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Lieutenant Stiles Stilinski of the Nemetan rifle regiment can't find it in his heart to celebrate the end of the long and bloody war against the darachs. Perhaps it’s the faces that swim behind his eyelids, lost to time, dark magic and musket balls, or perhaps it’s the doubt he harbours that he can truly be good at anything except being a soldier.
Regardless, as he huddles at one end of the bar, nursing an ale barely worthy of the name, he listens as the locals sing their songs and toast to the fallen. He doesn't think about the men he has lost, and he definitely doesn't think about alpha Lord Hale, leader of the Triskellan battle-pack, who was last seen leaping into the heart of the fighting with typical reckless heroism.
Even if Hale had survived the battle, nothing could or would ever happen between them. Shifters were too different from humans - too wild, too strange. It didn't matter that Stiles felt like the only person who could see past the teeth and claws to the heart of the man beneath them. They were from two different worlds.
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Stiles isn't much of a Christmas guy, so when he goes home to visit his dad one year, he doesn't think anything of volunteering for the sheriffs department for the day. He also doesn't expect to happen across his old high school crush though, and he definitely doesn't expect his crush to remember him.
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The day Luca started as a commis at Noma was the same day that Carmen Berzatto destroyed everything he thought he knew about himself and his future. It therefore seemed only natural that he should attempt to rebuild himself around him.
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Common knowledge holds that the world has seven seas, but Edward knows this to be wrong, for Mary Read is an ocean.
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"I never loved nobody fully
Always one foot on the ground
And by protecting my heart truly
I got lost in the sounds
I hear in my mind"- Regina Spektor, "Fidelity"
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“Hollander’s Metros have had a challenging few years, with back-to-back knee injuries and a concussion keeping the two-time Stanley Cup winner and Olympic gold medalist off the ice for three consecutive postseason runs. Hollander is apparently back to fighting trim, but everyone’s wondering if that will still be true come April. The Metros have promised that they’re behind their franchise star one hundred percent, but there are signs they might be hedging their bets. The Metros announced last week that they have penned a deal with San Francisco’s dynamic young Russian star, center Ilya Rozanov. The move has sent shockwaves through MLH, as San Francisco was widely expected to sign a contract extension with Rozanov, who became a restricted free agent in June.”
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The Swiss National League doesn’t care about the legendary Hollander-Rozanov rivalry. When the MLH can’t negotiate with the Hockey Players’ Union in time to prevent a hockey lockout at the start of the 2015 season, the Zürich Lions jump at the chance to sign both Shane and Ilya to short-term contracts. For four months in Switzerland, they share a team, a line, a house, and a bed.
Then the lockout ends in January, and it’s time to go back. Back to different countries, cities, lives. Beds.
Reentry is harder than expected.
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- Part 8 of my heated rivalry anon fics
- Part 1 of homegrown
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Bookmarked by Effra
17 Feb 2026
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Devastating. Sobbing. Will ruin your life (the highest of praise)
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Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
30 Nov 2025
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Shane stares down at his phone screen in utter, abject horror.
He doesn’t know what happened. How his thumb managed to slip and hit send. He was backspacing—he’s absolutely positive he was backpacking—because no way in hell would he have actually sent a message to Rozanov whining about the fact that they didn’t kiss. There’s no reality in which that makes sense and doesn’t make him look like an idiotic, obsessive, overly attached freak.
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Being a beta has always meant safety for Shane Hollander. No expectations, no instincts, no distractions from hockey.
Unfortunately, he meets Ilya Rozanov.
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- Part 1 of alpha/beta hollanov