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1. born under a bad sign by flashytonystark

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   13 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Original Characters
   • Grigori Rozanov
   • Irina Rozanova
   • Alternate Universe - Baseball
   • Minor League Baseball
   • Baseball
   • Rivals to Lovers
   • Ilya Rozanov is a Menace
   • Autistic Shane Hollander
   • Anxious Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov is Obsessed With Shane Hollander
   • Jealous Ilya Rozanov
   • Canon-Typical Behavior
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Feels
   • Angst and Romance
   • I Know Fuck All About Hockey So Here’s Baseball Instead
   • If You Know Anything About Pitchers Then You Know Shane Hollander Was Meant To Be One
   • Baseball Idiots
   • Eventual Smut
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • POV Alternating
   • Teammates Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Internal Conflict
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Is Bad at Feelings
   • Ilya Rozanov is Bad at Feelings
   • Ilya Rozanov is Trying His Best
   • Shane Hollander is Trying
   • References to Major League Baseball
   • Therapy
   • Shane Hollander Gets Therapy
   • Shane Hollander Needs a Hug
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs Therapy
   • I’m Sorry I Just Really Love A Good Em Dash
   • I Promise I Kissed the Brick Before I Threw It
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Past Character Death
   • Character Death

   Summary

   Shane Hollander has spent his whole life translating himself for a world that moves too fast and cares too little about the right things. Ilya Rozanov has never needed anyone to wait for him. Spring training gave them five weeks, a back field no one was watching, and a private language neither of them named.

   It wasn’t supposed to mean anything. A pitcher and a catcher from rival organizations, learning each other’s signals. Convenient. Temporary. Easy to leave behind.

   It wasn’t easy to leave behind.

   Now they’re both in the Majors – Boston and New York, red and pinstripes, opposite sides of the oldest war in baseball – facing each other nineteen times a season in front of a country that has opinions about this rivalry. Every at-bat is a negotiation between what they know about each other and what they’re not allowed to want. The chemistry that made them brilliant in secret could unravel everything in public.

   A slow burn about longing, bad timing, and the unbearable intimacy of knowing exactly how someone throws.

   Series

   • Part 4 of all our unfinished edges

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