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[major spoilers for episode 109 of jrwi riptide. minor spoilers for 114.]
The feeling of guilt gnawed at her, like the acid that seeped into her leg that day. [...] It felt as if she had failed him, somehow. Perhaps it should’ve been her that Captain Widow went after. She was the older sister after all, and what are older sisters for if not to protect?
or: a closer look at jay’s feelings about chip’s fate following episode 109.
(title inspired by the tarot card: symbolizing bad luck, lack of control, unwelcome changes, and overall themes of cycles and fate.)
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Mr. Emergency Contact by fandom_commitment_issues
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
20 Jan 2026
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He was just confused at this point. Was there a problem or not? Why on earth was the school where Hayden Pike sent his children calling him?
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Ilya Rozanov realizes he's an emergency contact in the exact moment he needs to act like an emergency contact. Hayden Pike has to release a statement about it.
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- Part 1 of The Mortifying Ordeal
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26 Jan 2026
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kiss me like a final meal by blueberrryink
Fandoms: Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid
23 Jan 2026
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Everybody else on earth was born with a manual on How to Be. A sort of silver spoon already tucked into their mouth.
Shane wishes he had gotten one.
After an exhausting day of masking and overstimulation, Shane has a panic attack. He loses the ability to speak. Thankfully, Ilya is there to help him through.
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25 Jan 2026
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The Hands That Made You by HH_Arrow
Fandoms: Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid, Heated Rivalry (TV)
20 Jan 2026
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Ilya has been watching hands his whole life. His father's hands taught him that touch meant pain. His mother's hands were the only gentle ones—until they went cold. Now he has his father's hands, and he's terrified of what they might become.
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- Part 1 of Shake off the shackles my love
- Part 3 of A Formal Study of the Heart
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21 Jan 2026
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It’s winter in Hawkins, and Mike and Will aren’t speaking anymore. Living in Mike’s house, Will tries to be invisible, spending most of his time in the basement.
Then the power goes out — and if there’s one thing he dreads more than facing Mike, it’s the cold.
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Seven nights in which Mike and Will have to sleep in the same bed, even though they’re barely friends anymore.
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10 Dec 2025
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Orpheus wakes up with a terrible cold one winter morning. Eurydice takes care of him.
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06 Oct 2025