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1. Must Be Love On The Brain by empressoftheclouds

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   08 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov
   • Married Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst and Feels
   • No Smut
   • Crying
   • Men Crying
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Ilya Rozanov Misses Irina Rozanova
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • Shane Hollander Takes Care of Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov is Obsessed With Shane Hollander
   • Depressed Ilya Rozanov
   • Hopeful Ending
   • Angst with a Hopeful Ending
   • Post-Book 2: Heated Rivalry (Game Changers)
   • Post-Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers)
   • Communication
   • Apologies
   • References to Depression
   • Ilya Rozanov Whump
   • Protective Shane Hollander
   • Nightmares
   • Dreams and Nightmares

   Summary

   Shane is made to be worshiped; he's a luxury. He’s perfect. A bona fide godsend. He shouldn’t have to deal with this. He shouldn’t have to lose sleep putting the pieces of him back together in the middle of the night. He deserves better than him; of course, he does. He deserves the world.

   Ilya needs to make it worth it. He needs to remind him what Shane was so captivated by in the early phase of their relationship. Shane fell in love with the flirtatious, bold, confident athlete who could make Shane swoon with a single kiss. Not this burdensome, troubled crybaby who had become, to his great humiliation, emotionally dependent on Shane.

   Make it worth it, Ilya tells himself.

   ~

   (Takes place after the events of 'The Long Game')

   Ilya has a nightmare. Shane helps calm him down and soothes some fears that have been plaguing him at the same time.

   ~

   No AI used! Fuck AI

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