Challach
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your heart is a muscle (it has the strength of your courage) by eurydicees
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
09 Mar 2026
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It's not something that they ever talk about. They don't need to acknowledge it, and no one else ever needs to know. Or, no one else needs to know until suddenly Shane is in the hospital and no one will let Ilya see him.
(Ilya and Shane are soulmates. It doesn't change everything, but it changes enough.)
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10 Mar 2026
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Soulmate AU in a hospital room, exploring love and longing, and what if it's over
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He only realizes he’s doing it when it’s too late to stop.
He’s standing in the drink aisle of the grocery store, checking the expiration dates on the cans of Coke, mentally cross-checking them with Boston’s away game schedule, and the reality hits him like someone shook one of those cans and popped it open. A snap. A fizz. A mess.
Shane is making space for Ilya.
(or, lessons in budget-friendly shopping, home decor, and resisting the urge to neatly combine all your situationship’s shit into a drawer in your bedroom because you might be falling in love with him: a seven-ish step guide by shane hollander, who is so, so fucked)
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What Happened Last Night Wasn't Okay... by purplepenguin87
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
11 Feb 2026
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“Let him live, Roz,” Bood slurred. “Season’s over.”
Embarrassment burned hot. Shane’s face flushed. He glared at Ilya, a look that said back off.
Ilya’s jaw tightened. He stepped back and put his hands up. “Okay.”
Shane stared Ilya down, maintaining eye contact as he defiantly chugged the remainder of the beer in his hand. Ilya fought to keep his expression unchanged, not wanting to feed into any drunken game Shane might be trying to play. He stood quietly, a few steps away.
But he watched. He always watched.
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OR: Shane has a bad week sending him into an autistic shutdown and self-destructive path that finally sends a typically patient Ilya over the edge – requiring some hard conversations and punishment to move on. (Happy Ending)
Bookmarked by Challach
08 Mar 2026
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Shane doesn’t listen to himself and definitely doesn’t listen to ilyas concerns. So it gets messy and Shane comes along.
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batteries not included by insatiablegaydesire
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Feb 2026
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They’re in Boston on Ilya’s couch when it happens. They’ve lapsed into a comfortable silence, a muted game on in the background, Ilya’s head in Shane’s lap and Shane’s fingers in his hair. Ten minutes ago, they were tugging and twisting and curling; four minutes ago, they grew slow and tepid. When they go entirely still, Ilya turns in his lap to look up at him, ready to chirp him for falling asleep, but his breath catches in his throat at what he finds instead. Shane is not asleep, but he is not awake either.
While visiting his boyfriend, Shane has a verbal shutdown in front of a woefully-unprepared Ilya for the first time.
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08 Mar 2026
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Honesty talk with dealing scary things and trying to understand. Beautifully written.
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Shane barely makes it past Ilya's room in Vegas after being effectively kicked out before the drop takes over. Luckily, Ilya is the one who finds him.
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07 Mar 2026
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cute different ending to Vegas scene where Shane leaves the hotel room unmoored. In this one, Ilya finds him at the elevators and also finds more nuggets on what's going on.--