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1. if i lay here would you lie with me by hi_its_baby

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

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

   09 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau & Original Character(s)
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • So much angst
   • so much hurt before there's any comfort
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Homophobic Language
   • but its censored
   • Boston Team Captain Cliff Marleau
   • Protective Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • OC Cole Lafferty
   • Rookie Cole Lafferty
   • sad boys
   • everyone is crying
   • Beefcake Cliff Marleau
   • Captain Cliff Marleau
   • BDE
   • Unreliable Narrator
   • brief mention of MF encounter with main character
   • Fade to Black
   • Underage Drinking
   • Self-Hatred
   • poor boy is hurting so so bad

   Summary

   He was all dominant energy, a true leader, but kind—so fucking kind. Kinder than Cole thought was possible of a man that size, in the position he played as both Captain and winger.

   Cole didn’t think any specific thing about Marley, though, just that he was his Captain. A good dude—someone he looked up to in a mentorship kind of way, not in any other way.

   Because he wasn’t that thing, and as long as Cole remembered that, this season would go off without a hitch.

   Or

   Boston Bear's Captain Cliff Marleau takes in number one draft pick rookie Cole Lafferty (introduced in the final installment of Apex Predator).

   Series

   • Part 3 of apex predator universe

   Language:

   English

   Words:

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   Chapters:

   5/?

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