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1. show me true care by waveney

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

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

   13 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • Hayden Pike
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • David Hollander
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Player Ilya Rozanov
   • Montreal Voyageurs | Montreal Metros Player Shane Hollander
   • anonymous texting
   • Depressed Ilya Rozanov
   • Suicidal Thoughts
   • Fluff and Angst
   • Angst with a Happy Ending
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Shane Hollander is Trying
   • Texting
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • POV Shane Hollander
   • POV Ilya Rozanov
   • they haven't hooked up in this
   • yet ;)
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Autistic Shane Hollander
   • Slow Burn as in it takes a while for them to get together romantically
   • but yearn like there's no tomorrow
   • Anxious Shane Hollander

   Summary

   Ilya is lonely and depressed and needs a friend to talk to, someone to hold him accountable for not going down the wrong path.

   Shane wants to make a difference for someone else. He hopes that along the way he can unlock a piece within himself he’d been keeping bolted shut for years, too.

   During the 2014 playoffs, the two rivals start messaging anonymously and opening up to one another. What will happen when one or the other finds out the truth about who their new friend really is?

   OR: Shane and Ilya are matched anonymously through a mental health buddy website.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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