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1. how to fall (how to fly) by brucethecat

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

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   21 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • David Hollander
   • Yuna Hollander
   • POV Ilya Rozanov
   • POV Shane Hollander
   • but just for one chapter
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Weight Issues
   • Depression
   • Career Ending Injuries
   • Hate Crimes
   • Slurs
   • Post-COVID-19 Pandemic
   • Post-Episode: s01e04 Rose (Heated Rivalry)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Slow Build
   • Racism
   • Shane Hollander Whump
   • Shane Hollander Needs a Hug
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • Irina Rozanova Haunts the Narrative
   • Recovery
   • Chubby Shane Hollander
   • Montreal Voyageurs | Montreal Metros Being Assholes (Game Changers)
   • Good Friend Svetlana Vetrova
   • Mistakes show that this work was written by me and not AI
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Eventual Smut
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide

   Summary

   It has been years since anyone has heard from Shane Hollander after he left the League during the Covid-19 pandemic. Ilya Rozanov lives day-to-day: eating, sleeping, playing hockey, and being haunted by his memories of the kind Canadian man he had slowly fallen in love with.

   When travel restrictions finally lift, Ilya gets in his car and starts driving.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   20,681

   Chapters:

   4/7

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