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    A memory springs to mind: two weeks ago, drunk on Hayden's couch, curled up with Jackie. His voice, soft and quiet, heartbroken with desire, wavering through words about the impossibility of wanting. About the greed that rises in him. About how he clings so badly when he's around Rozanov that all of his common sense falls to the wayside.

    Jackie's voice, rising through the dim gray, as Hayden had snored next to them. All it takes is one of you to make a move, she'd said, their hands laced together, her head on his shoulder. Something's gotta give eventually.

    “I—” Shane starts, before pausing. He thinks he's going to throw up. He thinks that they got it right all those years ago, with it's the hope that kills you. He thinks he has to be brave enough for the both of them, to actually ask, and he's so fucking scared, but he can't let Rozanov's quiet offer of something go unanswered—he'll regret it for the rest of his life if he doesn't take a chance. “Ilya.”

    OR: Shane wants, despite how badly he pretends otherwise.

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    31 Jan 2026

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    “Your freckles,” Ilya murmurs, soft enough that Shane almost misses it.

    Shane stiffens. “What about them?”

    Ilya is quiet for a beat.

    Then, “Nothing.”

    “Isn’t that your type?” The words spill out of him, tongue loose from the alcohol earlier. He can feel the heat crawling up his neck again as the seconds tick by without Ilya answering.

    Shane turns around, panicked as he scrambles to explain when the silence is practically unbearable. “Not me. I meant, girls. Just the —you’re always surrounded by a certain…type and they always have freckles.”

    or: shane and ilya are roommates and bad at feelings.

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    30 Jan 2026

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    Ilya loves being Shane's dog. He hopes he's good enough to earn it.

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    29 Jan 2026

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    five times their friends realize shane might be the scary one, after all -- and one time ilya reminds the world he's only soft for shane.

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    their friends – and hayden fucking pike, who, for some reason, remains shane’s best friend – are slowly realizing they can be more complex than Hollander and Rozanov. they can be Shane and Ilya, too.

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    27 Jan 2026

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    “I’m sorry, but my answer is no. Someone else might be willing to switch if you ask.”

    “I can’t believe—this is unacceptable! I’m going to call the flight attendant over and get this sorted out right now!”

    Flustered and cornered, Shane injects his Captain Voice into the conversation. “Ma’am, I understand that you’re upset, but I paid for this seat and am going to stay here. You’ll have to find someone else willing to change places or just fly with the seat you booked. I’m sorry I couldn’t help you.”

    She hisses like a goddamn tea kettle, and starts to say, “You are the most selfish man I’ve ever—” when another voice behind her says, “You are blocking my seat. Move.”

    Shane and the woman turn to assess the new arrival. It turns out that his seat partner is well above six feet tall, ripped as hell, and knows how to deliver an excellent bitch face. He’s also the hottest man that Shane has ever seen in real life, including a chance run-in with Jensen Ackles at a Stars game.

    Or, still!famous Shane meets non!famous Ilya on a cursed flight from Ottawa to Boston and kind of (totally) falls in love with him at first sight (and first chirp)

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    27 Jan 2026