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    I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by

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

    22 Dec 2025

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    Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”

    “Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.

    “No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”

    “Go fuck yourself.”

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    Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.

    And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?

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    02 Jan 2026

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    back and forth from new york by

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

    19 Mar 2026

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    After coming out to Rose, Shane decides he doesn't want to lie anymore, even if he isn't sure coming out will mean he gets happily ever after with Ilya. When coming out to the Voyageurs leaves him wondering what his future in Montreal might look like, he lets himself be a little selfish, he lets himself wonder if there might be somewhere else he might be happy. If Montreal wants to get rid of a generational player, he's not about to stop them, especially if it means he can get a little closer to joy.

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    Or: Shane Hollander leaves Montreal in search of something better.

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    02 Jan 2026

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    Crosscheck by

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

    30 Jan 2026

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    Ilya thought he could do this alone: defect from Russia, raise his brother's child, play professional hockey, survive the hits that come every game from players paid to destroy his career. He chose the most secure building in the city and tried to be invisible.

    He didn't count on Shane Hollander living next door. Or on his captain figuring out that the brutal checks aren't just hockey—they're targeted. Or on what it would feel like when someone finally insisted on keeping him safe.

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    02 Jan 2026

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    Conquering the Emperor by

    Fandoms: 魔道祖师 - 墨香铜臭 | Módào Zǔshī - Mòxiāng Tóngxiù, 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)  

    08 Aug 2020

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    Yours, Lan Zhan

    That is how he has signed the letter, instead of the customary your faithful servant and Lan Wangji from all their prior correspondence. The small changes make a world of difference, sending Wei Wuxian's mind into a frenzy and making him warm and fuzzy and confused.

    “Mine,” he murmurs wistfully to the wind, “Lan Zhan.”

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    After six long years, General Lan Wangji returns from war with one goal in mind.

    (Hint: It involves a certain Emperor.)

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    16 May 2025

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    i’ll take a secondhand monster by for ABlueRaccoon

    Fandoms: 陈情令 | The Untamed (TV)  

    30 Dec 2022

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    “You must not stray to the lower levels, A-Yu,” Yao-ge told him with his scary, empty smile. “Or else I shall tell the beast down there to eat you.”

    There is a monster in Koi Tower.

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    05 Aug 2023