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Operation O Canada, or The Hollander-Rozanov Method of Soft Launching a Marriage by robbinscinquefoil
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 May 2026
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“Can’t hang out tonight, Hayd. I have plans.”
“Bullshit,” Hayden responds. “You never have plans.”
Objectively, this used to be true. Nowadays Shane has many, many plans, between his nightly plans to look at Ilya’s penis through Skype and his various long-term plans laid out helpfully in his notebook, Canva (For Ilya’s sake. He is a visual learner), and more recently, Excel. Shane loves that excel sheet. He’s colour coded it.
In 2017, Shane Hollander spirals and proposes to his boyfriend of 4 days (or 7 years, or 9 years, or not his boyfriend at all, depending on how you look at it), which leads to a lot of plans, weird theories in the Montreal Voyageur locker room, some Twitter drama, and Ilya Rozanov entering his WAG era.
Series
- Part 1 of Operation O Canada
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 118,812
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Comments:
- 4,961
- Kudos:
- 27,570
- Bookmarks:
- 9,853
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- 796,130
Bookmarked by Balasar
08 Jun 2026
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Canada Day by frondsanemones
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Apr 2026
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June 2018. Shane Hollander and Ilya Rozanov are about to execute the first step of their ten-year plan, with Ilya signing with the Ottawa Centaurs when free agency begins on July 1.
Except Shane accidentally, drunkenly, outs himself to the Montreal Metros at the end of the season. Who are not as okay with it as Shane would have hoped.
AKA the most eventful Canada Day that the MLH has ever seen.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 34,827
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Comments:
- 1,235
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- 12,697
- Bookmarks:
- 3,883
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- 128,421
Bookmarked by Balasar
26 May 2026
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so you must like me for me by alasse
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
10 May 2026
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Shane wants to figure out if he's gay before he gets drafted—and no, the way he felt when Ilya Rozanov smirked at him with a cigarette between his lips in Saskatchewan has nothing to do with it. Unfortunately, the random guy he hooks up with to try and make sure one way or another takes a picture, and Shane gets outed before the draft. In the ensuing scandal, he goes seventh overall, to Ottawa.
It turns out, having the worst thing you can think of happen to you when you're seventeen years old can end up being pretty liberating. And land you an unexpected best friend.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 36,229
- Chapters:
- 2/2
- Comments:
- 1,287
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- 7,773
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- 2,503
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- 67,128
Bookmarked by Balasar
11 May 2026
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good on my own accord by impetuous
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
14 May 2026
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No serious hockey fan or sports commentator worth their salt would have considered record-breaking Boston superstar Ilya Rozanov to be Shane Hollander’s rival exactly, but sleeping with a man who had a specific offense-related vendetta against him and a wrist shot like a jet engine to back it up was probably ill-advised just the same.
Or, Shane is a goalie. Ilya can’t score.
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- Part 1 of #42 Shane Hollander
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 148,928
- Chapters:
- 18/18
- Comments:
- 8,546
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- 20,714
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- 8,404
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- 656,009
Bookmarked by Balasar
03 May 2026
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With King Uther’s health rapidly deteriorating, Arthur Pendragon must do what all kings before him have done: go on a quest to prove himself the next worthy leader of Camelot. But when his quest leads him to a mysterious tower with a rumored dark past, Arthur begins to question the things he’s been told.
There are stories about what lurks in the tower outside of Gorra. Some say it is the wellspring of evil itself; the beating heart of all magic. Others claim to have glimpsed a twisted creature through its single dirty window. They say whatever lives there is cursed—trapped forever in a labyrinth of rooms, and if you go in, you don’t come out. Nobody ever comes out.
Arthur is sure they’re all old wives’ tales. The building is clearly abandoned, after all. But as Arthur delves further into the tower’s past, nothing is quite as it seems. Is this place truly home to a monster, or is there something else afoot? And who is the mysterious man who wanders its halls?
Inspired by art by count-pudding . A merthur-shaped mystery for BBC Merlin Reverse Big Bang.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 71,930
- Chapters:
- 21/21
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 43
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- 181
- Bookmarks:
- 39
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- 3,320
Bookmarked by Balasar
13 Apr 2026
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Home Ice Advantage by taywrites11
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
24 Jan 2026
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“You’re going to Boston.”
Long after Farah hangs up, the words keep echoing in Shane’s head. If he had thought his thoughts had been chaotic this morning, when his biggest problem had been his rival potentially fucking him when he came to Montreal in two weeks, that’s nothing compared to the code-red panic that started the instant he found out he was being traded to Rozanov’s team.
Rozanov, who was supposed to be his great career rival. Rozanov, who he’s hooked up with twice now. Rozanov, who had been planning on coming to Shane’s apartment in Montreal to fuck him the next time they saw each other. God, how on Earth is Shane going to walk into his locker room in Boston in a few days time?
The impending awkwardness of dealing with Rozanov is almost enough to eclipse the hurt he’s trying to ignore. The knowledge that Montreal values him so little that they’re willing to dispose of him only six months into his rookie season. Almost, but not quite.
