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if you ever try to leave me again by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-03-04
Shane heard a strangled shout tear free from his mouth, and then his body was moving without his brain’s input. He flew across the ice, ripping his gloves off and reaching for Ilya’s throat. He wrapped his fingers around the warm skin, feeling the flow of blood pulse harder with each beat of Ilya’s heart. His eyes raced across Ilya’s face, desperately looking for a sign that his boyfriend was still with him. Ilya’s eyes were wide and glazed, staring past Shane instead of at him. His face was losing color rapidly, turning a sickly shade of white that mirrored the ice beneath him. His mouth was open, loose and slack, mouthguard still jammed into his upper jaw. Shane watched in terror as Ilya grew limper in his arms.
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During a Boston-Montreal game, Ilya's neck is cut by a skate, and Shane is forced to witness the love of his life bleeding out on the ice in front of him. All of the plans they have made seem to be slipping away before his eyes, right when they were so close to finalizing Ilya's transfer to Ottawa. As they race against the clock to save Ilya's life, Shane reckons with the secrets they have been forced to keep and fears that they might never get to live their truth out in the open.- Language:
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- 10/10
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- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #78629256
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In Your Corner by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-02-26
The truth is public.
The fallout is coming.
As the dust begins to settle, messages start flooding in. Shane and Ilya find themselves surrounded, not by speculation, but by the people who matter.
Eleven years in secret.
One conversation in the open.
And a support system they never thought they’d ever get.
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Part 2 of “History has Its Eyes on You”
- Part 2 of History Has Its Eyes on You
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Shane was hurt and Ilya couldn’t be there with him. No one knew that he cared, that his boyfriend was in the hospital, not even Shane’s parents.
OR: Yuna Hollander just wanted to grab some of Shane’s things from his apartment during his hospital stay. She didn't suspect she'd stumble across a home invasion, and that the perpetrator would be Ilya Rozanov.
(Shane’s okay!)
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"I've been thinking," Ilya murmurs, breath hot against Shane's mouth. "We never tested how many times you can come in an hour. You said two. Now I think you could do four."
Shane's head spins as all his blood rushes south. "This seems like an awfully complicated distraction," he says.
He feels Ilya grin against his lips. "So? It's working."
Shane wants to talk about Ilya's move to Ottawa. Ilya doesn't want to talk much at all.
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How to Build a Legacy by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-02-22
Shane knows the plan to wait to come out until they retire isn't ideal, but he doesn't have a better one. He thinks that he and Ilya can make it work, until his mom points out how long they will have to live their lives in the shadows.
But once he realizes that, he immediately knows that he can't come out. It would ruin his legacy.
He's pretty sure that's why he doesn't want to come out. No other reason. Right?
He is sure that's all it is until Ilya asks him if he would be safe if he came out. And he can't answer.
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or Yuna does the math on the retirement plan and when she points this out it opens Shane's eyes.
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also known as this author had (1) idea for a scene and had to reverse engineer a multi-chapter fic to make it happen.
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- #79635211
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Ilya: You take classes on sexuality in Canada? Ilya: And Shane still didn’t know he is gay? Ilya: Or he didn’t know because he missed class? Harris: I was a gay theatre kid in high school and university. Harris: But the whole queer narrative still sucks. Ilya: I understand now. That’s why is important for us to change this “narrative” no? The Irina Foundation is trying to do this. So queer is not sad or depressing. --- Where Jonny Kim is every Asian mom’s wet dream and every Asian Offspring's worst nightmare, Ilya wants to change the queer narrative (one hockey player at a time?), and the sacred Asian institution that is the Mandarin buffet must be preserved. Ilya is one of the girls and that’s the canon I’m going with. Takes place after Shane joins the Centaurs.
- Part 4 of Why Are Men? (ilya is one of the girls)
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Julia Prior ☑️ @JuliaPriorESPN
I sat down with Ilya Rozanov to talk about what he loves about Boston, what it’s like to play the best hockey of his career, and what comes next. bit.ly/203948tanHER dillon @kanatacommunist
i s2g i just saw r*zanov at the ottawa airport…. theres no way right↳ vic hates hockey @censeless
tired: hollanov real
wired: ir81 to the centaurs real
or: ilya's last season in boston through the eyes of hockey twitter.- Part 1 of nothing that i don’t already know
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The Call Is Coming from Inside the House by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-02-17
The messages were never meant to leave the chat.
When they do, they expose the racism and homophobia festering inside the Montreal locker room, directed at their own captain.
In the wake of leaked texts and public speculation, Shane Hollander chooses to go on record. Not to defend his relationship. Not to protect his reputation.
But to set the timeline straight.
Eleven years. Three Cups. One secret.
And a version of events that was never the whole story.
- Part 1 of History Has Its Eyes on You
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“I wondered if you might be able to… hint that Rozanov and I are friends. On my Instagram and other social media. So, once we announce it, the fans won’t be as shocked,” Shane said.
