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“I haven’t really been to a wedding where I’ve, uh… let loose. But, hey,” Dennis shrugged, “maybe I’m doing it wrong.”
“If I hadn’t already agreed to go to this conference, I’d offer to go with you,” Robby said casually. “Show you how it’s done. I’ve got a good track record as a plus-one, too.” Dennis had to say something. To interrupt. To shut this down. But what was he supposed to say? No, you can’t be my plus one, because I lied about my cousin, and there is no wedding, and it seems a little weird to bring a date to a fucking funeral– “Apparently parents love it when you bring home a doctor.”
And just like that, the bubble popped.
“I’m not gay,” Dennis snapped.
He had never hated the sound of his own voice as much as he did right then.
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Or, Dennis is anxiously headed home for a "wedding" in Broken Bow, Nebraska, the details of which are increasingly fuzzy. Robby's got a medical conference in Omaha that same weekend. So they carpool. Seventeen hours both ways in an enclosed space with no way out except a tuck and roll. This'll go great.- Language:
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25 Jun 2026
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Shane's (Ex) Girlfriend by The_Lady_Disdain
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
11 Jul 2026
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Shane broke up with his high school girlfriend before leaving for the NHL. He doesn't think he'll ever talk to her again, but one day just before his second season, she shows up at his apartment. She tells him she's gay, and her parents kicked her out. Obviously, he offers her a place to stay. His parents, the Metros, and the media all make assumptions about their relationship, and they figure... why not let them assume?
He says, “It’ll be cool. Like… a sleepover with friends.”
He says, “What else do you need?”
He does not say, “I think I get it more than I should.”
And that’s how Jessica comes to live with him.Bookmarked by NeverGettingWiser
17 Jun 2026
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Pain.
That’s the first thing that registered in Shane’s mind as light returned to his vision.
The next thing he registered was that his right hand was being held in a tight grip.
The third thing he registered was the sound of beeping right next to his head.
He’s also pretty sure he’s in a hospital.
Or.... In which Shane Hollander wakes up in 2026 thinking it's still 2010.
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28 May 2026
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When Dallas texts him, I’m flying in Tuesday, getting in at 11:45, Shane thinks of all the things he might do instead, alone. He thinks there is a world in which he could say, I can’t today, but the text is not a question, the ticket is already bought, Kent never asks him if he’s welcome first. Kent picks up and flies to another city, because he knows he’s welcome, he knows Shane will let him inside. There was a moment, back in September, when Shane might have asked himself if he wanted this—is this the man you want to sleep with? Is this the way you want to spend your time? Are you having fun? It doesn’t matter. This is the person who wants to be with him.He wonders if this is how Ilya felt about him. Impassive.
Or: After an unexpected encounter just before the start of the 2016-17 season, Shane falls into a casual relationship with Dallas Kent. He doesn't meet Rose Landry. He doesn't set foot in Ilya's house outside of Boston. (There is no tuna meltdown.) He stops waiting for Ilya Rozanov to text him back. It's fine, until it isn't.
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25 May 2026
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As the Romans Do by kooksie
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
01 Jun 2026
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As a straight man, Ilya Rozanov has never had a gay roommate before, but it’s going pretty well. Shane Hollander is kind, silly, and an even bigger hockey nut than Ilya.
So when Shane starts bringing men over, and Ilya begins to want to bash their fucking heads in, Ilya comes to a startling conclusion: He must be homophobic.
(He’s jealous.)
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19 May 2026
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Sweet Scents and Sweeter Fires by Inkaroni
Fandoms: Avatar: The Last Airbender (Cartoon 2005)
29 Jun 2026
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Sokka is convinced that nothing good ever comes of dealing with spirits. Nothing. They cause nothing but trouble.
So it would be just his luck that he stumbles into one a little too interested in his love life. After the spirit senses Sokka's conflicted feelings for Zuko, his friend and former enemy that he may or may not love, she decides to help him out. The problem is that her help is more of a curse! As each day goes by, it seems like something new and weird is happening to his body! It doesn't help that being near Zuko is driving him crazy in ways it never has before. What did the spirits do to him?!In which A/B/O doesn't exist in the world of ATLA yet, but I make Sokka patient zero, and then it becomes everyone's problem.
