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Slightly different Yet just the same by TheQueenoftheAbyss
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Jul 2026
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“You like it here?” Rosanov asked after a few more moments of silence.
Shane looked over at him, but Rozanov was still facing away. “What, Saskatchewan?"
The Russian laughed, it was a bright and brilliant sound. “No, this place is shithole. Canada.”
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Shane Hollander spends five years of his life living in Japan, helping his Mother care for his sick Grandmother. It changes who he is, who he would have been, and shapes his life and career. Shane still finds hockey, he will in every universe, and where Shane Hollander plays hockey Ilya Rozanov is never far behind.- Language:
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05 Aug 2026
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I reread this every time I read the description
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When Rose asks to come over the second week they are in the cottage, Shane and Ilya have no idea how much their lives are going to change. For better or for worse... that's for them to decide.
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“You said both times were terrible.” Here, Ilya side-eyes Rose, “No offence.”
She snorts, “None taken.”
“Then how did you say… make baby?”
They both look at Shane, who fidgets under their gazes. He splutters. He sighs. He runs his hand through his hair. Then, he sighs again.
“The first time when I managed… to…” He talks to the cushion in his lap as he says this, “I was thinking of Ilya. It worked too well, I guess.”
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- Part 1 of Tsvetochek and Her Gardeners
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In late 2014, celebrity photos start dropping. Ilya deletes his texts, his photos, a video he should never have taken. It isn't soon enough.
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Talk About It by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
11 Feb 2026
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“You will not be so nice when we beat you,” Ilya told Shane Hollander, holding onto his hand, not letting him pull away. Not yet.
But Hollander’s brow furrowed, not in anger but in confusion. “Ah, um, sorry,” Hollander said. “Merci. My English is bad. Worse… than you. Maybe slower?” And he leaned in, like that would help him understand.
Ilya’s eyebrows rose, and his smile widened.
Or, Ilya Rozanov grew up in Russia. Shane Hollander was raised in France. When they first meet, neither of them can speak English very well. Somehow, it’s easier to understand each other when words aren’t getting in the way.
(Stand-alone remix of “I’m Reading Your Lips (You’re Speaking My Language)” but this time neither of them are native English speakers, and learning a new language is sort of like falling in love, if you think about it.)
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- Part 3 of Competition is Better With a Friend
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13 Apr 2026
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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
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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- Part 1 of Competition is Better With a Friend
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23 Feb 2026