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    “My husband won’t like you touching me like this.”

    “Husband, eh? You’re married?”

    Ilya can feel the sleepy rumble of the man’s voice against his back. He presses further into it, folding his own hand over the one that’s splayed against his stomach, and slotting their fingers together.

    “Yes. He will be very sad when he finds out I am in bed with second best hockey player in NHL.”

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    24 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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    24 Jan 2026

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    Last night, Ilya dreamed Shane served him divorce papers. They were making dinner when suddenly Shane pulled them out of the microwave and thrust them into Ilya’s hand. This isn’t working, he said. I’m divorcing you. No negotiations.

    And look: of course Ilya understands that it was just a dream. The official divorce petition was a stack of sticky notes. Shane had faintly green skin and, Ilya is pretty sure, a third eye next to his left nipple. It obviously wasn’t real.

    But.

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    23 Jan 2026

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    “Sometimes I think she sent me you,” Ilya whispers—so quietly Shane may have missed it, were they not so close, sharing the same breath back and forth, parted lips brushing.

    “I love you so much, I think it has to be for two people,” Shane admits, just as quietly. Three, is what he doesn’t say. I love you for the father and brother you deserved, too. I love you with all the love you deserve; with all the love you have deserved from the day you were born, until now, and until the day you are dust, and beyond, which is infinite.

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    23 Jan 2026

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    “Come on, baby, once in a while does not hurt. Rookies say that drunk cigarettes don’t count, have you ever heard that? I think is funny,” Ilya tries, his kisses softer now, trying to work Shane into the soft, pliant mess he loves.

    It doesn’t work. In fact – “What’s that, Ilya?”

    Ilya is biting anywhere he can find, “I don’t have gun license, so I must be happy to see you.”

    But that doesn’t work either. Shane finally moves – only to grab at Ilya’s collar, pulling it so that it digs into the back of his neck, which has Ilya pausing as Shane inspects. “That, Ilya. What’s that.”

    or, Shane finds some (perfectly explainable) lipstick on Ilya's collar, and they both go through emotional saw traps

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    23 Jan 2026