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Photo Finish, Picture Perfect by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 Sep 2026
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There were four pictures in the tweet that ruined Ilya’s life.
Or, a woman secretly takes explicit photos of Shane while she is hooking up with him and later vindictively posts them online, causing a shitstorm of a media scandal that just keeps getting bigger. Shane freaks out, of course, but somehow Ilya is the one who really feels like his life is ending.
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13 Sep 2026
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Map Contact by Regolith (metonym)
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
07 Sep 2026
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Ilya Rozanov, celebrated hockey star, gets perilously lost in the wilderness.
Shane Hollander, wilderness expert and #1 Rozanov hater, finds him.
They're stuck in the woods. Completely alone. Together.
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13 Sep 2026
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A non-comprehensive guide to the behind-the-scenes and logistics of the NHL, for those who want to be more accurate or to get inspired by previously unknown possibilities.
Or for those who want the room-temperature tea of what it's like to work in the NHL.
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“Why did you want me to meet you here today?” Shane asked. When he’d heard the request, he’d had the same thought as Jared. Was he trying to rub it in? One last chance to retaliate for a long ago rejection?
Shane had almost made it to Rozanov’s room that night in the hotel in Toronto. But when the elevator doors opened, Shane’s feet had stayed glued to the ground.
He’d been so afraid of ruining everything, only to have it ruined for him barely a year later.
Shane does not hook up with Ilya in Toronto. Six years later, his hockey career is long over and he has found a new calling that puts his media training, and his pretty face, to good use.
Consider this a remix of sorts.
Content warnings: homophobia and associated use of slurs
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07 Sep 2026
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Someone’s posted a shaky video from the stands, just behind the whole altercation. It’s close enough to catch the snarl on Rozanov’s face as he charges up the steps. He’s so pretty, Shane thinks faintly. The video starts too late to show what set him off, but it catches the tail end of what the man is yelling, the things he's saying about Shane, before pivoting to calling Rozanov a cunt and bitch and a pussy instead.
Rozanov drops his gloves for Shane. He wishes he could just be grateful, but it feels a little bit like the end of the world.
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06 Sep 2026
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Beautifully written, very true characterisation