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Based very loosely on events from The Long Game that my brain wanted to put into the first book, somewhere between Shane’s injury, and before Scott Hunter wins the cup - for maximum angst, obviously.
What if Ilya’s plane had actually crashed? And what if it had happened before he and Shane had the chance to confess their love and know what it was like to be together.
Or
A fic so I could write a really needy Shane who can't hide his feelings anymore, and an Ilya who is faced with the undeniable truth that someone cares for him.
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- English
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- 49,312
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- 20/20
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- 4 versions
- AO3:
- #76636761
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Hayden Pike is determined to figure out who 'Lily' is, and he plans to get to the bottom of it by questioning his best friend and also possibly doing a little snooping. Set mainly in the year after Heated Rivalry, when Ilya was still playing for Boston and his first year with Ottawa when Shane and Ilya's relationship was a secret.
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- English
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- AO3:
- #77651451
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Hayden Pike’s Cape by GrendelsMother
Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
2026-01-16
“I can’t just make some announcement, ‘hey everyone, Ilya babysat my kids, he’s a great guy!’” Hayden threw his hands up in the air. “I mean, actually you can, sweetie, but I was thinking something more gradual.” ... ... ... The one where Hayden is actually the hero of the story, because Jackie talks him into rehabilitating Ilya’s asshole image by publicly defending him, several times. The reactions to the FanMail are different this time, because of Hayden.
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- English
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- 23,638
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- 8/8
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- 2 versions
- AO3:
- #75901811
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Puck It! – Sam & Jack Talk Hockey, episode #124: Carter Vaughn shares the secret to the Admirals’ winning streak, proposing to Gloria Grey and favorite road trip destinations
Carter: Turns out, it’s gotta be the same smoothie, from the same shop, made by the same smoothie guy.
Jack: Oh wow, that’s specific.
Sam: What if Smoothie Guy has a day off?
Carter: Worse! Smoothie Guy quit the job a few weeks in.
Jack: No!
Carter: Yeah, that time the Raiders fucking massacred us on the ice?
Sam: Oh my God, because you couldn’t get your smoothies?-
Scott’s friends are very supportive after he comes out to them - stay tuned for the most heterosexual reason to go to a gay bar that they can possibly come up with and the magic of friendship and smoothies and mocktails.- Part 3 of who are we to fight the alchemy?
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- 2/2
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- 1
- AO3:
- #77734286
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Shane is finally ready to come out on his own terms in an emotional Instagram post about his relationship with Ilya... The only problem is everyone thinks he was hacked. To be fair, Ilya writing: No is true, I'm gay for Hollander, did not help.
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- AO3:
- #77793006
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Ilya looks at him, that carefree smirk pulling at his lips, and time slows. JJ is barreling toward Ilya, and it’s obvious he hasn’t processed that Ilya’s turned away from him. And Ilya, oh God Ilya can’t see, and the world is moving at a snail’s pace around Shane but there’s no time, he can’t open his mouth to warn him and— —and JJ collides harshly with Ilya, sending him richocheting into the boards and Shane's world stops. -- Or, what if it was Ilya who was hurt instead of Shane?
- Part 1 of i can't seem to not need to need you
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- #77708326
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They call it a Lucid Interval. A brief moment of clarity after a traumatic brain injury where the patient appears fine. Awake. Alert. Happy.
After the hit, Shane Hollander wakes up. He jokes with the nurses. He smiles at Ilya. He makes plans for the summer.
Ilya Rozanov just outed himself to the entire world on live television to save him, but he can't save him from this. Shane isn't getting better. He is dying. And these are the last conversations they will ever have.
A story about the hit, the confession, and the long, slow silence that followed.
They weren't saying goodbye to each other; Ilya was too confident that Shane would win.
Shane loved winning.
He lost, the first lost that Ilya didn't enjoy.
Because he only left Ilya to suffer more.
(finished, all done)
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- AO3:
- #77633871
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don't tell them what you told me (don't even tell them that you know me) by astrodarlings
Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-01-15
Maybe it was the alcohol. Maybe it was the month of silence, of sleepless nights and unsaid words piling up inside him. Maybe it was the simple, terrifying certainty that if Shane walked away again, it could be for good. That if he didn’t say something now, he never would. Resolve settled heavy in Ilya’s chest. “Shane Hollander,” he breathed unsteadily. “Running away from me again. Starting to hurt my feelings.” or, things go a little bit differently, starting at the club. ilya has spent his whole life afraid, and he's tired of it. or, this is not a love story, but a story about love. featuring crossword puzzles, phone calls, anger, joy, grief, hospitals, first dates, burning houses, ill-timed reveals, sunsets, christmas, birthdays, and excessive use of the word 'boring'. not specifically in that order.
