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“Shane, how does it feel to be back on Montreal ice?”

the idea of shane having a separate small fridge in the garage where he keeps frozen mice for spaghetti, but this means when ilya asks about it in passing while shane is looking for water shoes, he's distracted and just goes, "oh, drinks and spaghetti" and ilya just ??? you have?? freezer just for pasta????? actually no this sounds like a Rule you would make yeah sure why not.

Spaghetti is all curled up and a little stressed out, since Shane so rudely removed him from his favorite piece of bark. But hey, this is nice and warm, and oooh, wow, that's a cave! Spaghetti likes caves.

In less than three seconds Spaghetti has slithered inside Ilya's sleeve. He is standing very still. There is a snake slowly wriggling over his armpit and he is not going to scream because he is So Incredibly Manly. The snake has flickered its tongue over Ilya's chest. He can feel its tiny snake nose poking around his nipple. If this snake bites his nipple he will make Shane sleep on the couch.

The snake climbs up to Ilya's neck and settles in a squiggly-shape on his shoulder, with its head peeking out of his collar. Shane turns around to put the disinfectant bottle away and pauses.

"Awww!" he coos. "You look so cozy!"

"Yes, he is very cozy." Ilya says. His voice is a little high-pitched. "Maybe he should go back now. We interrupted his nap."

"Oh, it's fine for him to be out a little longer," Shane says. "You're warm, he likes you."

"Well, it was rude to disturb him. Probably we should let him rest." Ilya says, trying to dislodge the invader from his shirt. Fucker. It's a good shirt and now he's stretching it out trying to evict a reptile. The things he does for love.

Shane takes pity on him and scoops Spaghetti out of Ilya's collar, then drapes him over a plant and shuts the enclosure door.

"You were very brave, babe." he tells Ilya, and kisses his cheek.

"I was not scared. I am very strong, very cool hockey player. It takes more than a little animal to scare me." Ilya lies.

the idea of this corn snake chilling in the equivalent of a snake mansion is KILLING ME. there are children with less space and enrichment than spaghetti.

also shane at 18 was still making an impression on his team in montreal and knew by then that "hey, i have a snake" gets side eyes he doesn't necessarily want, so only hayden knows about spaghetti on the montreal team, but after he's on the ottawa team, spaghetti comes up because ilya needs someone to understand his pain, and it becomes a superstition that if spaghetti eats his mouse no problem, then they have good luck for the next 10-14 days until he eats again. shane literally get @'d if the team knows it's Spaghetti Feeding Day and he doesn't report in of his own accord.

ilya HATES this superstition. it's not enough that the snake lives in the same house as him where he lays his sweet head each night. now spaghetti is even in the groupchat. he gets ASKED about SPAGHETTI THE SNAKE at his JOB!!!! he has SUFFERED!! more than JESUS!!!

reblogging with my own tags because i'm actually so emotional about the idea of shane like. not expecting ilya to interact with or even like spaghetti. shane knows people don't like snakes. (even his mom put on a good show, but he knows she does NOT fuck with spaghetti as a concept and was happy when he moved out along with shane to montreal). spaghetti gets introduced to ilya at the cottage, but like. the snake has his own room for a reason. a lot of people don't like snakes, and shane has also had the reptile owner experience of people even wanting his pet to be dead or talking about how they would kill him. so shane doesn't talk a lot about spaghetti, and he KNOWS ilya does not like his snake. and that's okay. ilya is willing to be in the same house as spaghetti and not say anything bad about him, and that's good enough.

and i am SO in my feelings imagining ilya getting to shane's house earlier than him one day during the season when they're still long distance and shane finding him in spaghetti's room talking to him. and ilya is clearly a little unnerved by this snake but is just, "if you could do less with the tongue, i think would be better for me, if you can manage this. *pause* see, no, it feels like you just did EXTRA tongue thing just because i asked you not to." and shane is??? hello??? what are you doing???

and ilya is a little flustered getting caught talking to spaghetti but also says he was trying to get used to spaghetti because he knows shane likes carrying him around but doesn't when ilya is over, and ilya doesn't want him to not get to carry his pet around if he wants to just because of him.

@merliren

tears in my eyes laughing at the idea of yuna drinking her wine and thinking, "oh you poor fool," because she senses a kindred "does NOT fuck with snakes" spirit, but that's something shane gets to handle on his own.

but meanwhile ilya who had not previously considered the idea that the snake could ever comprehend or desire escaping his enclosure is just when the snake did WHAT

My handwriting is the same style as the teacher’s who I had when I was nine. I’m now twenty one and he’s been dead eight years but my i’s still curve the same way as his.

I watched the last season of a TV show recently but I started it with my friend in high school. We haven’t spoken in four years.

I make lentil soup through the recipe my gran gave me.

I curl my hair the way my best friend showed me.

I learned to love books because my father loved them first.

i see this and raise you: scenario in which shane had a bag with him (excuse of going to a gym if anyone asked) (shane, who was going to ask and expect a prop??? my guy), which means ryba comes out sneakily to explore after smelling the lure of tuna, CLIMBS IN because she likes sleeping on a hoodie of shane's that ilya 100% stole so hey!! i know this smell!! comfy smell!!, ryba just O.O what is happening to me rn when she is suddenly in motion and just freezes, and now shane makes it back to the hotel only to find??? he has??? A PASSENGER???

where the FUCK did a cat come from????

so now he's processing 1. apparently rozanov has?? a cat??? 2. i apparently accidentally stole?? rozanov's cat??? 3. jesus FUCK i am going to have to face rozanov again because i HAVE to return this fucking cat.

and from ilya's pov?? FULL fucking freakout when he can't find ryba. like shane leaves, ilya cleans up, and then goes to find ryba in the guest room where she usually hides under the bed because. well. at least you can come out now, rybochka, there is no one-

and then?? she isn't there???

so now ilya is facing TRUE nightmare day. situationship just noped out of a boyfriend roleplay, lied about it TO HIS FACE, and NOW?? HIS CAT?? IS SUDDENLY FUCKING MISSING????

like man is GOING! THROUGH! IT!

and then?? gets a text from shane?? okay, maybe he feels bad and wants to-

"do you have a cat?"

what??? the fuck????? is THAT the relevant fucking information here? yes he does but-

and then it's just a picture of ryba on a hotel bed in shane's bag and ilya is just ??? what sick fuck move is this??? you stole my fucking cat??

"why do you have my cat?"

"you have a cat?"

"fucking obviously. why do you have her??"

"i didn't mean to! she climbed in my bag! i'll bring her back now."

and now they are FORCED to see each other again fucking. IMMEDIATELY after the tuna meltdown.

and shane is a bundle of knots inside, but they get there, he has to come inside again because ryba is REFUSING to come out of the bag because WHAT is happening to her today, so shane has to come inside so he can put the bag down and unzip it so ilya can coax ryba out, and now shane is watching ilya be so gentle and patient with his very freaked out cat and getting a reminder of who ilya REALLY is. like today was freaky and overwhelming but like. THIS is ilya. even in the early days when shane was nervous about things in bed, ilya was always patient and gentle with him, too.

the idea of ilya finally getting ryba calm and settled only to turn and find that now shane is the one freaking out is killing me.

obviously shane hired a travel agent to create The Optimum Vacation, but he also studied and approved everything and also has custody of all important documents just because it makes HIM feel better and in control

meanwhile ilya?? straight elevator music. where are they going? unclear. when's the flight? not his concern. how long are they staying? who's to say. where's his passport? his husband has both of theirs.