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    “Don’t–” Ilya starts, already reaching, already cupping Shane’s face between both hands, thumbs warm and tender against his cheekbones like they’ve always belonged there.

    Shane’s eyes are big and gorgeous and genuinely curious. “Don’t what?”

    Don’t make me look like a lovesick idiot. Don’t make my heart trip over itself for a way out of my chest and into yours. Don’t say it like that—so fucking sincere—like you don’t know how devastating it is for me.

    “Don’t butcher my language,” he says instead and kisses Shane’s smile hard, like reflex, like gravity, like there was never going to be another option.

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    Shane sets out to learn Russian. Ilya discovers he's incapable of keeping his composure.

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    21 Jul 2026

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    Ilya thought that maybe over time his obsession with just looking at Shane would fade. He was wrong. He could stare at him from the moment he opened his eyes until they went to sleep again and it still wouldn't be enough. He tried to memorize every freckle on his face just for them to change with a day in the sun. He wanted to worship his body the way Shane deserved.

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    Ilya really sucks at leaving Shane alone when he is busy with work so Shane puts him in his place.

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    20 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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    20 Jul 2026

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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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    And Ilya does come back, still avoiding Shane's eyes. Takes off his ring and gets his charger and just as he was stepping out of the room, hand on the handle – because he knows Shane only sleeps when the door is closed – Shane finally speaks up. 

     

    “Can I at least have a goodnight kiss?”

     

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    Shane and Ilya's first big fight as a married couple.

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    12 Jul 2026