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These hidden moments in the wilderness are challenging, but sacred all the same. They always make the return to the castle more potent in its relief. The longing for the safety of his chambers lives within you like an ache, an itch that passing glance and stolen touch can never satisfy.
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One witnesses a lot from the floor. Heavy things. Forgotten things. The constant shifting of balance as people shuffle about.
Merlin’s Boots, for example, have witnessed a lot. From the stone floors of the citadel to the mossy earth of the forests, there is very little of Camelot to which these Boots have not been privy.
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- Part 15 of Merlin Micros
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The first thing I notice is the blood– well, no, that’s a lie. The first thing I notice is the eyes, startlingly blue nestled between a messy black fringe and a pair of absolutely lethal cheekbones. And then I notice the blood.
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- Part 14 of Merlin Micros
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When Merlin awoke the following morning, his shadow was sitting cross-legged against the wall, seemingly staring at him (as much as something without eyes could stare) and giving him a little wave as he blinked away the bleariness of slumber. He threw his legs over the side of his bed, sat up, and looked down at his feet upon the floor where they rested, shadowless. Looked back up to the silhouette on the wall, floating there quite independent of himself.
‘Um,’ he said, eloquently.
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- Part 13 of Merlin Micros
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‘When I said I didn't want you to change. This... this isn't what I meant.’
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- Part 12 of Merlin Micros
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what happens in vegas stays with me by ificouldwrite
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
09 Dec 2025
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Shane doesn't send the "We didn't even kiss" text, but he's still hurt by it by the next game he has to play against Boston and more importantly, Rozanov.
Ilya notices him playing like a robot, and wonders if there's something that needs to be fixed.
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31 Dec 2025
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“Game is over,” he says. “You won. I lost. I was annoying. Normal.”
“That’s not—” Shane starts, then stops, because he actually doesn't know how to finish that thought without sounding like an idiot. His jaw works, teeth grinding together.
That's not what I meant. That's not the point. You said I was boring and you were right and I need you to say it again so I know where I stand, so I know what you think of me, so I can stop waiting for the other shoe to drop.
He settles for: “You were kind of an asshole.”
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26 Dec 2025
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Drop by NotEvenCloseToStraight
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Dec 2025
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June 2014, Las Vegas
Post the Las Vegas Scene, sub!Shane drops hard and Dom!Ilya races to save him.
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From Jane: We didn't even kiss
Shane didn't mean to send the text. He was so dizzy and cold and unsteady after leaving Ilya's room, he didn't even remember if he HAD sent the text. His fingers were too numb to undo his shirt buttons, he felt like the floor was dropping out from beneath him, he was nauseous and exhausted and didn't know why he couldn't stop shaking, why couldn't he stop shaking...?
From Jane: ww dnt v ks
The text came through as gibberish, and “Fuck.” Ilya threw his clothes back on and ran to get to Shane's hotel room. He'd been too far in his head to pay attention to Shane being quiet and shivering after they were done. Shane had stumbled getting out of bed, bumped into furniture, struggled with the door and Ilya had heard it but he'd been too much of a coward to get out of bed and check and now his submissive was sending gibberish texts and that wasn't good.
“Sorry sorry sorry.” Ilya muttered as he ran. “I’m coming. I’m coming, hold on.”
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- Part 2 of Heated Rivalry
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Bookmarked by braceyourself
25 Dec 2025
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we didn't even kiss by multi_yohanna
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
11 Dec 2025
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We didn't even kiss.
He stared at the message for a moment further, the words blurred from his unshed tears, before violently shaking his head to clear it and pressing his thumb on the delete button.
Except that's not what he did.
Shane watched in horror as the message went from just a draft to something he actually sent. He sent it.
He sent it.
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Instead of deleting the message in episode 2, Shane accidentaly sends it, prompting an entirely different ending to the entire scene.
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25 Dec 2025
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kiss it better (don’t leave me uncovered) by Wurmblau
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 Dec 2025
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Too caught up in their own heads, both Shane and Ilya don't realize that Shane has dropped until he has already left the suite. Rozanov fixes it whilst also discovering a thing or two.
Or: Shane gets the kiss.
Bookmarked by braceyourself
25 Dec 2025