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There are fewer pillows, now that Ilya sometimes spends the night. You don’t even like those ones, Ilya had said. It’s your bed. What is the point, if you do not like it?
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Ilya has lost. Ilya has lost, and he is chainsmoking in a corner, again, and it is cold as shit, again, and Shane Hollander is approaching him, again.
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- Part 1 of Proving Ground
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Clean hands, that’s him. All-American, good mentor, generous, easy with the rookies, liked by the vets, great in the room.
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[Art] Starry-Eyed by maplesalad for saiditallbefore
Fandoms: Absolute Universe (DC Comics 2024)
14 Feb 2026
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Mild eyestrain CW, but not more than is present in the comics.
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Rozanov stares at him, then crawls up his body until they’re face to face, Rozanov’s tacky fingers on Shane’s jaw when Shane tries to look away. He tilts Shane’s face up until their eyes catch; holds him there. “You fuck yourself,” Rozanov says, “with a dildo bigger than me. How often?”
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Proving Ground by maplesalad, smugrobotics
Fandom Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
12 Mar 2026
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Select MLH hopefuls spend one year living with a mentor as part of the League’s Prospect Orientation Program. These eighteen-year-old prospects learn a lot from their veteran league mentors; they attend camps, retreats, practices, and discover what it means to be part of such an old and distinguished tradition. Without graduating from the Prospect Orientation Program, a top draft spot is impossible.
You want to play? You learn everything you can: on and off the ice.
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Party Favors and the aftermath. No firm update schedule.
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Bookmarked by maplesalad
22 Apr 2025
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Ilya is married. Still, old habits die hard.
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09 May 2026
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Lovers, I Guess by tackytiger
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
05 Mar 2026
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Ilya's on a hotel roof in the middle of the night. The draft is tomorrow, and he can't sleep.
That's when Shane Hollander appears, but he's somehow thirty-five years old, and acting very friendly... and he's wearing glasses. This must be a dream — mustn't it?
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Bookmarked by maplesalad
06 Mar 2026
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A Guide to the NHL/MLH: Everything But the Hockey by facingthenorthwind (spacegandalf), SiladhielLithvirax
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Men's Hockey RPF
02 Apr 2026
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What the hell is a "free agent" and why is Ilya Rozanov one at the end of Heated Rivalry? Would Cliff be suspended for that hit on Shane? How many times a season do Montreal and Boston play each other? How is the order of draft picks determined? How do hockey trades work?
All this and more is answered in this guide to how the NHL (and thus maybe the MLH) works! This isn't about the rules of playing hockey, but instead the rules of the league itself. Even the boring bits can become great prompts for fic if you believe in yourself!
If you're writing Hockey RPF, this guide makes sure to point out where the NHL and the fictional book series/show differs, so it still works as a simplified guide for that too!
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No one knows why some people have magic, but it's never so big that it makes a real difference—just small, practical things, making life a little smoother.
Still. Shane would rather have his magic be something like Rozanov's, instead of about his fucking socks.
Bookmarked by maplesalad
20 Apr 2026