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  1. I'm Coming to the Cottage (No, Not That One) by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Barghest | Barguest (Yorkshire England Folk Tale)
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    2026-09-26

    Shane Hollander desperately needs to disappear.
    After a spectacularly awful week, a remote Yorkshire cottage seems like the perfect place to hide from the press, rediscover himself, and drink an irresponsible amount of tea.
    Unfortunately, the cottage isn't empty.
    The Russian stranger insists it’s his, but Shane has paperwork that says otherwise.
    It's just after midnight, there's a storm outside, the roads are probably flooded, and the only available weapon is a stuffed fish.
    Clearly, this is all Svetlana's fault.
    They're both convinced the cottage belongs to them and they're both refusing to leave.
    A Yorkshire romcom.
    Inspired by The Holiday (2006), with lashings of Wallace & Gromit.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    79,447
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #87748931

  2. Riding in Cars with Teammates by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-07-21

    Shane and Ilya are 18 and counting down to the NHL draft while playing for the same private school hockey program. Until Shane realizes he needs to take a pregnancy test behind his family’s back.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    101,767
    Chapters:
    32/32
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #78987876

  3. We Just Did It For You And Me by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-06-21

    Ilya let out a quiet laugh, shaking his head. “I want to be perfect for you, Shane. To make up for all the time we lost.”

    “I don’t want perfect,” Shane said quietly, stroking Ilya’s cheek. “I want something real. Something that we fight to make work, because we want it so much. Because being together is so much fucking better than being without each other.”

    ***

    Ten years ago, Shane and Ilya loved each other in secret and let each other go anyway.

    Now Shane, captain of the Ottawa Centaurs, is a single dad to four-year-old Ollie, and good at pretending he doesn’t think about the man he lost when they were younger and terrified of the fallout of being caught. Then one chance meeting turns into drinks, lingering looks, old feelings, and suddenly Ilya Rozanov is everywhere again.

    Some things, it turns out, never really leave you.

    As Shane and Ilya fall back into each other’s lives - and into something softer, steadier, and openly theirs this time — they realise maybe they’re finally ready for the life they used to dream about.

    Or: two hockey players who were each other’s first love reconnect ten years later and slowly build the family they always wanted.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    114,785
    Chapters:
    16/16
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #84449721

  4. A Different Kind of Future by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-03-13

    Ilya Rozanov is an incredibly skilled and famous hockey player, maybe the best in the league. He’s known for being captain of the team in Ottawa, for being constantly surrounded by adoring fans, and for being kind of an asshole. Shane Hollander is the founder and director of a charity hockey school in Montreal. He loves his job and takes it very seriously, which leaves little time for socializing or just about anything else. Ilya and Shane cross paths when Ilya’s manager insists on boosting his public image with a little charity work. The two don’t exactly click, yet they can’t stop thinking about each other. Mutual attraction turns into a hook up, and then another, and then suddenly a positive pregnancy test. Shane and Ilya have to figure out how to navigate this complicated situation, and in the process discover the feelings they have for each other are a lot deeper than they thought.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    22,764
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80147946

  5. Baby, Bend Over by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-02-22

    Shane is convinced that Ilya Rozanov—captain of the Boston Bears and Shane’s newest student—hates him.

    Ilya joined Shane's yoga class specifically to get closer to the hot instructor, but every attempt at flirting only seems to make things worse.

    Neither of them has any idea the other is completely in love with them.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    31,150
    Chapters:
    8/8
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #78314041

  6. call it what you want by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-01-28

    When Canadian transfer student Shane Hollander joins Boston University’s Division 1 hockey team, he expects intense practices, elite competition, and the pressure to be drafted. What he doesn't expect is to be roped up into tutoring the infuriatingly talented, infamous frat boy Ilya Rozanov. Between late-night study sessions, high-stakes games, and reckless frat parties—how will either of them survive the season?

    or

    Frat Boy Ilya Rozanov x Nerdy Shane Hollander

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    64,738
    Chapters:
    12/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #76634936

  7. Fly with You by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-01-03

    Four times Ilya Rozanov denies himself Shane Hollander, and the one time he finally crumbles.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    2,275
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #76988616

  8. Confidence, Poor Judgment, and a Death Wish by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2025-12-27

    Troy Barrett comes to Ottawa wanting stability. He tells himself he wants the team, the routine, the structure, the safety of fitting in without needing too much from anyone. This is his clean start, and he needs to do whatever it takes to keep it.

    What he finds instead is Shane Hollander, amazing perfect Shane Hollander, and the uncomfortable realisation that the thing he’s been trying hardest not to want might be the only thing that actually feels like what he needs.

    As lines blur and tempers rise, Troy learns the hard way that wanting to belong can turn into wanting to keep, and that some things aren’t up for negotiation, especially when there’s a Russian captain who’s already decided what’s not on offer.

    or

    “Hey, Ilya?” Troy asks, already regretting it. “I was actually going to ask you about someone.”

    The moment he says Shane Hollander’s name, the locker room goes quiet, and Troy knows he’s crossed a line he didn’t fully understand.

    Or

    Troy’s POV of the events best called ‘Ilya’s worst nightmare’

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    32,228
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #76076481

  9. so good by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    • ✓

    2025-12-23

    Shane Hollander is everything the NHL wants him to be: a Golden Boy, a captain, a rivalry- ready face of the league. Ilya Rozanov is everything Shane isn’t allowed to want: sharp-tongued, unapologetic, and devastatingly magnetic. From a charged first collision to a decade of stolen nights, staged girlfriends, and a rivalry that burns hotter than hate ever could, Shane and Ilya build a love that survives only in hallways, hotel rooms, and the spaces where cameras can’t reach. But some ghosts don’t fade quietly—and some loves refuse to stay secret forever. A story about ambition, fear, glass walls, and choosing each other even when the world says it’s a disaster.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,822
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #76266696