Nerve_Itch
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Will is suffering – and that is absolutely at Hannibal’s behest. The monster and the man both delight in anguish in its many forms.
But, Will is also alive. In one version of events, this is an equation of simple sadism; Will is alive, because to dispose of him too quickly would be a waste.
In another version of events, he is alive because he still has value. In which case, what remains is to prove it.Set near the events of S1, in which Will finds out.
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A version of events that somehow makes things even worse for Will.
Written for the Hannibal Gorefest 2019
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“Will, I need you to tell me what happened.”
Hannibal waits as patiently as the circumstances allow, but Will doesn’t speak. Will’s answer is cryptic, laid out for Hannibal in ugly clues. It’s etched into his skin, and pungent about the remaining shreds of clothing still clinging to him.
It's in the footprints etched in purple into his side, and the trail of grit and soil, leading from Hannibal’s car, through the house and now smudged into the bed Will is sitting on, barely held together. The answer is something monstrous, and Hannibal will pull it from him, eventually. -
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There’s a tangible shift in the flavour of the air; through the particles of sweat, of petrol from the motorbikes skimming past the Cartagena docks, and through the hum of people filtering through the evening, there’s a fresh tang. Hannibal retreats into the shadows cast by crates, unnoticeable. He inhales.
This new scent brings to mind the sharpness of freshly cut cattle throats, for a second.And then the scent becomes a melody; something familiar, visceral, and something that Hannibal has come to appreciate as only his.
Oh, Will.
Or: Hannibal misses seeing Will in distress, and finds increasingly creative ways to address this. -
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Sunshine, Will found, was quite the antidote to anxiety. The aches and rattles of misery that had been resident inside his bones for more years than he’d counted, they weren’t so prominent, now. His scars – and there were plenty of them – felt like proof of his healing, thick under his fingertips, and warm beneath Hannibal’s. They’d somehow achieved the impossible these last months; they were together, in ways Will had never chanced to hope for with anyone, and they were both alive. If Will were being reductive, he’d simply say that he was happy…
...Not accounting for a violent interruption to the Caribbean paradise.
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Oil and Mirrors by Nerve_Itch
Fandom Hannibal (TV), Hannibal Lecter Series - All Media Types
04 Aug 2015
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one single piece by Rozalov
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
16 Jan 2026
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Alexei visits Ilya in Boston. Ilya plays a game against Shane with broken ribs.
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30 Jan 2026
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Shane Hollander finally loses his first tooth during a fight in a hockey game. Ilya cannot believe it took him this long.
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in the middle of the darkest night (in the middle of the hardest fight) by GatheringBlue
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Jan 2026
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“Ilya,” he clarified, wincing as he swallowed, his throat feeling like he’d eaten a fistful of glass. “I need to call Ilya.”
He fumbled around for his phone, desperately needing to hear his fiance’s voice. Together, they could figure this out. They’d make a plan. Ilya could drive with his parents from Ottawa and–
But Ilya wasn’t in Ottawa. He was in Russia.
No.
No.
They’d kill Ilya in Russia. They’d kill him, or arrest him, or– or–
Oh god, they’d kill him.
__________________________________________________________________________A family emergency means Ilya is in Russia when Hayden's FanMail video ends up on Twitter, outing them to the entire world. It, predictably, ends horribly.
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- Part 2 of heated rivalry fics
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26 Jan 2026
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there I saw you standing (must have been a holy light) by nobodyknows11
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 Jan 2026
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There’s a sudden cacophony of yells. As Shane turns to find the source of the noise, the only thing he can see is red splattered across the ice and a #81 jersey.
For an absurd moment, all he can think is “my parents are at this game. Hayden and Jackie are in the stands. Thank god the kids aren’t here.”
He doesn’t remember moving, but the next thing he knows, he’s kneeling in a pool of blood with his hands on Ilya’s neck, certain that he was about to die.
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25 Jan 2026
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Pieces of You by ThePromptWasntThisLong (shredded_potato)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Dec 2025
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Ilya had grown up in a world where affection was currency, measured and withdrawn at will. Where love was earned through achievement, and failure was repaid with absence. Every triumph was a plea. Every mistake, a debt.
Ilya had learned early that tenderness could not be trusted.
And Shane, for all his easy warmth, had no idea what to do with that kind of wound. His first instinct was to fix it. To tell Ilya that he was loved, that he was safe, that he didn’t have to be afraid. He learned soon enough that words meant nothing to someone who’d been punished by them all his life.
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25 Jan 2026