dogshane and ilya being the hand that lets him bite and still feeds him
thinking about this still 10hrs later bc like. this isnt meant to be like 'ilya lets shane walk all over him' but more like this is where shane can make mistakes. this is where shane can fumble and say the wrong things and make the wrong choices and be scared and angry and sad and anything else he feels, and ilya will keep loving him. they will keep working together to make sure they figure things out. there are so few spaces in shanes life where he can genuinely Fuck Up and entirely recover from that, and ilya is maybe the only place in his life where he doesnt feel that he has to reach that unobtainable level of perfection. he can bite ilyas hand, and ilya will still feed him.



















