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the trials and tribulations of love languages by moonlightdances
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 Jan 2026
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Every single example online of the love languages could fit Ilya to some degree – Shane had never thought about it before, but now that he knew, it was a problem that he didn’t know Ilya’s. He already wasn’t fluent in Russian, despite his attempt at learning, and he refused to be behind on another of Ilya’s languages.
Shane looked down at Ilya, still passed out asleep in his arms, and nodded to himself, ready to run a series of experiments until he found what worked for Ilya.
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13 Jan 2026
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Shane hadn't been turned on when he woke up. But Shane's body was hardwired to be receptive when it came to Ilya, and so after a few deep kisses and a warm hand against him, Shane could feel the goosebumps rising on his skin. He could feel the low pops and buzzes in his spine. He could feel that low ache, deep inside him, that he'd only ever found one method to sate.
Shane and Ilya have sleepy middle of the night sex.
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13 Jan 2026
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so i hear you've been talking 'bout me by darkminded (wasteofmind)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
07 Jan 2026
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"What is it about you specifically that inspires such vitriol among the other teams’ fans?”
Ilya shrugs easy with one shoulder, tries to make sure the pull of his lips strikes the right balance of contrite and nonchalant. What do they even want him to say? He leans closer to the microphone shoved towards him, starts. “I don’t know, maybe…"
He considers his next words. Imagines his coach’s reaction. What his teammates will say. The headlines the media will pick.
He says them anyway.
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On Ilya and Shane and their different media strategies, set to the backdrop of their slow-moving romance.
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The Romance of Somewhere Where Trains Go Direct by billowyy
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
04 Jan 2026
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Shane isn't learning Russian because of Rozanov. He's not. Is it nice that he now knows the sweet things Rozanov tells him in Russian during sex? Definitely.
But he's not doing it for Rozanov.
Or Shane starts learning Russian because one of his rookies doesn't speak a lot of English, and he tries to convince himself that it's the only reason why.
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Shane’s fingertips lazily trace down the middle of his back, and then tap their way back up. Ilya wants to die here.
“If you could be any animal,” Shane asks, yawning in the middle of the sentence, “what animal would you be?”
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