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Between the Lines by LetsCatchTheStars
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
24 Dec 2025
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Summary
Ilya Rozanov is good at two things: hockey and pretending he’s fine.
On a scholarship half a world away from home, he skates like he belongs and studies like he doesn’t. When a failed midterm threatens everything he’s worked for, Ilya is sent to mandatory tutoring where he expects condescension, judgement, and another reminder of all the ways he doesn’t measure up.
What he doesn’t expect is Shane Hollander.
Shane is a graduate TA with a soft voice, a sharp mind, and an uncanny ability to see through Ilya’s defenses. Between worksheets and whispered explanations, Ilya finds himself learning more than course material, about patience, kindness, and what it means to be understood in a language that still feels foreign.
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A canon-divergent college AU about learning, longing, and everything said between the lines.