1 – 1 of 1 Work in this is pre- during- and post-canon so beware of spoilers INCLUDING for the long game

• this is pre- during- and post-canon so beware of spoilers INCLUDING for the long game ×

1. after the rain by Anonymous

   Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid

   • T
   • ✓

   2025-12-08

   Mark read
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • brief moment of Ilya/Sasha
   • Shane Hollander
   • llya Rozanov
   • Montreal Voyageurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Coming-of-age
   • Puberty
   • Homophobia
   • both internalized and external
   • Body Image
   • communal showers
   • being the closeted queer kid in the locker room
   • coming into queer adulthood
   • familial neglect (for ilya)
   • casual racism (for shane)
   • Team Dynamics
   • Teasing
   • Bullying
   • and the thin line between the two in the context of a locker room
   • Slurs
   • Heteronormativity
   • references to underage sex and underage bodies existing BUT this is not a sexy fic
   • a little bit when they're older but nothing explicit
   • this is pre- during- and post-canon so beware of spoilers INCLUDING for the long game

   Shane and Ilya grow up and grow older in hockey locker rooms, where communal showers and homophobia are simple facts of life. This is a love letter to the experience of closeted queer puberty, and to all the weird parts about growing up as an athlete.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,116

   Chapters:

   1/1

   Files:

   1

   AO3:

   #75413421