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In the summer of 2018, Troy Barrett meets Adrian Dela Cruz, an actor for an upcoming superhero series. They spent the next year or so making bad decisions, until it became clear Adrian was not who he seemed. Troy is quickly traded to the Ottawa Centaurs shortly after.
Harris Drover, #1 fan of Adrian's superhero show, and the social media manager for Troy's new team, had never expected his hockey crush to show up on the Centaur’s roster; and he also did not expect to get pulled into the mess that followed Troy from Toronto to Ottawa, either.
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Chiron didn't want to be a therapy dog. He wanted to be a goaltender.
But also, he wanted a family.
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Ilya Rozanov, Professional Matchmaker™ by opalgod
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
24 May 2026
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Troy Barrett needs cheering up, Harris Drover needs better taste in men, and Ilya Rozanov really needs to mind his own business.
He won't though, because besides hockey, Ilya has many talents: annoying his boyfriend Shane Hollander, hogging Chiron from the rest of his team, and knowing exactly who should be with who. His matchmaking methods are very questionable, and his meddling is definitely unasked for.
So when Troy arrives at the Centaurs looking like the most miserable man in the world, Ilya decides he's his next project. It doesn't take Ilya long to realise that Harris, the Centaurs social media manager with a spectacular track record of terrible dates, was always going to be the most obvious answer.
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Harris takes a part time job at a cafe while studying in Toronto. He's a Centaurs fan, visibly gay, and has a pin for both on his apron. The Guardians players come in every other day for their lunch breaks, and most of them are terrible in both attitude and tipping. But there’s a quiet one that keeps coming back after every win, ordering the same toasted sandwich, and staring at Harris's mouth like he's not quite sure what he's hungry for.
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Everyone in the Guardians knows that Troy’s only hookup is in Ottawa, with a girl named Maris.
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What if instead of "Lily" and "Jane," Ilya chose names based off their last names: "Rose" and "Holly."
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Hayden believes Shane was in a three year relationship with Rose Landry.
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- Part 2 of Verdant's Heated Rivalry Fics
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09 Jun 2026
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Blinding Love by Verdant_Words
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
10 Mar 2026
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Troy struggled with his sexuality, especially since his crush of several years is Dallas fucking Kent, hockey's notorious homophobic prick. Troy believed that was just boys being boys, playful even. After all, he's fucking hot.
Canon-compliant Rape referenced related to Dallas Kent allegations, dubious consent because Troy attempts having sex with women but not because he wants to.
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- Part 11 of Verdant's Heated Rivalry Fics
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09 Jun 2026
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Ilya Enchanted by Daisies_and_Briars
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
14 Mar 2026
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A night out at the Kingfisher during a team roadtrip to New York leaves Ilya cursed with a truth spell. Worried this will ruin everything for Ilya and Shane and their very secret relationship, Ilya scrambles to break the curse before saying anything he can't take back.
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05 Jun 2026
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Troy Barrett is depressed after being traded, but an unexpected encounter on Grindr cheers him up.
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17 May 2026
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Not ec-lec-tic? by goodoldfashioneddeliveryboy
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
16 Apr 2026
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Going no-contact with Curtis Barrett had been surprisingly easy.
Not emotionally, at first, but physically easy in the sense that Troy didn’t even need to actually block his number or monitor his socials. His dad never rang, or messaged. Not a single thing since that night when Troy had finally stood up to him, looked him square in the face and told him he was gay and Curtis had just stared in bewilderment, anger, disgust, and watched him go.
Which is why when Troy takes his phone off plane mode as they walk through the airport after touching down in New York, he stops in his tracks as he sees a notification for two missed calls. From his dad. One voicemail.
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A fic about Troy still trying to find himself despite being an openly gay, engaged man, and how his past doesn't stay in the past, but this time he's got love on his side.
Featuring Ilya being the best bisexual buddy, Harris is incredibly smitten, loving queer-platonic-friendships, and discussions of Buffy villains.
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13 May 2026