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1. love in exile has nowhere to go by justhockey

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

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

   18 Mar 2026

   Tags

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   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ottawa Centaurs Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Lovers to Enemies to Lovers
   • References to Depression
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • canon-typical lack of hockey
   • Homophobia
   • Mutual Pining
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • Jealousy
   • Protective Ilya Rozanov
   • Getting Back Together
   • Implied Sexual Content
   • Coming Out
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Panic Attacks
   • Angst with a Happy Ending

   Summary

   “We’ve made a trade,” Coach announces. “For Shane Hollander.”

   It’s like the ground drops out from beneath Ilya, and his heart falls from his chest. It tumbles past rock bottom, down to the cavern that shattered open inside of him on that night five years ago. The night when Ilya walked away from Hollander for the last time.

   He can’t breathe.

   (Or: Shane doesn’t get hurt, they break up, and they don’t talk for five long years. Until Shane is traded to Ottawa.)

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