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1. Things Body Remembers (or: How to Seduce a Stranger 600km Away With Angsty Smut) by XenoVirus

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

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 May 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Original Characters
   • Alternate Universe
   • Slow Burn
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Chronic Pain
   • Physical Disability
   • Disability
   • Insomnia
   • Hockey Player Ilya Rozanov
   • Loneliness
   • Emotional Intimacy
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Caretaking
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • Long-Distance Friendship
   • Mutual Pining
   • no beta we die like kaels restraint
   • they are NOT communicating but unfortunately they are understanding each other perfectly
   • everyone thank mrs volkova
   • contains obscene amounts of yearning

   Summary

   THIS FIC IS NO LONGER BEING UPDATED. PLEASE FIND THE REWRITE HERE: https://archiveofourown.org/works/89399361
   Shane writes atmospheric fic about pain, repression, and men quietly ruining each other emotionally in medieval hallways.

   Then a stranger in his comments starts to read Shane instead.

   A story about loneliness, routines, class difference, accidental intimacy, and the terrifying experience of being known correctly.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,622

   Chapters:

   2/?

   Comments:

   6

   Kudos:

   15

   Bookmarks:

   4

   Hits:

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