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Or, Shane gets traded to Boston AU.
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- Part 1 of Home Ice Advantage
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 51,933
- Chapters:
- 6/6
- Comments:
- 1,811
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- 26,133
- Bookmarks:
- 7,390
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- 431,162
Bookmarked by Balasar
29 Mar 2026
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the coast is clear by WriteThroughTheNight
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
17 Mar 2026
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- 103,966
- Works:
- 2
- Bookmarks:
- 3,214
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18 Mar 2026
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nothing that i don’t already know by guarddog (theslymoon)
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
03 Mar 2026
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hockey twt socmed fics ft the neutral zone podcast
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- 36,553
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- 3
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Bookmarked by Balasar
12 Mar 2026
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“I’m right here. And you are okay, and you are safe, and healthy, and you are at home, yes? It is quiet, and nobody is there, nobody is bothering you. And the world is full of stupid idiots, but you are not one of them. And I am here. When you need me, I am here.”
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or: The whole world thinks Shane is gay because of some stupid internet rumors, and he doesn't even have to confirm it. He's losing control of his entire life and he needs somewhere to put what little he does have.
Ilya has open hands.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 37,065
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Comments:
- 1,399
- Kudos:
- 29,818
- Bookmarks:
- 9,983
- Hits:
- 422,796
Bookmarked by Balasar
11 Mar 2026
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i've been pushing for this for so long by LiarsandThieves22
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
18 Feb 2026
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ESPN: Shane Hollander To the Ottawa Centaurs after Tumultuous End to Montreal Metros Career
@CentaursGirlie1995: obviously i feel very badly for shane but my beautiful failson of a team getting the two best players because of homophobia is perhaps the only good thing homophobia has ever done
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Or: Shane's first season on the Ottawa Centaurs, as told by everyone else in the world.
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- English
- Words:
- 34,658
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Comments:
- 1,338
- Kudos:
- 15,965
- Bookmarks:
- 3,494
- Hits:
- 215,354
Bookmarked by Balasar
26 Feb 2026
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back and forth from new york by alphalupi
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 Apr 2026
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After coming out to Rose, Shane decides he doesn't want to lie anymore, even if he isn't sure coming out will mean he gets happily ever after with Ilya. When coming out to the Voyageurs leaves him wondering what his future in Montreal might look like, he lets himself be a little selfish, he lets himself wonder if there might be somewhere else he might be happy. If Montreal wants to get rid of a generational player, he's not about to stop them, especially if it means he can get a little closer to joy.
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Or: Shane Hollander leaves Montreal in search of something better.
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- Part 1 of back and forth from new york
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 255,418
- Chapters:
- 55/55
- Comments:
- 15,141
- Kudos:
- 33,502
- Bookmarks:
- 12,254
- Hits:
- 2,054,103
Bookmarked by Balasar
28 Jan 2026
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the secret society of stick handlers by gurlsrool
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
23 Apr 2026
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The queer NHL players (begrudgingly) unite via group chats in the face of social media scandals.
These stories take place on a (slightly loose) chronological timeline and make the most sense when read in order. However, they're all independent stories/scandals and can be read as standalones.
All stories take place post TLG and include spoilers for the books.
- Words:
- 75,918
- Works:
- 8
- Bookmarks:
- 9,862
Bookmarked by Balasar
26 Jan 2026
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The Game Plan by FestiveFerret, pouringinsheets
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Dec 2022
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Shane Hollander is the number two overall NHL draft pick and a newly minted Montreal Voyageur. He’s also laser focused on his goals: being the best by beating the best. For him, this means a continued rivalry with number one draft pick—and new Ottawa Centaur—Ilya Rozanov. But when a problem with Rozanov’s immigration paperwork threatens his future in the NHL, what does that mean for Shane’s own career? He can’t risk finding out…so they get married. Just for immigration. A fast, practical, mutually beneficial solution.
No one will ever suspect, let alone find out, that the NHL’s greatest rivals are secretly married. And there’s certainly no risk of feelings getting involved. They have a game plan.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 64,024
- Chapters:
- 16/16
- Comments:
- 2,181
- Kudos:
- 31,910
- Bookmarks:
- 10,383
- Hits:
- 704,800
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24 Jan 2026
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Ilya Rozanov thinks it's probably best to decline the invitation to the 2017 All-Star Game. It's not swaggering, knothead alpha male bullshit; it's a survival strategy. He doesn't think it'll end well for anyone if he's forced into playing an instinct-driven, blood-pumping sport like ice hockey with Shane Hollander right now, not when Hollander is probably going to bring his new girlfriend to Tampa for the weekend.
But it's Hollander. It's Shane. So of course Ilya doesn't decline the stupid invitation. And of course the game goes sideways.
That doesn't mean it doesn't end well.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 21,828
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 200
- Kudos:
- 4,167
- Bookmarks:
- 1,002
- Hits:
- 49,787
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22 Jan 2026
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something you can build by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
21 Jan 2026
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Six months ago, Shane’s intimate conversation and break-up with Rose Landry was recorded and leaked. In those six months, his life had completely upended and everything had changed, for better or for worse. Except for Ilya. He still has Ilya, and he’s beginning to understand that he always will.
