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Surface Pressure by colorfulwayfarer
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
26 Jan 2026
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"Shane can feel his coach’s gaze on him as he finishes removing his gear, can feel the anger radiating off him and everyone else in the room so strongly it makes tears prick at the corners of his eyes, and he knows he’s not strong enough to stop what’s about to happen.
He’s usually better at hiding this side of him, at gritting his teeth and pretending he’s not actually a real submissive like this club expects of him. But Shane is so tired of pretending, so tired of being forced to hide the aspects of himself these people don’t want to see, and he can’t muster up the strength to mask like he usually does.
He’s not the robot that people think he is. He’s someone who loves hockey more than almost anything and this is the only way he’s ever been allowed to have it. He’s someone who, even after everything, still is desperate to prove his worth to the only MHL team he has ever known.
He’s also a sub surrounded by people who hate him and whose thoughts are becoming more fractured by the second. There is no scenario where he comes out of this unscathed."
Or, Shane does the only thing he can do in the aftermath of tripping during the Voyageurs and Centaurs playoff series. He breaks.
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26 Jan 2026
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I Want You by kingskindly
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 Jan 2026
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Inspired by all these Shane Hollander gets subdrop after the Vegas scene fics.
Where Shane leaves Ilya's room feeling incredibly self-destructive and Ilya pulls him out of it.or
Shane's autism, being properly drunk for the first time, and going into subdrop make for an insanely whumpy combination.
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26 Jan 2026
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Shane still doesn't send the 'We didn't even kiss' text and starts to spiral. Ilya finds him.
Title from Iris by Goo Goo Dolls.
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26 Jan 2026
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I've come undone (but you make sense of who I am) by writerbri
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
26 Jan 2026
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Nothing feels right or good. Not the weight of his pads or the glide of his skates over fresh ice. Not the crispness of the rink air or the roar of a sold out Montreal crowd. Not his teammates’ triumphant shouts when he sinks a goal or cool water in his throat after a hard workout or well wishing texts from his parents before every game. It’s all just… faded.
Grey.
Empty.
Shane doesn’t know how to bring color back into his life. Not when he leeched it out himself with every step he took away from the only person who has ever truly, honestly seen him.
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After Shane walks away, his life falls apart one piece at a time.
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26 Jan 2026
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It’s Shane’s birthday (and he’ll cry if he wants to) by noedovenest
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Jan 2026
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It’s Shane’s birthday and he’ll cry if he wants to.
OR: Boston is knocked out of the playoffs, Shane is done being treated like a patient after his concussion, and he impulsively boards a flight to Ilya the day before he turns twenty-six.
He was going to lose it. He was going to make a scene, like the people who went viral for all the wrong reasons. He was going to book another flight, rent a car, and drive the rest of the way himself.
He blinked hard, brow furrowing. Lifted a hand and dragged his thumb beneath his eye.
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24 Jan 2026