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    black dog by

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

    18 Apr 2026

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    Ilya is not going to steal Shane Hollander's dog. That would be illegal. And wrong. And someone would probably find out and make Ilya give him back.

    So. Not stealing.

    But there is nothing wrong with giving Chernysh all the pats and treats that he deserves, is there?

    Nothing wrong with encouraging Chernysh to spend more and more time at Ilya's house until he doesn't even remember who Hollander is.

    Because Hollander is stupid and boring and does not deserve a dog as good as Chernysh. No, he doesn't, does he? Because Chernysh is the best boy in the whole world, yes he is.

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    18 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    A couple things that have wed me to this one: (a) Narrative POV is Ilya — deep third person limited, which is like drugs for me. (b) A lot of fics (even some I like) make Ilya aggressively hypersexual until Hollanov DTRs at which point Ilya becomes extremely sappy and almost child-like; THIS HERE FIC DOES NOT fall into that trap. Also, magical realism. Thank you. Dogs. Thank you. What if Hollander never had the rivalry to push him forward? Thank you. This basically has everything I want in a well-written, unique canon divergent fic.

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    Nutcracker! by

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

    30 Mar 2026

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    "You will bend for me many times, I think, before this production is over."

    Shane means to say no. He means to tell Ilya Rozanov—arrogant Bolshoi principal dancer and professional pain in his ass—to fuck off and stop moving set pieces without permission. Instead, he ends up on his knees in a dressing room, which is definitely not how the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s stage manager is supposed to handle conflict resolution.

    Three weeks until opening night. One impossible rivalry. And absolutely no way this ends well.

    or: Ilya comes to Winnipeg for The Nutcracker. Shane tries very hard to hate him. The mind-blowing hate-sex doesn’t help.

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    23 Apr 2026

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    I still do not understand how they can write something that feels so authentic while professing to have used mostly imagination and artistic license with only a side of online research.

    Is lie.

    This story delights. The characters are exquisite. Shane is outstanding. Ballet done to perfection.

    New colors in the new context; less discourse on homophobia due to the dance world setting, more discourse on racism and power imbalances between below the line and above the line talent. Being the lonely only in a given context. Great themes.

    But there’s something about how they remix Ilya from AU to AU. The witchcraft involved in this is scary. Again, I don’t understand how they do it, but they have mastered Ilya Rozanov in every single universe.

    Anyway. This is a warm embrace of a fic but not fluffy at all. It’s operatic in places and feels emotionally urgent all the way to the end. It made me burst into laughter at one point. Was holding my breath and glowing in other parts. Very satisfying climax (ha. not *that* kind.) paying off the drama at the finish.

    In love with the brain that creates these worlds where my boys live.

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    Visions from the Future by

    Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

    19 Oct 2025

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    A continuation of Shane and Ilya's story post-Long Game.

    Starting with Canada facing Russia in the 2026 Winter Olympics, and including all of the moments that come before and after that.

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    11 Jun 2026

    Bookmarker's Notes

    Makes you ruminate on life and love in ways that maybe aren’t fun but are the reason why we read deep books, listen to sad songs and watch poignant movies. It’s tech HEA but follows the shape and rhythm of real life, so … you’ll feel it for a long time after the final line. It feels unforgiving but beautiful, unsentimental but elementally romantic. I cannot describe why that paradox works without bumping, but it does.

    Yes, there are times when I don’t like Shane, but it feels more real for that quality; sometimes you can’t stand the person you love. And I do love Shane Hollander.

    Happy-sad. Kind of a once-in-a-blue-moon type of fic very few people would have the skill, patience or innate gravitas to create from source material that’s, by design, a lot more mass market. I will read this again when I want to clutch my fucking soul in my chest and sleep in fetal. Don’t talk to me for 24 hours after.

    P.S. Maybe best hockey descriptions I’ve ever read, to the point where I delude myself into thinking I can skate and I could play the game.

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    Apogee by

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

    09 Mar 2026

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    Shane Hollander is the youngest Commander in ISS history; straight-backed, closeted, and so tightly on his own leash that seven months in orbit with Ilya Rozanov have not produced a single crack in his composure.

    Ilya Rozanov is the Russian cosmonaut who should have had his job, won’t stop bouncing a tennis ball off the walls, and is still looking for a fissure. Thankfully, a solar storm finds it for him.

    or: Near-death, zero gravity, and the wrong man’s hands in exactly the right places.

    A Cosmonaut!Ilya x Astronaut!Shane AU 🚀

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    23 Apr 2026

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    Another hit. Space and everything that comes with it. I don’t usually go for this level of stakes in HR fics but it works perfectly here, plugs right into my cosmic horror sensitivity in the best way possible and truly powers the story.

    Gorgeously crafted. Poetic. Visual. Life affirming. I love seeing Shane in a resolutely heroic, altruistic mode. Normally he’s Mr. Self Preservation, but the whole entire gag here is the crucial, character-defining choice he makes in opposition to that.

    One of the most imaginative and cinematic stagings of sex I’ve ever read in prose.

    A love letter to the transcendent, unquantifiable nature of love.

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    Fanning the Flames by

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

    11 Dec 2025

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    The Voyageurs ask Shane to join FanMail in order to foster a better connection with fans. Internet sleuths start to notice some interesting details in the background of Shane’s videos, and then the internet does...what the internet does.

    Or Shane and Ilya are granted an opportunity to come out on their own terms. Sort of. And in they do it in a very Ilya way. (Surprisingly, it is Shane’s idea)

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    17 Feb 2026