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Congratulations! You've Met Your Match! by GirlUnderTheGreyCloud
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
05 Aug 2026
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Summary
Previously titled: what love could feel like (if we let it)
The MLH would never admit it outright, but the message was clear. There had never been a professional omega hockey player, and Shane Hollander wouldn’t be the first.
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After being booted from the professional hockey world, Shane spent the last seven years hating himself, re-building, and trying to find a way forward.
Meanwhile, Ilya spent the first seven years of his hockey career constructing an impenetrable wall around himself built of detachment, control, and the philosophy of never needing anyone.
When the two are paired together by a system neither of them chose, they’ll have to confront the possibility that love might demand more than either of them are prepared to give.
But some promises were never meant to be forgotten: “See you at the draft.”