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1. they always placed you for the leaving type by epigraphs

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

   • Mature
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   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   13 Jul 2026

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   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Character Study
   • Ilya Rozanov is a Menace
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • ilya's relationship with the english language over the years
   • from childhood to ottawa
   • in vignettes
   • the mortifying ordeal of having to live your life in your second language

   Summary

   Ilya’s not stupid. Ilya is a fucking hockey prodigy who talked circles around everyone on his team in Russia — some coaches included — with his ideas for strategy and different plays. But all the words from back then are useless to him here, and the words he has at his disposal now don’t do justice to a single thing he wants to say.

   Ilya and the English language, through the years.

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