SafeNow
Fics where one character was in a bad situation and is now out of that situation but hasn't realized it yet.
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Break Me Alpha (i think i'm doing this wrong) by ClairAragon
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
06 Jun 2026
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At twenty-five, Shane works from home in cyber security. He gets all his groceries delivered. He avoids the outside world whenever possible. Finally—finally—he caves to his parents’ insistence that it’s time to purchase an omega.
Ilya is supposed to be difficult. That’s what the auction house warned him, anyway. They aren’t wrong. Between the language barrier, the violent mood swings, incessant noise, and feral behaviors, Ilya is nothing like the obedient omegas Shane is raised to expect. Half the time, Shane can’t tell if the man hates him, fears him, or is losing his damn mind. Probably all of them, all the time. The other half of the time, Ilya watches him like he’s waiting for Shane to spring a trap. News flash: there isn’t one.
Shane doesn't have any inkling of what he’s doing. He’s never shared space with another human being before. Let alone an omega who doesn't understand personal space. As the walls crack between them, Shane notices things he never questioned before. He realizes there is something deeply troubling in the world he grew up in.
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Rose volunteers for a nonprofit that rescues sex-trafficked omegas, and Shane thinks it's a great cause. He even attends their fundraising galas.
Then, one night, Rose calls to ask for a favor: She wants Shane to let a recently-rescued male omega live with him. In his apartment.
His name is Ilya, Rose explains, and the thing is, despite omega hormone levels, he acts and smells just like an alpha. He can't keep staying in an omega group home because he's scaring the other omegas and endangering the staff.
But he could live with Shane, Rose insists. "You're a big strong alpha hockey player, so he can't intimidate you physically. But also he needs to feel safe, which he can with you, because you're not like other alphas." She pauses. "You know?"
By which she means Shane has never had a full rut, his scent glands barely work, he can't form a knot, and he has no interest in sticking his dick in anyone. Which, whatever. It's fine.
But if being a failure as an alpha means he can help this omega, Ilya, who's apparently as much of a biological anomaly as Shane is…
Shane says yes.
And maybe it's a stupid decision. But he knows that it's also the right one.
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The fire went out a long time ago. All that remains is ash.
After years of trafficking, Ilya Rozanov has been conditioned to expect pain from every outstretched hand. So when he's placed with Shane Hollander, a seemingly gentle man in a quiet cottage, he knows better than to believe that it's rescue. It is a new chance to be good enough, if he can just figure out what this one wants from him.
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As the Poets Say by VexMachina
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
06 Jun 2026
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Ilya's life changes majorly when he unexpectedly presents as omega during a game. The non-con is minimally described, I just wanted to be safe.
Edited to add that there will be some past non-con that is described, but it will be notated so that it can be skipped.
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Wrong Place, Right Time by AvaKay
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
06 Jun 2026
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When Ilya Rozanov shows up to a routine job assignment, he has no idea that a simple mistake will change the trajectory of his life, forever.
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Sex trafficking victim Ilya is saved by the Hollanders.