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16 May 2026
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At the end of the war, Zuko does his best to step into the place of Firelord, but after a hundred years of war, the Fire Nation is having a difficult time adjusting to a new type of regime. After several assassination attempts, Sokka decides to stay in the the palace until things start to calm down, and take care of Zuko as he recovers from his near-death experience.
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15 May 2026
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Rose volunteers for a nonprofit that rescues sex-trafficked omegas, and Shane thinks it's a great cause. He even attends their fundraising galas.
Then, one night, Rose calls to ask for a favor: She wants Shane to let a recently-rescued male omega live with him. In his apartment.
His name is Ilya, Rose explains, and the thing is, despite omega hormone levels, he acts and smells just like an alpha. He can't keep staying in an omega group home because he's scaring the other omegas and endangering the staff.
But he could live with Shane, Rose insists. "You're a big strong alpha hockey player, so he can't intimidate you physically. But also he needs to feel safe, which he can with you, because you're not like other alphas." She pauses. "You know?"
By which she means Shane has never had a full rut, his scent glands barely work, he can't form a knot, and he has no interest in sticking his dick in anyone. Which, whatever. It's fine.
But if being a failure as an alpha means he can help this omega, Ilya, who's apparently as much of a biological anomaly as Shane is…
Shane says yes.
And maybe it's a stupid decision. But he knows that it's also the right one.
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14 May 2026
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“Shane doesn’t want to take something from Ilya that he enjoys. And he doesn’t want to plant the seed of resentment. He’s already asked Ilya to give up so many things for him. He’s asked Ilya to always come back to him in the end, and Ilya always does and always will. That has to be enough for Shane. It doesn’t matter what Ilya does with other people. It’s just sex.”
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When Ilya offers Shane an open relationship during The Long Game, Shane assumes that’s because Ilya isn’t willing to be monogamous. Ilya has always been with other people. Why would that change now?
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13 May 2026
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we've both been here before by outofbookshelves
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
08 May 2026
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“The doctor said it’s retrograde amnesia. He doesn’t remember the game, or . . . any of the last few years, really. He remembers his draft, but not World Juniors the next year, so . . .” Pike shrugs helplessly.
Mind racing, Ilya thinks through the math. Their second World Juniors had been in 2009, 8 years ago. That’s 8 years—or more—of Shane’s life, of Ilya’s role in it, just gone. 8 years of teasing texts and hotel room hookups, tuna melts and Tampa and 'I don’t think I can keep pretending I don’t like you anymore.'
Blyat.
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When Marleau's hit leaves Shane missing his memory of the last 8 years, Ilya chooses to walk away. After Shane unexpectedly trades to the Ottawa Centaurs three years later, they are thrust back into each other's lives. Ilya struggles against his feelings that never disappeared. And Shane? He's confused about why so many things about Ilya Rozanov, his years-long rival, feel so familiar...
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09 May 2026
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"Weren't there any nice men in Montreal?" his dad asks, and Shane stops smiling, stops breathing.
"Yeah," he says. "There were." He wants to ask if there were any nice women at McGill, or any nice babies at the hospital. Ilya's hand is on Shane's thigh, thumb riding just on the edge of acceptable positioning for lunch with his parents. He squeezes. "But none of them were Ilya."
Shane meets a nice man in Montreal. It changes less than you'd think.
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28 Apr 2026
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Enemy Lines by winter_ninja
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Jul 2026
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“Why the fuck do you care what happens to Rozanov?”
Shane doesn’t answer.
He’s already running for the Raiders’ locker room.
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Or, Ilya has a panic attack in the Raiders' locker room after getting a phone call from his brother telling him about his father’s death.
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25 Apr 2026
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Public Bookmark 173
Mystery Work
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This is part of an ongoing challenge and will be revealed soon!
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22 Apr 2026
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Better Bets Taken by emerald_moons
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
08 Jul 2026
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“You should train together in the off-season.”
Ilya lifted his head off Svetlana’s lap. “What?”
“If your Canadian really wants to marry you someday, you might as well get used to spending your summers together,” she said, smooth and practical as ever. “You need to fix your public relationship from rivals to friends, and being publicly seen together will help. You need a new trainer anyway, now that you aren’t going to Russia.”
