Depths of Despair 🥺
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“-can’t see each other again,” Ilya says, looking only at Shane’s hand, holding it so, so gently and stroking over Shane’s skin so, so softly. The soothing feeling of it makes it very hard to focus, but Shane tries very hard to do it anyway. “I tried-we tried, but this can’t happen again.” It takes a moment, but Shane finally manages to make sense of the words, and he lets out a soft noise of understanding.
Ah. He’s apologizing that he won’t be able to see Shane in the hospital again before he leaves.
“I understand,” he says, and he does. It was probably really hard for Ilya to get here even once, and it can’t be very long before his plane leaves. He’s sad, of course–they didn’t even get to spend time together, really–but it’s not like this will be the last chance they ever have to see each other. He gives Ilya his best attempt at a smile, and if it comes out a little sad, too, all Ilya does is reach out to stroke the backs of his fingers gently over his cheek.
(ilya goes through with his plan to break up with shane in the hospital) (the problem? shane is too high to understand that he's being broken up with)
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07 Jul 2026
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It’s just allergies, I swear…
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courage [it couldn't come at a worse time] by veilofimagination
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 Feb 2026
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"Why are you not scared?"
"I am scared," Ilya admits. "I just am tired. Of hiding me. Of hiding you. Of hiding how much I love you. I want to go to the rink— how do you say it? Authenti."
"Authentically," Shane supplies, automatically.
"Yes. Authentically. I want to go to the rink authentically, as me," Ilya confirms.
Ilya looks at Shane, pauses until Shane meets his eyes. "I want to say: I, Ilya Rozanov, love a man, and that man's name is Shane Hollander."
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Or, sometimes it takes a little more time, and some courage, to be with the one you love.
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It ends happily but the bit about building the house is still a bit devastating
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i'll always feel your heart from a world away by isitthedawnbrigade
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
08 May 2026
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Scott and Kip's happiness, confined in the walls of Scott's apartment, hadn't been enough. The pressures of the outside world forced them apart, echoing scars of their pasts that had never fully healed.
But maybe they needed to be apart, to grow back together in the end.
Or: the years in between Kip's birthday at the Kingfisher and the Kiss that changed the game
Bookmarked by Happylittletreefrog
06 Jul 2026
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In case I'm looking for a little cry...
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