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Odd-Man Rush by taywrites11
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Feb 2026
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Odd-Man Rush: The situation that occurs when a team enters the attacking zone and outnumbers the opposing players in the zone.
Or,
Shane doesn’t know why he still feels so off-kilter. He should be the happiest he’s ever been—he won the Cup, he feels like he’s maybe starting to have a few friends on his team, and he’s finally starting to believe his parents when they tell him he won’t get traded again. He should be on top of the world, but sometimes he still feels like the lone defender on an odd-man rush, skating as fast as he can to prevent what feels like an inevitable outcome.
The problem is that he’s not quite sure which outcome it is that he’s trying to stop.
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- Part 2 of Home Ice Advantage
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25 Feb 2026
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“Should call you the Ottawa Puppies,” says the Toronto centre, Svensson. As an insult it makes no sense, so Ilya ignores it, until he continues, “Hear Hollander keeps you on a short leash.”
Ilya is the captain, so if anything, he should be holding the leash. In English, you can be singular or plural, but he knows what Svensson is trying to say. He is saying Ilya Rozanov, you are Hollander’s bitch.
“Only sometimes,” Ilya replies, grinning. He wins the face off.
OR: Ilya trains himself to be a very, very good guard dog for Shane.
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- Part 1 of Dog
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17 Feb 2026
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fresh bruises we learned patterns to by downtheroadandupthehill
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Feb 2026
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“And here I was going to behave, ask if I am yet allowed to touch you.” Ilya reaches between them to capture Shane’s chin between thumb and forefinger, looking intently into his eyes for a half-dozen heartbeats or so. Then his lips are on Shane’s, a warm press of mouths turned wet as Ilya slides his tongue between Shane’s teeth.
“It was so fucking annoying, not being able to,” Shane grumbles into Ilya’s mouth, breaking the kiss so he can nuzzle Ilya’s pulse instead. “Not wanting this is stupid as hell.” As he rubs the underside of his jaw into Ilya’s shoulder, he feels the alpha’s low chuckle vibrate through to the base of his own spine, making him squirm.
“For once we agree on something, Hollander. You are very stupid and annoying.”
Some months after Shane recovers from rejection sickness in Ilya's bed, they share their heat/rut together at the cottage, both clinging to the delusion it's still casual.
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- Part 2 of mutual instincts
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31 Jan 2026
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I'd Have to Think About It by Imaginelndn
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
19 Jul 2025
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"Four months and six days.
That’s how long it had been since Agatha O’Hara had spoken to Rupert Campbell-Black after that damned kiss.
Four months, six days, and about twenty minutes. Taggie couldn’t read for shit, but she certainly had a knack for measurements."
In the wake of the silence that followed their kiss in the priory kitchen, Taggie moves on with her life- or at least, she tries to. She dates Seb, caters parties, picks up after Declan, and tells herself she and Rupert are perfectly capable of being just friends.
But letting go of the past is never as simple as it seems.
_Title from "I'd Have to Think About It":
"And if you come to me
When I've promised to commit
If you told me that you loved me
And asked me for a kiss
Well, I'd at least have to think about it"Bookmarked by Lifebeyond
08 Jul 2025
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Modern Dating by Imaginelndn
Fandoms: Rivals (TV 2024), Rutshire Chronicles - Jilly Cooper
01 Oct 2025
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Between a rift with her family, her burgeoning culinary career, and the counseling sessions that she swears do nothing for her anxiety, Taggie O'Hara's life is kind of a mess- dating history included.
So, she does what every other twenty-year-old on the London dating scene does, and swipes.
But of all the people Taggie O'Hara expects to meet on the apps, her father's long-time rival and ex-MP Rupert Campbell Black is not one of them.
And sure, maybe her love life was about as successful as England had been in every World Cup since 1966- but a thirty-eight-year-old playboy who's Wikipedia included more extramarital affairs than political victories was not the solution.
Right?
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29 Jun 2025