monochrome candor

idk it's just Shane reaching for Ilya's hand on the team bus and Ilya dragging Shane onto the ice by his hand for practice and Shane and Ilya holding hands waiting for the hotel coffee machine and Ilya sitting on Shane's left at tape review so Shane can still take notes if they hold hands and Shane scrolling on his phone while Ilya catches up with Harris and they're holding hands and

Ilya opening a gatorade and passing it on without looking, Shane mid-conversation at the bar tilting his head for a drive-by kiss unprompted, an annoyingly complicated handshake ritual before each game, checking each other into the boards to steal a headbutt, Shane getting to the sandwiches first and grabbing Ilya’s favourite, Ilya producing a spare roll of stick tape from nowhere, holding doors for each other, making breakfast, "can you grab my phone and text Rose—" and "your mom wants to know—" and "hey. by the way. we're married"

ilya in 2018 literally had a long distance girlfriend in canada named um. jane. none of you know her no you can't see a picture of her. really funny

all i have to say about unrivaled is that shane better get the cat he wanted

ANYA

unconvinced i'll ever find "the vitamin" that makes me all better so i can get real work done but i do expect they'll elucidate whatever my deal was post-mortem, after which what i did manage to accomplish with my life will be regarded on the level of Beethoven composing despite being deaf or Gordon Ramsay cooking despite being british

“why can’t two guys just be friends” “why does everything have to devolve into porn and sex and shipping” “i think a platonic interpretation is actually The Most Good and More Pure” hey man can you express why you like a certain pairing dynamic without sounding like anita bryant