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    The Waiting Between Us (where hope learns to rest) by

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

    28 Jan 2026

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    After years of relentless work, countless games, awards, and record-breaking achievements, they’re finally ready. It’s time to begin their next chapter: becoming parents. Only this dream doesn’t come as easily as everyone promised it would.

    OR; Despite everything they’ve accomplished, Shane struggles to conceive, and Ilya struggles to keep them both from sinking.

    Content warnings: infertility, miscarriage, mentions of blood, high-risk pregnancy, and brief discussions of depression and suicidal thoughts. Reader discretion is advised.

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    10 Mar 2026

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    The Breakaway by

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

    13 Mar 2026

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    Shane Hollander only meant to attend a few hockey games — a small act of rebellion against the boyfriend who controlled every part of his life. But that night changes everything. The arena becomes a refuge, Rose becomes a friend, and the Montreal Metros become the first place he’s felt safe in years.

    No one knows he’s living with domestic violence.
    No one knows he’s planning to run.
    No one knows how much he’s breaking.

    And no one expects him to fall for Ilya Rozanov — the loud, brilliant, closeted Russian winger recently traded under suspicious circumstances.

    Ilya has secrets he can’t share, a past he can’t escape, and feelings he doesn’t know how to handle.

    Shane is learning how to live again.
    Ilya is learning how to feel again.
    Both are learning how to trust.

    But when the truth about their pasts threatens to surface, they’ll have to decide whether they can face it together — or lose each other trying.

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    Or: A story about healing, found family, and the terrifying, beautiful risk of choosing love after surviving what was meant to break you.

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    21 Feb 2026

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    Summer Camp by

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

    14 Feb 2026

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    “This is Ilya. Ilya Rez-Ruz…”
    “Rozanov”, The boy said. Shane was surprised by the strange accent and deep voice of a boy his age.
    “Yes. Ilya Rozanov. He is your age, and he comes all the way from Russia. He doesn’t really know a lot of English, so Cooper and I have thought that it would be very helpful for both of you to be together. You can help him with the language, and, believe me, he can teach you a lot from hockey. He’s European; they do things differently there. Yes?”

    or; Shane and Ilya go to the same hockey summer camp every year. How much can their relationship change during those 5 years?

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    21 Feb 2026

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    Breaking the Ice by

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

    09 Mar 2026

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    Shane Hollander is a hockey legend known as "The Golden Alpha of Canada:" and Captain of the Montreal Voyagers. To the roaring crowds, he’s cocky, dominant, untouchable Alpha they want in a hockey star. Yet, behind every goal, Shane hides a secret that could destroy everything he's built up. He isn’t an Alpha at all. Born Omega in a world where Omegas are sidelined from traditional "Alpha" sports, Shane’s entire career is built on a lie: daily suppressants, fake scent, relentless self-control. The cost is soul-deep exhaustion and the constant fear that a single mistake will cost him not just his trophies, but his identity.

    Enter Ilya Rozanov, known as “The Dirty Russian” by fans and foes alike, a brutal, magnetic Alpha who’s battled his own demons to make it on the Voyager team. Growing up in the shadow of an abusive father who threw him into sports to "make me fucking rich", Ilya learned to survive by being harder, meaner, and utterly unbreakable. Hockey is his way out, but family obligations and old scars still chain him down..

    When a chance encounter lets Ilya see Shane for who he truly is, both men are forced to confront the walls they’ve built, around their histories, their bodies, and their hearts.

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    21 Feb 2026