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1. I'm Reading Your Lips (You're Speaking My Language) by some1_around

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   22 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • Hayden Pike
   • Cliff Marlow
   • Svetlana Vetrova
   • David Hollander
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Shane Hollander Speaks Russian
   • Fix-It
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Canon Rewrite
   • Childhood Friends
   • (not really - more like teenage/WJC friends)
   • Русский | Russian
   • Language
   • Multilingual Shane Hollander
   • Mongolian-Japanese Shane Hollander (specific i know but trust)
   • Translation as a metaphor for trust
   • Male Friendship
   • Racism
   • Microaggressions
   • Homophobia
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • Developing Relationship
   • what if ilya and shane were friends the whole time but still couldn't talk about their feelings?
   • Author Does Not Know Russian but Wrote a Whole Ass Story About Russian
   • Sexual Content
   • Las Vegas Fix-It
   • Professional Yearner Shane Hollander
   • Angst
   • Model Minority Myth
   • Blood and Injury
   • Interracial Relationship

   Summary

   Rozanov cocked his head. “You speak Russian? Or just the curse words?”

   “Yes, I speak Russian,” he snapped, defensive and angry. He knew that it had been a mistake to even try to be friendly with Rozanov. “Why? Do I not look Russian to you?” He scoffed.

   “No, not really,” Rozanov said. Some of his teammates laughed, although they mostly looked surprised that Shane was speaking to them at all. Rozanov didn’t laugh, though. “Are you Russian?”

   “Go fuck yourself.”

   +++

   Despite an inauspicious start, when Russia’s Ilya Rozanov learns that Canada’s Shane Hollander is fluent in Russian at their first World Junior Championships tournament, it changes everything and sets them on a different course. Instead of being branded as rivals from the very beginning, Ilya and Shane start off as friends.

   And, after all, a little friendly rivalry never hurt anyone, did it?

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   • Part 1 of Speaking My Language

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