quiet thud in response.
“Are you in, Colin?” Eloise asked, leaning toward him with mischief glowing in her expression.
Colin hesitated. He could barely focus on the game they’d just played, let alone making such a snap decision. But if Penelope was going…
He turned to her, raising a brow. “What about you, Pen? Feeling adventurous tonight?”
Her lips curved into a smile that felt like a secret. “A little adventure never hurt anyone.”
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Colin has only one mission tonight: to ensure Penelope never completes the dare she’s been given in the mischievous game his siblings have set in motion.
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It’s So Easy to Fall In Love with Shane Hollander by SPRINGINGintoaction (sailingtheLarryship)
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 May 2026
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Everyone in the NHL wants Shane Hollander. Maybe that should make Ilya feel proud, accomplished, even. Because he's the only one who has ever really had him. The only one who will.
But really, it only seems to piss him off. Make him possessive.
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the virgin redux by viciousrat
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
04 Jun 2026
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Forty-one year old Shane has never bottomed before. Ilya offers to change that.
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25 Jun 2026
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the fuckboy passport by lipstickliterature
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
16 May 2026
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Ilya posts a casual video of himself covered in a necklace of hickeys given to him by his beautiful, freaky boyfriend. In an unfortunate turn of events, girls all over the world join forces to share the details and video evidence of their own sexual exploits with Russia’s pass-around party boy. Shane is not at all consumed by jealousy and absolutely does not fall into a spiral of competitive obsession over these events.
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Or, 5 times Shane tries to be as good as every girl that Ilya’s ever been with, + 1 time Ilya shows him that he has always been better.
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21 Jun 2026
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Offsides, or How Shane Hollander Ruined His Own Life at a Party in LA by Xoarnitehle
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
18 Jun 2026
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Shane Hollander is nineteen and trying to get through one Hollywood party without being noticed. He gets noticed anyway, by the worst possible person. His last-minute Halloween costume is working too well. Ilya Rozanov, the rival he's never met but supposed to hate, takes one look and thinks Shane is a girl.
Shane doesn't correct him. He doesn't stop him from kissing Shane. And he accidentally gives him his real phone number. Oops.- Language:
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19 Jun 2026
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Genuinely the most beautiful fic I’ve ever read in my entire life!!!
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Here are some facts:
Six months ago, Ilya and Shane sat on Ilyas’ couch, in Boston, and said, we want to be more, even if it has to be in secret.
Four months ago, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander bought new houses. If asked, they would both say it was a complete coincidence. They were not asked, because most people do not browse Zillow for fun in their free time (Shane-) and the real estate of hockey players was of very limited interest to even the most hardcore fan.
Two hours ago, Shane Hollander was bleeding out on the ice.
Yuna and David Hollander were at least three hours away, at the exact moment their son hit the ice. Yuna Hollander is a perceptive woman. If she enters the house, she will know her son does not live alone.
Here is the most important fact Ilya knows right now: Shane would not want to come out to his parents like this.
Ilya has one hour to wipe his existence from his boyfriends’ house.
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10 Jun 2026