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    “Enough, okay? You always have too many questions.”

    A flash of hurt darts across Shane’s face. “I’m just trying to help.”

    “Well, I don’t need help. I’m not like you, Shane,” Ilya bites out. “I do not need to be coddled.”

    Shane wheels back as though he’s been shoved.
     

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    Shane plans a traditional Russian memorial for the anniversary of Irina's death.

    Ilya has an adverse reaction.

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    15 Jul 2026

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    Fate liked to torture him, so Shane looked at Ilya.
    "What do you think?" He asked shyly, much less amused by all this when Ilya stayed quiet. He hasn't spoken a word since Shane left the bathroom. "I think…I think I could grow to like the eyeliner, but…"
    Ilya interrupted him with an unidentifiable sound that left his tight throat. He cleared it, trying to hold himself together.
    "Is nice." He mumbled out. "Pretty dress."
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    In which ilya thinks he's straight, until he sees his gay best friend dressed up in drag as a joke (he gets so hard he almost faints).

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    15 Jul 2026

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    Ilya knows that no one loves the same version of a person; his Shane is different to Yuna’s Shane, who is different to David’s Shane, who is different to J.J., or Rose, or Hayden’s Shane. And while Ilya knows he’d fall in love with every single version, he’s happy he gets this one. Happy he gets the Shane who lets himself be trusting, and vulnerable, and honest.

    It makes Ilya wish he could have loved Shane earlier - makes him wish he could have known him longer. But he’s just glad he gets to do it now, here, like this.

     

    (Or, four times people are surprised by Shane’s clinginess, and one time they completely expect it.)

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    15 Jul 2026

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    “Uh,” he says, looking up from his screen and feeling his ears go hot, realizing for the first time that this habit of his hasn’t actually come up before until this exact moment.

    “What?” Rozanov asks, sounding more amused than anything else. “You are one of the people who does Instagram for food now?”

    “No,” Shane says, stalling between answering and finishing his Snap so he can send it to Melissa, “one sec.” He finishes typing out 'Tuna melt. Chips. Pickles. It smells really good. Swiss cheese, I think.' before he looks back to Rozanov, putting his phone facedown on the coffee table. “Just sending it to someone on the staff. She likes knowing what I’m eating.”

    He doesn’t know if Melissa likes knowing what he’s eating, per se, but she also seems pleased when he talks about enjoying food for things beyond how many grams of protein it has in it.

    “Ah,” Rozanov says, in a tone Shane can’t quite read. “You always send her your food then, this girl?”

    (shane has a habit of sending his team's dietician his meals for approval) (the problem with this habit? he forgets to tell ilya exactly what it is that melissa does) (how the tuna meltdown is AVERTED through the power of miscommunication)

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    14 Jul 2026

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    ILYA: i think something is wrong with me

    SVETA: yes, many things are but what are you talking about

    ILYA: i may not like gay people? it makes me sick i think

    ILYA: I am horrible friend

    ILYA: he was so scared to tell me he likes men in college because i am muscular russian straight man but i assure him i am not like those russian muscular straight men who hate gay people

    ILYA: and now that he gets a boyfriend i find out i am wrong

    SVETA: does it upset you when you see me and rose touch

    SVETA: and dont fucking say its hot or ill beat you for that too

    SVETA: or scott and kip?

    ILYA: no i dont really think about it like that

    SVETA: …

    SVETA: im turning off notifications for you for the rest of my trip

    Or, Shane gets a boyfriend. His roommate struggles.

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