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1. How Healing Works (this can't be it) by justalittlewriting

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

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

   18 Aug 2026

   Tags

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   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Troy Barrett
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Happily Ever After
   • Mental Health Issues
   • Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov Needs A Hug
   • Depressed Ilya Rozanov
   • Supportive Ottawa Centaurs (Game Changers)
   • Ilya Rozanov's Montreal Jane
   • Ilya Rozanov Has a Mental Breakdown
   • Hurt/Comfort

   Summary

   Shane knew he should have dropped everything when Ilya texted him. If he had been less focused on hockey and more focused on the love of his life, they wouldn’t be in this situation right now. Unfortunately, Shane took Ilya’s text of ‘I am not doing okay, I think I need more help’ as a conversation that they would have later, not an imminent problem. It wasn’t until he got a call from a certain Troy Barrett that he realized how badly he had messed up. 

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   Set in the post season after Ilya's first season with Ottawa (pretending Troy and Ilya moved teams the same year, everything else stays the same). The cottage happened, they're out to Shane's parents but not their teams or anyone else, etc etc etc.

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