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   Lovers, or, English is a damn funny language by Basingstoke

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • no beta we die like Shane's attempts at heterosexuality
   • Post-Episode: s01e06 The Cottage (Heated Rivalry)
   • Coming Out
   • Disordered Eating
   • Dirty Talk
   • Depression
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Complex Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - CPTSD
   • Suicidal Ideation
   • Past Domestic Violence
   • Toxic Family Dynamics
   • Outing
   • Found Family
   • Pittsburgh
   • look I just think Ilya would really vibe with pittsburgh
   • Soft Dom Ilya Rozanov
   • do not take legal advice from this fic
   • Handwaving
   • English is this authors's first language and I'm mad about it
   • threesome teasing but no threesomes
   • Original Character(s)

   Summary

   Ilya asked Shane’s father while Shane and his mother were talking outside: “Is boyfriends correct? Lovers is incorrect, but I am not sure what is correct.”

   “Well,” Mr. Hollander said. “‘Lovers’ is usually used for, hm, a mistress or an affair. Something kind of sordid. Though--you would say Romeo and Juliet is a play about two lovers,” he said. He paused his knife on the chopping board. “Somehow that’s right and using it for real people isn’t right. English is a damn funny language, Ilya."

   “Yes,” Ilya said from the bottom of his heart.

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