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  1. doesn’t mean that i was never afraid by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-10-27

    Rose volunteers for a nonprofit that rescues sex-trafficked omegas, and Shane thinks it's a great cause. He even attends their fundraising galas.

    Then, one night, Rose calls to ask for a favor: She wants Shane to let a recently-rescued male omega live with him. In his apartment.

    His name is Ilya, Rose explains, and the thing is, despite omega hormone levels, he acts and smells just like an alpha. He can't keep staying in an omega group home because he's scaring the other omegas and endangering the staff.

    But he could live with Shane, Rose insists. "You're a big strong alpha hockey player, so he can't intimidate you physically. But also he needs to feel safe, which he can with you, because you're not like other alphas." She pauses. "You know?"

    By which she means Shane has never had a full rut, his scent glands barely work, he can't form a knot, and he has no interest in sticking his dick in anyone. Which, whatever. It's fine.

    But if being a failure as an alpha means he can help this omega, Ilya, who's apparently as much of a biological anomaly as Shane is…

    Shane says yes.

    And maybe it's a stupid decision. But he knows that it's also the right one.

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    Chapters:
    24/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #81447731

  2. Two Fingers Down by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-10-08

    Shane Hollander is a former professional cyclist who now owns a bike shop in Colorado. Ilya Rozanov, the tattoo artist who owns the shop next door, thinks boy scout Shane Hollander should take a ride on his motorcycle instead. But what starts out as a casual fling can't stay that way for long--not once Shane and Ilya discover the depths of their chemistry (and Ilya the many benefits of little spandex shorts). Both of them have been hurt before, and the only way to move forward is to get over their pasts. It's a hill climb in both directions, but if Shane Hollander can do anything, it's push himself to endure the burn when he knows the ride home will be that much more satisfying.

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    80,818
    Chapters:
    6/6
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #87614396

  3. Signing Space by

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    2026-10-04

    Scott meets Kip, and talking is easy. Finding his voice is harder.
    (An AU where Kip is Deaf, and Scott is a child of Deaf parents)

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    59,368
    Chapters:
    21/21
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80422061

  4. Shane Hollander is a Slut by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, NHL Hockey Setting
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    2026-09-16

    Shane Hollander comes out and unleashes Shane Hollander Hysteria across the NHL.
    All-stars circle like it's free agency and he’s the only contract available.
    DMs combust. Rival captains get bold.
    Connections start forming faster than anyone can keep up.
    The Metros couldn’t care less because Shane keeps dominating on the ice while getting fucked in multiple time zones.
    It becomes the worst-kept secret in professional hockey: everyone wants their turn.
    Or:
    Shane Hollander comes out and discovers freedom can look like a lot of things.
    Sometimes it looks like sex across time zones.
    Sometimes it looks like queer community forming around him across the league.
    Sometimes it looks like becoming the most confident version of himself he has ever been.
    Shane Hollander is having a great time.
    This fic is loud, messy, and sometimes a little ridiculous until it isn’t.

    Shane-centric.
    Multiple partners/poly dynamics.
    Character studies of many different men.
    Finding queer joy and community.
    Autism, mental illness, and different attachment styles.
    Or as I like to say..
    A slow emotional horror story inside a romcom porno.


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    506,097
    Chapters:
    47/?
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #80154636

  5. The Bad In Each Other by

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    2026-09-10

    Six months after Boston went dark, Shane Hollander walks into the Raiders' arena with a handgun to do the one thing he won't let a patrol do for him. The thing walking the visiting-team corridor says his name.

    What follows is eight days in two borrowed rooms and a school with a fence: a pulse where there wasn't one, a nurse who wants to know for how long, a friend who will walk you to the door and no farther, and a relationship the two of them never managed to be honest about when they both had a pulse.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #92354491

  6. the same team by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-09-08

    “This might have been a bad idea.”
    “You think so?”
    “Hollander’s pissed.” Marlow said, stating the obvious.
    “No he’s not.” Ilya answered easily. “He’s just nervous.”
    “About what?”

    “About asking if he can watch you fuck me.”

     

    -OR-

    Ilya and Marlow have been hooking up for years - though it was never personal (until it was too late).

    Language:
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    89,367
    Chapters:
    20/20
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #81913166

  7. Doctor Who Much? by

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    2026-09-07

    “Can I?” Shane asked quietly, staring at his lips.

    Rozanov would punch him. Shane would bend time and never come down to the gym in the first place. Simple.

