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  1. why is it so hard to exist without you? by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-10-19

    Ilya left for a three-day trip with his friend Svetlana. When he comes home he expects his boyfriend Shane to greet him, but instead he finds him crying in bed. Ilya stepped inside their shared house after three days away. It shouldn’t have felt like such a long time, as three days wasn’t all that much, but now that he and Shane were officially boyfriends, every time one of them left the house, it felt like an eternity before they returned. Ilya fully expected Shane to come running up to him, as he always did. But he didn’t. In fact, the house was completely still. The kitchen was quiet, and there wasn’t a sound coming from the living room, either. “Shane, I’m home.” No response. He kicked off his shoes, dropped his bags by the door, and immediately went looking for his boyfriend. He checked every room in the house until he reached the last one: their shared bedroom upstairs. The door creaked as Ilya pushed it open. Shane was lying in bed, and Ilya immediately felt a wave of relief wash over him. At least he was there. But then he noticed that Shane wasn’t sleeping, as he’d initially thought. Instead, he was quietly sobbing into his pillow. Ilya froze for a moment before slowly approaching the bed and sitting down beside him. He gently cupped Shane’s face in his hand. “Hey… hey, what’s wrong?” he asked softly. Shane buried his face deeper into the pillow, his body trembling with each sob. “Baby…” Ilya whispered, genuine concern evident in his voice. At that, Shane took a shaky breath and slowly turned his head over his shoulder. “You’re back,” he murmured. Something inside Ilya shattered. He gently turned Shane onto his back and leaned over him, his gaze fixed on his boyfriend’s tear-streaked face. Seeing Shane like this, so overwhelmed by something Ilya didn’t yet understand, made his chest ache in a way he couldn’t put into words. Without another thought, Ilya pressed his lips firmly against Shane’s, pouring all the worry and relief he’d been holding inside into the kiss. Shane’s fingers began to tangle in Ilya’s curls as an attempt to pull him even closer, even though there wasn’t any space between them now. Ilya pulled away after a while, just enough to look at him, his hand resting against Shane’s cheek. “Baby, talk to me. What happened?” Shane shook his head, his eyes squeezing shut as another tear slipped down his cheek. “Nothing.” “Nothing?” Ilya repeated softly, brushing the tear away with his thumb. “You’re crying, sweetheart.” “I know.” “Then tell me why.” “I don’t know.” The answer came out so quietly that Ilya almost didn’t hear it. For a moment, he simply looked at him. Shane seemed just as frustrated with himself as Ilya was worried about him, his brows drawn together and his lips pressed into a thin line as he tried to get his breathing under control. “Okay,” Ilya murmured, leaning down to press a kiss to his forehead. “Okay, that’s fine. You don’t have to know.” Shane reached for him almost immediately, grabbing a fistful of his shirt and pulling him closer. Ilya let himself be pulled down until their chests were pressed together. He wrapped his arms around his boyfriend, one hand settling at the back of his head, and waited. For a while, neither of them said anything. Then Shane whispered, “I missed you.” A small, almost disbelieving smile tugged at Ilya’s lips. “I missed you, too, malysh.” “No, but” Shane stopped. Ilya felt him take a shaky breath against his neck. “I don’t think you understand.” “Then help me understand.” “I tried.” Shane’s voice cracked. “I tried to be normal about it.” Ilya’s smile faded. “What do you mean?” “It was only three days. I knew it was only three days. You told me when you were coming back, and I knew you were coming back, and I kept telling myself that.” Shane swallowed hard, his fingers tightening around Ilya’s shirt. “But the house was so quiet.” Ilya closed his eyes briefly. “Oh, sweetheart.” “And everything felt wrong.”

    Language:
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    1,657
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #95026321

  2. Infinity Pool by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-10-17

    "I am… Not great. At swimming." This was something Ilya never would have admitted in any other circumstance, but he'd confessed to worse, earlier tonight.

    Shane laughed in his face, bright and loud, the corners of his eyes crinkled. It was hard for Ilya to be annoyed, with Shane's face still cradled in his palm. "No shit, I've seen you swim. Who taught you that terrible breaststroke?"

    OR: 2017, All-Star missing scene: after Shane's confession, Shane and Ilya go on a midnight swim. A meditation on love, trust, and the body.

