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  1. Heated in the Outback by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-03-19

    Shane Hollander is an engineer at a major mine in Western Australia. It’s hot, it’s hard and he is excelling professionally.

    Then a new engineer starts: Ilya Rozanov. And it’s not the first time they’ve crossed paths.

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    Chapters:
    23/23
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80225416

  2. Second Chances by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-03-17

    Ilya Rozanov's life takes an unexpected turn when a deadly plane crash in 2021 takes his life, right after a fight with his long-time partner, Shane Hollander. Though instead of the afterlife, Ilya is sent back to December 2008, just before his NHL career began, on the very day that he first met Shane. He finds himself in a familiar world, with knowledge of both the future and knowledge of the man he loves and the friends he holds dear. As Ilya navigates this new reality, he rebuilds his relationship with Shane, who is still finding his path in both hockey and his identity as a gay man. With their rivalry blossoming into a different experience than the one Ilya experienced the first time around, the two face challenges around acceptance, family pressures, and the struggles of being openly gay and lovers in the sports world. Throughout their journey, Ilya contemplates his first life, cherishes the present, and strives to alter the course of their futures (and the futures of their friends) for the better. Or, Ilya Rozanov discovers first hand what the butterfly effect is, and how it can drastically alter the future.

    Language:
    English
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    67,594
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Files:
    3 versions
    AO3:
    #79755001

  3. Second Line by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-02-28

    Wiebe could tell he was wearing Ilya down, but he still looked nervous. "Ilya," Ilya stilled. To his team he was always Rozanov or Roz or Rozy, never Ilya. "You're our guy. There's nobody I'd rather be our captain, to lead this team to another Stanley Cup. It's clear you don't like the guy, but we both know how good this could be."

    Ilya jerked his head in a nod. "We will destroy everyone, this is true." Wiebe seemed satisfied. Ilya stood to leave and delivered one last look at Wiebe "But I do not have to be happy about it."

    ***
    Shane and Ilya are estranged for years after Tuna Meltdown. Then Shane confuses everyone by signing with the Raiders.

    Language:
    English
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    29,783
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #79946546

  4. we prophesy in part by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-02-23

    Ilya hasn’t planned on meeting Shane’s parents after only three days at the cottage. He sure as hell hasn’t planned on dying that very same day, only to wake up in his childhood home in Moscow. The year is 2004, he’s twelve again, and his mother is still alive.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    14,174
    Chapters:
    4/4
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #78187056

  5. death and taxes (and shane hollander) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-02-19

    There was a time when Ilya believed Scott Hunter's coming out would revolutionize hockey forever— but for every step forward came two steps back.

    When Shane and Ilya meet again late in life, can they make their second chance work?

    OR: Old Man Hollanov Yaoi.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    68,092
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    5 versions
    AO3:
    #78739901

  6. We can make it if we try by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-01-05

    College AU. They say you should ring in New Year's Eve with who you want to spend the rest of the year beside. Shane is trying to make peace with the likelihood he’s going to spend it alone…until a knock in the middle of the night changes everything again. OR: a Hollanov one-shot where Shane gets into multiple law schools; Ilya gets into vet school somewhere else and is too scared to ask for what he wants; and months later, he admits he fucked up. Even in a foreign place, surrounded by the detritus of Shane's unfulfilling life, Ilya still fucking fits. Throat closing up, Shane leans his head against the door to look at the ceiling. If he can keep his eyes off Ilya for a bit, maybe he can dredge up old anger and let it fuel him into turning Ilya away. That's what everyone would encourage him to do. Everyone would say he shouldn't… "I'm sorry is so late." …that he shouldn't be drawn to look back at Ilya. That he shouldn't be affected by the hesitation in Ilya's voice, or his hands balling at his sides, or his light eyes shining under the moonlight streaming through the cracked blinds. That he shouldn't have already let Ilya in.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,774
    Chapters:
    3/3
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #76943886
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