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Ilya looks at Shane, closer than he’s had him in months, farther away than they’ve ever stood when alone. For the first time, he actually questions himself. Would it have made a difference if Ilya came to the cottage? If they had a week? He doesn’t think it would have changed anything that matters.
“Is it everything you dreamed of?” Shane asks. An echo of Ilya’s own words passes through his mind. An old hotel gym, small and stuffy, sweaty bodies. More, Ilya asks, and Shane gives. More, Ilya still wants desperately.
No, he wants to say, because there’s only one thing he’s wanted since he was 18, and as they stand here, he knows it’s the farthest from it he’s ever been.
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Ilya never comes to the cottage. Life goes on, a summer passes by without contact. They find their way back to each other anyway.
Series
- Part 2 of Heated Rivalry