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Masculanized an Asian character

Became a heartthrob as a POC

Gave an award-winning performance for a neurodivergent character

Is dating a woman after playing a gay man

Gets just as much praise as his white costar

Doesn't censor himself to fit in

"There's something I need to tell you... but once I do, everything changes."

"I think we both know this was never about justice."

"All these years, and you still don't understand why I did it."

"I thought you were different. I thought you understood me."

"You promised you'd never leave me. What happened to that?"

"What exactly are we running from?"

"How are you back when you never left?"

"I was very polite about it."

"Let's look at all the suspects."

"No way, this is not true!"

"You have great storytelling skills."

"We have to get rid of them."

"Let's play a little game, shall we?"

"Fine, I'll just do it."

"Would you like some tea?"

"This is not the correct answer."

"Dance like no one is judging."

"What a catch you are."

"Stop pulling away from me."

"This isn't over yet."

"Let's go on a trip far, far away."

"Not a real thing, I'm afraid."

"I need water! I'm thirsty!"

"What a weird way to confess."

"It's not about being fair."

"Never said it was going to be easy."

"Don't say that about yourself."

"You need some encouragement?"

"Five done, one more to go."

"Come on, the drinks are getting warm."

"Please, someone open up a window."

"I have read a very interesting book about it."

"Did you take a picture of it?"

"You should take this a lot more serious."

"It's not going to absolve you from this."

"Will you please stop screaming?"

"It's not the end of the world, not even of this day."

"You need a stamp on that."

"Do you trust me to save you?"

"This is going wrong in all the ways it could go wrong."

"What if it's awful? What if it's actually great?"

"You're simply delusional."

"No one believes me!"

"Say goodbye to yesterday."

"I would take that tea now."

"Not going to argue with you about it."

"Find someone else to do it."

"It's all about the money."

"There was someone in my house."

"Did you catch the train?"

"Is that flower for me?"

"Unbelievable!"

"It's a little souvenir."

"Please remember me."

"I desperately need a vacation."

"We should go far, far away from here."

"You need a stamp for that."

"I really don't make the rules, sorry."

"You shouldn't trust me."

"That is not a great idea at all."

"I mean if you're offering..."

"What a beautiful mugshot."

"It's called harrassment."

"Please, tell me it's not true."

"Nothing will change my love for you."

"Oh no, I fear the worst."

"This is absurd, but weirdly entertaining."

"Don't make this all about you."

"You will always be loved."

"They will never leave you alone."

"Looking right at you."

"I know a rat when I see one."

"Your garbage, you take it out."

"This has been going on for months."

"I wanna win so badly!"

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So Ilya knows that Shane doesn't want kids. And that's fine. Ilya thinks he does want them, but not so badly that he couldn't live without them if Shane didn't want them. Their family is already perfect, just the two of them. And Ilya gets to help look after Pike's kids sometimes, and he adores those kids, so that's good enough.

That's why Ilya is completely blindsided one day when Shane turns to him after settling all the Pike kids down for their afternoon nap, and says, "Do you think our kids would be this easy to settle if we ever had them?"

And Ilya's so shocked that his brain has to buffer for a moment. He's just staring at Shane, whose cheeks are now flushing with colour. Ilya can't figure out where to start with this conversation, and the longer he's taking to reply the more awkward Shane is getting, until eventually his eyes drop to his hands. "I mean, uh, nevermind. Forget I said anything. I just thought... nevermind."

This snaps Ilya out of it. "Where is this coming from? I thought you didn't want kids?"

And Shane has a little confused frown on his face. "I've always wanted kids. I thought you might not want kids. You always get a little weird when anyone brings it up in conversation. I can't ever get a good read on what you want."

And this is truly not how Ilya thought this conversation was going to go if they ever had it.

"But what about all those interviews where you avoid the question? All that 'the cup is my only baby' stuff...?"

"That's because it's a stupid fucking question and none of their business," Shane laughs. "And also because it's not something I thought I'd ever be able to have. Not when I couldn't imagine ever being happy with a woman. Not when I thought I'd never be with someone I actually wanted to build a life with. But with you? Yeah. Yeah one day when hockey is done, Ilya Rozanov, I'd really like to have kids with you. But only if you want it to."

And Ilya smiles Tampa-bar bright, and swoops in to kiss Shane all giddy and messy, following it up with at least a dozen more peppered all over his face.

"Of course I want to have babies with you. They would be the most beautiful babies in the world," he says. And then he looks around the living room. "How mad do you think Hayden would be if we made our first one right now?"

He's waggling his eyebrows, and Shane laughs and shoves him.