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1. The Cost of Loving You by yhut2013

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

   • Explicit
   • Major Character Death, Rape/Non-Con
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   19 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Rape/Non-Con
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • David Hollander & Yuna Hollander & Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander & Hayden Pike & Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Hayden Pike
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Jackie Pike
   • Hayden Pike's Children
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Drug Addiction
   • Death Threats
   • MCD Not Shane or Ilya
   • Rehabilitation
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Book 2: Heated Rivalry (Game Changers)
   • Spoilers for Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers)
   • Forced Captivity
   • Slow Burn
   • Heavy Angst
   • Hurt Shane Hollander
   • Hurt Ilya Rozanov
   • Character Death
   • Shane Hollander Whump
   • Caretaking
   • Trauma Recovery
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Ilya Rozanov Whump
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov
   • Rape/Non-con Elements
   • Non-Consensual Drug Use
   • Dubious Consent
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicidal Thoughts

   Summary

   The fight on Boxing Day 2020 end with Ilya asking Shane for a break and Shane walking out the door. Ilya never thought that will be the last time he saw Shane, for a very long time. During this time, everyone Shane loved struggle to cope with the grief, some better than others. Ilya stays in Ottawa and watches over Yuan and David Hollander, grieving their only son, and each in their own, do not survive it. Hayden searches for answers in the wreckage of his best friend's disappearance, turning over events in memory, unable to shake the feeling Shane told him something before he vanished.
   When Shane finally reappears, enduring the unthinkable, broken and barely recognizable, what comes next is harder than anyone anticipated.

   Or: AU after the Boxing Day fight in The Long Game. It's a story of grief, found family, a love that withstands hardship and passage of time, and the most unlikely friendship. Recovery is slow and costly and nonlinear, but that's what makes the happy ending hard won. Major Character Death warning are not for Shane or Ilya.

   Updates Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday.

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