    Except no. Rozanov put the bottle down and pulled Shane into his lap.

    What?..

    ...

    Shane can travel back in time whenever he regrets something. This is particularly inconvenient for a man prone to regretting awkward conversations.

    Somehow, time travel becomes therapy and these two idiots learn to talk.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #92152611

  8. The Promise by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-07-10

    “Ilya, can I ask you something?” “You have been asking things all week, Shane.” “Have you ever thought about running away?” — At the cottage, Shane tells Ilya something distressing. Years later, when Hayden’s FanMail video leaks, a promise made there is tested.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88268531

  9. Another Promise, Another Scene by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-07-09

    “—okay, that’s unusual,” the first commentator’s voice is saying over the footage. “Hm. Ladies and gentlemen, it seems that, thanks to some last-minute additions to the broadcast, we’ll be able to get an audio feed straight from the arena today!” 

    Ilya frowns. Who the fuck was stupid enough to get mic’d for this fucking game? Some idiot rookie from Toronto, probably. They really don’t teach kids how to handle anything these days. 

    “That’s right!” The second announcer pipes up with an annoyingly fake cheery voice. Ilya immediately wants to send a puck straight into his windpipe. “We just got confirmation that Captain Shane Hollander himself will be wearing a microphone during tonight’s game.” 

    Ilya sits up and spins to face the TV screen fast enough to give a lesser man whiplash.

    Shane doesn’t get injured when Ilya comes back from Russia in 2017, so Ilya follows through on his plan to end things between them. A year later, despite being miserable, he still believes he did the right thing for both of them.
    Except the Voyageurs have been acting weird around Hollander lately. And wait, what do you mean he’s mic’d for this game?

    Language:
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    45,643
    Chapters:
    4/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #86534546

  10. Clarity by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-06-27

    Shane Hollander expected a lot out of the combine before the 2009 NHL draft: meeting the competition, impressing possible future teams and ultimately securing his spot in the NHL.

    What he didn't expect was 50 questions that were about to change his whole damn life.

    Or: How an autism diagnosis, a therapist and something magical called communication rebuild the whole trajectory of the Hollander/Rozanov saga bit by bit.

    Language:
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    145,044
    Chapters:
    22/22
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #83680606

  11. take it from the top of the morning by

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    2026-06-22

    It takes living through four iterations of the exact same day for Shane to think, okay. Maybe this doesn’t have anything to do with hockey.

    In his defense, it’s not like time loops come with a manual.

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    1/3
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    1
    AO3:
    #87208961

  12. No Longer Bracing by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-06-08

    After becoming a Boston Raider, Shane was still bracing, waiting for something to go wrong.
    Eventually, however, he realizes he doesn’t have to.
    Ilya has some feelings about it too.

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    63,186
    Chapters:
    31/31
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #79941521

  13. Still The One by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-05-28

    “Shane has boyfriend?"

    “Mom thinks so. He’s dodging my texts, but it definitely seems like he’s seeing someone.”

    Ilya's whispered "No" was drowned out by a loud snort from another teammate, who said something like, "Good for lil' bro."

    Ilya shouldn’t feel like dying. Should have expected this to happen at some point. Deserved it, even. He had been ghosting Shane for months, after all.

    In which Ilya knows he's not good enough to be with his best friend's little brother. He spirals over Shane possibly dating someone else nonetheless.

    Alternatively, Ilya will always be the one Shane will still run to.

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    1/1
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    2 versions
    AO3:
    #85710316

  14. forgive me if i jump at the rattle of your keys by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-05-11

    Ilya knew, right from the very moment he met Shane Hollander, that he would never be good enough for him. He’d seemed so…pristine, when they first met. Untouched. And Ilya knew his unclean hands would only dirty him up. He’s always been selfish, though; his father used to tell him that. So it’s no surprise, really, that Shane has finally gotten tired of it. Of him, always needing more from Shane than he deserves - always begging for more than he has earned. Ilya would leave himself, too, if he could. (Or, five time Ilya thought Shane would leave, and one time he knew he wasn’t going anywhere.)

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    1/1
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    1
    AO3:
    #84685756

  15. your eyes, they turn me by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-04-27

    The Boston Bears group chat had sixty-three new messages in the span of three minutes.

