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1. Different This Time by Pickle_Chips

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   30 Jan 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Relationship Anxiety
   • Defining the Relationship
   • long distance
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Mostly Fluff
   • Ilya Rozanov is Obsessed With Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov is Bad at Feelings
   • Boyfriends
   • Very light miscommunication trope where everyone is trying their best and no one is being mean
   • Author likes em dashes but is not in any way ai
   • Which you’ll be able to tell by all the mistakes anyway

   Summary

   Ilya laughed.

   “That bothered you?”

   ”You have no idea. Half the time I use the tiny scraps of information you give me to look them up anyway. But you’re so cryptic. You’re like,” Shane put on a little voice, “‘Ah, we might have a layover in Charlotte, but am not sure, could be Atlanta.’ Infurating.”

   ”Ok, Hollander, I will send you a calendar invite. This is seductive to you, yes?”

   —

   It’s been months since the cottage, and Shane is finally coming to visit Ilya. He hasn’t been back in Boston since the day he ran out the door saying he couldn’t do this. Ilya is spiraling, just a little, not knowing where they stand in this new and fragile thing. Boyfriends, probably. He’s never been someone’s boyfriend before.

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