3 Works by walkingthroughwindows
Listing Works
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here we are and what the hell are we going to do with it by walkingthroughwindows
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 Jan 2026
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“Shane.” Ilya takes Shane’s head in his hands, squeezes his cheeks so that Shane looks puffy, absurd. Beloved. “I am saying that to me, even though you are retired, you will always be No. 1 hockey player. Fuck Wayne Gretzky.”
That’s what does it, as Ilya knew it would. Shane rears back, spluttering, outraged, trying not to laugh.
“Oh, I have committed blasphemy now. They will take back my citizenship, big crime, very sad.”
Shane smoothes his hands along Ilya’s calves, rests his fingertips on Ilya’s ankles. “Fuck Wayne Gretzky,” he says. He looks like he can’t believe what he’s saying. Ilya wonders, distantly, if he can get it on tape to play back to himself when things feel particularly bleak. “We can live in exile together. I don’t care. You’re my, my best, my second best hockey player forever too.”
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Shane decides he has to retire. Ilya, of course, will go with him.
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The biggest reason, the reason Eddie won’t give this nurse, is that they want it. Buck wants a baby, wants Eddie’s baby, wakes Eddie up in the middle of the night with the wanting of it, and Eddie — Eddie gave Buck his firstborn years ago. He doesn’t see any reason why they should delay it again.
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Buck and Eddie are going to have a baby. And Eddie's happy, he is. He's never been happier in his life. He just can't stop thinking about all the mistakes he made the first time around.
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Maddie goes back to work at dispatch, and Carla starts watching Jee and Robbie. May tells Buck that, cross-legged on the couch and tapping concentratedly at her phone. That’s OK. Buck can feel the space the anger is supposed to be, and he closes his eyes, and it goes. He knows. He knows he’s not the kind of person you can tell things, not any more. Ravi says 'oh my god dude there was this totally sick play last night I’ll send you the TikTok' and Eddie says 'how about linguine on Saturday' and Maddie says 'shit I forgot to get cash out I’ll Venmo you' and Buck thinks he’s dead he’s dead he’s dead
He knows that isn’t fair. Same grief taste. Same bleeding mouths.
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After Bobby dies, Buck moves in with May, and buries himself in busyness. Eddie decides enough is enough.