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[Podfic] It's Just An Empty Cup by Amanita_Fierce, DesignatedGrape
Fandoms: Check Please! (Webcomic)
31 May 2023
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The Aces don't win the cup in 2017. It hurts, Kent hurts, he's tired and he feels like he doesn't deserve the things he has, including an NCAA champion boyfriend waiting for him at home
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A sort of epilogue, sort of one shot stemming off of "The Dream of Having No Room"
I think it works on its own but I'd recommend reading the original fic first.Podfic of It's Just An Empty Cup by rickyisms.
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Love and Joy Come to You [fic + podfic] by DesignatedGrape, RattleandHum (ThirdEye1234)
Fandoms: Check Please! (Webcomic)
21 Dec 2022
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Dex runs his finger along the framed black and white wedding photo on the fireplace mantle in Jack and Bitty’s brand new house. They’ve only been here for a few months; they haven’t even had a housewarming party yet. When Dex asked Bitty a couple weeks ago if he was sure he wanted to do their holiday baking here, though, Bitty had waved him off.
“What better way to christen my beautiful new kitchen than with one of my favorite winter traditions?”
Or, Bitty and Dex's holiday baking: A story told through five Decembers across twelve years.
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[Podfic] The Dream of Having No Room by Amanita_Fierce, DesignatedGrape
Fandoms: Check Please! (Webcomic)
22 May 2022
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Whiskey would like it to be made abundantly clear, that he did not befriend Kent Parson on purpose
Podfic of The Dream of Having No Room by rickyisms.
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Fests by B13_MaybeThisTime, DesignatedGrape, HowOldAreWe, Januarium, mallpretzles, NC Pods (N0Connections)
Fandom Schitt's Creek
30 Sep 2023
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- 11
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it just felt right to me in the moment by agoodpersonrose, dairaliz, DesignatedGrape, dessertwaffles, dinnfameron, fishyspots, foxtails, hagface, hullomoon, Januarium, lilythesilly, maxbegone, middyblue (daisyblaine), petalwrites, roseapothecary (IndestructibleHeart), thetomkatwholived, yourbuttervoicedbeau (kiwiana)
Fandom Schitt's Creek
23 May 2021
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A series of Season 4 canon-divergent AUs, in which David and Patrick say "I love you" for the first time in different episodes.
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[Podfic] it all started with 1 (one) twitter DM by Amanita_Fierce, DesignatedGrape
Fandom Check Please! (Webcomic)
31 May 2023
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'Olive' Our Best Wishes: A birthday collection by asoftplacetoland, DesignatedGrape, HungryHungryHippo, imtelevisionsmoirarose, Julywonder, Lisamc21, Marleycat, Poutini, princesstigerlily, thesleepyskipper, vanillahigh00, walnuts_and_berries
Fandom Schitt's Creek
15 Jul 2024
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In honor of Olive31's birthday, a few frands came together to assemble a collection (gaggle? herd? troupe? murder?) of meet-cutes in honor of one of the most supportive fic readers in our fandom. We love you, Olive!
This series is not intended to be read in a specific order. Each work is a standalone meet-cute of varying premises, ratings and heat levels.
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Signed, Sealed, Delivered by DesignatedGrape, Lisamc21, Marleycat, Poutini, thesleepyskipper, vanillahigh00
Fandom Schitt's Creek
23 Jul 2021
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This series celebrates a variety of ways David and Patrick find each other as pen pals. A group of writer friends, who love when i'm with you it feels like home by Hullomoon, were inspired to create this series in a desperate need to add more pen pal fics to the fandom. The last three in the series are connected and the remainder are unrelated/standalone.
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Beneficiaries by 409_conflict
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
11 Sep 2026
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Following an afternoon of sex and tuna melts, Shane goes searching for the explicit rules of what being 'friends with benefits' entails. In his humble opinion, they're nailing it.
Once friendship is on the table, Shane reconsiders the usefulness and immutability of the public rivalry narrative. Surely the NHL can make just as much money from a bromance as it can from a rivalry?
