Ilya takes a rough hit in a game against Montreal and Shane notices him looking stiff when he gets to Ilya’s hotel room. Ilya tries to joke it off and say shane will just have to blow him or pick a position where Ilya doesn’t have to do as much work
But Shane will not tolerate poor injury maintenance so he tells Ilya to undress and lay down so he can give him a massage. Ilya keeps making “happy ending” jokes but goes quiet when Shane starts to legitimately massage his sore muscles, taking time to take care of Ilya and make sure he’s ok. Ilya weakly tries to make a few more sex jokes to distract from the sweetness of the moment but Shane just lightly whacks his head and tells him to shut up and relax
Half of ilya is panicking because this isn’t how this is supposed to work, Shane meets up with Ilya because Ilya provides sex and mental escapism, if Shane is the one providing something to him then Ilya is Failing. The problem is the other half of him has fully melted into a puddle on the mattress and he doesn’t know how much he could do in that moment even if he wanted to. And dammit he really does want to just exist under Shane’s hands as he is taken care of by someone who is asking for nothing in return for the first time in… Too long for Ilya to be willing to think about
He doesn’t realize he’s fallen asleep until he wakes up to the sun rising, a blanket tucked around his hips. Shane is gone and on the night stand there is a glass of water, some ibuprofen, and a note that says “You can pay me back next time, see you in two weeks -J”
Ilya can’t go to the team trainer for massages for the rest of the season without getting embarrassingly turned on. He plans on absolutely ruining Shane during their next hookup and also maybe complaining of being sore afterwards to see if he can get another massage