1 – 8 of 8 Works in Matti Jalo

  • Matti Jalo ×

  1. you're like all of your New York City friends by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)
    • G
    • ✓

    2026-09-07

    A man in a base cap, sunglasses, and oversized zip-up hoodie hops over the boards, joining them in the box. It's funny, Scott thinks, because that's exactly how he dresses when he wants to go out and not be recognized –

    "I'm Steve, I can help."

    -
    Aliens attack Madison Square Garden during a home game. Because of course they do. Because that's just what living in New York is like these days.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,806
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #92166781

  2. my advice is always ruin the friendship by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
    • E
    • ✓

    2026-08-01

    It feels less outside of their control when they kiss this time. The heat builds slowly, with every breath passing between them, their fingers lacing together and Scott’s free hand on Eric’s cheek, moving to the back of his neck. It may not be as all-consuming but it is electric, and Eric feels it everywhere in his body.

    “Holy shit,” Carter says from behind them. “You guys have crazy chemistry. What the fuck.”

    So they’ve been told.

    -
    Scott, Carter, and Eric have a talk and a little adventure on the road. Eric comes home to Kyle and shares some good news with Holly.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,685
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #89681601

  3. Ruin the Rivalry by

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

    2026-07-27

    After a very illuminating conversation with Cliff Marleau on a night out, Carter Vaughn decides the rivalry is getting rather ridiculous. The tension between Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov is clearly at an all-time high.

    Which is why he makes a plan for the All Stars Game in 2017, recruiting a group of hockey players to help him.

    But in one thing Carter is very clear. Those two need to fuck it out.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    9,465
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #89288991

  4. We Deserve Sunshine by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
    • M
    • ✓

    2026-06-27

    This work explores the previously unseen three and a half years in the lives and the relationship of characters Scott Hunter and Kip Grady from Season 1 of the Heated Rivalry television series created by Jacob Tierney. It begins where Episode 3 ("Hunter") ends and ends with the final scene of Episode 5 ("I'll Believe in Anything"). It follows Kip's growth from smoothie barista to graduate student and beyond. It accompanies Scott on his journey as a lonely and conflicted professional hockey star who became the Game Changer he was destined to be. And it chronicles the path to sunshine for their relationship.

    Season 1 of the 2025 Heated Rivalry television series is treated as canon, and this work assumes the reader is very familiar with the show and especially the Scott and Kip characters within it. A few elements are inspired by events in the book Game Changer by Rachel Reid or other books in the series, but only to the extent that it does not conflict with TV canon. There are several original characters and new roles for familiar ones.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    84,611
    Chapters:
    38/38
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #87459151

  5. through the high noon sun by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
    • E
    • ✓

    2026-04-07

    “What makes him your best client?” Kip asks.

    “He’s nice, his dog is well behaved, the apartment is insane, and he has a very set schedule. It’s not a daily gig, it’s kind of random. You have to stay at his place in the Upper West Side a few times a week, but again, the apartment is amazing. He’s some kind of athlete? So the schedule is also nuts. But he gives, like, six months of dates in advance.” Maria answers.

    A set schedule of dates works for Kip, who is, these days, trying to make his own schedule.

    “And,” Maria smiles wide, “I think you’ll like him.”

    That beatific expression will come back to him, five days later, when he meets Scott Hunter for the first time.

    ---

    Kip Grady is a PhD student who takes a side-gig walking Scott Hunter's dog. Along the way: the precarity of academia vs hockey; keeping something good at arm's length despite an innate desire for safety and love; gratuitous metaphors about both.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    50,665
    Chapters:
    12/12
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #81896751

  6. Together at the Top by

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

    2026-01-01

    It's 2026 and NHL players are finally returning to the Olympics. It's time for a do-over. It's time for redemption. It's time for Hayden Pike to get a fucking break from these losers. ___ Hollanov go to the Olympics

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    9,302
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #76822271

