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1. Absence Makes by DeletiaClementine

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

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

   24 Apr 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Hayden Pike
   • Jean-Jacques Boiziau | J. J. Dagenais
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Jackie Pike
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • Rose Landry
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Brandon Wiebe
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov
   • Autistic Shane Hollander
   • Breaking Up & Making Up
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Slow Burn
   • Idiots in Love
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • I promise there’s a happy ending
   • Fuck AI these em dashes are all homemade
   • The hockey is merely a garnish
   • POV Shane Hollander
   • POV Ilya Rozanov
   • Mutual Pining
   • Yearning
   • Ilya Rozanov Has a Type

   Summary

   In a hotel room in Tampa in 2017, Shane and Ilya make the mature decision. The safe one. The one that means they have to say goodbye.

   Neither one of them knows it’s something they can take back. If they want to.

   —

   Because sometimes things have to fall apart to come together in the end.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Absence Makes

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   23,230

   Chapters:

   5/?

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