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281 + 84 (days of you) by 21cg
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
04 Mar 2026
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Three months, measured in empty bottles of sunscreen and beer, chunks of worn-down board wax, tan lines and freckles.
Ilya and Shane meet on the waves.
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29 Jun 2026
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faded on the fine lines by impetuous
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Jun 2026
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If Ilya Rozanov was set to be branded for life in the space above his butt crack, he was damn well going to pay a premium for it.
Booking with one of the most exclusive tattoo studios in North America was the easy bit.
Having his brain melted into oblivion by Shane Hollander’s steady hands and even steadier voice was decidedly not part of the plan.
Or, the one where tattoo artist Shane is very good at giving instructions.
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26 Jun 2026
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Never Have I Ever by find_me_in_the_ivy
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Mar 2026
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One night at the Kingfisher, Shane gets roped into a game of Never Have I Ever with the hockey HABs, and learns a few things about community, opening up to people, and just how kinky he and Ilya get.
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25 Jun 2026
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headfirst into shallow pools by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), StormVandal
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 Feb 2026
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Shane returns from the showers to find the locker room far more animated than when he left it. Everyone has their phones out, and when he sees Shane coming, JJ says, “Câlisse, Hollander, about fucking time! Ilya Rozanov got caught kissing a man.”
After the tuna melt debacle, but before Rose, Ilya makes the reckless decision to go to a gay bar to take his mind off of Shane. When photographs get published, Shane has a realization and devises a plan: he's going to ask Ilya Rozanov to marry him.
Ilya's going through enough without things he can't have being dangled in front of him. He needs to figure out a different way to avoid going home, because eventually Shane Hollander will realize what Ilya already knows: Ilya isn't worth what Shane wants to do for him.
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- Part 1 of shallow pools-verse
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- English
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- 37,280
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- 10/10
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24 Jun 2026
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Heteronormative? More like Homonormative by M_1dn1ght_s
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
05 Jul 2026
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A series of vignettes where Shane reminds everyone that he is ALSO the man in the relationship.
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- Part 1 of Homonormative
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- English
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- 28/?
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22 Jun 2026
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Bodyguard by bittlebarnes (monroesherlock)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 May 2026
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Complex Sports @ComplexSports
“Good luck.”
Former Montreal Metros Captain Shane Hollander-Rozanov gives an “inspiring” two-word message to his former teammates ahead of the much-anticipated rematch between the Centaurs and the Metros.-or-
Everyone wants a piece of Shane Hollander. Ilya has something to say about that.
*Now with a bonus E-Rated chapter 🤭
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- Part 9 of Out On The Town
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21 Jun 2026
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Matters of the ̶H̶e̶a̶r̶t̶ Soul by nomsy
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
29 May 2026
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“Surprised?” Rozanov asks.
“There’s nothing – this is nothing,” Shane forces out.
“Soulmates is something,” Rozanov says.
“You know you should say Connected Person, not soulmate,” Shane says. “It’s old-fashioned and sugar-coating.”
Rozanov takes a drag of his cigarette and looks Shane up and down. “Sugar? You think is always sweet and fun?”
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Shane and Ilya are soulmates. A lot of it is sweet, and some of it is hard.
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19 Jun 2026
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Cosmic Binding by M_1dn1ght_s
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
16 May 2026
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A quick character study/amalgamation of Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov being filthily obsessed with each other and wanting to be close to one another in whatever depraved way they can think of.
Honestly, this probably only touches the surface of their codependency.
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18 Jun 2026
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Always Like This by igrowtails
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Jun 2026
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Sveta
Help me
I am in love with a virginIlya was exaggerating for comic effect, of course. He wasn’t in love with Shane Hollander. He was just absolutely infatuated with him and wanted to carry him around in his pocket and also fuck him senseless and then count his freckles while he slept beside him. So not love, just whatever that was, but still. It was a problem.
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A newly-drafted Ilya Rozanov finds himself transfixed by a beautiful man in the grocery store.A newly-single Shane Hollander does something uncharacteristically brave.
Neither of them are prepared for just how out of their depth they're about to be.
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- 14/?
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14 Jun 2026
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Please Unblock Me by NotRamona43
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
21 Jun 2026
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Ilya's heart stuttered at the last clip. A video of hands toasting beer bottles. The camera rose and panned the hotel bar, swinging to Harris’s boyfriend and…Shane Hollander. Shane Hollander, in the same light blue shirt that Ilya had seen dashing around a street corner a few hours ago. Shane Hollander, a little rumpled, adorably jet-lagged, drinking at a hotel bar that Harris had conveniently tagged. Ilya knew, he just knew what he'd find when he clicked on the location. The back of his neck was buzzing, a bizarre intuition thrumming in him.
The location opened, and Ilya had to bite back a laugh. Shane Hollander was in Hanoi, only a few minutes away from him.
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AU Shane produces a travel show hosted by Rose. When the crew touches down in Hanoi, they cross paths with a pair of travel influencers that Shane would prefer to never see again.- Language:
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12 Jun 2026
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a moonbeam in your hand by strange_ghost
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Feb 2026
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"We have newest member of the team with us today, as you all have seen.”
Shane glanced up again, watching as the captain gestured vaguely toward Shane without looking at him. “Shane Hollander.” The name came out of his mouth like it was laced with poison.
Shane became very aware of many eyes turning to him now. He felt a few claps on the back and tried to force a tight smile. But his eyes wandered back up to Ilya Rozanov, who was looking at him with so much quiet contempt, that Shane started to understand the phrase ‘if looks could kill.’
