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    hope it hurts like you hurt me by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    21 Feb 2026

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    “Come on,” Comeau says. “Are we all just supposed to pretend it's normal that you’re still playing house with Ilya Rozanov?”

    “Gil—” J.J. says, but Shane doesn’t want him to finish that sentence, to pull Comeau gently off the ledge he’s steering himself toward. Shane wants to push him, kicking and screaming, to make them say it to his fucking face. That after all this time, they still hate him for the heinous crime of falling in love.

    “We’ve been married for two years,” Shane says. “I’m not sure that qualifies as playing house. I mean, it’s longer than you were with your first wife, isn’t it?”

    Or: Shane reunites with his former teammates at J.J.'s bachelor party. He's finally ready to say (and maybe punch) his piece.

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    23 Feb 2026

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    Half a forever (I buried my heart with you) by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    09 Feb 2026

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    After their fight on Boxing Day, Ilya was too hurt to call Shane. Too tired to text. Shane was too anxious and scared to do it first. Both of them will be haunted by their choice when Ilya's plane crashes on his flight to Tampa Bay. After having never come out to the world that they were together, Ilya in his last moments, hurtling towards his certain death at 29, finds himself unable to stop thinking about two people and his future wedding with Shane. A story that will never come to life. Shane finds out during his own game that the love of his life is now gone, gone where he can't follow him.
    A story of death, grief and mourning. Shane losing everything even though his best friends and parents surround him with their love. A few last words from the last person he thought he would ever see change his life.

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    22 Feb 2026

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    #hollanovwedding by

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

    18 Feb 2026

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    Harris is tasked with live-tweeting the Hollanov wedding

    Can be read as a standalone fic, but reading the others first gives you some more context

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    17 Feb 2026

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    Pinged by

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

    27 Jan 2026

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    Harris hadn’t meant to say anything. He hadn’t even realized what he’d said, honestly, until Ilya’s reaction: choking on his beer, eyes bugging out, looking more nervous than Harris had ever seen him look.

    Why couldn’t he have just kept his mouth shut? He was tipsy, and probably a bit too comfortable, but still. He should have known better. He felt like the biggest asshole alive.

    Hold on. Rewind. Start from the beginning.

    Or:

    Five times Ilya Rozanov set off Harris Drover's gaydar (and Harris said nothing), + one time Harris completely put his foot in it

    (originally a one-shot, now updated to include a chapter 2/coda)

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    16 Feb 2026

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    Shane Hollander's PDA Agenda by

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

    12 Feb 2026

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    It happens in an instant.

    Over Ilya’s shoulder, Shane sees the doctor and Wiebe give each other a look, and in a sudden bout of impatient anxiety, Shane ends up saying the words that come to ruin everything.

    “Don’t touch me.”

    The effect is instantaneous. Ilya’s hands fly to his sides, and Shane gets a front row seat as Ilya’s heart breaks before his very eyes. Eyes dimming and lips trembling in slow, painful technicolor.

    It causes Shane’s heart to break, too, and he vows, immediately, never to see such a look cross his husband’s face again.

    OR Shane embarks on a mission to heal his husband’s heart, one PDA at a time.

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    16 Feb 2026