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1. but they bring their boys up different by Anonymous

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

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

   18 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Grigori Rozanov & Ilya Rozanov
   • Alexei Rozanov | Andrei Rozanov & Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Scott Hunter (Game Changers)
   • Harris Drover
   • Troy Barrett
   • Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Homophobia
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Slurs
   • (mature rating is due to the slurs to be clear)
   • Queer Themes
   • Canon Queer Character
   • Canon Compliant
   • but i fudge some details for storytelling sake
   • Character Study
   • POV Ilya Rozanov
   • Depressed Ilya Rozanov
   • Loneliness
   • Coming Out
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Hockey culture
   • 5+1 Things
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • as in hockey violence
   • fuck ai right up the butt -yuna hollander and hudson williams

   Summary

   Ilya knows what he is. He has always known what he is. The word for it in Russian tastes like something you'd scrape off a boot.

   The word in English is bisexual, which is a nicer word, which he has heard, which he does not use. He uses other words. He uses the word his brother taught him. He uses it on himself before anyone else can.

   He grows up. He gets good at hockey. He moves to America. He... falls in love.

   (Or, five times people fail to notice Ilya being queer, and one time they have no choice.)

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