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The Vocabulary of Exile by thesevenpercent
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
10 Jun 2026
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At twenty-one, Ilya Rozanov is the Soviet Union’s most perfect weapon, a soldier of the Red Machine who has spent three years locked in a silent, jagged war on the ice with Canada’s golden boy, Shane Hollander.
When the Montreal Metros claim him as a "wasted" mid-round draft pick, the rivalry transforms from a professional grudge into a desperate lifeline. On the final night of the 1988 Calgary Olympics, he risks everything, his family, his career, and his safety, to start a new life in the West. Forced into a high-stakes billet under the roof of his bitter professional rival, Ilya must navigate a world where freedom feels like a new kind of prison.
As Ilya struggles to adapt, the crumbling Soviet empire reaches across the ocean, searching for leverage to help pull him back.
OR: What if Ilya fled Russia in 1988 to play for the Montreal Metros?
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- Part 1 of Defective
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19 Jun 2026
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Not a wife, or a girlfriend, but a secret third thing by providing_leverage
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
19 Jun 2026
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(Jane has been added to Not the Boston WAGs)
Shannon: Oh? Fresh meat?
(Jane has left Not the Boston WAGs)
Vikki: Way to scare her off!
(Jane has been added to Not the Boston WAGs)
Vikki: Hey Jane! I spent like twenty minutes trying to draft an introduction message but I'm way too tired for that rn so I figured I'd just drop you into the deep end and see if you can swim
Jane: I'm actually a very strong swimmer
Jane: Sorry, what's going on?
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- Part 1 of Not the Boston WAGs
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17 Jun 2026
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She would have loved you (and does), like I love you. by MirandaRights2481
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
21 Jun 2026
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Irina Orlova (formerly Rozanova), a woman who survives a suicide attempt and rebuilds her life after an abusive marriage. With Ilya at her side, she starts over, finds her way back to ballet, and becomes the kind of mother who will do anything to keep her son safe.
Long before Irina meets Shane Hollander, Ilya has already made his obsession clear. Shane is the hockey player he watches, talks about, and admires from a distance. Then, in the middle of winter, Shane ends up beside Irina on a flight to Moscow. Irina recognizes the chance for what it is. So she brings Shane to her son's restaurant and quietly lets fate do the rest.
What follows is Irina watching Ilya discover a new kind of joy, one that is not tied to food but to love.
OR: AU!Irina Orlova (formerly Rozanova) survives. She plays match-maker in the dead of winter.
Bookmarked by takeluck
15 Jun 2026
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ash and ember by LyricalViolet
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Kate Daniels - Ilona Andrews
19 Jun 2026
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Shane Hollander has spent his entire life trying not to be noticed. In a city where magic runs the streets and monsters run the rest, that’s kept him alive.
When his guardian is murdered — alongside a vampire that shouldn’t have been there — Shane is pulled into an investigation that doesn’t add up. The deeper he digs, the worse it gets: missing evidence, fractured politics, and something powerful enough to tear through both the living and the undead.
Then the words begin to answer him.
Ancient. Primal. The language of power itself — one that predates the First Shift, one that shouldn’t be spoken at all. And yet, it recognizes him.
As Shane draws closer to the truth, he also draws attention — especially from the Beast Lord of Boston. Ilya Rozanov doesn’t break rules lightly. But for Shane, he might.
Shane has spent years staying out of sight. Now the city is watching, the magic is listening, and whatever he is becoming may be just as dangerous as the thing he’s hunting.
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The Heated Rivalry / Kate Daniels Crossover literally no one asked for.
Bookmarked by takeluck
15 Jun 2026
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Everything they Say by DistantStorm
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
15 Jun 2026
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In which Shane's relationship with Rose unfolds the way it does on screen, but Ilya's father dies right before All-Star Weekend 2017. They have yet to reconnect, but Shane wants to find a way for them. He decides to come out to his team, starting with management, that spring. The Montreal Metros make it clear that they will not be the league's trailblazer for queer players and terminate his contract. The Admirals lose in game seven.
In June, Shane goes to Wimbledon with his parents. Instead of a Swedish princess, he meets the CEO of the Swedish Hockey League and makes the decision to leave North America. As a veteran playing for the Växjö Lakers, Shane becomes a mentor to guys trying to go pro in North America. Guys like his linemate, Derek Briggs.
Years later, Briggs makes the Ottawa Centaurs out of camp. The Centaurs' plane makes an emergency landing, Ilya still sends Shane those messages, but Shane doesn't answer.
(Or so Ilya thinks.)
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15 Jun 2026