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Talk like I drank all the wine (Years ahead but way behind) by Insomniacirl
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
23 Dec 2025
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His eyes lock in on Shane in the centre of the room, face still beautiful despite all the bruising that paints the underneath of his eyes and those perfect freckles. His arm is in a sling and one half of his chest beneath the hospital gown seems to be bandaged- Ilya imagines it could've been worse. But he doesn't really want to imagine it.
Shane is grinning at him dopily. Ilya traces his eyes to the bag of fluids being pumped into his... friend. Yeah, painkillers, that checks out. Ilya's kneejerk response is to smile right back, which is probably stupid, but his heart is still pumping like he's run a marathon. So.
The second thing he notices as he basically crashes into the room, is that they are very much not alone.
A pretty woman, Yuna Hollander, if he had to guess- sits at Shane's bedside, staring at Ilya like she's not quite sure he isn't some strange hallucination. Like maybe her son isn't the only one with a head injury right now.
"Hello..? Can I help you, Rozanov?"
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Or, a canon-divergence to the hospital scene, where Shane's mother is in the room when Ilya comes in.Bookmarked by babinbabs
23 Dec 2025
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etched in the surface (i left there on purpose) by verahoney
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Dec 2025
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The closet in the hall holds the thicker comforter that he sleeps with in the winter. Shane doesn’t recognize his own hands as he yanks it out from the top shelf, watching it tumble onto the floor and trail behind him as he hefts it into his bedroom, laying down on his bed and pulling it over him.
He ducks his head underneath, blanketing his own sight in blue-tinted darkness. The ringing in his ears lessens, the ache behind his eyes softens. Shane knows what he’s done, but maybe if he just doesn’t think the word, it doesn’t have to be true. Maybe he can ignore all of these implications and keep doing what he’s been doing for so long, avoiding the change that looms over him like an executioner’s blade.
The nest is still wrong.
The realization makes his breath catch in his throat. Panic collapses like a dying star in his chest—not an outward explosion, loud and impossible to ignore, but a quiet implosion, the integrity of his choices quickly falling away in the face of instincts he’s been suppressing like this for five years.
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Or, Shane and Ilya spontaneously bond. Neither of them are ready for the domino effect of consequences.
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21 Dec 2025
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Shane swallowed hard. “This is such a bad idea.”
“It is,” Ilya said.
His hand came up, thumb settling beneath Shane’s jaw and tilting his face upward. The touch alone sent a shiver through him.
“You are too young,” Ilya murmured. “You are going to get me into trouble.”
Shane barely had time to breathe before Ilya leaned in.
Shane Hollander has made a lot of mistakes in his life. Getting pregnant by a married Russian man twice his age is easily the worst one.
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20 Dec 2025
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a case of you by ausgezeichnet
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
24 Dec 2025
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Ilya and Shane soulbond with a handshake in a freezing parking lot in Saskatchewan. It actually doesn’t change very much, until Shane’s concussion drives everything haywire, forcing them into close proximity and an earlier confrontation with all the feelings they’ve been trying to ignore.
Or: as it turns out, it’s easier than you’d think to be in someone’s head and still not know how they feel.
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20 Dec 2025
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have your cake (and eat it too) by ExtraSteps
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
24 Dec 2025
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Rose Landry is a bit more perceptive than Shane had probably been hoping for. She happens to be looking up at his face when he spots Ilya Rozanov at the club.
She sees the heartbreak. She sees the yearning.
And she makes a decision that changes everything.
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18 Dec 2025