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bone-deep ache by carpcatfish
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
10 May 2026
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Shane was tired.
It had only been two months since he joined the Centaurs, he shows up to practice and it's like a switch turns on where he just pretends.
Pretends he likes Boodram's ideas for Shane-inclusive barbecue food, which just makes him feel different and needy because he's the only one in their team who's this rigid. Pretends that he likes Hayes’ teasing about his awkward habits in front of everyone else, which pisses him off, coming from the guy who brings up Green Lantern comics every other practice. Pretends he likes Harris asking him excited questions about his relationship with Ilya, if the topic doesn't still make him want to rip off his skin. Pretends his life and career weren't uprooted exactly how he feared— leaving him in a shitty team.
Or: Shane wasn't prepared for every aspect of his life to be uprooted the moment his relationship with Ilya went public. He is happy, he thinks, but adjusting to team dynamics, moving away from Montreal, living with Ilya and Anya is prove to be perfect storm for burnout.
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Paper Dolls and Shattered Pottery by carpcatfish
Fandoms: Natsume Yuujinchou | Natsume's Book of Friends
05 May 2026
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Natori Shuuichi never did well in the summer heat. Sixteen, his hair overgrown and nails perpetually stained dark after neurotically practicing calligraphy and suibokuga. He got into a habit of copying the ofuda he found in the warehouse, using trial and error to figure out what they could do.
At most, it was just a hobby, something to pass the time until he was a grown up.
At most, it was an act of rebellion that acknowledged the rot inside of him.
I can’t try to ignore it anymore, the most I can do is find a way to be free of it all. -
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"Man... Parenting is hard. Yuri, why did you ever have to leave?"
In which Yukio gets reminded that at fourteen he's still just a child.
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The thing about Kiyoomi is that he liked to believe that he knew Atsumu more than most.
"Atsumu, I think you might have OCD." Kiyoomi says bluntly one night, a mess of tangled legs and arms.
Atsumu perks up his head and makes a sort of confused expression. "What? Omi are ya crazy? I don't even like doing the laundry."
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corner of the world by berrycluv
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
31 Dec 2025
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Ilya doesn’t even realize when Arthur slips from his thoughts. There’s no sharp turn, no clear moment where the article stops being about a little boy who loves reptiles and starts being about the man lying beside him in bed. It just… happens. The way his mind always seems to find Shane eventually, like water finding its lowest point.
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a character study on shane’s undiagnosed autism
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Question of the Day by wilmonstan12345
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
05 Mar 2026
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Harris launches a new series for the Centaurs' social media: having the team answer his question of the day!
This follows the season after The Long Game, when Shane joins the team on their road to the Stanley Cup, as they answer questions like who's the hottest/funniest/most perceptive Centaur, different preferences, rituals, and more.
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Sugar kink is a slang term for Gentle BDSM. People who like to experiment with only mild BDSM elements and get squicked by more hardcore scenes. This is a collection of Hinata/Kageyama stories on the same timeline where the characters (now adults) have sex that's silly, funny, sweet, and a tiny bit kinky.
...There might be some plot in there on occasion, too.
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Out For The Count by sevenofsorrow
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
05 Apr 2026
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He moved to swing his legs out from under the blankets, only to feel one of them get snagged on something: Ilya’s ankle was wrapped around his own, knee pressing into Shane’s thigh. When he tried to wriggle it free, his boyfriend resisted and pulled his leg in closer. A taut arm reached out and sleepily tugged Shane back down onto the mattress. He gave in easily.
“I thought you were asleep.” Shane whispered, tersely.
He felt a small stab of irritation too. Once again, Ilya had gotten in the way of his workout routine and — even though he wasn’t doing it on purpose — it was hard not to be frustrated about it. Shane needed this. The only way he had been able to soothe his racing thoughts about flunking out of the NHL next season was by reminding himself of his plan to work out early in the morning. Now, his anxiety soared, but it felt like annoyance. Why didn’t Ilya understand that he needed to stay in shape? Didn’t he see how hard Shane had to work to keep up with everyone else?
“I woke up.” Ilya’s voice was husky with sleep, “Come back to bed, moya lyubov.”
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Five times Shane Hollander should've asked for help.
And one time he actually did.
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Bookmarked by carpcatfish
13 Jan 2026
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running from myself all my life by frostkettle
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
20 Jan 2026
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He grabbed the ginger ale, that poisoned-and-tampered-with-and-dangerous ginger ale. It was the only way to prove to Ilya that he loved him. He would die. He was so sure of the fact that he would die, and he was so sure that drinking that ginger ale was the only way to prove to Ilya that he still loved him. Hands shaking, he pulled the tab.
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or Shane Hollander has OCD. It has very little to do with his folding his clothes during a hookup or his cleaning habits or the pre-game rituals he followed with the rest of his team. Instead, he worried his parents might die and checked to make sure the stove and oven were off over and over and over again. Instead, he worried that Ilya's raised eyebrow meant he was about to leave and thought about it until (and long after) he exhausted himself. Instead, he imagined a freak accident would end his hockey career by landing him behind bars and had a panic attack in the middle of a game.
Bookmarked by carpcatfish
13 Jan 2026