astra inclinant sed non obligant

double points if they don't even plan to do it. they decide to soft launch via no longer actively hiding their relationship, just slowly acting more like a couple around other people. they're both at some event and ilya finds shane and just wraps his arm across his shoulders, which maybe that could just be ilya being ilya, but then shane just leans into it? like this is fine and normal? and when someone questions it shane panics and is just like "why wouldn't i? he's my boyfriend" and whoever they're talking to is like "what? since when?" and ilya is immediately onboard with this game "since 2017."

they just keep doubling down "you don't remember me sneaking out to go visit him every time we played in boston? you were all chirping me about it."

"wait, did you two drive here together?" "why would we take separate cars, we live together?" "you WHAT?"

when someone thinks they're joking they bring up the group chat with shane's parents, ilya scrolls back to a text where yuna calls him her favorite son. they bring up a video clip jackie sent of the twins saying "we love you uncle ilya!" shane brings up his thread with svetlana where she sends him russian words and phrases she thinks he should know.

they quickly enlist everyone who already knew, get them all onboard to pretend like their relationship wasn't ever top secret information. shane posts a picture of him with anya, when someone comments "that looks just like ilya rozanov's dog?" he just replies "yeah, we adopted her several months ago" and ilya replies "love our daughter ❤️"

Pictures of them kissing are all over the internet and Ilya just responds with the gif of him kissing Shane’s helmet at All Stars and “Guess this was an 'intimate moment', too. 🙄🙄🙄”

They’re filmed leaving an event together and Shane’s asked about it in an interview and looks really convincingly confused, saying “Yes, I left at the same time as he did. The event ended. Everyone was leaving.”

Pictures leak from their wedding with them exchanging vows, and the statement the next day says “Ilya Rozanov and I attended a charity event last weekend where we had a polite conversation. These pictures have been taken out of context.”

Someone releases some government forms and it shows they live together, and they just straight up say the images are doctored.