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  1. Moral support by

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    2026-06-05

    He isn't going to talk to Shane about it –or God forbid, stop it– before this goes any further. To be completely honest, Ilya can imagine things a lot worse than Shane with his big doe eyes staring at him, his perfect plush lips opening just slightly. Or Shane has an obsession and his best friend is more than willing to help.

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    AO3:
    #86169026

  2. So Lily is just a buddy? by

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    2026-06-02

    Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov never hooked up at the CCM commercial.

    Now it's 2017. Yuna Hollander is concerned that Shane doesn't have many friends, so she signs him up on a buddy network website.
    Shane gets paired with someone else looking for a 'buddy', not knowing that it's his on-ice rival, Ilya Rozanov.

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    2 versions
    AO3:
    #84152481

  3. find your way back home by

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    2026-06-01

    "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. OR 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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    AO3:
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  4. What We Always Were by

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    2026-05-30

    Hudson and Connor are best friends. Both are in stable relationships, and they’re about to begin filming the second season of Heated Rivalry. But a matching bracelet becomes the breaking point. Not only between them and their partners, but between the two of them as well. It marks the beginning of a deeper realization: what exists between them can no longer be defined as just friendship.
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    "Because he’s my best friend," he said through his teeth.

    "And I’m your boyfriend," François replied without raising his voice. "But when you’re tired, when you’re scared, when you start to doubt… you don’t choose me."

    Silence fell between them again, more unbearable than before.

    "I’m not saying you don’t love me," he added, quieter. "I’m saying I’m not the place where your heart comes to rest."

    Connor swallowed. His throat felt tight, like anything he said would break something else.

    "That’s not fair…"

    "Maybe it’s not," François admitted, looking at him with a mix of exhaustion and pain. "But it’s my truth, and Connor, the truth is it hurts like hell to love someone who’s always looking somewhere else."

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  5. The Modern Age by

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    2026-05-25

    “Oh my god, oh my god. Seriously, this is the best. I can’t believe you’re my neighbour. I’m calling it now, Hollander. This right here is the beginning of a friendship that will go down in history.” Ilya is 10 years old when his family moves from Jacksonville, Florida to small town Ontario. There, he forms an unexpected friendship with Shane, the boy living on the ginseng farm across the street. As they grow up and grow apart, their paths continue to cross at high school hockey games, in tabloid articles, and at one particular intimate Muskoka cottage. OR: A childhood friends to strangers to lovers AU in which Shane Hollander (up and coming indie rock star) and Ilya Rozanov (brooding artist) take nearly fifteen years to figure their shit out.

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    AO3:
    #77742121

  6. Ahead of Schedule by

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    2026-05-24

    MONTREAL VOYAGEURS PASS ON HOLLANDER FOLLOWING FINALS INJURY
    Despite being projected as at least a top-three pick, Shane Hollander slips to 57th overall after a Grade III ankle ligament tear sustained in the World Junior Hockey Championships earlier this year.

    BOSTON BEARS SELECT ROZANOV FIRST OVERALL, HOLLANDER IN SECOND ROUND
    Boston bets on two of juniors' most electric players; one a sure thing, one a gamble. The Bears have never minded those.

    Shane Hollander did not get drafted to Montreal. He gets drafted to Boston, fifty-seventh overall, after #1 draft pick, Ilya Rozanov. He has a plan for that. The plan does not account for Ilya Rozanov being the way that Ilya Rozanov is.

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    Chapters:
    6/10
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    1
    AO3:
    #84198041

  7. every day is like a battle (every night with us is like a dream) by

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    2026-05-19

    Historic trades, a stroke of irreplicable genius by Ottawa's management, a confident gamble, and unwavering belief in their talent lead to Ilya and Shane being drafted at No 1 and No 2 to the same team.

