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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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14 May 2026
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Breathe me deeper, baby, inhale; Intoxicate yourself, then exhale by dopaminecrash
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
27 Apr 2026
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Shane felt something twist in his chest— not guilt, exactly, but something adjacent, something that tasted like recognition. He arched a brow, the corner of his mouth twitching toward a smirk that he hoped looked more confident than it felt. "You're insane," he exclaimed, keeping his voice light, dismissive. "Your high cholesterol is making you insane. You really wanted me to tell Jules that I was the reason her best friend's marriage ended? Because you decided to fuck me? Be grateful Veronica didn't walk away with half your shit in the divorce, Ilya."
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27 Apr 2026
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“Is this one from hockey?” he asks softly. Beneath him, Ilya exhales lightly.
“No.”
“What’s it from?”
“A belt,” Ilya replies casually, as if the word doesn’t make Shane’s whole body go still for a moment, his muscles tensing to hold him frozen.
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18 Apr 2026
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Light Of My Life by flecksofgold
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
05 Feb 2026
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"I can help you, you know?", Shane says, although he's already sitting on one of the highchairs at their kitchen isle.
"Ah no, you will do nothing. I want to make disgusting smoothie for you to enjoy on the morning of our wedding day. You just sit and look pretty," Ilya counters seriously as he starts cutting up some kale. Usually Shane would quip something back, but he feels a grin form on his face at the reminder that today was, in fact, his wedding day. So instead he just says: "I love you."
Ilya looks up at him with a smile. "I love you, too," before going back to slicing greens.
Shane puts an elbow on the surface of the isle and rests his chin in his hand as he watches his fiance prepare his favorite smoothie, a fond smile never leaving his face.
"We're getting married in a few hours," he says in awe.
"Yes, I know. That is what 'wedding day' means, no?", Ilya retorts and Shane huffs a laugh. "Shut up," he says half heartedly and Ilya responds with a grin.
OR: The Hollanov wedding reimagined
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- Part 1 of my heated rivalry one-shots
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16 Apr 2026
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“Shane, this is Anatoly Petrov and his husband—”
“Ilya Rozanov,” Shane blurts out before he can stop himself. Shane's shocked to see him now, a ghost plucked right out of his teenage years, his pre-MHL hockey days. He's even more shocked to see the modesty collar on Rozanov.
“Petrov,” the woman introducing them finishes weakly. “His husband, Ilya Petrov.”
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Or: When Ilya is outed as an Omega, he's forcibly married off before he has the chance to break free and become an international hockey star. Years after the single game they played against one another, Shane and Ilya encounter each once again, and Shane helps Ilya escape the cage of his marriage.
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15 Apr 2026