heated rivalry sickfics
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It was supposed to be a simple hookup. Shane drives to Pittsburgh after a road game, texts Ilya, expects the usual. Instead Ilya opens the door looking like death and refuses to admit anything is wrong. Neither of them know how to handle this because this isn't what they do.
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- Part 1 of heated rivalry sickfics
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When Shane gets hit with norovirus during a road trip, Ilya learns that "ginger ale" means a dozen different brands in America, and Shane's already-specific food requirements become absolutely non-negotiable. Sometimes love means three different stores at 2am and finally understanding why "close enough" will never be good enough.
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- Part 2 of heated rivalry sickfics
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When Ilya comes down with the flu, Shane discovers a side of his boyfriend he's never seen before: needy, clingy, and devastatingly soft. It's adorable, concerning, and Shane is absolutely not prepared for how much he loves it.
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- Part 3 of heated rivalry sickfics
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It's 2010. They're still rivals on the ice, still secret off it. Shane gets sick and becomes the most pathetic, clingy human being alive. Ilya complains about it while secretly enjoying every second. No one can know they're doing this. That's fine. Everything's fine.
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- Part 4 of heated rivalry sickfics
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Ilya's been getting migraines since he was a teenager, and he's gotten very good at hiding them. But now that he and Shane are spending more time together, hiding isn't an option - and Shane's autistic panic about symptoms that "can't possibly be normal" would be funny if Ilya didn't feel like his head was splitting open. Eventually, Shane calms down enough to become exactly what Ilya needs: someone who understands sensory overwhelm.
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- Part 5 of heated rivalry sickfics
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Ilya gets the flu and his fever spikes high enough that he starts slipping into Russian, reliving memories of being punished for showing weakness as a kid. Shane doesn't understand the words, but he can hear the fear—and has to keep Ilya grounded while the fever works its way through his system.
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- Part 6 of heated rivalry sickfics
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It's supposed to be a quick hookup in Boston - one night, no feelings, back to hating each other on the ice tomorrow. Then Shane gets the flu and everything becomes complicated, especially when he goes nonverbal and Ilya has to figure out how to help someone whose brain processes everything differently than his own.
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- Part 7 of heated rivalry sickfics
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in sickness and in health (the unofficial version) by roxykris
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
05 Apr 2026
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Shane tears his rotator cuff badly enough to need surgery. His parents help at first, but Ilya comes as soon as he can. Shane needs help with everything: dressing, eating, using the bathroom, etc. He's mortified. Ilya is gentle and matter-of-fact and makes sure Shane knows he's still wanted, still desired, even when he can't do anything for himself.
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- Part 8 of heated rivalry sickfics
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During a homestay for the World Championships in Finland, Shane catches a stomach bug that completely derails his already-disrupted routines. When sensory overload and illness combine to shut him down entirely, Ilya has to navigate protecting his secret boyfriend while advocating with team doctors who don't understand why their patient won't just eat the damn soup.
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- Part 9 of heated rivalry sickfics
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Shane's 2am cooking disaster reveals that Ilya has been hiding something all day. Now Shane's trying to care for a feverish, nauseous Russian who insists on being sarcastic from his spot on the kitchen floor because the couch is too far away.
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- Part 10 of heated rivalry sickfics
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Shane knows something is wrong the moment their foreheads touch. What follows is a week of fevers, terrible idioms, embarrassing playlists, failed tea attempts, and Shane trying very hard to take care of a sick Russian who keeps stealing all the blankets and insisting he feels "like a sick puppy."
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- Part 11 of heated rivalry sickfics
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the worst night of our lives (and we've had some bad ones) by roxykris
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)
05 Mar 2026
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Shane and Ilya eat questionable crab at an Ottawa waterfront restaurant and spend the next fourteen hours paying for it in the most humiliating, miserable, undignified way possible. For two elite professional athletes who have maintained carefully curated public images for over a decade, there is something uniquely leveling about being reduced to taking turns on the bathroom floor - or, as the situation escalates, not even getting to take turns.
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- Part 12 of heated rivalry sickfics
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Ilya's had worse injuries than a skate cut on his ribs. He's had worse pain than this. He's had worse weeks. He hasn't told Shane any of this, which is its own problem — but then Shane sees the red lines spreading up Ilya's side, and the problem becomes something else entirely.
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- Part 13 of heated rivalry sickfics
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something minor by roxykris
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
01 Apr 2026
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Ilya has a cold. It is not a serious cold. Shane cancels his morning anyway, makes tea, and adjusts the thermostat twice without being asked. Ilya tests whether there is a limit to this. There isn't one.
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- Part 14 of heated rivalry sickfics
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the shape of your breathing by roxykris
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
25 Mar 2026
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Shane gets sick on a Tuesday. Ilya notices things Shane doesn't know he's noticing.
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- Part 15 of heated rivalry sickfics
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grey november by roxykris
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
19 Apr 2026
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Ilya is four days into what he will not call anything, and Shane is bad at this, and neither of them is going to say so. It's late November, Ottawa is grey, and Shane drives forty minutes he'll never admit to because something about the last phone call didn't sit right.
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- Part 16 of heated rivalry sickfics
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what the fever calls for by roxykris
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types
09 Apr 2026
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At the World Juniors, Shane hears that Rozanov is sick enough to miss a game. He's smug about it (mostly). Then he hears what Rozanov said in his fever, and something he can't name goes quiet in him. Ten years later, he finally understands why.
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- Part 17 of heated rivalry sickfics