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1. Strong Enough by Coach1305

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   23 Mar 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Irina Rozanova
   • Yuna Hollander
   • Future Fic
   • Alternate Universe - Future
   • Angst
   • POV First Person
   • POV Ilya Rozanov
   • Established Relationship
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Cancer
   • Suicide
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • unreliable author
   • Working Out My Feelings Through Fic
   • Cheaper than Therapy
   • Rozy But Not Cozy
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Time is a Settler
   • Swearing

   Summary

   The two people Ilya has loved most have both died at forty years old. Their deaths were very different.

   One, through a cancer ravaging his body despite him fighting like a lion for every extra day.
   The other, through taking control of her life by ending it. Choosing to leave her son behind.

   Ilya doesn’t know which way is worse.

   Or: Ilya is processing deep and fresh grief. But, with time, even the most crippling pain can settle into something different.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   2,387

   Chapters:

   2/2

   Comments:

   8

   Kudos:

   30

   Bookmarks:

   4

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