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• Coping Mechanisms by Emzxi

  Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

  • Explicit
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • M/M
  • Work in Progress

  25 May 2026

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  • Luca Haas/Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
  • Minor or Background Relationship(s)
  • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
  • Rose Landry/Svetlana Vetrova
  • Hayden Pike/Jackie Pike
  • Luca Haas/Original Male Character(s)
  • Luca Haas
  • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
  • Shane Hollander
  • Ilya Rozanov
  • Rose Landry
  • Svetlana Vetrova
  • Hayden Pike
  • Jackie Pike
  • Hayden Pike's Children
  • Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
  • Original Male Character(s)
  • Dallas Kent
  • Hurt/Comfort
  • Not Hockey Players (Game Changers)
  • Sex Work
  • Alternate Universe - Lawyers
  • Not Beta Read
  • So OOC
  • We go by names and vibes
  • Self-Harm
  • Self-Esteem Issues
  • Slow Burn
  • Kinda
  • idk - Freeform
  • Sugar Daddy
  • not between main characters
  • Daddy Kink
  • POV Luca Haas
  • Luca Haas Needs a Hug
  • Bottom Luca Haas
  • POV Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
  • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau & Ilya Rozanov Friendship
  • Supportive Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
  • Possessive Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Fluff and Smut
  • Fluff
  • Angst
  • Smut
  • Gender Issues
  • Self-Worth Issues
  • Dubious Consent

  Summary

  Luca has found a way to soothe the itch beneath his skin via sex. Giving his body for somebody to use let's him feel at peace for a while again. But is that sustainable?

  or

  Luca uses sex as a coping mechanism, but as his life begins to change, so do the mechanisms.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  4,727

  Chapters:

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