    Or: the progression of Ilya and Shane's relationship as rivals to teammates to friends to lovers if they had been drafted to the same team, and the story of how Ottawa makes the rest of the league pay for letting them end up with the best two hockey talents in a generation

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    19/24
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    1
    AO3:
    #79842836

  8. so you must like me for me by

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    2026-05-10

    Shane wants to figure out if he's gay before he gets drafted—and no, the way he felt when Ilya Rozanov smirked at him with a cigarette between his lips in Saskatchewan has nothing to do with it. Unfortunately, the random guy he hooks up with to try and make sure one way or another takes a picture, and Shane gets outed before the draft. In the ensuing scandal, he goes seventh overall, to Ottawa.

    It turns out, having the worst thing you can think of happen to you when you're seventeen years old can end up being pretty liberating. And land you an unexpected best friend.

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    2 versions
    AO3:
    #84119056

  9. Team Building Activities by

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    2026-04-20

    What if Shane and Ilya had been drafted to the same team and fell in love as teammates instead of rivals?

    Shane and Ilya are both drafted to the Minnesota Nomads. What begins as new teammates building a friendship slowly deepens into a quiet, intense love neither of them expected.

    A story of teammates-to-lovers, found family, tragedy, and a love strong enough to survive even the coldest nights.

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    17/17
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    1
    AO3:
    #82490781

  10. and i still wish for you (at eleven eleven) by

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    2026-04-17

    “This is… something more than just a hook-up, right? It's not just me?” He chances a glance at Ilya who is watching him impassively.

    “Is special,” Ilya agrees, his voice so quiet that Shane almost doesn’t understand. “Is to me. Different. Better. I think," Ilya says after more prompting, “we do this again. I think would be nice to be together.”

    “Yeah.” Shane can't help but smile at the idea. Except― “But not public? Just―Until we figure out this whole professional hockey player thing, maybe?”

    “Okay," Ilya agrees easily. "Secret." He presses a short kiss to Shane’s lips. “For now.”

    “For now,” Shane echoes. 

    Or: What if Shane and Ilya had been a little less paranoid and a little more open during that first hookup? What would their relationship have looked like then?

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    AO3:
    #81520311

  11. on celebrations and cheer by

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    2026-04-12

    J.J. and Shane have just won the 2015 Stanley Cup. The energy is amazing, and J.J. loves his team, and he loves his captain. His capitaine.

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  12. brátishka by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Yuri!!! on Ice (Anime), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-04-10

    Sometimes, Ilya Rozanov is just a weird guy. Obviously, the Bears aren’t going to say that to his face, not when he’ll chirp them into oblivion for it, but sometimes it just gets out of hand.

    Like the late night phone calls where he’s talking aggressively in Russian. The random knowledge he has offhand about how far you can throw a human being and have them come out okay. The Russian death metal he forces them to listen to, calling it family bonding. The scars he refuses to talk about.

    Cliff Marleau thinks he might be in the Russian mob. The Bratva, or whatever they call it.

    Ilya doesn't tell his team about his family until they've already invented a thousand conspiracies about it. Like him being in the mob. Or having rabies.

    In which Ilya Rozanov and Yuri Plisetsky are brothers, and the world changes with the most minute of connections.

    Now featuring Shane and Ilya's POVs on the canon divergence starting from chapter 5.

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    12/12
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    AO3:
    #81729086

  13. is this how it feels to be in love by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-04-09

    The funny thing about the whole thing is that Luca really sees none of it coming.

    Because, yes, maybe he did have a tiny, very little crush on Ilya Rozanov growing up. And sure, maybe he did have his poster hanging up next to his bed. And okay, fine, maybe there had been a time in his life where he watched every single Raiders game with a hyperfocus on a certain player, and then secretly ventured onto his Tumblr feed after to watch and rewatch his favorite gifs from the game.

    Or, Luca Haas is finally settling into who he is as a hockey player and a person. And then a certain rival of his comes bulldozing his way into his life.

