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Shane Hollander goes Casual (so cool and unbothered) by Self_cursed
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
19 Jan 2026
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Shane Hollander is tired of wanting someone he cannot have, and he’s dying as he waits for someone who will not stay. Someone who doesn’t want to stay, not when there are so many others waiting for him. Fun of another variety, Shane left a treat amongst many.
It’s humiliating. It’s distracting. And it feels like shit.
He wishes he could erase his feelings, move on as easily. In an effort to gain back control over the ‘situation’ that has become his romantic attraction to a notorious player, Shane attempts at imitating Ilya Rozanov’s methods until he perfects them and becomes as good as keeping it light and casual as his rival.
Or Shane tries to Hoe Phase himself into a self discovery journey to choke and kill his feelings for Ilya Rozanov. Ilya is not the only who suffers from it, but he sure feels like he’s being choked and killed.
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17 Jan 2026
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When Ilya casually suggests Shane sleep with
someone else to ease the ache of long distance, it
breaks something inside him.Two weeks later, Shane lies and tells Ilya he did it, just to see if Ilya cares.
He gets his answer at 7 AM the next morning, when there's a knock on his door.Bookmarked by thesubsect
15 Jan 2026
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the heart is hard to translate by catknives
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
07 Jan 2026
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Shane is twelve when he realizes he can understand Russian.
Or, in a world where you can understand whatever language(s) your soulmate speaks, it takes Shane and Ilya an embarrassing amount of time to realize they’re soulmates.
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12 Jan 2026
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the cadence of a secret by marigoldens
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
16 Jan 2026
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Did you figure anything out? Shane writes, and flips the page around for Ilya to read it.
Wont like the answer, Ilya’s written, in his quick hand.
So he doesn’t have to take the pen back, Shane just shrugs. What?
Ilya sits down at the desk for a steady surface to explain.
3 things
1 its curse. if true we can break it
2 its spell. if true we can break it
3 we are soulmates. if true we are fucked“No,” Shane mutters, before he can stop himself. Immediately, he slams a hand over his mouth.
or: Ilya and Shane are soulmates, and their bond prevents them from both talking and being apart. Unfortunately, the only thing that’ll make the pain stop is confessing the one thing they can say: that they’re in love.
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11 Jan 2026
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Ilya Rozanov has spent seventeen years with a soulmark that sounds like a lecture waiting to happen. His soulmate's someone who's going to tell him what to do before they even know his name.
He's already decided he doesn't want them.
Then he meets Shane Hollander outside a hockey rink in Saskatchewan, and it's even worse than he imagined.
(Companion piece to "What?" - Ilya's POV)
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- Part 2 of my heated rivalry fics
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11 Jan 2026