    Language:
    English
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    4,237
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #94850881

  3. only lovers work late by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-07-21

    Also, it’s sort of an unspoken agreement, that there is a world where it’s all four of them, and that there is also this: just Scott and Gloria, the same way that there is Scott-and-Carter and has been for a very long time, the same way that there is Gloria-and-Kip, sitting side by side in a sea of Admirals red and whispering to each other, the way that there is Carter-and-Kip and has been from the moment Carter had called her from his car to tell her he’d just met Scott’s boyfriend and he was the cutest guy he’d ever seen and Gloria had thought oh, interesting.

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    Gloria and Scott go out for dinner, Kip and Carter go to a gay club, and Kip comes home to Scott and shares a fantasy.

    Language:
    English
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    8,373
    Chapters:
    3/3
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88984916

  4. Sober or Not, It’s Always You by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-07-11

    The room tilted slightly, and Shane’s throat was raw. He swayed there a moment, scanning the spinning room for somewhere to steady himself – for Haas or Dykstra. Ilya had been right; he should have slowed down, stayed with his teammates. He hadn't listened, and now he was alone, 2 Moscow Mules and 3 shots deep, stuck at the bar and lost in a sea of people. Shane just wanted his husband. The alcohol hadn't done anything to soften the effects of the music and lights encircling him. He felt trapped – suffocated – like his skin was fusing itself to his stiff muscles. The room spun faster, and the Canadian wasn't convinced he was standing upright anymore. His heart pounded in his ears as the music rattled his ribcage once more, an insatiable itch beckoning his blunt fingernails. He wanted to scream. He wanted to rip his hair out. He wanted to tear his clothes off. He wanted Ilya.

    Language:
    English
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    10,157
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #88341231

  5. We Just Did It For You And Me by

    Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-06-21

    Ilya let out a quiet laugh, shaking his head. “I want to be perfect for you, Shane. To make up for all the time we lost.”

    “I don’t want perfect,” Shane said quietly, stroking Ilya’s cheek. “I want something real. Something that we fight to make work, because we want it so much. Because being together is so much fucking better than being without each other.”

    ***

    Ten years ago, Shane and Ilya loved each other in secret and let each other go anyway.

    Now Shane, captain of the Ottawa Centaurs, is a single dad to four-year-old Ollie, and good at pretending he doesn’t think about the man he lost when they were younger and terrified of the fallout of being caught. Then one chance meeting turns into drinks, lingering looks, old feelings, and suddenly Ilya Rozanov is everywhere again.

    Some things, it turns out, never really leave you.

    As Shane and Ilya fall back into each other’s lives - and into something softer, steadier, and openly theirs this time — they realise maybe they’re finally ready for the life they used to dream about.

    Or: two hockey players who were each other’s first love reconnect ten years later and slowly build the family they always wanted.

    Language:
    English
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    114,785
    Chapters:
    16/16
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #84449721

  6. your body as my mirror by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-06-11

    The first thing that people notice when they look at Ilya is the way that the word disappointment carves itself in jagged, angry letters along his jawline. This is not the worst mark he bears—it’s just the most visible.

    (In which the most hurtful things your soulmate has thought about themself appear as words cut into your body. Shane and Ilya find reasons to love each other anyway.)

    Language:
    English
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    19,851
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #86505621

  7. This is fine. by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-06-11

    On a Thursday, a video of Canadian star hockey player Shane Hollander goes viral on the internet. The video was taken on the previous Sunday, and it’s not what anybody expects. It’s not a sex tape, or a drunken fight in a bar, or any of the other videos that have been captured of others in the league, but instead, it seems to be a sneakily filmed video of Hollander confronting his former teammates.

    Language:
    English
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    8,759
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #86338116

  8. 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.

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

  9. all of you, all of me (intertwined) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-05-03

    Ilya had Shane only in fleeting moments for nearly ten years. Rushed hookups and greedy hands grabbing at anything and everything he could to savor every second of the limited time he knew he was running out of.

    And then they got married.

    Now, at night, Ilya slips into a bed that’s already warm with his husband.

    Or, all the ways Shane and Ilya say I love you without actually saying it.

    Language:
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    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #84127311

  10. your heartbeat, as familiar as my own by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-04-20

    They meet when they're just teenagers. They start fucking not too much longer after that. They also don't really allow themselves to get to know each other until much, much later.

    (In which your soulmate will one day say something that proves they understand you. Shane and Ilya don't exactly make a habit of talking.)