It’s 2018. Shane Hollander has to figure out his new life, in a new city, on a new team, while being out to the world but not by his own choice. Ilya, along for the ride, also has to learn what it means to be connected to a place, to a person, and to his own inner truth.
(Sequel to “something you can fix,” set post-Heated Rivalry, pre-The Long Game)
Series
- Part 2 of something you can fix
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 96,881
- Chapters:
- 13/13
- Collections:
- 4
- Comments:
- 8,547
- Kudos:
- 44,005
- Bookmarks:
- 10,292
- Hits:
- 1,025,361
Bookmarked by Balasar
22 Jan 2026
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something you can fix by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
27 Dec 2025
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Maybe if the video ended there, Shane thought, it would be okay. Okayish. Still incriminating. Still a fucking disaster. Still embarrassing, to have his breakup with this beautiful actress filmed and disseminated on Reddit of all fucking places, but not a nail in his coffin, burying him alive. But the video didn’t end there.
“Can I ask if you’ve ever been with another guy?” she had to ask.
And he, tears visible in his eyes, had to nod.
Just once. Just a single nod.
Why did he have to nod?
“Have you ever told anyone that before?” He shook his head. “Was it different? With a guy?”
“Of course.”
Of course.
“Was it better?”
“Yes.”
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Shane’s conversation with Rose is secretly recorded. Months later, after the All-Star game and Ilya’s confession in Russian, the video gets leaked online. Shane is outed to the world while Ilya is in Russia, and must now finish the 2016-2017 season with the entire world in on his secret.
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- Part 1 of something you can fix
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 26,824
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 1,853
- Kudos:
- 48,247
- Bookmarks:
- 12,912
- Hits:
- 669,189
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30 Dec 2025
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I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
22 Dec 2025
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Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”
“Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.
“No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”
“Go fuck yourself.”
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Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.
And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?
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- Part 1 of Competition is Better With a Friend
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 30,455
- Chapters:
- 4/4
- Collections:
- 2
- Comments:
- 2,345
- Kudos:
- 52,011
- Bookmarks:
- 15,387
- Hits:
- 749,286
Bookmarked by Balasar
29 Dec 2025
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Steve Harrington is normal, everyone thinks so. Captain of the swim team, starter on the varsity basketball team, most popular boy in school, absolute heartthrob, handsome, and rich. He's King Steve, Steve “the Hair” Harrington. He's an all-American boy growing up in the heartland. And he's spent years working very hard to keep it that way, because the truth is the last thing he is, is normal.
No, Steve Harrington has a dark past he's desperate to escape, however that gets much harder when Will Byers goes missing and Steve just can’t shake the feeling that something is very wrong in Hawkins, something that's pointing straight to his past. But everything will be fine, right? All he has to do is pretend everything is normal.
Or, another lab experiment Steve story because I can’t get it out of my head, so I’m sharing it with everyone.
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- Part 1 of Pretend Everything is Normal
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,149,072
- Chapters:
- 150/168
- Comments:
- 11,804
- Kudos:
- 10,518
- Bookmarks:
- 1,732
- Hits:
- 603,252
Bookmarked by Balasar
12 Dec 2025
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In A Mirrored Room, Talking To Myself by entanglednow
Fandoms: Stranger Things (TV 2016)
01 Oct 2024
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The Corroded Coffin members made a name for themselves investigating the paranormal, they have a fairly successful show that brings in some extra cash. Eddie's not sure if he really believes any of it, it's been eight years and he's only managed to record a few pieces of evidence he can't explain.
He's not expecting much from the investigation of the Harrington house, even laughing at how serious the man sounds about their safety. Steve Harrington himself and his stupid beautiful face is a big draw, he's not going to lie, but the stories he's telling about the haunting he's experiencing sound far-fetched even for them; particles of darkness, doors that lead nowhere, voices from rooms that are empty and visions of other places filled with black vines.
He'd assume the whole thing to be a hoax, if Harrington wasn't offering them a sizable amount of money to spend the night, and there's more on the table if they can rid him of his haunting for good.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 65,345
- Chapters:
- 8/8
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 935
- Kudos:
- 1,239
- Bookmarks:
- 410
- Hits:
- 18,414
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10 Nov 2025
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do you think that you would love me ‘til tomorrow if you could by suzukiblu for radians
Fandoms: Overwatch (Video Game)
23 Aug 2018
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Jesse’s first roommate got himself stabbed. Jesse refuses to take responsibility for that, since any idiot ought to know better than to shake awake anyone in Overwatch, much less the very recently ex-gang member. His second roommate was a manic neat freak. The third was on day shift. The fourth was--
Look, there’s been a lot of roommates. Coming home to the murder-cyborg ain’t really a downgrade, is his point here.
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 6,368
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Collections:
- 1
- Comments:
- 48
- Kudos:
- 1,217
- Bookmarks:
- 204
- Hits:
- 7,694
Bookmarked by Balasar
08 Oct 2025