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1. Infinity Pool by Anonymous

   Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types

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   2026-10-17

   Mark read
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Canon Compliant
   • Missing Scene
   • Episode: s01e05 I'll Believe in Anything (Heated Rivalry)
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Swimming
   • Canon-Typical Angst
   • but this is pretty fluffy for my standards
   • Mutual Pining
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Happy Ending
   • Non-Sexual Intimacy
   • Water as a metaphor
   • Ilya Rozanov Character Study
   • get this: ilya is a bad swimmer

   "I am… Not great. At swimming." This was something Ilya never would have admitted in any other circumstance, but he'd confessed to worse, earlier tonight.

   Shane laughed in his face, bright and loud, the corners of his eyes crinkled. It was hard for Ilya to be annoyed, with Shane's face still cradled in his palm. "No shit, I've seen you swim. Who taught you that terrible breaststroke?"

   OR: 2017, All-Star missing scene: after Shane's confession, Shane and Ilya go on a midnight swim. A meditation on love, trust, and the body.

   • Part 3 of Hockey Husbands Anonymous Collection

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