Remembering to not Forget
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In the End by mar1p0sa_papp1l0n
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
03 Feb 2026
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Shane will be the one to get dementia, in the end, once the disease progresses. He’ll be the one who forgets, in the final stages. It’s unfair, so fucking unfair, but Ilya can’t cry about it in front of their daughters or in front of Shane’s parents. So he gets up from the table and slams the patio door, pats himself down for a cigarette he knows won’t be there until his fingers find his mother’s cross laying heavy against his collarbone.
Or, Ilya and Shane, and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). A series of vignettes.
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- Part 1 of Remembering to not Forget
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A Normal Life by mar1p0sa_papp1l0n
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
09 Feb 2026
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There’s really no way of knowing when Shane will go, when his mind will stop remembering. It’s not fair at all, and Ilya wants to cry or scream or break the steering wheel in half when he sees Shane swipe away tears as he jogs back to the car. He says the cold makes his eyes water, but Ilya knows they’re both thinking about how long Shane will be able to walk their beautiful daughters to school, to play goalie and dive on the ground while Irene cackles with her tiny hockey pads swallowing her up. How long he’ll be able to lay on the sidewalk and collect worms with Amelia after it rains. But they can’t talk about it, and Ilya has to be strong and put the car in drive and take Shane to another appointment where he’ll sit in the waiting room, scrolling his phone and pretending like his Shane isn’t going to disappear. It’s torture, but he has to do it for Shane. So he does.
CTE, and Shane and Ilya. A series of vignettes. Can be read as a stand alone or as the sequel to In the End
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- Part 2 of Remembering to not Forget