yes good.

When Ilya praises Shane, he jokes about the obvious and is sincere about the not-obvious. He says Shane skates slow and has a weak backhand—both of which are false. Shane is the fastest skater with a wicked backhand in canon; and he says Shane has beautiful freckles, and he's direct about this because he knows Shane doesn't know Ilya finds Shane's freckles beautiful. He can't joke about that. I love that Ilya's so socially intelligent.

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Rose (practicing in front of the mirror before meeting with Shane): Haha lots of my exes are gay men, are any of yours? No, too indirect. Try again. Babe, you’re gay. No, too strong.

Connor Storrie and Hudson Williams at the 83rd Annual Golden Globe Awards

Connor nerding out about a camera is killing me.

Hudson Williams - Golden Globes 2026

Hudson Williams Glambot - 2026 Golden Globes

Endless gifs of Ilya Rozanov 1/∞

Shane during sex: oh there Ilya goes babbling in russian again, I must be making him feel really good. That’s neat

Ilya literally every time: I am in love with you. You are perfect. Why does it have to be you? You are so beautiful. I am going to walk into the sun if I can’t have you again

reason 1425 why ilya rozanov fell hard and fast

These two.

loverboy ilya forever.

⋅˚₊˚✩ nap time snuggles ✩˚₊˚ ⋅

this agonized look on ilya's face

i've been thinking about it for hours

THESE!!! 😭 -> #i keep going back to watch this scene over and over #it's such a delicious mixture of despair and pain and love #he's actually getting some of what he wants #which is already more than he already expected #someone who wants him #and wants to keep him for a long time #but for all of shane's let's be honest about how we feel he never said he loves him either #and he's been up all night trying to figure out a plan #so they can have any chance of a future #and ilya wants that #and ilya is floored that shane wants that too #wants HIM too #his face when he looks away is like #how can i not love him #but telling him could ruin all of it #because remember when he expressed more than shane last time? #he tries to circumvent with russian #because shane had opened that option up to him months ago #and it helped then #but this time it's not enough #(all the things she says plays in the distance) #he has to say it #and he's ready to try to take it back #i mean... #like he could explain it away as less of a big deal #he meant it in the same way shane said it to hayden!!! #but shane loves him too #and he says it and he isn't running #but this ilya doesn't know that yet

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