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1. Like They Were Strangers by Anonymous

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   14 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • Rose Landry
   • Hayden Pike
   • Jackie Pike
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Hayden Pike's Children
   • Reincarnation
   • Memory Related
   • eternal devotion
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Memory Loss
   • Identity Issues
   • Alternate Universe - Reincarnation
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Slow Build

   Summary

   Ilya Rozanov carries memories that should not belong to him—fragments of lives lived centuries ago, of wars, losses, and one person he always seems to find. He learns young to keep those memories hidden.

   Then, at seventeen, he meets Shane Hollander the same way he does in every universe: across the ice as rivals.

   To Shane, it’s their first meeting.
   To Ilya, it feels like a reunion.

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