americanmoths:

outside of the obvious reasons why the hollanov relationship reveal must be crazy to shane’s parents, it’s gotta be wild to them that their shy, awkward kid is dating the league slut. their kid, who cannot even say the word “sex” without blushing, has been fucking a man whose sexual reputation is a topic of conversation. for a decade. they are in fact on a sexcation together. if you want to see them, you need to text them that you’re on your way there, because even if they know you’re coming in advance, they cannot keep their hands off of each other long enough to properly keep track of time. david hollander sees things start to heat up between them and knows instantly that they have probably fucked against every window in that extremely glass house.

idk i’m obsessed with how shane bringing ilya home is not just him coming out as gay, it’s him coming out as an experienced sex freak.

mulderscully:

ilya crying in absolute relief and so many other feelings when shane said he loved him too is such an inspired change because i think the happier vibe of the moment works for the book because we have a lot more insight to his thoughts and feelings when reading. in the show it really showcases how hockey is very much not his priority and that it’s main point was always escapism from russia in his life. never going back to russia, going no contact with his family and everything after his dad died AND getting shane’s love is so overwhelming for him because he has been treading water for so long and repressing his love for shane for so long and finally like coming up for air for the first time since he was 12. he made it to his new life. he has love again. he escaped. it kills me. that’s such a big feeling.

alltoowille:

Yuna and David having watched their autistic son be so isolated all of his adult life and never having a happy relationship or close friends who understand his anxiety and then finding out that the man they’ve spent a decade hating on his behalf can casually talk him down from a panic attack in less than a minute

crookedpizzahottub:

my fav hockey podcast boys live reacting to the moment ilya calls them boyfriends this shit has me CRYING

this heals something inside me

bisexualbellamyblakealt:

a scene i could just keep watching on a loop forever and ever

ajdumpsherbrain:

shane: mom…can you take three steps back please?

also shane at 4am in the morning:

airgiodslv:

I have 1,000 favorite moments from ep 6, but one I can’t get out of my head is Ilya sighing on the couch after they first arrive, because Shane has had a thought, and Ilya knows instantly that they will not be having sex until Shane expresses it aloud and moves past whatever it is. Ilya’s not impatient about it, he’s not condescending, and he’s not at all surprised. Because they know each other now. They know how to be together now. And that makes the panic attack near the end so much sweeter for me, because it’s another moment of Ilya recognizing the situation and knowing how to handle it.

It’s the same way that when they’re in bed talking about their feelings and the future, when Ilya looks away, Shane knows it means he’s crying and trying to hide it. They’ve been here before. Shane knows how to coax Ilya into letting him see that vulnerability so Shane can reassure him that it’s okay. They know how to be each other’s person.

awinemoth:

the little ‘oh’ at the end is so funny to me

sylvies-chen:

“you’re such an asshole” “I think maybe you like it” vs. “I’m just a bellboy, you can’t treat the staff like this!” “I think I know how the staff likes to be treated after all these years” and shane giving a sort of tender sigh because of the reminder of just how many years they have between them WHATEVERRRRRRR

nau-nany:

- Shane: in the middle of the hardest conversation of his life

- Meanwhile, Ilya:

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thenameisgul:

djarin:

shane: (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

highfever:

I have this problem. I like women, yes? And everywhere I go, I’m surrounded by beautiful women. And they love me. And these women, they’re so sexy and fun. But I am always thinking about this slow fucking hockey player with beautiful freckles and a weak backhand. And he’s so boring and he drives this terrible car. I am always wishing that these women were him. I don’t ever want that problem to ever go away.

adventuresinaverage:

losing my MIND over the fact that Ilya probably thinks he’s actually helping when they go to Shane’s parents’ house.

They get there and Shane is like “Ilya and I are, uh…” and Ilya is like “hmm we haven’t talked about this but I know Shane is really uncomfortable right now, so I will shout out the one (1) english word I know that describes this situation. LOVERS.”

Then they’re talking about how long they’ve been together and Shane is like “since our rookie season” and Ilya is like “well, hold on now, you said you don’t like lying to your parents, so let’s be very clear about when this started. We have to be so clear about the fact that it started the summer before our rookie season. Wait, would it make you feel better if I give your parents the exact date and time of our first hookup?”

And then Yuna is like “you’ve been in love that long?” and Ilya is like “I need you to understand I’ve been drilling your son into mattresses from here to Florida for the last decade, but I can’t say that because I want you to be my mother in law, so are you picking up what I’m putting down?” and Shane is like ILYA and Ilya is like “I am ANSWERING MY MOTHER IN LAW’S QUESTIONS”

And then he drinks his vodka and eats his pasta in his Boston shirt, very proud of himself for being sooooo supportive, meanwhile Shane is actively praying for a black hole to swallow him up

texasbama:

Ilya would live in Shane’s skin if he could. Shane’s shirt will have to suffice.