Nicole blinked. “You want me to soft launch that you and Ilya Rozanov are friends?”
“Soft launch?”
What was this life Nicole had found herself in? About to explain a soft launch to two-time MHL MVP Shane Hollander?
Rose tells Shane to hire her friend Nicole as his social media manager. Over many months, Nicole starts to notice that Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov might be a little bit more than rivals and friends.
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As he plays his last season with the Raiders, Ilya finds it harder and harder to keep his secret, until he realizes that the one person he can trust has been by his side the entire time. ----- or, Cliff Marleau finds out because Ilya is so soft that he tells him
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Ilya settles into the realty of playing in Ottawa: losing. And losing. And losing. And again.
- Part 13 of [challenge] Heated Rivalry Febuwhump 2026
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Call Your Mom by bookstaylorsversion
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-02-12
Ilya Rozanov doesn’t like asking for help, especially at four in the morning. Unfortunately, his appendix doesn’t care about pride. When the pain gets bad enough to force his hand—and Shane is hours away—he calls Yuna. She answers before the second ring. Ilya is dreaming about his mother. At least, he thinks he is. The dream is already slipping away by the time his eyes open and he jolts awake. He can’t remember what she was saying, or even if she was really there, but the feeling of her lingers in his chest. He has just enough time to register that before something else cuts in. A twisting, terrible pressure low in his abdomen. It’s deep and wrong and sudden enough to make him suck in a breath. He lies there in the dark, staring up at the ceiling, trying to get his bearings. It’s nothing, he tells himself because he has a team breakfast tomorrow and he doesn’t have time for this. He can’t afford to be dramatic about a random ache in the middle of the night. So he stays still. Doesn’t shift, doesn’t test it. He waits for it to fade on its own. It doesn’t. It gets worse. Just enough that it’s impossible to ignore. It pulses, sharp in a way that makes his jaw tighten. Sleep is clearly not happening. He closes his eyes anyway, stubborn about it, but every breath seems to set it off again. He wishes, as he does every night, that Shane were there beside him. But Shane is in Montreal, and Ilya is in his Ottawa house, alone in the dark. If Shane were here, he’d probably be sprawled half on top of him asleep, and Ilya would have to nudge him off his chest which would probably wake him up. Shane would probably already be asking what’s wrong… Okay, he thinks. Enough. Ilya shifts toward the edge of the bed, moving carefully, like that might make a difference. Maybe he just needs water or maybe there’s something he can take for the pain. His feet hit the floor and for one stupid second he thinks it’s fine— Then the pain spikes, sudden and blinding, and the room tilts violently. His knees give out before he can grab anything, and he goes down hard onto the floor, the impact jarring and loud in the quiet house. He lies there, gasping, curled around the pain, knowing with cold certainty that this is not something he can ignore. The anger comes next, sharp enough to almost cut through the pain. He’s furious with himself for lying there and being weak. He’s had so many hits on the ice, he’s lost count. He knows how to push through discomfort; it’s practically a job requirement. This shouldn’t be enough to put him on the floor. And then a worse thought slips in, quiet and horrifying that makes him feel so alone, alone and scared. What if he dies like this—alone on his bedroom floor, the house dark and empty, no one even knowing something is wrong. The idea makes his heart race, panicked and uneven. What if he never sees Shane again? The thought is unbearable. He tries to shove it away, to replace it with something simple. He tells himself to get up. To move. To stop being ridiculous. He digs his hands into the floor, tries to push himself upright. It’s not determination so much as instinct. He drags himself across the floor, slow and awkward, the movement setting his stomach on fire. His phone is still on the nightstand. The distance to it feels ridiculous, like it’s on the other side of the house instead of just a few feet away. He gets there eventually and fumbles it into his hand, fingers slick with sweat. The screen lights up the dark. 4:07 a.m. He opens a text to Shane anyway. The blank screen stares back at him. He can picture Shane waking up to it, groggy and alarmed before he’s even fully conscious. Texting him in the middle of the night would send him straight into panic mode, and Ilya can’t do that. He doesn’t want to be the reason Shane spends the rest of the night terrified hours away. He doesn’t know what he would even say. Hey, I think something’s wrong feels like too much. Another spike of pain rips through him, sudden and brutal, bright enough to wipe the thought clean from his head. His breath catches, vision blurring, and his thumb slips off Shane’s name as the decision is made for him. He calls Yuna. He isn’t entirely sure why. Maybe because she’s listed as his emergency contact on a dozen work forms and in his phone, so his brain goes to her automatically. Maybe because she’s close by. Maybe, secretly, because he loves Shane’s mother very much, and she’s the kind of person who will know exactly what to do. She answers before the second ring, and Ilya opens his mouth and realizes he has nothing. The words are tangled up and useless. English refuses to cooperate. For a split second he thinks, If I were still in Russia, I wouldn’t do this. I wouldn’t call anyone. I wouldn’t be this weak.
