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Change Your Win Conditions by Vee (Vera_DragonMuse)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
04 Feb 2026
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Sometimes life came at you with a clenched fist and Ilya had never figured out how to duck.
So here he was, twenty-eight years old, single, dealing with the fallout from injuries given to him by the game he loved, and the second youngest assistant coach in the league to one of the worst teams. Stability was hard to come by, but he was managing.
Then along came Shane Hollander to knock him on his ass, one more time.
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- Part 1 of win conditions
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 102,965
- Chapters:
- 10/10
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- 2,750
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- 6,618
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06 Feb 2026
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went home and tried to stalk you on the internet by alphalupi
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
17 Feb 2026
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a companion piece to back and forth from new york showing the in-world social media response to the events of each chapter!!
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- Part 2 of back and forth from new york
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 38,944
- Chapters:
- 43/?
- Collections:
- 10
- Comments:
- 4,427
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- 8,539
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- 1,272
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04 Feb 2026
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back and forth from new york by alphalupi
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Feb 2026
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After coming out to Rose, Shane decides he doesn't want to lie anymore, even if he isn't sure coming out will mean he gets happily ever after with Ilya. When coming out to the Voyageurs leaves him wondering what his future in Montreal might look like, he lets himself be a little selfish, he lets himself wonder if there might be somewhere else he might be happy. If Montreal wants to get rid of a generational player, he's not about to stop them, especially if it means he can get a little closer to joy.
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Or: Shane Hollander leaves Montreal in search of something better.
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- Part 1 of back and forth from new york
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 191,681
- Chapters:
- 43/?
- Collections:
- 32
- Comments:
- 7,619
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- 16,302
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- 5,871
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- 776,243
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04 Feb 2026
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i guess what's wrong is when we're kissing, we can't talk by sargeantwoof
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Jan 2026
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“Ilya,” Shane says warningly, but he’s too late as the grin unfurls across Ilya’s face. “I said no laughing,” he snaps, glaring at him. “You’re laughing.”
Ilya shakes his head. “Is not at you, sweetheart,” he says, unable and unwilling to stop his beaming. “I am just—happy. To share this with you.” He meets Shane’s eyes. “You are—singularity,” he says, careful with his pronunciation. “My favorite.”
Shane goes red so fast, Ilya worries about his heart for a second.
“I just want to know you,” Shane murmurs, closing his eyes when Ilya lifts his hand up and strokes through his hair. “I miss you when you aren't around, and I want to carry the little bits of you I can.”
OR: Shane has some questions. Ilya always seems to have an answer. (And one time, Ilya has a question, too.)
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- Part 13 of heated rivalry masterlist
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10 moments in the long process of Shane learning Russian.
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05 Jan 2026
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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
23 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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- Part 1 of Competition is Better With a Friend
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 30,455
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 1,735
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- 37,207
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25 Dec 2025
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- 15,763
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04 Nov 2025
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A Farewell to Arms by MorwenSteelsheen
Fandoms: The Lord of the Rings - J. R. R. Tolkien
11 Feb 2025
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Two years before the War of the Ring, Éowyn is sent to Minas Tirith.
A story told across three books.
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- Part 1 of Beyond the Tomb
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 242,446
- Chapters:
- 45/45
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- 1
- Comments:
- 452
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- 134
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18 Jul 2025
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What if Sirius Black didn't die? It's been done many times. Here's my take on it.
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- English
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- 175,723
- Chapters:
- 32/32
- Collections:
- 7
- Comments:
- 1,678
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- 5,297
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26 Jan 2025
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you were the place I stored all the reality by DubiousSparrow
Fandoms: Dreamer Trilogy - Maggie Stiefvater, Raven Cycle - Maggie Stiefvater
01 Nov 2022
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GREYWAREN SPOILERS
If you could merge souls with the person you love most in the world, why would you only do it once?
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01 Oct 2024
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Some things were doomed to end. Some things were blessed to last.
