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Of all the things Shane expected from college, making friends with a Russian, frat boy hockey player was not on that list. It wasn’t even a concept of a thought.
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Hollanov College AU with a sprinkle of Valentines fluff
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19 Feb 2026
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Hold On (I Still Want You) by velminort
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
11 Jan 2026
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Shane and Ilya broke up. It was the adult, mature decision they made together and moved on from. Except Shane is still Ilya's emergency contact and Ilya's coach just called.
Ilya had a seizure. Well, seizures. Multiple. He is in the hospital, in the operation block and suddenly Shane is met with the possibility that last words Ilya Rozanov ever heard from him were "Maybe love isn't enough."
And then complications occur. And Ilya is not waking up.
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They’d sat on a perfectly ordinary Wednesday afternoon in their perfectly ordinary kitchen, with coffee that had gone cold on the table between them, and calmly dismantled the life they’d built together. One sentence at a time.
“Maybe we need space.” “Maybe we’re just hurting each other.” “Maybe love isn’t enough.”
He wants to go back and shove that version of himself against the wall. Shake him until his teeth rattle.
Love is the only thing that matters when someone is under general anaesthesia and a stranger is touching their brain, Shane thinks wildly. Love is literally the only currency worth anything in a room like this.
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- Part 1 of Hold On (I Still Want You)
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19 Feb 2026
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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Dec 2025
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Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”
“Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.
“No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
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- Part 1 of Competition is Better With a Friend
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18 Feb 2026
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Tutoring Sessions by NotRamona43
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Feb 2026
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Since the beginning of Freshman year, Shane hasn't been able to shake an embarrassing crush on Ilya.
When Ilya is assigned to tutor Shane in Russian, all Ilya can think about are his cute freckles and some very annoying fantasies.
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College au where Ilya and Shane are angstily crushing on each other over tutoring sessions.
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18 Feb 2026
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“What the fuck is Shayden?” Ilya asks, nose deep in his phone. They’re sprawled across the couch, enjoying a lazy evening at the cottage.
Shane snorts, “I think it’s me and Hayden. Like our duo name.”
“You and Pike? Shane, they are saying you are in love with him.”/
In the Heated Rivalry Universe, Shayden is the most popular RPF ship. Ilya takes to his burner account to set the record straight.
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- Part 1 of Twitter menace Ilya Rozanov
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10 Feb 2026