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    Change Your Win Conditions by

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

    05 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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    Foxfire by

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

    26 Mar 2026

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    In another person, we sometimes glimpse something startlingly familiar.
    And in that moment, however briefly, the world can feel a little more like home.

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    Fox myths are common in Japan and Russia, not that Shane or Ilya really believe those stories say anything about them or their fox daemon.

    A daemon is supposed to be a unique reflection of the soul. But around the world are mythic stories of rivals, enemies, and lovers whose daemons reflect one another and the way it changes their lives forever.

    When they meet outside the rink in Saskatchewan, neither of them can ignore the fact that they can't quite tell their daemon apart, nor the one difference that stares back at them from the other daemon's eyes.

    OR Shane and Ilya have nearly identical daemons, which should be impossible and everyone—especially Shane—is very normal about this.

    (7/2026) Tags and description have been updated since I've hopefully gotten less bad at it)

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    Time, I have it only with you by

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

    22 Mar 2026

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    In 2016, Shane walks out of Ilya’s house, ending their years-long situationship.
    In 2024, Ilya watches ESPN as hockey legend and 5-time Stanley Cup winner Shane Hollander comes out and retires.
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    It has been sixteen years since they met as teenagers in that cold, grey parking lot. It has been eight years since they last kissed. It has been four years since his phone last buzzed with a message notification from Jane.

    Ilya is 33 years old, he has only been in love once, with the man who is currently on his television screen, and he still has no idea how to be fucking normal when it comes to Shane Hollander.

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    22 Mar 2026