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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Dec 2025
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Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”
“Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.
“No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
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17 Jan 2026
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Start Over by imjaebumism
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Jan 2026
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Ilya wishes this could be easy for them, like back when they were kids, camping under the stars in Shane’s parent’s backyard. Things didn’t seem so big then, so terrifying. Ilya fell in love with Shane when he was 16 too, he found him boring and naïve and innocent, but he was also beautiful and endearing and he gave Ilya everything he didn’t know he needed.
A friend, a companion, a partner, a family.
He’d been with him through all the big moments in Ilya’s life, and no matter how hard he tried to fight it, he knew. Falling for Shane Hollander would always be inevitable for him.
— Or Shane and Ilya meet a year before Heated Rivalry and Ilya spends two summers with the Hollanders before their rookie year. AU
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17 Jan 2026
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NFL superstar Travis Kelce, fresh off a toxic relationship, is caught off guard when a viral comment about Taylor Swift on his podcast unexpectedly brings her into his life. Taylor, reeling from heartbreaks of her own, hesitates to pursue anything serious, but their instant chemistry feels like magic—like alchemy. As Travis struggles with lingering insecurities from his past and Taylor confronts the ghosts of their former relationships, the two must decide if they’re ready to take a chance on love again, turning the chaos of their lives into something golden.
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Chapter 50: Mary’s Song. After two long weeks apart, Travis and Taylor share a joyful reunion full of laughter and love, with Travis assuring her she's never "too much." Surrounded by proud family and basking in their deep connection, Taylor finally feels completely secure and cherished.- Language:
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22 Oct 2025
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Two weeks after the infamous podcast where Travis called out Taylor for not being able to give her a friendship bracelet, suddenly, he was at her home in New York for their first in person date.
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12 Oct 2025
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While on a journey around the world to cope with his failed engagement, Colin Bridgerton stumbles upon a supernatural curse—or gift—that allows him to see how long a person has left to live. However, when he sees his best friend Penelope Featherington is running out of time, he has to confront what it would mean to lose her and figure out a way to stop that from ever happening.
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12 Sep 2025