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1. desire is full of endless distances by lipsticktraces

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

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

   08 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • Alternate Universe
   • Second Chances
   • Getting Back Together
   • Happy Ending
   • Minor Character Death
   • which happens before the story starts not during it
   • David Hollander haunts the narrative
   • Single Parent Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • Depressed Ilya Rozanov
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • i object to people in their 40s being referred to as old
   • so let's call this
   • middle-aged man yaoi

   Summary

   23 years ago, during a long hot summer in Italy, Shane Hollander fell in love for the first and only time in his life. Now, he and his family are heading back to their Italian summer home for one last gathering. Recently retired from the NHL, learning to live with the teenaged son he found out about six months ago, and carting around his father's ashes because his mother has nightmares about losing them in baggage check, Shane is struggling to find his footing in a post-hockey life he never imagined. And he's definitely not interested in romance or a relationship.

   Which is too bad, because Ilya Rozanov has a plane ticket to Italy, his therapist's approval, and one mission: finally tell Shane Hollander how he feels about him.

   A story of first loves and second chances, heartbreak and healing, and getting your groove back.

   ***

   Part 2 of a series—read part 1 first!

   Series

   • Part 2 of Shane Hollander's wet hot Italian summers

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