Geeky and Tired

And Shane left. He realized, when he was back in his room, that they hadn’t even kissed. He also realized, with horror, that he regretted that. — Heated Rivalry, page 115

Maybe you could teach me Russian some day. Yeah, okay. Only useful phrases. HEATED RIVALRY - 105, I'll Believe In Anything

HEATED RIVALRY | 1.02 -> 1.04

Do you want that problem to go away? I don't ever want that problem to ever go away.

Does it fucking kill you, too? Not anymore.

He wanted to tell Shane that the closest he felt to home was when he was with him. It didn't matter if it was in a hotel room, Ilya's apartment, or here at Shane's cottage; he was himself when he was with Shane. He'd left Russia, he was uneasy in America, and he's spent his entire adult life drifting between continents and lovers. But now he had been reeled in by this annoying Canadian, and all he knew was that he wanted to stay. He wanted to anchor himself to Shane and just... stay.

He realized, suddenly, as if waking from a dream, that he was standing alone in the middle of a dance floor…not dancing. Just…staring. At Ilya. — Heated Rivalry, Chapter 14

HEATED RIVALRY 1.05

"What a ridiculous word. What a ridiculous, wonderful word."

i'm not crying, you're crying.

Pedro Pascal as Harry in MATERIALISTS (2025) dir. Celine Song

PEDRO PASCAL Materialists | 2025

Taylor Zahkar Perez photographed by Mekhi Turner

THE LAST OF US 1.01 When You're Lost in the Darkness

WICKED (2024) dir. Jon M. Chu

The Breakfast Club (1985) dir. John Hughes