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The Breakaway by Ishipthisshitokay for azraelriego
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Oct 2026
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Shane Hollander only meant to attend a few hockey games — a small act of rebellion against the boyfriend who controlled every part of his life. But that night changes everything. The arena becomes a refuge, Rose becomes a friend, and the Montreal Metros become the first place he’s felt safe in years.
No one knows he’s living with domestic violence.
No one knows he’s planning to run.
No one knows how much he’s breaking.And no one expects him to fall for Ilya Rozanov — the loud, brilliant, closeted Russian winger recently traded under suspicious circumstances.
Ilya has secrets he can’t share, a past he can’t escape, and feelings he doesn’t know how to handle.
Shane is learning how to live again.
Ilya is learning how to feel again.
Both are learning how to trust.But when the truth about their pasts threatens to surface, they’ll have to decide whether they can face it together — or lose each other trying.
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Or: A story about healing, found family, and the terrifying, beautiful risk of choosing love after surviving what was meant to break you.
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15 Apr 2026
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90. Story is great through the hospital scenes and then it gets weird. Like, if that was in the original tags, I wouldn’t have read it.
Currently on ch 90. Don’t know if I’ll pick it back up. It’s probably a 2/5 for me, but prior to the switcheroo, a 4/5 or 5/5.
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Flight 771 shouldn't have been any different than any of the hundreds of other flights that Shane has taken over the course of his career, aside from the fact that it was taking him towards his lifelong dream—towards the Olympics.
It shouldn't have been any different.
BEND OVER, STAY DOWN.
BEND OVER, STAY DOWN.
BEND OVER, STAY DOWN.
It is.
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Alligator Bites Never Heal by flawlessassholes
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Mar 2026
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His outstretched glove hangs there, frozen, as the noise of the arena mutates into a ringing buzz. Then he’s moving, pushed away by Marlow, and then Boston’s goalie. There’s a flurry of movement, a trainer with a towel, more blood dripping onto the ice, and he just. Stands there. Staring.
Ilya is helped off the ice. Shane doesn’t even tap his stick.
Remember when Sidney Crosby caught a puck with his jaw? That doesn't happen to Shane. That happens to Ilya.
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16 Oct 2026
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Everybody's Calling... by clovesmoke
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
10 Oct 2026
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Shane posted a picture he shouldn't have. His friends, family, and fans react.
Back by popular demand, this is PART 2 to my fic My Regards! It takes place immediately after My Regards ends and will not make sense if you haven't read that one first, so please go find it located in this series :)
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- Part 2 of My Regards
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Training Season's Over by ChaoticRussian2481
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
10 Oct 2026
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“Why is he dating when he has me?”
“I mean… you’re not with him,” Cliff said carefully, and Ilya sat up, glaring at his best friend. “Oh come on, Roz, you know that’s true. Maybe you’re friends now or whatever, but he’s not agreed to be with you or anything.”
Ilya sniffed, his eyes welling up in that way they only tended to after too many drinks. “I… I would be perfect for him, Marly. I would treat him soooo good, I would kiss his little freckles, and fuck his pretty little hole-”
“Okay, that’s enough,” Cliff said, cutting Ilya off in his prime.
Shane Hollander is tired of men who can't keep up with what he needs without being taught how.
So, one drunken night, he sends a tweet into the void:
I’m done with training men to be what I need. Where can I find a man who doesn’t need instructions?Ilya Rozanov sees it and decides this is finally his chance. Because if Shane wants a real man - someone confident, someone capable, someone who can give Shane exactly what he wants - then Ilya is more than happy to volunteer.
All he has to do is prove to Shane that the man he's been looking for has been right in front of him all along.