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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Shane Hollander/Hayden Pike, Jackie Pike/Ilya Rozanov Characters: Shane Hollander, Ilya Rozanov, Hayden Pike, Jackie Pike, Zane Boodram, Wyatt Hayes, Evan Dykstra, Troy Barrett, Luca Haas Additional Tags: Canon Compliant, Post-Canon, post The Long Game, Poker, Poker Nights, Author learned how to play poker for this, please appreciate that, Friendly banter, Hall Pass, no offense meant towards any basketball players, Hayden Pike Has a Crush on Shane Hollander, Supportive Jackie Pike, Instigator Jackie Pike, Fluff and Crack, Crack Treated Seriously, Shayden-bait, Married Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, Public Display of Affection, Jealous Shane Hollander, Jealous Ilya Rozanov, only a little jealousy though, mild jealousy, Flirting, Kissing, First Kiss, Explicit Language, Ilya is perceptive, Ilya Rozanov is a Menace Summary:
Poker night chatter turns to discussing hall passes, which butterfly effects down the road into an awkward dinner party with Jackie and Hayden who ask Ilya and Shane to be Jackie and Hayden's hall passes for a kiss.
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Shane has been in and out all night. He’s torn, as always, between wanting to be in the room and chatting with their friends, and being jealous he can’t play. He loves, loves, to sneak a peak at Ilya’s hole cards (pun not intended, but always welcome) and lean over his chair, whispering strategy in Ilya’s ear. It’s adorable, and arousing, and, honestly, frustrating because Shane is absolutely genius at calculating the statistics of each hand and absolutely abysmal at reading the players at the table.
He’ll say things like “With six people at the table, an Ace in the hole has a probability of blah-dee-blah% of being the best hand, and also, smart-people stuff and math-terms. So, I think you should raise the bet.” And completely ignore the fact that at least three other people at the table have made clear signs that they’re sitting on gold.