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If I Leave, Will You Follow? by gatekeepslay
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
10 Mar 2026
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Summary
Rumors moved faster than facts.
Brandon Wiebe learned that lesson his first year behind a bench, back when he still believed things like loyalty and leverage meant the same thing.
They didn't.
He stood in his office long after practice ended, the arena finally quiet in a way that felt unnatural. The hum of the overhead lights. The distant scrape of the Zamboni finishing its rounds. His phone sat face-up on his desk.
He hadn’t touched it in twelve minutes.
That alone told him something was wrong.
The list had leaked.
Not officially. Not formally. No press release. No confirmation from the league offices. But enough whispers had reached him through assistants, management, the back-channel texts that only ever meant trouble.
The expansion draft protection list.
And there, somewhere in the digital ether, was a version of it that didn’t look the way people expected.
Or when Ilya has to grapple with the fact that every decision he makes may not be for the greater good of everyone else, and he and Shane must suffer the consequences.
Series
- Part 4 of Shared Ice