    His coffee forgotten, Ilya swiped open the chat, scrolling quickly to find the source of the commotion. A link to The Athletic, posted by Jensen, their captain, followed by a string of exclamation points. Ilya tapped it, the headline materializing on his screen like a blow to the chest:

    BREAKING: MONTREAL VOYAGEURS’ SECOND DRAFT SHANE HOLLANDER ANNOUNCES RETIREMENT

    Ilya's pulse jumped, hard and sudden in his throat. The mug slipped from his hand, not falling but landing too heavily on the counter, coffee slopping over the rim. He set it down properly, his movements mechanical, and forced himself to read the rest of the headline:

    20-YEAR-OLD ROOKIE OF THE YEAR STEPPING AWAY TO PURSUE HARVARD BUSINESS DEGREE

    Or

    Shane Hollander has spent his entire life living and breathing hockey. At twenty, at the height of his career, he makes an unthinkable choice: he walks away to discover who he is beyond the ice.

    But some things don’t stay behind.

    What happens when the rivalry between him and Rozanov ends, but the pull doesn’t?

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    Chapters:
    9/9
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #81766846

  16. life makes love look hard (but this love is ours) by

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    2026-04-20

    Now that they've locked it down, they're learning just how low everyone's opinions are of their respective husband. They've got to face loving each other and healing when there's no one else to turn to.

    AKA, Ilya stop throwing punches every time someone insults your husband. Shane stop trying to blow people up with your mind.

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    45,793
    Chapters:
    22/22
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #79870241

  17. Next Time, We Stay (we do this for real) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-04-14

    Cliff Marlow had figured out who Jane was. That’s how he knew to confront Shane after the game post-tuna melt, letting him know he’d broken Ilya’s heart.

    Shane makes things right.

    OR: Cliff does a good deed, and two hockey boys play vulnerability chicken trying to actually communicate. A Tuna Meltdown fix-it.

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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #83132116

  18. untold treasures by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-04-09

    "I wanted you to be there in the bar and tell this guy to fuck off. I wanted you to put your arm around me, to kiss my cheek or my hair or my jaw, or… I don't know, grab my ass like a freak. I wanted to say I was taken. I know we can't do any of that, in public, really. Of course I know that."

    Shane tipped his head back. "But I want… I want you to want to claim me. Maybe it's weird for me to want this? I know it's nice to say that you don't own someone, because we're people, not objects. But I've always—"

    Cutting himself off, he took a shaky breath. Why was this so hard to say?

    "Is not weird to want," Ilya said quietly.

    Or, Shane wants to be owned.

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    1/1
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    1
    AO3:
    #82812806

  19. tell me (what you need) by

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    2026-04-07

    Ilya’s still learning what Shane likes and needs, observing him quietly because Shane’s not so forthcoming with what he wants unless he’s certain it’s what he’s supposed to want. But it’s not until Shane reaches back and grabs Ilya’s hip to pull him closer, pressing their bodies together and taking some of Ilya’s weight, that he realises Shane’s been studying Ilya the same way.

    “I’m trying to take care of you.”
    “Why?” Ilya says, instead of something safer.
    Shane twists over his shoulder to frown at him. “Because I want to? Because you’re tired and sad and not feeling well?”
    “Oh.” Ilya pulls his bottom lip through his teeth. “But I…”
    “I think maybe we both fucked up tonight?” Shane says tentatively.
    “No, is not your fault.” Ilya rubs a hand over Shane’s shoulder and then kisses it, wet and soft. “You’re good.”
    Shane hums like he’s not convinced. He turns and drapes his arms over Ilya’s shoulders, still pressed close. “After this, will you…”
    “Yes,” Ilya says, his mind sharpening attentively, “Tell me what you need.”

    Or: They communicate just a little bit better and let themselves be just a little more vulnerable, both with each other and their people.

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    29,873
    Chapters:
    7/7
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    1
    AO3:
    #80090706

  20. the ten step plan by

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    2026-03-17

    In Vegas, after they’d said everything right up to the edge of I love you, Shane and Ilya came up with a plan. It was long term, with many, many steps. There might be a spreadsheet somewhere that Shane won’t admit to.

    But it’s a plan, nonetheless. Over the summer of 2014, they tweak it and add things important to the both of them. There are even many, extensive, contingency plans.

    OR

    Thanks to Shane's small lie the first time they hooked up, Shane and Ilya are together years earlier. Now, they have to figure out what to do about it.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    95,714
    Chapters:
    14/14
    Files:
    4 versions
    AO3:
    #77043896
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