Rating:

Mature

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Category:

M/M

Fandom:

Heated Rivalry (TV)

Relationships:

Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Team Ensemble & Ilya Rozanov, Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Team Ensemble & Shane Hollander

Characters:

Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Team Ensemble (Game Changers), Connors (Heated Rivalry), Brad Hammersmith, Victor St. Simon, Ryan Carmichael, Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau, Rose Landry

Additional Tags:

Texting, Texting Fic, Episode: s01e04 Rose (Heated Rivalry), POV Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau, tfw you have to tell your best friends exs new gf that said bestfriends ex is actually gay and should get back with your bestie

Language:

English

Series:

Part 3 of fixer upper (the boston remix)

Stats:

Published: 2026-03-02 Words: 963 Chapters: 1/1

break up with your boyfriend (we can't wake up early anymore)

Summary

NO KILLING: you sound so desperate dude

i am desperate

its been five weeks and four days of this shit

i can't fucking take it man

Carl: me neither

Carl: send it

the conversation with rose.

Notes

whoo part 3 part 4 is in the works
i have broken the writers block baby
shorter than the last two parts because it just made sense to cut it off here.
anyways
welcoming
the one
the only
ROSE LANDRY!!

NO KILLING: so marly

NO KILLING: text her

okay. what do i say??

Carl: just hey has your bf been acting weird?

St-Simon: And then nicely offer the alternative.

how do i do that without sounding like an asshole

Hammersmith: idk man sometimes you gotta just bite the bullet and be willing to take the loss

okay

how does this sound:

hey rose this is cliff marlow. i was wondering if you'd noticed anything off about shane?

ilya's been a little weird, so im just wonderng if they're related in some way

pike said shane had been a little more aggressive at practices after dating you

like not that thats a bad thing, im sure you're wonderful and a great person to date, just the teams have been a little stressed is all and we're wondering if we could find some sort of resolution???

both captains have been making us do early mandatory practices haha

NO KILLING: you sound so desperate dude

i am desperate

its been five weeks and four days of this shit

i can't fucking take it man

Carl: me neither

Carl: send it

Carl: youve got some crumbs in there hinting at a relationship but nothing you can't deny if need be

Hammersmith: even if she blocks you for coming across as a dick it'll give her suspicion.

Carl: exactly

okay sending

hey rose this is cliff marlow. i was wondering if you'd noticed anything off about shane?

ilya's been a little weird, so im just wonderng if they're related in some way

pike said shane had been a little more aggressive at practices after dating you

like not that thats a bad thing, im sure you're wonderful and a great person to date, just the teams have been a little stressed is all and we're wondering if we could find some sort of resolution???

both captains have been making us do early mandatory practices haha

Rose Landry: Hi!

Rose Landry: Wow, that is a lot of text.

sorry

Rose Landry: Oh.

Rose Landry: I had my suspicions.

Rose Landry: I think they're probably related. It's not like it was explicitly said, but I got the feeling Shane'd just been in a weird breakup.

i got the same feeling from ilya.

look, im sorry about this, really. this is a real dick move, and i'm really sorry.

i just want what's best for roz and

Rose Landry: What's best for Roz might be my boyfriend?

i'm sorry.

Rose Landry: …

Rose Landry: the practices don't sound fun

they're not

he's been screaming at us in russian all month

and staring at his phone looking like a kicked puppy the rest of the time

he's off his game

and we have to compensate for it

Rose Landry: Shane's been on a bit of a downward spiral too, honestly.

Rose Landry: Anxious, not sleeping well.

Rose Landry: Staring at his phone like it has all the answers late at night when he thinks I'm asleep.

Rose Landry: I saw the text thread with Lily.

Rose Landry: I take it that was

roz, yeah

we don't really know what happened, even

perosnal theory, and i haven't gotten the guys to weigh in on it yet

is that roz fell hard and fast and moved too fast for shane

Rose Landry: I would question why not the other way around, but I've been dating Shane for a bit now and it matches with what I know of him.

are you okay, if you don't mind me asking

and i know i don't really deserve an answer, given i just basically said

hey your boyfriend's gay and you should breakup with him so he can get back with my team captain

but you're being affected by this too

so i feel like i should ask

Rose Landry: I had my suspicions.

Rose Landry: He's been a bit weird about sex, but not in a bad way, really, just like he. Doesn't really know what to do with me.

and for a guy who topped NHL's most eligible bachelor three years in a row

that's strange

Rose Landry: Yeah. a bit.

Rose Landry: You won't tell anyone about Shane, right?

Rose Landry: Even if we don't mesh that way, I would still consider him a friend, and I would hate to see him hurt.

of course not. no one deserves that.

Rose Landry: I think I'll have a talk with him.

yeah.

i don't think he knows.

i think he's still trying to convince himself that he could love a girl.

Rose Landry: I won't really confront him, but I'll.

Rose Landry: Prompt him.

im sorry again.

this is a shitty situation to put you in.

Rose Landry: I went to film school, Cliff.

Rose Landry: Like 70% of my boyfriends have turned out to be gay.

still shitty.

Rose Landry: Kinda.

Rose Landry: I can't say I feel great about it.

Rose Landry: But I think it's a good thing you told me now.

good luck.

Rose Landry: You too.

i feel shitty now

thanks for making me do this

Carl: sorry man

Hammersmith: well, how'd it go?

St-Simon: I want to know too.

NO KILLING: ???

rose said she'll talk to shane

bout the whole being gay thing

Hammersmith: good.

Carl: what now?

St-Simon: I guess we just. Wait?

NO KILLING: no we figure out how to actually get them back together.

fake texts???

appeal to rozy's jealous streak?

Hammersmith: later. let's get through this next montreal game then reconvene.

Hammersmith: we don't have a timeline for The Conversation™

Hammersmith: so i say we leave it be for a bit.

NO KILLING: let it build?

Carl: that might work.

St-Simon: Sure. It isn't as if I have anything better to do.

alright then. reconvene later.