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miss_minnelli's Heated Rivalry fics

the worst one - rated T, 10.8k words, post-canon, family feels

"Pike," Ilya says through the phone, voice teetering on the edge of anger. "Your daughter is at Ottawa train station." "What?" Hayden's heart drops down through his stomach and splatters on the floor. "What's she doing there? And which one?" "Ruby," Ilya clarifies, "and I don't know. I'm on the way to pick her up. She called me." Ruby. God, why is it always Ruby.

Or: Ruby Pike, terrified to come out to her parents, takes the train to Ottawa in the middle of a school day. Ilya and Shane pick up the pieces and put the Pike family back together.

i just want you to come inside - rated M, 4.1k words, crack treated seriously, college au

Shane Hollander has two secrets: 1. He reads fan fiction. Men's Hockey RPF, to be exact. (This is a complete and utter secret.) 2. He has a huge crush on his best friend and roommate, Ilya Rozanov. (This is only truly a secret from Ilya himself.) So, you're wondering what Shane's two secrets have in common. Well, it's getting pretty old waiting for Ilya to realize Shane likes him back. Instead, he has a plan to get Ilya's attention. Inspired by fan fiction. Observe.

Or: Shane reads Men's Hockey RPF and tries using different fan fiction tropes to get Ilya's attention. It doesn't go as smoothly as he imagines. Thank fuck for Rose Landry.

it didn't fit in any rooms - rated M, 3.3k words, love letters, RWRB crossover

Dear Shane, I don't think I have ever properly communicated to you just how much I love you. I love you with everything I have and everything I will ever have. My life is tethered to you, and I don't know what I would do if you were taken away from me. I have loved you since the very beginning. The first time you said my name, I think I was done for. I saw your freckles under the cloudy Saskatchewan sky and I wanted to kiss them. It terrified me for years, the way I was drawn to you, but I couldn't fight the pull of my heart to yours. When we kissed that first night, I found my home, even though I didn't know it yet. I left your room that night and stared at the ceiling all night, unable to sleep. I didn't know why, because it was just sex. But it wasn't. It never was, because I loved you.

- Or, Ilya reads the Waterloo Letters and writes a love letter of his own. Shane finds it years later.

life is amazing with you on the ride - rated M, 19.6k, canon divergent au

“Okay, if you’re going to be cagey, I’ll just lay out some facts.” Jessie clears her throat and Shane is absolutely fucked. He should know better than to try to hide something from a future lawyer. “Fact number one—” “Oh for fuck’s sake.” “Quiet, you,” she says, sounding exactly like Mom. “Fact number one: You’re acting really weird right now. Fact number two: You got super cagey and strange after your photo shoot this summer. What do both of those events have in common? One Ilya Rozanov. Fact number three: You have been low-to-high-key obsessed with Ilya Rozanov for two years now, and even though we’ve never talked about it again, you said you thought about a man during sex last year. When I put all these facts together, I think the answer is pretty obvious.” Shane doesn’t know whether to laugh or cry. But he needs her to say it. He cannot bring himself to admit what is happening out loud. He just presses his fingers harder against his eyes. “You’re still not going to tell me? Ugh, Shane! Did you fuck Ilya Rozanov?”

Or: The events of Heated Rivalry if Shane had a nosy, supportive, bisexual twin sister.

A Trip to the Boy Aquarium - rated T, 2.3k words, hockey player shane x actor ilya, meet cute (in a way)

They take their seats as players whiz by, and Sveta grins. "You're framing this as a treat for me, but I know we're just here to see Shane Hollander," she teases, in Russian. Ilya plays along. It's not a well kept secret between his friends. "Me? What?" He draws out the word. "Crushing on Captain Shane Hollander? Couldn't be." "You're supposed to be an LA Princes fan! But all you do is drool over Hollander in your new city. Where is your loyalty, Rozanov?" "Well…" Ilya thinks he might manage to have some loyalty to his original hometown team if Shane Hollander didn't have those fucking freckles.

Or: Actor Ilya Rozanov attends a Montreal Voyageurs game and ends the night text flirting with his crush.

tender for you, just you - rated E, 1.8k words, opposite POV

"You are nervous," Ilya said. Hollander gritted his teeth. "No." Ilya waved his hand, nonchalant. "Is just sex, Hollander." He grinned to show Hollander just how casual this was. "I know." He took off his ball cap and shook out his curls because he knew they looked good. He looked good. Hollander was staring, and Ilya schooled his face to seem unbothered, and to cover the fact he wanted to stare as well.