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    12,473
    Chapters:
    3/3
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #83139076

  11. Solnyshko (Always My Sunshine) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-04-09

    “What’s wrong?” Pike asks, clearly worried. “I saw Shane not take the shot at the end, is he injured?” Okay, maybe Pike also knows Shane pretty well. But it’s the hockey of it, because Pike played with Shane for ten seasons. He doesn’t know what’s going on, not like Ilya does. “Shane needs to be home right now,” Ilya says. “What do you—oh. Oh. Yeah, of course, man. Just, um, take care of him.” Pike chuckles awkwardly. “I mean, you know—” “Goodbye, Pike,” Ilya says, exasperated, and hangs up. or: Shane’s on suppressants, but every few months, he gets very mild heat symptoms. Ilya always knows when it’s happening. And he knows exactly what to do to help Shane through it.

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    English
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    6,476
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #82805721

  12. tell me (what you need) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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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.

    Language:
    English
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    29,873
    Chapters:
    7/7
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80090706

  13. so it's gonna be forever by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-03-31

    Ilya is plummeting to his death when he closes his eyes, heart full of regret.

    When he opens them in what feels like just a second later, he is standing outside a rink in Regina, Saskatchewan. There’s a banner on the building across the street:

    World Junior Hockey Championship 2009.

    What?

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    90,896
    Chapters:
    20/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #75442981

  14. A Note On Precision Without Accuracy by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-03-25

    Ilya and Shane settle whose name goes first with a one-on-one scrimmage. Shane wins. Ilya finds, to his own surprise, that he doesn't mind at all — and that turns out to be the easier question. The harder one is the middle name he's carried his whole life: Grigoryevich. Son of Grigori. He doesn't want to be Grigori's son anymore. He wants to be his mother's.

    Language:
    English
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    9,229
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #81819211

  15. They say it’s my fault (but I want him so much) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
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    2026-03-23

    Ilya Rozanov always knew that Shane Hollander carried the Montreal Metros on his shoulders, but when the whole world gets to see the same thing, the game changes.
    And having to watch his boyfriend exhaust himself playing practically alone while his teammates ignore him makes anger bubble in Ilya's chest.
    But it's at his own press conference that things... heat up.

    OR,
    Ilya's POV interview after the Centaurs' victory and Shane's stumble, in which the author continues to rant about the Montreal Metros/Voyageurs being assholes.

    Language:
    English
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    12,805
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #81702171

  16. Come Back Home (The Porch Light Is On) by

    Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
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    2026-03-11

    ROZANOV DOWN: Ottawa Captain Carried Off Ice on Stretcher After Third Period Hit. Rozanov unconscious on impact. Fencing response observed. Cervical collar applied. Transferred to hospital by ambulance. Shane Hollander received game misconduct following altercation and did not return to the ice.

     

    A grade-3 concussion leaves Ilya Rozanov trapped in a "slow" brain, struggling to reclaim the elite hockey instincts that once defined his identity. Within the sanctuary of their darkened apartment, Shane Hollander anchors their life, managing every medical detail while privately bracing against his own silent terror. It is a portrait of the grueling, quiet patience required to wait out a neurological fog, hoping the person on the other side eventually finds their way back.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    37,110
    Chapters:
    2/2
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #80582376

  17. Six Days Until Florida by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-02-18

    Shane was freaking out. Coming out to his team DID NOT go well. Instead of talking to his friends, or Rose, he calls Ilya.
    And then he follows his advice.

    Language:
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    5,106
    Chapters:
    3/3
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #79320546

  18. turn around and look at me. by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-02-17

    “I’m bad at keeping my emotions bubbled. You’re good at being perfect. We’re good at being troubled.” - IFHY by Tyler, The Creator

     

    OR; Ilya is completely obsessed with Shane and stalks him.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    38,077
    Chapters:
    15/15
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #78687041

  19. My Heart in Your Hands by

    Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-02-16

    “Now it is time to let everything go, yes?” Shane could feel Ilya’s voice rumbling through his chest from where his cheek was pressed to his body. “You can let everything go and I will take care of it, ok?” --- OR: Shane drops after they leave his parents' cottage. Ilya helps bring him back up.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    4,522
    Chapters:
    1/1
    Files:
    2 versions
    AO3:
    #79695361

  20. Wired in Place by

    Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
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    2026-01-21

    When Kip is injured in a hit-and-run, Scott Hunter arrives at the hospital to find Ilya Rozanov already there. The two form an unexpected connection after sharing a room, a long night, and dealing with the aftermath of something neither of them was prepared for.

    Language:
    English
    Words:
    8,455
    Chapters:
    3/?
    Files:
    1
    AO3:
    #77942031
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