Okay but au where Svetlana tries to shoot her shot with Shane early on while they’re both in Boston. Svetlana was already going out because Ilya was busy with Jane, but Ilya got injured so those plans fell through and Shane got bullied into socializing.
Shane at this point doesn’t know that Svetlana is friends with Ilya and is incredibly impressed over her hockey knowledge so the conversation is easy. She’s also insanely beautiful so he feels like he’s succeeding at this trying-to-date-girls thing.
Except something about Shane is very familiar for some reason, and he makes a joke Svetlana has only seen on Ilya’s screen from Jane. Pieces start to click together, but she’s honestly having a lot of fun talking with him.
Shane respects her opinions and isn’t ogling her the entire time, which is a bonus.
He stumbles through trying to get her number and ask her out, and she accepts the former, but rejects the latter, trying not to laugh at his barely concealed relief.
They hit it off quickly, becoming very good friends.
Svetlana doesn’t tell Ilya that she’s friends with Shane, wanting to see how this pans out.
Eventually, Shane gets comfortable enough to share that he’s been seeing this girl in Boston named Lily. It’s totally mutually casual — except it’s really not, and Svetlana is about ten seconds away from breaking into Ilya’s apartment at midnight and throttle him.
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