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beauty is in the eye of the beholder (and i have 20/20 vision) by takupaku
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
22 Aug 2026
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“Well, Hollander might be boring”, Cliff says. “but he’s like, really pretty, right?”
Cliff doesn’t know what he expected Ilya’s initial reaction to be, but it’s definitely not the look that ends up landing on his face. Ilya gawks at Cliff as if he had just suggested replacing their drinks with a pipe bomb instead, his eyes wide and brows furrowed with bewildered disbelief.
“What?” Ilya blurts out flatly.
“Hollander. He’s pretty”, Cliff reiterates with an easy shrug. “Y’know, for a dude.”
“You think Hollander is pretty?”
Cliff frowns. “I mean, yeah? Don’t you?”
Cliff Marleau has an inkling that his good friend Ilya Rozanov might just swing both ways, and he’s determined to let Ilya know that he’s an ally, be it by continuously mentioning his lesbian sister – who he once shared a womb with so y’know, they’re close – or by acknowledging that Shane Hollander is, objectively, very pretty.
Cliff doesn’t expect the latter to land him in a threesome with two of the best players in the MLH but hey, despite the mild sexuality crisis that it manifests, he’s not mad about it.