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1. tuna salad days by angel_deux

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

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

   15 May 2026

   Tags

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   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Rose Landry
   • Fake/Pretend Relationship
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Anxious Shane Hollander
   • this accidentally became a shane hollander/the concept of rules fic
   • tuna crisis partially averted (as in Shane sticks it out but definitely doesn't understand it any better)
   • based on the concept that neither shane nor ilya understands the ideal outcome of the tuna meltdown
   • literally based on that 'good grade in therapy' tweet
   • but it's 'good grade in casual relationships'

   Summary

   Shane (to himself): This is great. I'm going to get a good grade in friends with benefits, something that is both normal to want and possible to achieve,

   Or:

   When Shane sticks it out at Ilya's house, and the tuna meltdown doesn't happen, he still walks away confused about what Ilya actually WANTS from him. When an opportunity presents itself in the form of Rose Landry and a very thorough PR relationship contract, Shane decides to take advantage of it to show Ilya that he can be a totally chill and normal friend with benefits, and definitely isn't too attached.

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