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    we cannot waste time (—only ourselves.) by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    09 Jun 2026

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    The photos leak on a Wednesday. Ilya sets his life and career on fire on Sunday, mostly out of spite. On Monday, he is the first out queer player in the NHL.

    Nobody handles the ensuing circus well, least of all Scott Hunter.

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    27 Jul 2026

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    Staring at the Sun by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types  

    20 May 2026

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    The first sound Ilya hears is a thin, discordant symphony of beeps and whirs. Something vibrating. 

    The next thing he hears is…wet. A sort of shaking, gargling sound, that feels like the ugliest crying he’s ever heard. And through it, Shane’s voice. 

    “I’m with him now, mom. He’s— he’s not fine. He’s not. I know—”

    Ilya wants to ask who's not fine, but he can’t feel his own body, his mouth, enough to ask.

    “Yeah,” Shane is saying, only slightly calmer. “I know. He wasn’t breathing—"

    Ilya knows there's a link, between the clinical musicality of medical settings, Shane’s audible, awful distress, and his own physical incapacity. It’s just, it’s so tenuous, and the air around him is so thick, so heavy. It would be easy, to sleep, a little. 

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    Footage of the last game between Ottawa and Montreal is everywhere; it’s breached containment from the sports world, and now it seems like everyone is baying for Montreal’s blood. Except, Ilya is oblivious. Not exactly blissfully so, but as the fight for accountability within the league rages on without him, Ilya just wants someone, anyone, to tell him what happened.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    Protected Person by

    Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    21 Mar 2026

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    Shane finds out on Twitter.

    Not from a lawyer or a teammate or even one of the journalists who've been calling nonstop since the FanMail video went viral. He finds out at 6:47 am, still in bed, that Russia is coming for Ilya. Propaganda charges. Passport revocation. Return to the Russian Federation required.

    What follows is weeks of watching everything fall apart. Ilya's career. Their safety. The system that was supposed to protect them. Shane keeps playing while Ilya can't. The lawyers file paperwork and say to wait. Montreal demands silence.

    Shane faces a choice: keep his head down and trust the process, or burn down his career and force the world to pay attention.

    He chooses fire.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    Communion by for GeraskierFanficPrompts (Roach_on_the_Roof)

    Fandoms: Iron Lung (2026), Project Hail Mary (2026)  

    17 Jul 2026

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    Now that Ryland has brought Simon home, they have to figure out how they fit together. What does a romance between a human and a mer look like for them?
    Also, they should probably learn to communicate at some point.

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    26 Jul 2026

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    so it's gonna be forever by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)  

    31 Mar 2026

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    Ilya is plummeting to his death when he closes his eyes, heart full of regret.

    When he opens them in what feels like just a second later, he is standing outside a rink in Regina, Saskatchewan. There’s a banner on the building across the street:

    World Junior Hockey Championship 2009.

    What?

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    25 Jul 2026