Bettybamboozle
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Do you know what it means to be ensnared in love?
To be torn between what your mind rejects and what your heart still longs for.
He was supposed to let go.
Shane Hollander tries to move on, but some people do not fade—they remain like wounds that never fully heal.
Ilya Rozanov was never just the past. He was everything Shane was never meant to lose… and still cannot escape.Now Ilya is back, and Shane stands between two versions of “safe”:
the love he cannot forget…
and the life Cliff offers—gentle, real, and dangerously tempting.But love was never simple.
Not when Katya remains tied to Ilya’s past—his first love, and a life he cannot easily leave.
Not when silence and jealousy replace what was left unsaid.Not when the past begins to consume you, and love turns dangerous for everyone caught in its wake.
Because when past and present collide,
something has to break.
And this time—
it might be them.Bookmarked by Bettybamboozle
20 Jun 2026
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“I’m late,” Ilya finally says.
“Oh! Yeah, of course, I’m sorry. It was good to see you, man.”
Man. It’s patronizing.
“You too.”
Shane searches his face for a second, eyebrows creased slightly, face an open book just like before. Ilya tries to push past him, tries to see how fast he can forget that this encounter ever happened, but Shane stops him at the last second.
“Can I give you my number?” he asks, already digging in his pocket for his phone. “We should catch up.”
Ilya doesn’t want it. He really doesn’t want it. Shane is being polite. He’s being a good boy. He’s saying exactly the type of things you’re supposed to say when you run into someone you haven’t seen in years.Nine years after Ilya decided to end things with Shane, he runs back into him. Shane is working as a hockey commentator, while Ilya is married to Svetlana and living in the US as a retired hockey player. Although he knows he shouldn't, he allows himself to get to know Shane again.
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15 Jun 2026
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even now. by quietferality
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
20 Jun 2026
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After divorce and retirement, Ilya Rozanov finds himself back in Shane Hollander's orbit. It's been thirteen years since they've spoken.
Ilya finds ways to stay.
Shane finds ways to let him.
Or.
Pathetic Divorced Man Ilya Rozanov spends an increasing amount of time with his ex.
title from even now by william fitzsimmons
Bookmarked by Bettybamboozle
12 Jun 2026
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We Just Did It For You And Me by ChaoticRussian2481 for justthingsifind
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
16 Jun 2026
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Ilya let out a quiet laugh, shaking his head. “I want to be perfect for you, Shane. To make up for all the time we lost.”
“I don’t want perfect,” Shane said quietly, stroking Ilya’s cheek. “I want something real. Something that we fight to make work, because we want it so much. Because being together is so much fucking better than being without each other.”
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Ten years ago, Shane and Ilya loved each other in secret and let each other go anyway.
Now Shane, captain of the Ottawa Centaurs, is a single dad to four-year-old Ollie, and good at pretending he doesn’t think about the man he lost when they were younger and terrified of the fallout of being caught. Then one chance meeting turns into drinks, lingering looks, old feelings, and suddenly Ilya Rozanov is everywhere again.
Some things, it turns out, never really leave you.
As Shane and Ilya fall back into each other’s lives - and into something softer, steadier, and openly theirs this time — they realise maybe they’re finally ready for the life they used to dream about.
Or: two hockey players who were each other’s first love reconnect ten years later and slowly build the family they always wanted.
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- Part 1 of Shane, Ollie and Illy
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11 Jun 2026
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Almost, But Not Quite by Coming_Up_Roses33
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
19 Jun 2026
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Hollander’s eyes were wide, full of surprise as he couldn’t believe they were in the same place. Ilya knew the feeling. He was going to be sick. Outside of playing against each other on the ice this was the closest they’d been in three years. Nothing but chairs, tables, a scattering of memories, and a couple of tuna melts between them. The corner of Shane’s mouth tipped upwards in a smile. Ilya felt something twisting his gut. The delicious grape leaves turning sour in his stomach. Svet laid a hand gently on his own and he turned his attention back to her that concerned look had grown and matured into something quickly approaching sympathy. He looked back at Hollander and found his attempt at a smile gone. He looked sad and a bit lost. Was Shane on a date? The man was seated too close to Shane to be casual.
Or Shane leaves Ilya's home in 2016 and never returns. A few years later they see each other at a restaurant while Shane is on a date.
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07 Jun 2026