1 – 4 of 4 Works in PTSD

  1. Love, Vodka, or the Sea by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-08-01

    Recovery isn't linear.
    Knowing this, and believing it, are two different things.

    Shane moves to Ottawa, ready to finally spend time with his soulmate, properly. Maybe the excitement is why he doesn't always notice.

    Ilya wins the Cup with Shane at his side, but it doesn't matter as much as it should have. Not when his body hurts and his mind is fragile and he feels one moment away from collapse.

    Timeline goes back and forth, but we start off one year after the events of the previous story.
    In the end, everything will be okay.

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    Chapters:
    8/8
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88105341

  2. The Knife You Turn Inside Yourself by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-03-28

    They're soulmates. They're out to the world, for better or worse. Ilya is safe and learning to heal. Everything should be good.
    And yet.

     

    SEQUAL to Safer in Chains than to be Free

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    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80973721

  3. if you ever try to leave me again by

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

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    56,772
    Chapters:
    10/10
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #78629256

  4. thirteen hours and thirty minutes by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2025-12-21

    Ilya is sitting on the bench now, sweat dripping down his face, body cold, watching his team vie for the puck in front of him. The image of Shane’s inert body refuses to leave his mind. Even when he closes his eyes, it’s there. Nothing is working. He hasn’t scored. Because he can’t. Because all he can see is Shane. Curled up. Eyes closed. Looking small and vulnerable and—

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    1
    AO3:
    #76120286