Alex and Henry at the lake house for @maythe4th 🩵

And Cliff being like "Dude, that is not Roz at all, he will be the first to tell you his hookup strategy is as lazy as possible. He'll ask the hottest girl he can find, if she says no, he's immediately on to the next option. And why not, it's not like he had any difficulty finding a hookup if even three or four girls shot him down in one night."

Although the Centaurs are losing, Ilya scores some goals and is his usual self, chirping at almost every Montreal player.

The Metros end up winning by a wide margin. At the end of the game, as Shane is watching his teammates go into the locker room, he looks across the ice towards Ilya.

And Ilya is looking right back at him with a smirk. Then and there, Ilya chirps him one last time for the night.

This asshole.

“Chopping carrots with Ilya,” Shane sings under his breath. “Making salad with Ilya.”

Yuna smiles softly from the dining room. This is one of her favorite things about her son. From the time he could (barely) talk, he made up little songs about anything and everything. The first time he’d done it, he’d been strapped into his car seat and watching cars go by. When he’d caught Yuna’s eye in the rear view mirror, he’d smiled with all 8 of his little teeth and waved.

“Dwiving,” he’d sung, all of 18 months old and barely able to say the word properly. “Dwivin’ wi’ Mama. Wuv Mama.”

Yuna’s not sure if it’s Shane’s way of processing the world around him, just A Thing some people do, or something special about her baby boy. All she knows is that from the first time he’d made up a little tune about Driving With Mama, everything turned into a song. When he’s comfortable and feeling at ease, Shane turns little things around him into music.

Learning to tie his shoes? “Daddy’s teaching me to tie my shoes. One lace over the other. Make the bunny ears!”

Gearing up for practice when he was 8? “Going to practice. Gonna be great. Gonna score a goal!”

Studying for a science test? “Mitochondria is the powerhouse of the cell. Everyone says it because it’s true. Moving on—organelles and cell walls.”

Gearing up for his first Metros game as captain? “Taping my hockey stick. Going out on the ice. Gonna kick some ass.”

It’s something so uniquely, adorably, perfectly Shane.

Today, though? As Shane’s in the kitchen preparing a salad for lunch? For the first time, someone else sings along. For the first time in Shane’s life, someone hears the tune and lyrics that only exist in his head and joins in.

“Making salad with Shane,” Ilya croons along, hooking his chin over his boyfriend’s shoulder and wrapping strong arms around his waist. “Preparing lunch with my love.”

Shane smiles and sings back as Ilya nuzzles his neck. “Being domestic with my boyfriend. Thinking of boring we can do together.”

Ilya laughs and kisses his ear before finishing the song. “I love to be boring with yooouuuu.”