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Is Ilya Rozanov Really....? (A 5+1 story) by Ubiquitously_Ubiquitous
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
17 Dec 2025
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Is Ilya Rozanov really . . . ?
Or after Ilya signs with the Ottawa Centaurs, five times Ilya’s new neighbors in Ottawa learned he was nothing like they expected, plus the one time he was.
A 5 + 1 story.
1. Is Ilya Rozanov really moving in next door?
2. Is Ilya Rozanov really not a playboy after all?
3. Is Ilya Rozanov really dating someone (maybe even…a man)?
4. Is Ilya Rozanov really friends with Shane Hollander?
5. Is Ilya Rozanov really dating Shane Hollander?
+ 1 We love you, Ilya!
Bonus: Ilya Rozanov + Shane Hollander = Stanley Cup**Note: this fic takes place during the events of The Long Game, so it contains spoilers if you have NOT read TLG yet.**
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- Part 4 of Shane/Ilya Stories
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18 Feb 2026
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In 1997, a team of researchers led by husband and wife psychologists published a paper about a series of experiments where strangers asked each other sets of questions designed to foster intimacy. The study examined whether the intimacy between two strangers can be accelerated by answering a specific set of 36 personal questions, each intended to become increasingly probing, stimulating closeness, intimacy and ultimately love. 18 years later, a journalist cited the study in a widely shared article in the New York Times called "To Fall in Love With Anyone, Do This."
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Shane Hollander sees an experiment about love and decides to test it out on the one person he knows he can’t fall in love with, and yet…
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17 Feb 2026
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come unfold by alspancakes
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
13 Dec 2025
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“I want one day,” Shane interrupted Ilya’s inner meltdown with, really, the only acceptable response. “And then we can…” Shane trailed off. “Then we can, I don’t know. Reset.”
“Reset,” Ilya repeated, unconvinced.
“Yeah.”
It was another few moments of stunned silence before Ilya spoke again.
“We could go somewhere.”
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or, what if Shane decided to stay, that night… and then decided to miss his flight home the next day.
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09 Jan 2026
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“I like it,” he says weakly. “I like it, I like you holding me like this.”
“Like what?”
“Like you own me.”
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or; They're falling in love. They can't have it, even if they can have each other, just for a little while.Series
- Part 1 of Мой сладкий мальчик
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04 Jan 2026
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The Montreal Girl by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
11 Dec 2025
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Five times Ilya lied (but not really) to his teammates about Shane, and one time he didn’t have to.
Inspired by two Cliff Marlow lines: In the airport, when their game with Montreal gets cancelled and he tells Ilya, “Whoever she is, she’s gonna get over it,” and the scene in the locker room when he says, “Wow, this Montreal girl works you up, brother—you’re straight up blushing, Roz.”
Or, the Boston Bears’ perspective of Ilya and Shane’s “secret” relationship over the years
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- Part 1 of The Montreal Girl (Lily & Jane)
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25 Dec 2025