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He meant to have this conversation months ago, if he’s honest.
Truly, he’d planned on reaching out. Had tweaked his usual Instagram message, the one that both offers condolences and community. Scott didn’t figure that Rozanov would respond particularly well to that level of sincerity, especially given the lack of details around his family life – even after his father’s death had been announced by the media. Instead, he’d decided to throw in a light chirp and remove some of the apologies as a middle ground solution.
________________Or, Scott planned to reach out to Rozanov over the summer about his father. But now -- at the Opening Banquet for the 2017-2018 NHL Season -- is as good of a time as any.
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"Sveta," he says, before she can greet him. "I think I'm about to do something very stupid."
"You're always doing something stupid," she laughs, her voice tinny over the speakerphone. "What is it this time?"
"I am in a staring contest with a bottle of pills," Ilya says. "And I think the pills might win."
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Or: An alternate take on Ilya's mental health after moving to Ottawa, featuring the reality of long distance relationships, Ilya learning to captain a new team, and a series of game tapes made by Ilya's dead father.
- Part 11 of my anonymous heated rivalry fic
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- 1/1
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- #78975931
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Nothing That Can’t Wait by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-02-06
Shane has always trusted the Montreal Voyageurs, but it seems that trust was misplaced. In a post-game interview, a reporter informs him that his parents were in a car accident before his team ever did, and everything fractures in that moment.
Months of patterns that have excluded him finally come to a head. Shane makes a decision that detonates across the league — and his life.
A two-shot of Shane being ready to burn it all to the ground and finally choosing himself!
- Part 1 of Shane speaks up
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- 4/5
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- AO3:
- #78482281
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shane hollander for lesbians by Anonymous
Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-02-04
"I’m ready to come out as your cousin," Missy says over the phone, "There’s gotta be some lesbians following you, you’re butch as fuck."
"I don’t know what that means."
"I’m gonna send you some selfies, okay? I’ll even write the caption for you."
"My profile isn’t your dating app, Missy."
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or: Shane Hollander comes out as an ally. For his gay cousin, of course.
- Part 2 of shane and his lesbian cousin
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- English
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- AO3:
- #76183576
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How to Lose Your Boyfriend in One Sentence (The Worst Idea Ilya’s Ever Had) by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-02-04
Ilya suggests Shane can sleep with other people because he’s trying to be selfless. Shane storms out because he thinks Ilya is trying to get rid of him. They both spend the next several hours spiraling in different cities: Shane in a Montreal bar, Ilya in his own head.
Shane tries to prove a point and almost throws up instead.
Ilya drives to Montreal like he’s about to commit a felony.
And Hayden Pike has to witness all of it.Or, two idiots in love speedrun an almost breakup and accidentally end up engaged.
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4 Times Yuna Has a Conversation about Rozanov + 1 Time She Talks with Ilya by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-02-03
“I just can’t wrap my head around this…this whole thing.” Yuna takes a gulp of her coffee and picks at the pain au chocolat without actually taking a bite. She should really eat something at this rate but it looks too dry.
David moves the pastry plate closer to him so he can break a croissant in half without flakes flying everywhere and only mostly succeeds. “There isn’t much to get. He’s closer to thirty than he is to twenty now. He doesn’t have to tell us everything.”
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What it says on the tin. Yuna embarks on a journey to learn about Shane, Ilya, and Shane&Ilya. Set in the liminal space between Book 2 and Book 6.
- Part 2 of Ilya&Yuna
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Freakum Dresses and Other Things My Girls Talk About by Meishali
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-31
Ilya: Should still get sexy dress and nice jewelry, wear to clubs be gorgeous Priya: like a revenge dress Ilya: Yes that Ilya: Some men very stupid, must see with their own eyes what they lost, and then they regret but is too late Ilya: But don’t need to feel bad for them because they do it again, with someone else Ilya: She must learn there many better men if she wants to look Ilya: I have best man (but he is taken 🥰) --- A collection of WAGs chats about a wardrobe emergency, team loyalty, and personal hygiene. Ilya is one of the girls and that’s the canon I’m going with. Takes place after Shane joins the Centaurs.
- Part 5 of Why Are Men? (ilya is one of the girls)
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- 1/1
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- AO3:
- #78621281
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The Second First Time by Anonymous
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-26
Shane Hollander wakes up in a hospital room convinced it’s 2016 — and that Ilya Rozanov is still his biggest rival, someone he’s supposed to hate.
But the world has changed. It’s 2025. They play for the same team, live in the same house, and Ilya Rozanov is wearing a wedding ring.
Now Shane has to relive nine lost years, learn to trust his ‘enemy,’ and find out whether he can fall in love with his own husband all over again.- Part 1 of Again, and Always
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- English
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- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #75655531