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shared joy (shared sorrow) by sleepixgstars
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
22 Jun 2026
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Summary
“You speak Russian?” Ilya’s voice is simultaneously incredulous and thrilled, like he can’t quite believe it, but he’s excited all the same.
Hayden shakes his head, shrugging, still rocking Amber. “Uh, not really? I only know a few words and phrases here and there from my Deda and Baba. I understand it more than I can speak it.”
Ilya’s eyes somehow get wider. “Deda and Baba- You have Russian grandparents? You are Russian?!”
“I guess? Technically?”
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Hayden Pike never really talks about his mom's family. Ilya finds out why and decides he simply *must* fix this.
He is going to teach Hayden Pike how to be Russian, whether Hayden likes it or not.
AKA the Russian Hayden fic for my sister
Series
- Part 2 of Ilya "professional ragebaiter" Rozanov
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Bookmark Notes:
Oh i wanna cry, ilya helping hayd forgive himself for forgetting his grandparents language healed my heart and hayd realizing ilya adores shane so much he lost the contry he loved and is fighting for scraps of it here🥹😭
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Bookmark Notes:
💖💖💖💖📚📚📚📚
I love everything about this!!!
Reread!!!
Absolutely incredible!!!
One of my favorites!!!
🥰So fluffy I could die🥰
Hurt/comfort fluff
Whump/angst with a happy ending
This will give you a good cry by breaking your heart and then healing it
Some funny crackfic comments
Slice of life domesticity/shenanigans and hijinks
Opposites attract/types
Love languages - chirping is Hollanov's love language = banter
Some things are just more important than hockey/better than gold = standing up for each otherCultural differences and traditions = culture sharing/sharing your culture
Diaspora
Culture-grief
Grief/mourning
Language barriers to not
Accents
Joining the family/family bonding with the Hollanders = sharing your culture/heritage/customs/traditions - learning Russian///cooking Russian food and/or eating at Russian restaurants///Russian patronymics and diminutives AKA Russian middle name tradition and pet names/etcKinda 5+1 things:
Russian Hayden Pike
Language barriers to not
Accents
Teacher Ilya teaches Shane and Hayden Russian
Ilya teaches Hayden about their shared Russian culture
Ilya teaches Hayden how to speak Russian/Hayden Pike speaks Russian
Ilya teaches Shane Russian/Shane Hollander speaks Russian
Hayden Pike and Ilya Rozanov friendship = Pikeanov friendship
Ilya and Hayden bonding
Frenemies Ilya and HaydenPOV outsider on Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov's relationship
Outsider POVs on Hollanov's relationship
Outsider POV Hayden Pike POV
POV outsider Hayden Pike POV
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NAME focus/NAME-centric
Ilya Rozanov focus/Ilya Rozanov-centric
Hayden Pike focus/Hayden Pike-centric
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Family bonding with the Hollanders/family bonding with the Pikes - babysitting
Guncles
Uncle Shane + Uncle IlyaKoshelek - wallet
It must suck to have to hear your friends talk shit about the man you love.
… Fuck. Hayden talks shit about Ilya all the time too.
Usually, it’s just… chirping, butfuck, what if he’s said something that crossed the line and Shane didn’t want to say anything because there are already so few people who know about them that he didn’t want to risk losing Hayden too?
Having your best friend and your secret boyfriend not get along must be really frustrating. Hayden realizes, in that moment, that he needs to be better, to make life easier for Shane - including actively trying to get along with Shane’s boyfriend. Even if that boyfriend is Ilya fucking Rozanov.Russian restaurants/Russian foods/Russian recipes - borscht (a sweet and sour vegtable soup, often served cold in the summer and hot in the winter)/blini (pancakes)/tea with jam
Initially Ilya's forcefully teaching Hayden Russian but then he eventually welcomes it
Russian-English dictionary
1 word a day with chirping text messages
Challenges - Ilya’ll say something in Russian and not leave Hayden alone until he can figure out what it means
Cooking Russian recipes - Ilya and Hayden go grocery shopping at a Russian grocery store for ingredients and make pelmeni. Older Russian man working at the grocery store - Sergio. While Ilya's talking to him Hayden can see how proud he is to be Russian. Ilya has Hayden practice a little by having a conversation in Russian with Sergio which he struggled through but he's trying. Hayden understands more Russian than he did a year ago. Ilya teases Hayden lightheartedly and corrects him until he gets close enough. Back at The Pikes Pikanov practice learning more Russian words and their pronunciation as they make pelmeni step by step. They talk about how Ilya had a hard time when he first came to America because if people's assumptions about Russia (it's hard being Russian in America). Hayden shares the few flashbacks he can remember of his late family sharing their Russian culture with him. They realize everyone forgets things over time even about loved ones but you still hold their memories with you even in small ways. They're reminders of what you still have. People who love him and Ilya, who is probably the only person who could understand the strange sense of culture-grief he’s been experiencing. Hayden realizes that Ilya taught Hayden Russian and the power of friendship.
They'll share their pelmeni creations with Shane and The Pikes for dinner
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Bookmark Notes:
I could read a whole book of this