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1. Dude, You're a Boyfriend by Verdant_Words

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

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   27 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Connors/OC
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Montreal Voyageurs | Montreal Metros Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Connors (Heated Rivalry)
   • Texting
   • Texting Fic
   • combination of texting and long form
   • Accidental Relationship
   • Miscommunication
   • but in a fun way
   • No Angst
   • Crack
   • Crack Treated Seriously
   • Fluff
   • Team Dynamics
   • Implied/Referenced Homophobia
   • but because they're hockey bros
   • not directed at Shane or ilya
   • BAMF Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Speaks Russian
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Scene: Ilya Rozanov Makes Tuna Melts in Episode: s01e04 Rose
   • Ilya Rozanov is Obsessed With Shane Hollander
   • Long-Distance Relationship
   • Secret Relationship
   • secret to even shane
   • Montreal Voyageurs | Montreal Metros (Game Changers)
   • Boston Bears | Boston Raiders (Game Changers)
   • Shane Hollander's Boston Lily
   • Ilya Rozanov's Montreal Jane
   • Mixed Media
   • Sexting
   • Smut

   Summary

   After tuna melts and their first night actually sleeping together, Ilya asks Shane for more. Shane agrees, not knowing that this was Ilya's way of asking him out.

   Comination of written fic and texting fic.

   The text scrolls!

   Series

   • Part 13 of Verdant's Heated Rivalry Fics

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   English

   Words:

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