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if you need to be mean (be mean to me) by Colorful565
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Feb 2026
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Summary
This is new for him, the scent of it all. He presented early, before puberty, at the ripe age of ten. He had spent his life on the ice until then, living, breathing, dying hockey. The thought of never playing again, the thought of being shunted to the omega leagues, where it's less about hockey and more about mating rituals for the top A-lister alphas in Hollywood, was earth-shattering. Shane couldn’t imagine that, couldn't imagine his life like that, without hockey, without the ice, without, without, without. At ten, the decision of infertility versus the prospects of a long, fruitful career on the ice in the MLH was a no-brainer. Kids, family, pack, a mate, none of that would matter if Shane never got to step foot on the ice again.
Except it does matter. It does matter because now he’s twenty-three, and there is someone else. There is someone else. There's someone else, but not really, because they didn’t kiss. It doesn't mean anything. He's all alone, and it's all one-sided.
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Shane has rejection sickness. He's avoided it for too long. What will persist in the aftermath?
Series
- Part 3 of i don't smoke