Soft things in hard places
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Stay (Just a Little Longer) by Anonymous
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
15 Apr 2026
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Ilya is not the kind of person who gets attached to people he pays.
Unfortunately, Shane exists.
Or: debt-ridden escort Shane keeps taking worse clients. Ilya is one of them, and he develops a deeply inconvenient crush about it.
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- Part 1 of Soft things in hard places
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The Cost of Keeping You by Anonymous
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
13 May 2026
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Five years ago, Ilya and Shane were building something fragile, pieced together from long days, small comforts, and a future they believed they still had time for. Until it ended.
Now Ilya has climbed the ranks of the mafia, commands a region of his own, and knows better than to show weakness in rooms full of dangerous men.
Then someone else walks in, with Shane at his side. He is polished, untouchable, and no longer Ilya’s.
Shane says he left because it didn’t work out.
Ilya knows he’s lying.
Or: A mafia reunion fic about old debts, quiet sacrifices, dangerous men, and a love that endures, even when there is nowhere left for it to be safe.
Series
- Part 2 of Soft things in hard places
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No limits, until him by Anonymous
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
19 Aug 2026
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“Eyes on me.” There is a sharp satisfaction as those eyes lift immediately to meet his again. “I need your name.”
The man’s lashes flutter. “Shane, sir.”
Ilya nods and lets his hand move through Shane’s hair. It is soft, and Shane leans into the touch, eyes closing briefly as if the contact alone is enough to ground him. The response is so natural that it gives Ilya pause.
“Tell me about your limits.” Ilya doubts he is going to be close to any limits tonight, as Shane looks like he already had a pretty rough night. But he still needs to ask, good hygiene.
A small smile appears on Shane’s face, he looks at Ilya deeply, eyes not wandering away as he speaks, “There are no limit, sir.” He looks at the disbelief appearing on Ilya’s face and offers, “I’m the house slave.”
Or, Ilya didn’t come for attachment, but Shane, bruised, obedient, and unraveling, becomes the one thing he can’t leave broken.
Series
- Part 3 of Soft things in hard places