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08 Sep 2024
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The Consequences (of our Actions) by AnchoredArchangel
Fandom Red White & Royal Blue (2023), Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston
07 Dec 2025
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It starts, like so many things in Alex’s life, with a list.
A list, a prince, an NDA, a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and a night better than any of the fantasies that preceded it. No consequences. That was the whole point.
Except, like so many things in Alex’s life, it isn’t that simple.
Illicit rendezvous, heartfelt phone calls, transatlantic flights, nights that change them… and a morning that changes everything.
And that’s just how it starts.
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Ronan is the lead guitarist of the Ravens, but Adam is no longer a roadie.
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- Part 2 of Free as a Bird
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04 Feb 2024
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“The queen wants to show that the Prince and the First Son are still deeply in love and committed to their countries.” Ellen swallows. “They want you to go on a tour of the Commonwealth together, to get the public to see those emails not as a sex scandal, but an invasion of privacy of a wholesome, loving relationship.”
“It was an invasion of privacy,” Alex says. He swallows. “Did they say what would happen if we say no?”
Ellen’s lips pinch tightly at the corners. “Then they will issue a full denial and Henry will tour the commonwealth himself.”
Alex doesn't hesitate. “Tell them we’ll do it. I’m not gonna let him do this alone."
It would kill him. Henry hates this shit. The public parading, the judgment. Having to do all of that, and deny who he is? Alex at least wants to be there, to hold his hand through it. Even if it's just as a friend.
It might kill Alex to pretend, but that’s a small price to pay to ensure Henry—his beautiful, vibrant, funny-as-hell, brilliant ex-not-quite-boyfriend—isn’t killed instead.
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or, the alex-never-goes-to-kensington-after-the-lake-house, exes-to-fake-dating-to-lovers fic.
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- English
- Words:
- 55,877
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- 11/11
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- 2,533
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- 5,259
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- 1,643
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- 114,308
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22 Jan 2024
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I Knew You Were Trouble When You Walked In by doeyedgirlyevil
Fandoms: Red White & Royal Blue - Casey McQuiston, Red White & Royal Blue (2023)
23 Dec 2023
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There he stood. Frozen. In the presence of a man who Henry was willing to swear before Queen and country, under pain of death, was the single most beautiful person on the face of the planet, and possibly several galaxies beyond. A man who possessed the kind of magnetic pull that could persuade Henry to believe in a Catholic God. A man Henry needed to get at least 800 kilometres away from before he caused an international scandal in a tea room at Kensington Palace.
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Henry has a new equerry. And he's too hot for Henry's fragile, gay heart to handle. (AKA the Alex as Henry's equerry AU that I'm sure someone asked for)- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 72,506
- Chapters:
- 10/10
- Comments:
- 2,113
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- 7,179
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- 2,038
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- 215,127
Bookmarked by Mereth
22 Jan 2024
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One of the best fics I've ever read in this fandom. Perfect voices, hilarious and hot. 100% to reread
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12 Oct 2022
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The day Buck and Eddie figure out they're in love is not the day they do something about it, and it's not as tragic as it sounds.
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They heal, first apart, and then together. They relearn how to be best friends before they can be anything more. And then Chris makes them get married 5 minutes after their first kiss.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 5,128
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 28
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- 940
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- 147
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- 7,036
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11 Apr 2022
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"When we don't die young and violently, we die weird. Well, or all three, case in point."
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 68,261
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 1
- Comments:
- 308
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- 2,632
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- 1,193
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28 Mar 2022
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The universe has a fucked up sense of humor as far as Buck’s concerned. It took it’s sweet time leading him down the road that would eventually root him in Los Angeles with an acceptance letter to the fire academy in his hand, but all of that had been well and fine since it got him here eventually. Buck can roll with the punches better than most, so long as he’s given the opportunity to land on his feet.
It stands to reason that the universe was a lot more straightforward leading him to realize he was—is—in love with Eddie Diaz.
Buck just wishes the universe had been a little more subtle about it.
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or, the one where the universe is screaming at buck and he's refusing to listen
Bookmarked by Mereth
11 Dec 2021