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1. Leave All Our Hopelessnesses Aside by Xoxo_Viola

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

   • Not Rated
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Cliff Marlow/Hayden Pike
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov Mentioned
   • Cliff Marlow
   • Hayden Pike
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Bisexual Cliff Marlow
   • Bisexual Hayden Pike
   • Slow Burn
   • Kind Of
   • I don't know what I'm doing
   • POV Hayden Pike
   • POV Cliff Marlow
   • Hayden Pike is single and childless
   • Hayden Pike Finds Out About Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Cliff Marlow Finds Out About Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Secret Relationship
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • Texting
   • Yearning
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Bottom Hayden Pike
   • Top Cliff Marlow
   • Coming Out

   Summary

   "Look," Hayden suddenly spoke. For whatever reason, he felt the pulling urge to help Marlow. He chalked it up to being a gossip, or something. It wasn't because he was scared his best friend was fucking the rival captain, and it definitely wasn't because he wanted to talk to Marlow more. "Give me your number, and we'll try and figure this whole thing out. I'll talk to the guys, and you talk to Rozanov. We'll tell each other what we notice. It can be this whole sleuth thing, just between us." Hayden realized that his proposition was oddly intimate. He blushed and choked out an awkward "if you want" to try and salvage some dignity, but it was redundant.

   Marlow looked at him amusedly before handing him his phone. There was a look in his eyes that Hayden couldn't quite read.

   AKA

   Pike and Marlow actually get smart and start to piece things together. They start to conspire, and something new forms along the way.

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