Bc I'm a whore for Cliff realizing he's bi via noticing things abt Ilya and/or Shane:
Once, after he and Ilya went drinking they went back to his. He's laying on the couch, waiting for Ilya to stop hogging his shower when the asshole in question steps out in nada, zero clothing on his very wet person as he's drying his hair and Cliff is trying not to notice™️ but he paints a pretty picture. He stumbles his way to the bathroom and Ilya doesn't notice bc he conks out immediately.
At an award show, he's sitting next to Shane and as they're getting settled he notices that Shane's thighs look delicious well fitted in his pants. When it's over, he catches a sight as Shane walks away and it's the quietest he's ever been in public bc he's trying to think of the politest time to leave early and go home.
In the locker room, Ilya whips his ass with his towel as he's heading towards the showers and he lays a smack on his in return. Only, he gets distracted by the way it jiggles and opts to head home without showering for the day.
He's scrolling on his socials and sees Carter posted a selfie with Shane and Scott. Every single person in the picture is a beaut but Shane's wearing his Team Canada fleece and it's doing things to Cliff's brain.
When he finally meets Shane as Ilya's partner, he has flashbacks to all the little things that made them hot and almost fainted when his brain caught on that it's definitely multiplied by like 1000 when they're together. Bc Ilya knows him, he asks why he's all flushed. Cliff hates him a little then.
After he had the best orgasm of his life, and was huddled in between the Hollander-Rozanov duo, Cliff is only slightly mourning that he didn't find out he liked men when he was in his early 20s. Nothing would ever beat this, he knew.
