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    Jane is Ilya's Favourite Lay by

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

    13 Mar 2026

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    Shane does not know what he is staring at when he reads the name of the chat and the influx of texts.

    This looks like actual hell, and more importantly why on earth would Ilya ad him to the Boston WAGS chat?

    TLDR: In an attempt to socialise in this new country Ilya puts 'jane' down as his WAG to connect to the team, this has unforeseen consequences for himself.

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    14 Mar 2026

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    Shane Hollander is a Slut by

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

    16 Mar 2026

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    Shane Hollander comes out before opening night and unleashes Shane Hollander Hysteria across the NHL.
    All-Stars circle like it’s free agency and he’s the only contract available.
    His DMs combust. Rival captains get bold. Hotel rooms get interesting. The league gets possessive.
    The Metros couldn’t care less because Shane keeps dominating on the ice while getting fucked in every time zone.
    It becomes the worst-kept secret in professional hockey: everyone wants their turn.
    Ilya Rozanov is handling this very normally.

    Or:
    Shane Hollander comes out and discovers that freedom can look like a lot of things.
    Sometimes it looks like sex in every time zone.
    Sometimes it looks like queer community forming around him across the league and far beyond it.
    Sometimes it looks like becoming the most confident version of himself he has ever been.
    And somewhere in the middle of all of it, one rival captain starts realizing he may have made a catastrophic mistake.
    Unfortunately for him, Shane Hollander is having a great time.

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    13 Mar 2026

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    I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by

    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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    12 Mar 2026

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    Twelve Years, Still Ours by

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

    07 Jan 2026

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    Twelve years after filming their first CCM ad together, Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are asked to return for a follow-up campaign. The offer sparks reflection and conversation about privacy, visibility, and what it means to exist openly as a married couple in the NHL.

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    “Okay,” Farah said, brightly. “So. CCM reached out.”

    Shane straightened instinctively. He and Ilya were both sponsored by CCM, they had been for years. Would CCM pull their sponsorships now that they were publicly out? Would they only want to keep working with one of them now that they were married and would be playing on the Centaurs together this season?

    “They want you two for a new ad campaign,” she continued, eyes sparkling. “A twelve-year retrospective referencing the one you shot together the summer before your rookie year.”

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    12 Mar 2026

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    something you can build by

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

    21 Jan 2026

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    Six months ago, Shane’s intimate conversation and break-up with Rose Landry was recorded and leaked. In those six months, his life had completely upended and everything had changed, for better or for worse. Except for Ilya. He still has Ilya, and he’s beginning to understand that he always will.

    It’s 2018. Shane Hollander has to figure out his new life, in a new city, on a new team, while being out to the world but not by his own choice. Ilya, along for the ride, also has to learn what it means to be connected to a place, to a person, and to his own inner truth.

    (Sequel to “something you can fix,” set post-Heated Rivalry, pre-The Long Game)

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    07 Mar 2026