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1. (i can hear) the start of a long sigh by apageinthisbook

   Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Multi
   • Work in Progress

   01 Sep 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander & Rose Landry
   • David Hollander/Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander & Shane Hollander & Yuna Hollander
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Rose Landry
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Scott Hunter (Game Changers)
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Boston Bears | Boston Raiders Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Montreal Voyageurs | Montreal Metros Team Ensemble (Game Changers)
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov
   • Established Relationship
   • Secret Relationship
   • Shane Hollander Speaks Russian
   • he's learning
   • Protective Ilya Rozanov
   • Protective Shane Hollander
   • they're insane about each other and they deserve to be
   • de-villanization of staying in the closet
   • Homophobic Language
   • Homophobia
   • Implied/Referenced Racism
   • Implied/Referenced Sexual Assault
   • it's groping and restraints in a public setting but not explicit
   • the chapters are marked
   • Assumed Drugging
   • implied drugging
   • Injury
   • Good Friend Rose Landry
   • Lesbian Rose Landry
   • tuna melt fix it
   • but then everything else goes wrong
   • bad-ish friend everyone else
   • not good parents David and Yuna
   • sometimes love isn't enough to fix all the hurt
   • complicated family relationships
   • Yuna Hollander Critical
   • Momager Yuna Hollander
   • protective (in a bad way) yuna hollander
   • Svetlana Vetrova Critical
   • she's not great but she's not bad
   • i wanted to explore a new dynamic with her
   • ilya doesn't leave boston
   • Secret Wedding
   • Road Trips
   • author is making up hockey as they go
   • the darker version of the romeo and juliet universe
   • i'm treating canon like those videos that use the same clips but make it a different genre
   • scott hunter living in a different reality from hollanov
   • i'm not nice to almost anyone in this fic be warned
   • Angst
   • small pockets of fluff
   • Ilya Rozanov is Obsessed With Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander is Obsessed With Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander Needs a Hug
   • ilya also needs a hug
   • Good Thing They Can Hug Each Other
   • Running Away to be Together
   • Will Add Tags As We Go
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Isolation
   • Ilya Rozanov & Svetlana Vetrova Friendship
   • Shane Hollander & Rose Landry Friendship
   • Sexual Content
   • Tags Contain Spoilers

   Summary

   If it came down to a choice, Shane and Ilya would always pick each other, even if it meant going against everyone else's expectations and desires. Time and again, they're met with formidable proof that no one would accept their relationship, so down to the wire, Shane and Ilya have a choice to make: Do we stay and make it work? Or do we leave it all behind, and choose a life that gives us a future?
   No choice will make everyone (or anyone) happy, but when you've been hiding so long, how much more can you take when the one thing still worth living for is in reach? Are you willing to hurt the people you love to choose yourself? Are you willing to love the people that have hurt you, if it means loving from afar?

   -

   Title from Noah Kahan's 'We go way back'

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