SoftMalfunction
Recent bookmarks
-
I'll meet you at the cottage by windoq
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
17 Jun 2026
Tags
Summary
“Hi Milana,” he murmured, voice gentle. “I’m Ilya, your father’s brother. Did your mama tell you I was coming over?”
Milana nodded and pulled her bottom lip into her mouth, gaze contemplative as Ilya held out a hand to her. He didn’t touch her, didn’t broach the barrier of the doorframe, just held his palm out, a gesture of vulnerability, exposing soft skin. When he’d been a child, listening out for the sound of his father’s footfalls down the hall, trying to guess at what mood the man was in that day, if today was a day he would likely be hit, those gestures of vulnerability–upturned palms, tears on cheeks–had been the only thing he’d trusted. The wounded animal in his sternum reaching out for comfort, seeking safety in the fragility of others. Proof that he wasn’t the weakest one.
Or: After spending Christmas with the Hollanders Ilya realises he has unfinished business in Moscow; namely, saying goodbye to his mother's grave and recovering the pieces of his history. Before meeting Shane at the cottage for their second summer together - and before upending his life and moving to another country once again - Ilya decides to return to his home city and attempt to lay his past to rest.
Series
- Part 5 of The Boston Year
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 117,071
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 1,112
- Kudos:
- 2,532
- Bookmarks:
- 838
- Hits:
- 113,074
Bookmarked by SoftMalfunction
31 May 2026
-
something you can build by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 Jan 2026
Tags
Summary
Six months ago, Shane’s intimate conversation and break-up with Rose Landry was recorded and leaked. In those six months, his life had completely upended and everything had changed, for better or for worse. Except for Ilya. He still has Ilya, and he’s beginning to understand that he always will.
It’s 2018. Shane Hollander has to figure out his new life, in a new city, on a new team, while being out to the world but not by his own choice. Ilya, along for the ride, also has to learn what it means to be connected to a place, to a person, and to his own inner truth.
(Sequel to “something you can fix,” set post-Heated Rivalry, pre-The Long Game)
Series
- Part 2 of something you can fix
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 96,881
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 3
- Comments:
- 8,865
- Kudos:
- 46,760
- Bookmarks:
- 10,717
- Hits:
- 1,129,914
Bookmarked by SoftMalfunction
27 May 2026
-
Duty of Care by boopboop
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
09 Feb 2026
Tags
Summary
Ilya Rozanov, get loved.
Series
- Part 3 of Duty of Care
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 145,227
- Chapters:
- 25/25
- Comments:
- 6,398
- Kudos:
- 25,269
- Bookmarks:
- 8,393
- Hits:
- 847,295
Bookmarked by SoftMalfunction
22 May 2026
-
Tags
Summary
When Shane was born an ocean away from her homeland, Yuna Hollander, who did not pray, whispered into the world: Let every door open for him, my son.
OR: Yuna Hollander learns to appreciate Ilya Rozanov, one step at a time.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 11,235
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 7
- Comments:
- 505
- Kudos:
- 8,715
- Bookmarks:
- 2,130
- Hits:
- 59,404
Bookmarked by SoftMalfunction
22 May 2026
-
Déjà vu by NotEvenCloseToStraight
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
08 Aug 2026
Tags
Summary
2014: Ilya Rozanov shocks the world and breaks Shane Hollander’s heart by disappearing without explanation, and without a goodbye kiss.
2024: A devastating injury forces Shane to retire early, so he moves to a small town to coach girls hockey and figure out what the hell to do with the rest of his life.
When recently divorced Ilya Rozanov walks into the rink with his twin girls, Shane has to decide if he’s brave enough to risk a second chance on a broken heart, and a rekindled romance with the first and only boy he ever loved.
***
“So.” Ilya cleared his throat. “Should we tell the girls their Daddy and their coach used to date?”
“We didn’t date. We hooked up a few times, then you disappeared.” Shane looked away to hide his heartbreak as he lied, “It doesn’t even matter. It’s not like I loved you or anything.”
“No, of course not.” Ilya tried to smile through a lie of his own, “I didn’t love you either.”
Series
- Part 6 of Heated Rivalry
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 416,292
- Chapters:
- 23/?
- Comments:
- 12,588
- Kudos:
- 25,923
- Bookmarks:
- 9,552
- Hits:
- 1,779,209
Bookmarked by SoftMalfunction
16 May 2026