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   Stay (Just a Little Longer) by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   15 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Alternate Universe - Escorts
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Internal Conflict
   • Power Imbalance
   • Soft Dom Ilya Rozanov
   • Bottom Shane Hollander
   • Top Ilya Rozanov
   • Sub Shane Hollander
   • Hurt Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Needs a Hug
   • escort Shane
   • Shane is broke
   • Self-Worth Issues
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • this started as a crush and got out of hand
   • Ilya is having a crisis about it
   • Shane deserves better but also makes it difficult
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Shane is hungry (literally)
   • Dom/sub
   • Touch-Starved Shane Hollander
   • Sex Work
   • Protective Ilya Rozanov
   • Escort Shane Hollander

   Summary

   Ilya is not the kind of person who gets attached to people he pays.

   Unfortunately, Shane exists.

   Or: debt-ridden escort Shane keeps taking worse clients. Ilya is one of them, and he develops a deeply inconvenient crush about it.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Soft things in hard places

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   English

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   Chapters:

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   Bookmarked by endlesslynkk

   18 Apr 2026