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Or: Svetlana knows who Jane is. And it changes everything because she is smarter than both of these idiots.- Language:
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20 Apr 2026
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A Nervous Bleeding In My Brain by WhoopsImASinner
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
25 Apr 2026
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Shane reads the headline, and his world comes to a halt:
JUNIOR HOCKEY COACH LAPIERRE ARRESTED FOR CHILD ABUSE IMAGE POSSESSION
OR: Shane buried what happened with his old coach somewhere deep inside himself. He never planned to unearth it. Now, the press, the police, and the prying eyes of his teammates seem determined to dig it all up.
He doesn’t think he can handle the mess.
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18 Apr 2026
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Back to the start ~ you know we've been here before by Move_or_I_will_move_you
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
14 Apr 2026
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David did not know how the hell did he manage to drive home. Muscle memory or not, shock made him completely black out, mind coming to some resemblance of clearity only when his wife's voice broke through static in his ears.
Before he could register exact words coming out of Yuna's mouth, he heard his own, on its own volition.
"I fucked up, Yuna, I left"
Oh, it was really bad, he rarely let his voice shake, not to mention several breaks in one simple sentence. Before he could stop the flood of words, he told her everything. He knew he shouldn't tell her his son's secrets, but panicked and overwhelmed mind did not want to be rationed with.
But he could not stop. Because he just caused his son to live through probably most hurtful thing he lived through himself so many years ago.
Or: 3 generations of Hollanders' have experienced being cought with a boy by their father. Some react poorly. Some... even worse.
And one is on a verge of throwing up. (Lovingly)
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13 Apr 2026
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To only ever know the cold by IbecomewhatIbelieve
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 Apr 2026
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Svetlana knows about Jane. It's frankly insulting for Ilyusha to think otherwise.
She just never expected to have to call him for help. During the Olympics. In Russia. In the dead of night.
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Or, it's Sochi 2014 and Russia has lost to Latvia. Grigori Rozanov, not yet compromised by illness, punishes his son for shaming the family. When Svetlana finds an injured and emotionally fragile Ilya, she knows she needs somewhere safe for him to recover. And there's only one person in Russia who Sveta trusts with her Ilyusha: Canada's Golden Boy, Shane Hollander.Series
- Part 1 of To know the sun
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13 Apr 2026
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Would Have Been the Best Mistake (should have kissed you anyway) by attemptnumbereleven
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
10 Apr 2026
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"Do you ever wonder-"
"Oh god, yes," Ilya blurts out before he can even register the words leaving his lips. "Literally all the time."
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AU where Ilya does cut things off before the cottage and Shane lets him.
He watches Shane’s life and career from a safe distance, secretly looking forward to any games when they’d share the ice.
Years on, Shane publicly comes out and transfers to the Ottawa Centaurs out of necessity.
A story of repair. Eventually.
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09 Apr 2026
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Shane Hollander is a Slut by misplacedmetaphor
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, NHL Hockey Setting
03 Jul 2026
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Shane Hollander comes out and unleashes Shane Hollander Hysteria across the NHL.
All-stars circle like it's free agency and he’s the only contract available.
DMs combust. Rival captains get bold.
Connections start forming faster than anyone can keep up.
The Metros couldn’t care less because Shane keeps dominating on the ice while getting fucked in multiple time zones.
It becomes the worst-kept secret in professional hockey: everyone wants their turn.
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Shane Hollander comes out and discovers freedom can look like a lot of things.
Sometimes it looks like sex across time zones.
Sometimes it looks like queer community forming around him across the league.
Sometimes it looks like becoming the most confident version of himself he has ever been.
Shane Hollander is having a great time.
This fic is loud, messy, and sometimes a little ridiculous until it isn’t.Shane-centric.
Multiple partners/poly dynamics.
Character studies of many different men.
Finding queer joy and community.
Autism, mental illness, and different attachment styles.
Or as I like to say..
A slow emotional horror story inside a romcom porno.Series
- Part 1 of Shane Hollander is a slut
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06 Apr 2026
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It's funny how you come around when you're out of options by Duckin_punches
Fandoms: The Pitt (TV)
01 Apr 2026
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Robby has Jack for one night before he's gone, presumably forever.
Fourteen years later, Jack is dumped back into his life, half a leg short and recently widowed.
They can just stay friends, right?
(Part 2 of an AU - can be read as a standalone!)
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- Part 2 of The Best Revenge is Living Well
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04 Apr 2026