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  1. good bruises by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-09-15

    Tampa doesn’t happen, and Shane and Rose get engaged. Two months later, the Hollander-Rozanov sex tape hits Twitter.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    31,461
    Chapters:
    7/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #82997321

  2. What We Always Were by

    Heated Rivalry (TV) RPF
    • E

    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."

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    346,283
    Chapters:
    23/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #78621231

  3. think twice (and come back for a third time) by

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

    2026-05-10

    Shane is heavier than he used to be; his weight bears down on Ilya in a new way. He’s put on pounds of muscle since Ilya last touched him like this. Ilya flattens his palms, skims them under Shane’s undershirt, feels the flat solidity of his abs, the bulk of his lats, the swell of his chest. It’s the same and it’s new, this body; it’s the boy he couldn’t stop thinking about when he was 18 and the man he loved enough to let go at 26 and the person who somehow always comes to find him when he’s lost.

    A stranger, and the love of his life.

     

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    or, Ilya's father doesn't die in 2017; Ilya breaks up with Shane instead of confessing his love. They get older, but not any less stupid about each other. Shane gets a boyfriend; Ilya gets on medication; they work on becoming whole people. And they always find their way back to each other.

    OR a story for those who love Shane and Ilya's baby love but ALSO think it's hot when people in their thirties make active choices about who they are and what they want in their partner!!

    Note: the "cheating" tag refers to the relationship between Shane and his aforementioned BF, not to Shane and Ilya cheating on each other.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    70,339
    Chapters:
    11/11
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #82620966

  4. temptation by

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

    2026-02-19

    “I have a secret,” Ilya whispers. 

    Half-awake, Shane blinks at him sleepily. “What is it?” 

    “I cannot say.” Ilya’s eyes flicker between Shane’s. “But this secret, it is why things are complicated. It is why I didn’t go to Russia when my father died.” 

    OR: a rewrite of Heated Rivalry, with a twist.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    47,857
    Chapters:
    4/7
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #78768181