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[ON HIATUS]
In the middle of all of this, Wilhelm grasps three things. One: He’s in Bjärstad. Two: Oh my god, holy shit there’s two real live shifters right in front of me. Three: He’s so fucking dead.
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All his life, Wilhelm had been told that shifters were ruthless, uncivilized killing machines, nothing but a blot upon the earth meant to be contained and controlled. His relatives’ numerous horror stories, along with his close, mother-son relationship with the President of the Commission for Human Defense haven’t given him any reason to believe otherwise.
But an accidental run-in with a shifter the morning after his arrival at Hillerska sparks something passionate, dangerous, and exhilarating—what may be just the thing to prove him wrong.
Family secrets, betrayals, and self-discoveries are unleashed upon Wilhelm when his growing connection to the shifter bursts alight and he finds himself struggling to balance a double life. One wrong step, and he could be killed. Yet, he learns this new encounter may also be a blessing in disguise; the world he had thought was far too different from his own could be the home he’d needed all along.
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i'm not a mountain, i will crumble when you go by echo_and_dust
Fandoms: Young Royals (TV 2021)
22 Mar 2023
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When Queen Kristina falls ill, Wilhelm is pulled into a month-long trip away from Sweden to take her place. Left at home, Simon navigates dealing with the first Christmas season spent without Wilhelm by his side since they had gotten together, and he realizes that there are some feelings he can’t avoid forever.
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Felice’s heart freezes at the sight of her best friend, so carefree and happy and well-adjusted into her friend group and her life at Hillerska, and thinks through the past several months that they had spent together. Was it all a lie?
(or: the one where Hillerska hosts their annual graduation dance, and Felice learns the truth about Sara)
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- Part 2 of season 2 musings
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He has an inkling of what Simon is trying to do, but he can’t muster the will to stop him when it feels this good. Every point where they are touching leaves him buzzing with electricity but he doesn’t dare move; his limbs are heavy and his mind is blank, occupied only by the sensation of the boy behind him blanketing his skin with affection and his hand fitting perfectly beneath Wille’s against his bare chest, like two tailored magnets.
(or: the one where a new semester at Hillerska begins, and Wilhelm enjoys a peaceful morning with Simon in bed)
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- Part 1 of season 2 musings
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Proof Enough by Fangirl_Shrieks
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Apr 2026
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Shane remembers the way the world tilted, how he stumbled out the door, how the air felt wrong in his lungs. He was laughing, he thinks. At one point. He was crying. He couldn’t tell the difference. Somewhere behind him, Hayden’s footsteps followed, distorted, distant, like they were coming through water.
He remembers thinking, with a terrible and absolute certainty: Ilya is dead.
And then, just as quickly, just as absurdly: I need to talk to Ilya about this.
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Or: An alternate/expanded take on the days following the Centaurs' emergency landing, featuring Shane's inability to accept proof, Ilya's stubborn insistence on being alive, and the particular difficulty of loving someone whose heart has had every reason to stop, maybe even before the crash.
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04 Jul 2026
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love brought weight to this heart of mine by sweetshane
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
16 Feb 2026
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Shane tries to remember, peering into the darkness surrounding the car with a furrowed brow. It hurts to move, and he feels something warm and slick sliding down his cheek.
More blood, his mind supplies rather unhelpfully.
He was driving after dark, but he shouldn’t have been. He wasn’t supposed to be. They had all night together, so why is he here?
I already chose you, Hollander.
Shane inhales sharply as his mind slowly fills in the gaps in his memory. They fought. Ilya told him to leave. Shane did.
And then he crashed.
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- Part 1 of Love Brought Weight
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01 Jul 2026
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Bell Ringer by fakinbrilliance
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Jan 2026
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“Shane?” Ilya asks again. “What happened?” His gloveless hand twitches and he lifts it a fraction of an inch towards Shane.
Shane tosses his own gloves to the ice and reaches forward, lacing their fingers together. “You took a bad hit,” he says, gritting his teeth against the fear clawing at his guts. “Flipped headfirst into the ice. Are you okay?”
Ilya groans in answer and squeezes his hand, though Shane can't tell if he meant to do that or not.
Suddenly, there are people all around them. Shane shifts protectively close before he realizes it’s the medical team.
“Hollander, get back to your bench,” someone says, but there’s no way Shane’s going. Even if he wanted to, Ilya’s gripping his hand like a lifeline, eyes finally locked on Shane’s face. Shane isn’t leaving him.
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20 Jun 2026
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Wish List by shanebug1410
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
17 May 2026
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It’s a difficult concept for Shane to grasp, taking up space like that. Birthday parties are always so loud and demanding of everyone’s attention, and Shane doesn’t know how to handle it, always stressed that people don’t actually want to be there or are just patronising him. The idea that people want to get together to celebrate Shane, besides his parents and husband, is completely foreign to him. The idea that his hockey team would show up for his birthday is incomprehensible.
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Two birthday wishes Shane makes, and how they come true (and one time Ilya threatens a bunch of ten-year-olds)
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- Part 2 of Shane Hollander Deserves The World
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06 Jun 2026
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Light Of My Life by flecksofgold
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
05 Feb 2026
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"I can help you, you know?", Shane says, although he's already sitting on one of the highchairs at their kitchen isle.
"Ah no, you will do nothing. I want to make disgusting smoothie for you to enjoy on the morning of our wedding day. You just sit and look pretty," Ilya counters seriously as he starts cutting up some kale. Usually Shane would quip something back, but he feels a grin form on his face at the reminder that today was, in fact, his wedding day. So instead he just says: "I love you."
Ilya looks up at him with a smile. "I love you, too," before going back to slicing greens.
Shane puts an elbow on the surface of the isle and rests his chin in his hand as he watches his fiance prepare his favorite smoothie, a fond smile never leaving his face.
"We're getting married in a few hours," he says in awe.
"Yes, I know. That is what 'wedding day' means, no?", Ilya retorts and Shane huffs a laugh. "Shut up," he says half heartedly and Ilya responds with a grin.
OR: The Hollanov wedding reimagined
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- Part 1 of my heated rivalry one-shots
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03 Jun 2026