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1. A Life Worth Building by PlotThickens

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

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

   06 Jul 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Original Children of Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov
   • Post-Book 6: The Long Game (Game Changers)
   • Established Relationship
   • Post-Canon
   • Foster Care
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Soft Shane Hollander
   • Soft Ilya Rozanov
   • Original Character(s)
   • Found Family
   • Slow Burn
   • Retired Hockey Player Ilya Rozanov
   • Retired Hockey Player Shane Hollander
   • Healing
   • Smut
   • Tender Sex
   • Making Love

   Summary

   For Shane and Ilya, life after hockey is quieter, slower, and full of decisions they now have time to make.

   When the conversation turns to children, it becomes the beginning of something neither of them takes lightly.

   A post 'The Long Game' story about building a family, one uncertain, beautiful step at a time.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   27,423

   Chapters:

   12/?

   Comments:

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   37

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