This is gonna sound a little obsessive...

Hudson Williams everyone:

"....nipples out and stuff..."

"...gained 9 pounds of clappable material..."

"...more meat for Ilya to rock..."

"...prone and boned..."

My sweet, sweet Hudson, please never let them censor you and your beautiful mouth 😂

connor storrie at the YSL Winter'26 PFW After Party 🥂 (📸 gushchinadash)

Not that they had ever regularly contacted each other before, but this silence had been particularly deafening. The past few weeks had been the first time that Ilya felt sure that, if he texted him, Shane wouldn't reply.

Shane would probably show the text to his movie star girlfriend, and they would laugh at how pathetic Ilya was.

No. That wouldn't happen. Of course Shane wouldn't do that.

Maybe.

Had Shane brought his girlfriend to All-Star weekend? Would he introduce her to Ilya? …

Ilya ran out of time to fret, because at that moment, Hollander walked into the bar. Every head turned …

Ilya leaned against the bar and watched Shane shake hands and clap guys on the back.

He watched him smile and laugh with everyone. He looked relaxed and confident, like a man who had gotten his life together. Like a man who didn't question himself anymore.

He looked...

Christ, he looks so f*cking good.