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OR: Ilya spirals into a deep depression when Shane breaks things off with him definitively after a horrifying run in with their feelings (and tuna melts).
They go no contact for close to a year until Shane is unexpectedly traded to Boston the following season.
Shane finds his new captain is a version of Ilya he's never seen before: dark, icy, and distant.
But their newfound proximity mixed with old feelings creates a complicated dynamic that they can't ignore forever.
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- 18/18
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11 Jun 2026
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Shane Hollander Doesn’t Do Cheat Days by MmeBovary91
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 May 2026
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Shane Hollander doesn’t do cheat days.
Not with his training. Not with his diet. Not with his life.
Then a ridiculously attractive Russian-Italian chef in Milano force-feeds him the best ravioli he’s ever had and calls him a good boy and things spiral from there.
Between Olympic pressure, impossible expectations, and a connection neither of them is ready to name, Shane finds himself unraveling in ways he doesn’t understand.- Language:
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- 5/5
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11 Jun 2026
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your name, my blood by clockwrkpendrxgon
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
24 Nov 2025
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“Ilya?” Shane gasps at the barely standing figure at his doorstep.
“Sorry.” Ilya hiccups. “Did not know where else to go.” That’s the last thing he says before he collapses into Shane’s arms.
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Or the Fighter Ilya x Nurse Shane AU nobody asked for.
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- English
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- 2/2
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- 208
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10 Jun 2026
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RussianLover81 by h20cb
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
20 May 2026
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Ilya Rozanov is, maybe, perhaps, a little unhealthily obsessed with his cycling instructor, a man who does not know he exists. Or, Ilya corrects himself, he may know he exists—he is Ilya Rozanov, after all—but, the point still stands.
Shane Hollander is a former college hockey player turned Peloton instructor with some very dedicated fans.
Happy (early) Shane Hollander's birthday to all who celebrate! This story starts May 10, 2021.
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- 2/2
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08 Jun 2026
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Hollander doesn’t chirp. He doesn’t argue. He doesn’t gloat about his second Stanley Cup. Instead he says, very calmly, “You can’t go to Russia this summer. You have to come to my cottage with me.” He sounds detached, almost.
Ilya wants to protest, but cuts himself off by retching. He doubles over, but nothing comes up. Now that he thinks about it, he can’t remember the last time he ate.
“When did this happen?” Hollander asks.
“I don’t know, okay?” Ilya says. “I started feeling – bad – earlier during awards -”
“No,” Hollander says. “When did you get bitten?”
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Ilya is turned into a vampire. Shane takes him to the cottage to deal with the transformation, and maybe also with their feelings.
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- Part 1 of mysterious states
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08 Jun 2026
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Tour de Force by kooksie
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Mar 2026
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Shane had told his manager, verbatim, that he “trusts her judgment” to pick the opener for his first ever world tour.
Her “judgment” shows up to soundcheck with a parking ticket in his hand and a crimson hickey on his neck. Her “judgment” is Russian DJ, Ilya Rozanov.
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- 5/5
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05 Jun 2026
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Playing Wing(Man) to Shane Hollander by NotRamona43
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
30 May 2026
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Ilya clapped his hands decisively, the same way he did when the team was about to hit the ice. "Let me be your wingman. This will be fun."
He meant it. He wanted to encourage Shane to embrace this, to see if it could help take some of the edge off this tense, tightly wound man sitting across from him.
Shane bit his lip, and Ilya found his eyes fixating on his plush mouth. Ilya would have to organize a line, complete with a velvet VIP rope the first time he took Shane out on the town to get laid. He was stunning, and he seemed to have yet to realize it.
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Shane is drafted to the Centaurs two years after Ilya. Ilya takes it upon himself to be rookie Shane's bisexual fairy godmother/wingman, and then immediately regrets it because he catches feelings.- Language:
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- 15/15
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03 Jun 2026
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The Unexpected Boons of Impromptu Dog-sitting by unlikelychild
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Jun 2026
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Alternate Title: Shane Hollander: Stanley Cup Winner, Accidental Dog Sitter
Shane: Is this Ilya Rozanov?
Unknown number: no
Shane: Oh, but the dog collar had this number.
Unknown Number: What? What dog collar? What are you talking about?
Shane: I'm Shane Hollander.
Shane: I have your dog.
Unknown Number: Is this ransom threat?
Unknown Number: Did you kidnap my dog?- Language:
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01 Jun 2026
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“Hollander’s Metros have had a challenging few years, with back-to-back knee injuries and a concussion keeping the two-time Stanley Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist off the ice for three consecutive postseason runs. Hollander is apparently back to fighting trim, but everyone’s wondering if that will still be true come April. The Metros have promised that they’re behind their franchise star one hundred percent, but there are signs they might be hedging their bets. The Metros announced last week that they have penned a deal with San Francisco’s dynamic young Russian star, center Ilya Rozanov. The move has sent shockwaves through MLH, as San Francisco was widely expected to sign a contract extension with Rozanov, who became a restricted free agent in June.”
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- 6/6
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25 May 2026
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you kiss me in a way that’s gonna screw me up forever by justhockey
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
16 Apr 2026
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“Good,” Shane says, when he finally finds his voice. “Because I’m selfish.”
Ilya laughs. “You are not selfish, sweetheart.”
“I am when it comes to you,” he confesses, pulling back so he can look Ilya in the eyes. “I feel like a kid who doesn’t want to share his favourite toy.”
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23 May 2026