  7. play along by

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

    2026-01-01

    At Scott Hunter night, Ilya gets pulled into a drunken game of truth or dare with Scott and his teammates. “Come on, it’ll be fun,” Vaughn said, elbowing him hard in his side. A pretty woman was cuddled into his side on the couch, Gloria, and she gave a cute little giggle at this. On Vaughn’s other side, another Admiral sat, Huff, who was just rolling his eyes as well. Ilya scowled at him. “Is game for horny teenagers, no?” “So?” Vaughn shot back. “What, can't take the heat, Rozanov?” “I’m in,” Kip said hesitantly from where he is tucked under Hunter’s arm like a little baby bird. Hunter smiled down at him soppily, and something in that adoring look between them softened Ilya. “Fine,” he grumbled, taking a sip of his vodka and averting his gaze. Fuck, but he missed Hollander. “Hell yeah!” Vaughn cheered. “Alright, Scott, it's your night so you get to go first. Truth or dare?” Hunter gave his teammate a half-hearted glare but sat back, expression contemplative. “I guess, truth?” Vaughn smirked, and Ilya felt his spine straightening, his radar for mischief going haywire. Maybe this would be fun after all… “Who said I love you first?” Rozanov let out a booming, incredulous laugh. “Oh my God, Vaughn, you are so boring.” “I was low-balling,” he argued back. “You gotta ease them into asking for the juicy stuff, Rozanov.” He blew a raspberry at him, which made Vaughn give a startled laugh. At the railing, Matti Jalo looked amused. He’d always liked Jalo. His chirps were actually funny, unlike the rest of the old, boring Admiral players. “Fine, Hunter, answer boring question,” Ilya said, waving his hand dismissively. Bennett, who was nursing a soda, shook his head at him, bemused. Ilya winked at him. Bennett wasn't so bad for a goalie. Still weird, and ancient, obviously. Slow. But a decent guy. Hunter looked down at his boyfriend. “I did,” he admitted. “It was, well everything happened pretty quickly, for us.” Ilya fought the urge to roll his eyes again. Hunter was just as lame as he’d always suspected. He shoved the ball of envy back down his throat, pummeling it back into place. “Booo, next,” he said instead. Hunter bristled a little at that, but Kip laid a quelling hand on his arm, giving Ilya a searching look. He looked very pretty, actually, with his slightly mussed hair and lined eyes. A little sexy, even. He wondered how Hollander would react, if he showed up with eyeliner on… Ilya filed the thought away for another time, glancing between Hunter and Kip and the rest of the Admirals who had turned up here to support them. They were all still a little suspicious of him. Even as he sat here in a gay bar in Las Vegas, playing a kid’s game with them, while the rest of the league's best and brightest stayed away. He couldn't really blame them. He understood the wariness. Hunter glared a little but then relented, casting his eyes to Bennett. “Eric,” he said. “Truth or dare?” Bennett shifted and asked for a dare, and Ilya couldn't help but study him, wondering what truth he was hiding from. Though, he could probably guess. He kept playing with his wedding ring, and he was like a thousand years old. His money was on the wife or retirement. Maybe both. Bennett was dared to go and dance with someone for thirty seconds, which he did with absolutely zero shame, sidling up to the first guy who batted their eyes at him while they all stood at the railing, cheering him on. It seemed that Bennett liked them young, and pretty, and well, male. Interesting. Bennett's cheeks had a light dusting of pink on them as he returned to the cheers of the table, sliding back into his seat with a sheepish grin. The truths were mundane, the dares barely even risqué. Until, suddenly, Hunter was turning to him, and there was this look in his eyes, slightly knowing, a lot smug. Ilya had chosen dare. Bennett wasn't the only one hiding from uncomfortable truths. “I dare you to call Hollander, on speakerphone, and use a pickup line on him.” He felt his eyebrows rise as the table all burst out laughing. That felt… very targeted.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    1,340
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #76850331

  8. must be seeing blind by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
    • M
    • ✓

    2024-01-21

    So, in the dark of the night Matti Jalo decides to keep the news that the league’s two biggest rivals seemed to be having some sort of torrid love affair under everyone’s noses to himself. or 5 times someone figured Shane & Ilya out and kept it to themselves and the 1 time they told the whole world themselves in their own words.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    5,723
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #53198248