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1. Tell Me It Won't Always Be This Hard by anyarozander (tdkeh)

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

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Gen
   • Complete Work

   21 Jun 2026

   Tags

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   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov & Svetlana Vetrova
   • Shane Hollander & Ilya Rozanov & Svetlana Vetrova
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • Shane Hollander
   • Sergei Vetrov
   • Svetlana's mother
   • Grigori Rozanov
   • Alexei Rozanov | Andrei Rozanov
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Childhood Friends
   • Childhood Trauma
   • Depression
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Implied/Referenced Child Abuse
   • Child Neglect
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Little Ilya is in the depths of grief okay
   • Supportive Vetrov family
   • Fuck AI
   • No beta we die like grigori rozanov (eventually)
   • Ilya Rozanov Deserves Nice Things
   • Ilya discovers he likes to feel pretty sometimes
   • Good Friend Svetlana Vetrova
   • Ilya Rozanov & Svetlana Vetrova Friendship
   • Protective Svetlana Vetrova
   • Nail Polish
   • Ilya Rozanov Misses Irina Rozanova
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Bullying
   • Married Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov

   Summary

   "I should probably get this stuff off my nails..." Ilya said, looking reluctantly at his hands.

   "Oh! Right." Svetlana grabbed the nail polish remover and cracked her window to dissipate some of the smell as they sat beneath it and she got to work.

   "Hey, what is your mother's name?"

   Svetlana blinked a couple times, caught off guard by the unexpected question. "Susanna."

   "Can you help me learn English sometime?"

   "Sure. Why?"

   "I'm bad at it. And I was thinking maybe... maybe it would be good to get better," Ilya said clumsily. Sergei's words from the night before were still echoing in a corner of his mind. Maybe if he kept up with hockey, he could play for the MLH. He didn't mind the idea of having an ocean between him and his family anymore.

   - - - - - - - -

   Ilya gets into a fight with bullies after his mother's death, and the Vetrovs take him in for the night. There, they help him imagine a brighter future for himself someday.

   Language:

   English

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