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what r some of the best heated rivalry fics you’ve read i have become desperate for recs lol (yes i am up to date on frequently secretly fond of each other and obsessed with it lol)

  • oohhhhh well first of all thank u for the fic love!!! and second of all what a good question, i am a whore for good writing and these are the ones that come to mind first!!

    Gatorade Galas & Moscow Mules by toraten - 34k, E

    anyone who’s reading the authors notes in frequently secretly fond of each other already knows that this fic blew my mind lmao. post-s1 fic that i kinda wish the show would base season 2 on lmao

    In the Sound of Bells by villavona - 3k, E

    short but very powerful and well written, set during sochi olympics if they hooked up there, with ilya childhood lore that i Loved

    Alligator Bites Never Heal by flawlessassholes - WIP, 23k, E

    ilya gets a bad injury and recuperates at shane’s place. the writing in this fic really entranced me

    as reliable as the sun by astrolesbian - 7k, T

    set over their time at the cottage, them learning to fit into each other’s spaces, really lovely character voices

    something you can fix by some1_around - 29k, M

    shane is outed while ilya is away in russia after his dad dies. there was a scene early on in this fic that has stuck with me soooo much ever since i read it. even tho how shane is treated through a lot of this is painful ;-;

    Sit Tight, I’m Not Far Out From You Tonight by hollanoved - 16k, E

    this is more smut-forward than most of what i read but it was SO well written with a lot of fascinating character work, and did an amazing job of playing out something (shane in lingerie) without falling onto any infantilising/problematically feminising of shane, which is a thing i hate lmao

    lay all your love on me by defcontwo - 7k, M

    a great take on hayden finding out by walking in on shane and ilya at the cottage!

    decorate my heart by beetlesandstars, kryptonian - 15k, E

    ilya unexpectedly ends up spending the christmas break with shane. this one is just so well written

    okay those are all the ones i’m thinking of for now but i hope you enjoy!!

  • Making a note to myself to read these.

  • i like when you meet a couple that's a fun bisexual and her nerdy boyfriend and then you check in a few years later and now they're a fun bisexual and her nerdy wife. hit with the transgenderism beam yet largely unaffected in the romance department. really living the dream.

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