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“Hey, Marleau.”
“Yeah?”
“Can I ask you something weird?”
“Sure, man.”
Cliff peers down to look at Hollander. His face is still flushed, hair sticking to his forehead, his pretty brown eyes a little glazed – lingering pleasure overtaken by a sudden sense of uncertainty.
“How are you so calm about this? Being into guys.”
After hooking up with both Ilya and Shane Hollander and subsequently realizing that he may in fact be bisexual, Cliff’s life more or less goes back to normal without further fuss or any sort of existential crisis he might’ve been expecting.
Then after the season ends and Ilya has returned to Russia, Cliff receives an unexpected text from Hollander requesting a meet-up. This time Cliff expects the sex, but not the conversation that happens after.
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- Part 2 of friends have fun (and then some)
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beauty is in the eye of the beholder (and i have 20/20 vision) by takupaku
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
22 Aug 2026
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“Well, Hollander might be boring”, Cliff says. “but he’s like, really pretty, right?”
Cliff doesn’t know what he expected Ilya’s initial reaction to be, but it’s definitely not the look that ends up landing on his face. Ilya gawks at Cliff as if he had just suggested replacing their drinks with a pipe bomb instead, his eyes wide and brows furrowed with bewildered disbelief.
“What?” Ilya blurts out flatly.
“Hollander. He’s pretty”, Cliff reiterates with an easy shrug. “Y’know, for a dude.”
“You think Hollander is pretty?”
Cliff frowns. “I mean, yeah? Don’t you?”
Cliff Marleau has an inkling that his good friend Ilya Rozanov might just swing both ways, and he’s determined to let Ilya know that he’s an ally, be it by continuously mentioning his lesbian sister – who he once shared a womb with so y’know, they’re close – or by acknowledging that Shane Hollander is, objectively, very pretty.
Cliff doesn’t expect the latter to land him in a threesome with two of the best players in the MLH but hey, despite the mild sexuality crisis that it manifests, he’s not mad about it.
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- Part 1 of friends have fun (and then some)
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“You know that story in the Bible, where God makes Eve out of Adam’s rib?”
“Everyone knows that story, Ilya”, Shane points out dryly. “Even people who aren’t religious.”
“Mm. I was thinking. Maybe God made me from your rib”, Ilya murmurs, nosing at Shane’s shoulder while he trails a finger along the hollow space he’d found before, like that would somehow make it bigger – make it true. “I feel like I belong here. Inside you.”
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objective truths (and more) by takupaku
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
09 May 2026
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“Besides, you’re a man of few merits, John. You might as well utilize your best one.”
Zemo expects the frown to return, and perhaps be followed by a string of angry words and a shield flying at his head at full speed if he was particularly unlucky. But Walker looks more confused than angry at the insult. At first.
Then a grin appears on his face, far too smug for his own good.
“You’re saying my face is a merit, Zemo?”
Or, Zemo helps Walker choose new field gear, and his thought process reveals a bit too much to his liking.
It doesn't take long until those revelations turn into something more.
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i was not born in love (but i will die in it) by takupaku
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
21 Apr 2026
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“Is that why you’re here?” Bucky asks then. “Because of him?”
Heike, whether real or a mirage, offers Bucky a gentle smile. It’s full of inviting warmth, but there’s sadness in there, too, hiding under her striking red lipstick.
“I’m here for the same reason as you are”, Heike says enigmatically. Her eyes meet Bucky’s, bright with something akin to reverence, and affection for someone else. “Every soul is tethered somewhere. A place, a person. Sometimes the space is shared.”
Bucky doesn’t have time to reconsider stepping between Zemo and the bullet, nor does he find the will to regret it after his body hits the ground. But while he floats between the thin line of life and death, Bucky meets someone from beyond the veil who offers him clarity about something he hadn't dared to even fathom.
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One-shots exploring the relationship between Cliff Marleau, Ilya Rozanov and Shane Hollander – sometimes as a trio, sometimes as pairs. Every fic in the series is set within the same AU.
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Primal Instinct by takupaku
Fandom Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
13 Aug 2022
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short way home by latertoday
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Dec 2025
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A few months after Ilya joins the Centaurs, his apartment gets a gas leak. It's a perfectly inconvenient time to be out of housing, but luckily, Yuna and David come to the rescue. Now, Ilya just has to survive a week living with in-laws that may or may not hate his guts.
As it turns out, his expectations could not have been more subverted.
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11 May 2026
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Operation Get Roz a SAP by dntat for Lanabean
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
18 Apr 2026
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Bood: And what would this person need to get Roz to settle down?
Roz: must be most beautiful person you have ever seen
Roz: very funny but does not know they are funny
Roz: and suck dick like their life depends on itOr: The Centaurs know that Roz is sad, and probably a little lonely. So they do their best to set him up with someone who matches his specific list of requirements. What they don't know is that their captain has already found that person.
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- Part 1 of Centaurs Shenanigans
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11 May 2026
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Timeline Debates by Honeybees_n_flowers
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
31 Dec 2025
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A few months after Shane and Ilya’s relationship is revealed, Twitter begins to speculate about the timeline of it all. Ilya fans the flames.
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- Part 3 of Bee's Heated Rivalry Fics
- Part 2 of HR Socmed Fics
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Bookmarked by takupaku
06 May 2026
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John Walker contends with fucking someone who's better than him in every way—younger, stronger, hotter, more perfect.
Bookmarked by takupaku
05 Aug 2025
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Pretty Damn Close by fabeld
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
25 Jul 2025
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It takes Yelena six weeks to notice that Bob’s lazy, fucked-out grin is in fact because John Walker is fucking him.
Bookmarked by takupaku
03 Aug 2025