i think it's strange you never knew
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anyway don't be a stranger by Shaia_Ayn_Sid
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
27 Apr 2026
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POV: Shane & Ilya's eldest son Max, years after canon, as his relationship with his best friend begins to unravel.
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Max didn't know what to say either. There was too much to say. So much, that the both of them would probably say the wrong thing.
“I can't talk right now, okay,” he said quietly. “I think I just need some space.”
“Do you hate me now?” asked Seth.
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- Part 1 of i think it's strange you never knew
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all my ghosts by Shaia_Ayn_Sid
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
07 May 2026
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POV: Shane and Ilya's eldest son Max goes off to college, still reeling from a past with his best friend that he can't seem to leave behind.
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Max scratched his brow now on the hotel bed and looked down, feeling the sting of a tear in his eye.
There wasn't really anything to tell.
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- Part 2 of i think it's strange you never knew
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we are never really apart by Shaia_Ayn_Sid
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
12 May 2026
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Tense emotions finally come to a head as Shane & Ilya's eldest son, Max, is confronted with a familiar face.
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Both boys had stepped carefully around the obvious eggshells like they were walking through a minefield, none of them saying anything of substance or addressing their last encounter back home in Ottawa and the kiss which had come before that.
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- Part 3 of i think it's strange you never knew
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this is the part where you run away by Shaia_Ayn_Sid
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 May 2026
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Shane and Ilya's eldest son, Max, prepares to return home for the holidays, having finally given in to the feelings he didn't quite understand. And nothing will ever be the same again.
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He didn't know why he had said that, why he'd stated the obvious as if it were new information to Seth who'd been coming over to dinner since he was ten years old. He didn't know why his chest felt a little heavy.
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- Part 4 of i think it's strange you never knew
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there isn't anything in this world but mad love by Shaia_Ayn_Sid
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
14 Jun 2026
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Shane & Ilya's eldest son, Max, is back home from college for the holidays, with his best friend Seth - they're dancing along the edges of a relationship, but they're at least doing it together.
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Max felt how his heart was pounding and how his mouth felt dry, and wondered at how different things were now compared to how it had been a few months ago.
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- Part 5 of i think it's strange you never knew
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i swear, next time i see you it'll all be fine by Shaia_Ayn_Sid
Fandoms: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
16 Jul 2026
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POV: Shane and Ilya's eldest son, Max
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Tomorrow, Max goes back to Cornell.
Tonight, he and Seth have a few more hours before distance becomes something they can’t ignore.
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They Both Seem so Sad for Two Boys so in Love
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- Part 6 of i think it's strange you never knew