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    Shane can’t look at him, stares at the corner, at the mirror, unseeing, everything a little hazy around the edges. He can’t focus, everything in shapes and colours, his mind not catching the minutiae. It’s like he’s staring into an abyss. His lungs struggle to take in the acrid air around them. He feels separate to his own body, like he’s staring at the situation from somewhere far away.

    Then Rozanov is grabbing his face and his fingers are just the right pressure and the touch feels like a life preserver, like he could sink into it, like he could be safe there. Like Rozanov is holding up his whole body in one hand.

    But those hands have been on him before and he was left alone, untethered for six months.

    He slaps Rozanov’s hand away. Shane takes satisfaction in the surprise splayed across his face. So obvious, even Shane can recognise it.

    When Shane’s eyes meet Rozanov’s, the bland disinterest has been shuttered by something he can’t recognise. His face looks both the same and completely unlike it ever has before. Now that their gaze is locked, Shane can’t look away. Doesn’t even blink.

    “Fuck. You.”

    ___

    OR: The MLH Awards ends differently.

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