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1. Something Worth Hanging- Alternate Ending by thehdub

   Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   26 May 2026

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander & Ilya Rozanov
   • Shane Hollander
   • Ilya Rozanov
   • Yuna Hollander
   • David Hollander
   • Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Hayden Pike
   • Jackie Pike
   • Ruby Pike
   • Jade Pike
   • Hayden Pike's Children
   • Angst
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Tragedy
   • Terminal Illnesses
   • Cancer
   • Mentions of Cancer
   • Sad
   • Sad with a Happy Ending
   • Sad and Happy
   • Eventual Happy Ending
   • Afterlife
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Ilya Rozanov Loves Shane Hollander
   • Shane Hollander Loves Ilya Rozanov
   • Hospitals
   • I am so sorry
   • but you asked for this...
   • Have a good cry
   • Catharsis
   • Shane Hollander Takes Care of Ilya Rozanov
   • Ilya Rozanov Takes Care of Shane Hollander
   • Good Friend Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
   • Fluff and Smut

   Summary

   Similar to Built to Break-Alternate ending, this story will be the same up to a certain point, and then switch into an alternate version. Chapter 25 is where things will begin to shift from the original.

   If you have read the original, I have gone back and added some author's notes at the end of the chapters with some thoughts and insights you might enjoy, instead of rereading the whole thing... though I find that rereading it sometimes hits different when you know the ending will change.

   Spoiler alert: Ilya will die.
   Double spoiler alert: There will be a happy ending and a reunion, because I am not a psychopath.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Something Worth Hanging

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   312,115

   Chapters:

   51/?

   Comments:

   730

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