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After the longest season of his career, Ilya retreats to the cottage with Shane, expecting rest, recovery, and a month of stolen peace. Instead, exhaustion lingers. Small things feel wrong. And the body that has always carried him through pain begins to falter in ways he can’t explain.
As concern grows and outside eyes begin to notice, the life Ilya and Shane have carefully built—careers, borders, futures—starts to feel fragile. When a medical crisis shatters their summer before answers arrive, love is no longer something they protect quietly. It becomes something they fight with.
A story about what happens when the body speaks before you’re ready to listen, and the people who refuse to let you face it alone.
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- Part 1 of The Quiet Fight
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30 Mar 2026
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you know this moment, don’t you? (time is strangely calm now) by barnes_romzanov
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 Dec 2025
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It’s dark, and Ilya’s not quite sure where he is.
His entire body is numb. His shoes are soaking wet from trudging lazily through the snow. His nose is running, and his lips are chapped.
Selfishly, he wishes Shane would fuss over him now. Pull him close, whisper “I forgive you” even though he shouldn’t, because Ilya would never change, because something inside him- in his family line, in his soul- was broken.
Ilya wondered how long ago it had clicked- when Shane had realized that Ilya wormed his way into this country and tricked the Hollanders into caring for him, then returned the favor by botching their language and leaving a trail of mess in his wake. He still can't help but wonder if that will be part of his punishment- being doomed to miss him in death, too.
or: Ilya’s mostly been able to cope with the fact that he’ll never be able to articulate himself fully in this country- but he’s also never been good at talking about feelings in the first place.
"I'm tired" is the best he's got. It definitely doesn't capture what's going on in his head, and Shane can't read minds.
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- Part 1 of Merry Christmas, Please Don't Call
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24 Feb 2026
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Impact by orphan_account
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 Jan 2026
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A rookie's bad hit sends Ilya into the boards during the Boston-Montreal game. Shane's three weeks of broken Russian are barely enough to calm him down, but it's something.
But when the scans reveal something much worse, Shane and Ilya have to figure out how to be there for each other in ways totally unforeseen.
Or: nothing like facing mortality for two idiots in love to be honest about how they really feel!
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- Part 1 of Blue Line
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07 Feb 2026
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Angel, 24 and broke, moves into a cheap apartment nestled in a crime-ridden neighbourhood. He expects theft, break-ins and murders, but not the weird trio of a family that lives next door — Dumb, Dumber, and their legal guardian, Aki Hayakawa.
Before Angel knows it, he is pulled deeper into the family’s difficult past, and finds himself flung far out of his comfort zone. Together, the four of them grow to understand and find solace in one another, carving out a better future for themselves.
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07 Feb 2026
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Ilya died, yes, but then the doctors saved him. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation in the ambulance, three electric shocks, two emergency surgeries, twenty-six units of blood. Ilya died, but then he came back.
If only Shane could get his subconscious to understand that.
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- Part 1 of my anonymous heated rivalry fic
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07 Feb 2026