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    careful all the time by Anonymous

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

    04 Jan 2026

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    “I was thinking about the honeymoon phase thing.”
    “Yes?” Ilya said.
    “I think it’s different for us. I don’t want us to be all blissful and then only start fighting when we’re back to barely seeing each other. I think it’s good if we figure things out now, when we have the time. Whatever needs figuring out. So we have a solid foundation going into the season. Sort of like training camp.”
    “So this means you will keep getting mad at me for things,” Ilya said.
    Shane smiled, rolled his eyes. “Yeah, exactly,” he said.
    “Good, I find it very hot,” Ilya said, and kissed him.

    An insecure over-thinker and a self-destructive thrill-seeker walk into a relationship.

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    Doing The Work by ,

    Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)

    13 Feb 2026

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    Heated Rivalry fics, a mix of showverse and bookverse but showverse somewhat favored (no shade, I just love the work they did in the adaptation). In my usual fashion, I find sticking to canon as much as possible to be a fun challenge, I try hard with timelines and weird canon details and things, but I ultimately try to serve the characters most of all. I do tend to make people too nice to each other but I try to keep emotions vaguely plausibly-realistic.
    Stories aren't in a sequence but I have also, because this is how I am as a person, largely tried to make them in continuity with one another.

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    16 Feb 2026

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    itty <3 ilya by ,

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    06 Jan 2026

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    Ilya Rozanov is the messy queer rep the MLH needs. A public multi-year situationship largely conducted via Twitter with the weird-ass mascot of the Philly team he has no other rapport with whatsoever is precisely the kind of representation kids need to be able to look up to.
    Is he a genius or an idiot? Nobody knows.

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    16 Feb 2026

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    win conditions by

    Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)

    16 Feb 2026

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    11 Feb 2026

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    it's too close for comfort by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)  

    02 Nov 2025

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    The doorbell rings just as Shane is finishing brushing his teeth – the first thing they rose to do, because he wants to kiss Ilya good morning – and he and Ilya exchange a confused look in the bathroom mirror. It's barely dawn, and Ilya's curls are adorably tousled from sleep as he scratches his ribs lazily, toothbrush dangling from the corner of his mouth. 

    Shane hesitates, then rinses his toothpaste out and runs a hand through his hair. "Fuck, it's probably anti-doping."

    No one else would be here at this hour – unless it's an emergency.

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    09 Feb 2026