- Part 1 of sweet disposition (hollanov rewrite)
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- AO3:
- #77696711
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I know it sounds insane by WeirdV
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-15
Shane comes out to Hayden. Hayden maybe makes a few connections in the months that follow. (missing scene)
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- #77738471
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My love for you is a molotov cocktail by ThreeCatsInA_trenchcoat
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-15
“Yes, it is Rozanov.” He bit out, pouring his rage in the receiver. “And I asked you question. Did it feel good threatening defenseless player? Did it make you feel like a big man? Like real man?” He flung out, bitterness coating the words like weapons. He hoped Hunter got poisoned. “I don’t und– Are you talking about fucking Hollander right now?” “Congratulations, Hunter, you still remember. I was worried that you would forget, in your old age. Or maybe it is because you threaten a lot of people, that you didn’t know?” Words felt so useless in that moment. He wanted real blades; things he could fling in Hunter’s face and draw blood. *** In the aftermath of his fight with Scott Hunter, Shane panics. For the first time since this whole thing started, someone knows. Ilya might not be as scared as Shane - Hunter knowing, isn't the worst surprise - but he is angry.
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- #77707476
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“See? I think maybe you are friends with Rozanov.” J.J. was kidding. Obviously he was kidding; no self-respecting member of the Montreal Metros would ever befriend a Raider. Shane was not very self-respecting. “What? No! I don’t even know who that is!” *or* Shane sucks at lying. This is a fact his parents were always grateful for, but it sure does make hiding a decades-long relationship with his arch rival difficult.
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- #77646966
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“Holy fucking shit, it all makes sense now. Lily is a dominatrix.” Or: Hayden is connecting the dots. Maybe.
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- AO3:
- #77652821
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“Hayden I’m gay.” It’s said so suddenly and so fiercely it takes Hayden a second to register what he’s heard. “Oh.” “Yeah.” Shane replies Or How Hayden finds out.
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- #77649166
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Friendship In Retrospect by Anonymous
Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
2026-01-14
Cliff Marleau gets assigned to keep the new Russian rookie out of trouble. Fifteen years later, he gives a speech at Ilya's wedding.
- Part 1 of A Formal Study of the Heart
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- English
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- AO3:
- #77644981
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Emergency Landing by manyfandomsmember
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-13
A reimagining of the night the Ottawa plane catches fire
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- #77637361
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Ilya glances towards the window in the door of Shane’s hospital room, hyper-aware that anyone could walk by, interrupt them at any moment. He should let go of Shane’s hand and leave. A brief visit from the opposing captain is understandable; an extended stay is less so. Of course, this is when the door opens and Yuna Hollander steps in. Or, the hospital scene, if Yuna had been to one to walk in on Ilya visiting Shane, featuring a Shane that is a little more high and prone to spilling secrets.
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- AO3:
- #77639196
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the hot mic heard around the world (or how hollanov broke the internet) by pucksandpower
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-13
The hot mic incident was just the beginning. Now the internet watches in real-time as Ilya’s Spotify playlist gets leaked (with NOTES), Shane attempts subtlety (narrator: he fails), they bicker about boy bands on late night TV, someone admits to having a ring for six months ON TWITTER, and approximately 20 different social media platforms collectively lose their goddamn minds. Featuring: journalists having breakdowns, Reddit threads that require moderator intervention, TikTok compilations with 1.2M views, brand partnerships from Skittles, a plague of engagement speculation, and two hockey players who cannot stop being chaotic disasters on main. The fandom was writing fic about them. Turns out reality is messier, queerer, and somehow MORE unhinged. [or social media reacts to the week following the Hot Mic Incident™, told entirely through tweets, Reddit posts, Instagram stories, podcast transcripts, and the world’s most romantic Spotify playlist]
- Part 2 of hot mics and hotter rivalries
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- AO3:
- #77626776
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She’d never say anything, of course, because she could be wrong. In fact, most days Yuna was certain she was wrong. Shane had only ever dated girls, and had never shown any outright signs of liking… anything else. But that didn’t stop her from wondering, occasionally, whether her son was entirely straight. But the last hour or so had certainly put paid to that suspicion. Because Shane was receiving a frankly alarming number of texts from someone named ‘Lily’. Or: Yuna and David meet Ilya Rozanov at the hospital after Shane’s injury.
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- AO3:
- #77620816
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A Beary Heated Rivalry by Wolves_of_Innistrad
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-12
Inspired by a discussion in the Heated Rivalry Jumbotron HS AU Hollanov where a tradition says that if you win enough tickets to get the big bear prize and give it to your crush you'll start dating. Shane is trying to win it for Rose because his friends can't believe they aren't dating yet. Ilya is also gunning for the bear, but who he's wanting to give it to may be a surprise.
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- AO3:
- #77540431
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I Do Not Have Wings (Love, I Never Will) by Sea_Sea9000
Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
2026-01-12
Ilya told Shane's family that he talked to Scott Hunter. He didn't tell them when. Scott and Ilya and the times they met up on rooftops over the years.
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- AO3:
- #77528151