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    #82218096

  14. A Special Walk by

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    2026-04-08

    The Centaurs rookies go for a "special walk" during one of Bood's bonfires. Chaos and gayness ensue.

    OR,

    This is a one shot from my larger fic, "Growing Outward", which is basically book 7 of the Game Changers series if it was about Luca Haas. In that fic, Luca moves in with Ilya for his rookie year and slowly gets adopted by Hollanov. He also starts to develop a crush on fellow rookie, Eric Young. Some people wanted some scenes from Eric's perspective, so here we are!

    This scene is briefly alluded to in Chapter 13: Navigating of "Growing Outward" from Ilya's perspective, but this can be also read as a cute stand-alone fic if you really wanted to.

    Hope you enjoy :)

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    AO3:
    #82689106

  15. hanging by a moment by

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    2026-03-29

    Ilya starts calling Shane boring regularly after that, not cruelly but persistently, the way you press a bruise you know is there just to confirm it still hurts. Shane's cereal is boring, Shane's training schedule is boring, Shane's shoes lined up by the door are boring, and Shane responds with variations of "fuck off" and "you're an asshole" that become increasingly creative and occasionally surprising. They do not talk about anything that matters. They talk about groceries and whose turn it is to take out the trash and whether Ilya's music is too loud at midnight, which it is. On the ice, Shane is someone else entirely. Ilya watches him from the upper stands every morning with vending machine coffee going cold in his hand and doesn't tell anyone. Or: Shane asked Ilya once how you know when it's the right person. Ilya described Shane to him, and Shane didn't recognise himself.

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    44/44
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    4 versions
    AO3:
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  16. every night that summer, just to seal my fate by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-03-27

    As the latest hockey season fades into summer, Ilya and Shane’s relationship continues to heat up. Both boys attempt to navigate how they feel about each other and what they want to do in life, all while trying to appreciate their respective vacations.

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    #81927486

  17. nothing in the world belongs to me, but my love by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-03-22

    In one universe, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are locked in a heated rivalry. In another, they met under different circumstances.

    Ilya is a former Russian figure skater turned Canadian hockey player. Shane is the undisputed 'prince' of hockey. However, after their first conversation, they find themselves on a path of becoming deeply connected and irrevocably in love.

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    #80944231

  18. to someone from a warm climate by

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    2026-03-19

    It's the Raiders' 2013-2014 season and Ilya has the C for the first time. He's ready to face the challenge head on. What he isn't ready for (he finds out quite quickly) is the team's brand new star rookie, Shane Hollander. There's something about him that keeps snagging Ilya's attention. And the first time Ilya puts a hand on the back of his neck, well, he certainly couldn't have predicted Shane's reaction to that...

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  19. what you carry (and what you unpack) by

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    2026-02-27

    Ahead of the Sochi Olympics, Shane, chronic over-packer, has invited J.J. over to help him sort the unnecessaries from the importants, hang out, and absolutely nothing else.

    When J.J. comes over and finds something unexpected in Shane's closet, things take a turn.

    (Or, J.J. discovers Shane's dildo: the fic.)

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  20. Haunting Your City by

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    2026-02-26

    “What is there to talk about?” “What’s there to talk about?!” Hollander scoffed, shaking his head. “You’re playing for my fucking team!” “I know.” “Why did you have to go and get traded?! You realise we’re going to have to see each other every day from now on, and play together, and-” “Yes,” Ilya interrupted. He didn’t want to know how long Hollander’s list was. “I know.” Hollander took a deep breath. “Okay, listen,” he said. “Just so we’re clear - we don’t know each other outside of playing against each other, right?” “Right.” “And we can’t- can’t hook up anymore.” ~ OR: Ilya gets traded to Montreal in October 2014. He's lonely, and angry, and he misses Boston. He doesn't know if it helps that Hollander is there or not. title from Buckle by Florence and the Machine

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    2 versions
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    #78511096
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