I am not locked in, I am DEEPLY locked out

the dua lipa of it all

Because what do you mean they went to the batting cages for some silly fun to watch everyone flail at an unfamiliar sport, only for Shane to need three practice swings before figuring out the force and timing needed to start hitting every single pitch? What do you mean he sets the course record at the mini golf place they have the Pike twins birthday at? What do you mean he learned how to play cricket over a long weekend in the UK? What do you MEAN your Canadian ass that grew up on a calm, tiny lake went to visit Rose in LA and just learned to surf from “some guy” one of the days she was busy??

Shane doesn’t get why they all think it’s so crazy. He’s a professional athlete, he’s good at full body and mind control as well as adaptability and hand-eye coordination, and he’s so used to being the best in the world at hockey that he views being mundanely good at anything else as barely noticeable. He argues with Troy over whether he counts as being good at basketball just because he killed them all at the basketball shooting game at a Dave and Buster’s

They all start making bets to see who can find a sport Hollander isn’t good at. Harris is convinced he’ll win with figure skating because Shane’s muscle memory will want to work against him with a technique that’s so similar but also so different, only for Shane to come out of an afternoon learning from his old friend who was at the Olympics with the ability to do simple jumps and spins and is insisting the whole team learn so they can incorporate it into plays. Harris is not allowed to make suggestions after that

Luca is the one that finds out and is like, but you have a lake at your house and Shane says he doesn't swim in it but they've all seen him do sports and stuff on the water like water skiing and Luca starts to make sure he's near Shane when they do anything on or near water because he doesn't want Shane to drown, (Ilya has no idea Shane can't swim but he would definatly not let Shane drown) and everyone just thinks Luca's crush is showing.

“honey, reebok wants to renew the contract—”

“i fucking hate their shoes, i’d rather walk barefoot”

“oh…”

- - -

“hey are you free to join me and the kids to the carnival this friday?”

“no i wanna stay in bed all day with my husband, there’s a new season of house hunters”

“right…i’ll ask JJ then”

- - -

“feel free to say no, but could you—”

“no”

“i didn’t even say what it was”

Ilya frequently would try to do things that could get them caught even before they got together, but because the understanding was that they had to stay closeted, Shane would be the reasonable one that would stop him or remind him of the risks. So, when Ilya asked Shane to go to the party, Shane thought he was being helpful by explaining that it would be risky, because he didn't know Ilya wanted to stop hiding their relationship. If Ilya had said that he was tired of hiding and he knew that some people might suspect something if Shane came to the Halloween party with him but he wanted to do it anyway, I think Shane definitely would have gone with him.

When Ilya asked Shane if he would choose him over hockey, Shane had no idea why he was being asked that. From his perspective, it came out of nowhere. Therefore, it makes perfect sense to reciprocate the question, especially because Ilya was not giving Shane any hint of why he's asking and getting him to respond to the same question might reveal what's on his mind. Shane did not ask that question because he was ignorant to what Ilya had given up. When Ilya refused to answer, Shane had no way of knowing what that was about. Of course he is going to keep asking, because Ilya refusing to answer makes it seem like the answer is no or he is hiding something bad. We know that's not why, but how would Shane know that? Ilya had never indicated to him before that he felt Shane didn't or wouldn't prioritize him.