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1. Love is Patient, Love is Kind by Moon_Peach

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

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

   23 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov & Irina Rozanova
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Alexei Rozanov | Andrei Rozanov
   • Irina Rozanova
   • Grigori Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • POV Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • Soft Ilya Rozanov
   • Depressed Ilya Rozanov
   • Irina Rozanova Haunts the Narrative
   • Ilya Rozanov Visits Irina Rozanova's Grave
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Confessions
   • Episode: s01e05 I'll Believe in Anything (Heated Rivalry)
   • ilya - Freeform
   • ilya's last time in Russia
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Depression
   • Implied/Referenced Abuse
   • Bad Parent Grigori Rozanov
   • Abusive Grigori Rozanov
   • no beta we die like grigori rozanov in ep5
   • text flirting when the thoughts get too dark
   • no one can say Ilya isn't a multitasker
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • author does not know russian
   • please forgive me in advance

   Summary

   She had looked at him with glassy eyes, that familiar sad, distant look in her eyes. Then she pushed it away, smiling brightly at him. “Ilyusha, I want you to remember what I am going to tell you. No matter what. Papa is not good at love the way we should be loved. But this love here,” she tapped at the page, “This is the love you should always strive towards.”

   Or, Ilya Rozanov knows that this is the final time he plans to step foot in Russia. He has one more person to see before he goes back home to Boston for good.

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