A missed call from J.J., a dinner at All-Stars, and an ill-considered mad dash to the airport send Shane's season in a very different direction to the disciplined three-peat he'd been planning back in October.
"This rivalry thing: it was everyone else who said we hated each other off the ice. There’s no rule that says we have to keep doing that forever.” Shane stared outside, past the blinding billboards and down at the streets below. “It was nice. Hanging out, last time.”
He knew what it looked like when Rozanov shut down, when he closed himself off and pushed the world away. He’d finish the conversation abruptly, curt, clipped, and retreat. So Shane knew he’d won when Rozanov finally answered with: “Are we six years old, Hollander? Asking if I want to play in sandbox with you?"
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Bookmarked by DesignatedGrape
20 Sep 2026
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Absolutely fantastic. Very little angst; more hurt/comfort. Definitely a reread.
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Shane realizes pretty early on that he's not actually just feeling friendship feelings, but still sets out to be an amazing friend (with the hope of eventually telling Ilya that he loves him). This is the one where JJ/Rose get together, Shane breaks his wrist and therefore can go to Moscow for Ilya's father's funeral, and Svetlana sets them up in a cottage in Ukraine for a couple weeks.
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Blade to the Heart by silversurfer
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
13 Sep 2026
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The best time to do it, really, would be just before Rozanov headed back to Moscow. His American friends would think he’d headed home early, and his family in the old country would believe he had stayed in the states longer. The confusion would delay the manhunt a precious few days, enough for Shane to be sure he was well away from the fallout.
So that’s when he would do it, he decided. He would kill Rozanov after one of them won Rookie of the Year.
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Shane has successfully gotten away with murder twice by the time he meets Ilya Rozanov, and he’s convinced the man will be his perfect hat trick. After all, such a powerful obsession with Rozanov must go beyond sexual. It must be the urge to kill. It has to be.
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Bookmarked by DesignatedGrape
16 Sep 2026
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Yessss excellent serial killer AU!! I could have read 100k of this!
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Welcome To My Dark Side by remember_2_breathe (scisaac_the_socio)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
07 Sep 2026
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"Mm-hm." Ilya nodded, plucking the cherry from his glass next. "You know..." He started, a sinful purr to his voice as he leaned in closer so that they were almost touching. "There is belief that being able to tie cherry stem means you are good at oral."
He plucked the stem of his cherry into his mouth and then after a moment his tongue rolled out, the stem of the cherry tied into a neat knot.
"Want to find out if it's true?" He asked as he tossed the tied stem back into his glass.
"T-Tab." Jason stammered. "I need to close my tab."
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The Long Change by danielosbourne
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Aug 2026
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Shane ended the most significant relationship of his life because he believed the truth would destroy them both.
Months later, Ilya comes out anyway.
The catastrophe Shane spent years running from never arrives.
The league moves on.
Teammates rally around Ilya.
Sponsors call.
He falls in love again.
He begins building a life defined not by secrecy, but by ordinary joys: a home, a future, arguments about adopting a dog.Left behind by a future he never thought possible, Shane is forced to confront an unsettling question: if the world didn't end for Ilya, what has all of his fear really been protecting?
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Bookmarked by DesignatedGrape
12 Sep 2026
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Absolutely gorgeous.
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Unspoken Devotion by Shanebug (Wildandflourecent)
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
12 Aug 2026
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Shane laid there for a bit, breathing deep and letting Ilya’s body regulate him as he worked up the words to his mouth that he first set out to say this morning. Picking his head up, he focused his eyes on Ilya’s lips.
“I wish I could wear my collar.”
The lips in front of him spread into a wry smile. “Ah. Why can’t you?”
“I can’t wear something that kinky to a charity event, Ilya.”
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Shane explores devotion, control, internalized ableism, and what path being a cis man in the hockey world has put him on at a charity event. After experiencing the relief of letting Ilya take care of him for an evening, Shane returns the favor.
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- Part 10 of Est. 2021