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  1. Dear PenPal, Cry Every Day Until My Next Letter by

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

    2026-10-15

    In 2003, Shane Hollander is assigned a PenPal, and gains a friend. A friend who smokes, calls him boring, and gives him ridiculous nicknames.

    Across the world, Ilya Rozanov practices his English with a curious Canadian boy whose name he can't fucking remember.

    Or, before they were Canada's Shane Hollander and Russia's Ilya Rozanov, they were Cat and Elijah. Shane has no reason to suspect his childhood PenPal is his hockey rival, and Ilya has never even considered that the man he's falling for is also the boy he already fell in love with through letters and postcards.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    266,469
    Chapters:
    37/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80799901

  2. I’ll Believe in Anything (Except That) by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
    • E

    2026-09-27

    In another timeline, Shane and Ilya hook up in Room 1410, Ilya slips out unnoticed, and they spend the next seven years trapped in the situationship from hell we all know and love.

    In this one, Yuna Hollander walks in just as Ilya goes to leave and—through the combined power of misunderstanding, miscommunication, and a frankly alarming lack of follow-up—Shane and Ilya start dating in 2010.

    Given the chance to grow up with rather than against each other, Shane and Ilya build a life thats steadier, safer, and far less frightening than their canon. Their rivalry fizzles before it ever has the chance to fully ignite, replaced by hockey’s most beloved “bromance", and in 2015, they find the courage to do the one thing their canon counterparts never got to do: tell the NHL and the world.

    There is just one problem: No one believes them.

     

    OR: Despite Shane and Ilya being out for two years, Scott Hunter is still considered the first openly gay player in the NHL, much to Ilya’s indignation.

    ACT I: Ch. 1–11 | Complete | 2010–2015 | 107k
    ACT II: Ch. 12–16 | Ongoing | 2015+

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    146,116
    Chapters:
    15/16
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #84525081