I hate being that person but I read your Shane mad at Troy fic and now I'm desperate to know what happened with him and Ilya when he returned home
Ok I wasn't sure if I should respond to this because I am only 50/50 whether I will actually ever post a part 3. I have a partial draft that I am not sure I'll ever finish but so many people have asked what happens next so I'll share a basic overview and a snippet of what happens after. (For anyone unaware, this is about my fic Grin and Bear It, so this will only make sense if you read that first).
Ilya is obviously devastated when Shane leaves. Harris and Troy tried to comfort him at first, but he kicks them out after a couple of minutes because he is scared of Shane coming back and seeing them still there. They convince him not to go after Shane and to just wait it out at the house because they (correctly) believe he is not in a good state to drive. At first, Ilya just felt guilty and a little frustrated with Shane for storming out, but he assumed Shane went to his parent's house so he isn't too worried. But after over an hour of Shane not answering any of his texts or calls, he ends up calling Yuna, just to make sure Shane made it back okay. He starts freaking out when Yuna and David say they haven't seen him, to the point they are genuinely concerned about Ilya and go over to the house to help calm him down and figure out what happened.
Shane returns after a couple hours. Yuna is immediately asking where he has been and how he could be so reckless. He basically snaps back that he is not in the mood to be ambushed in his own home again and either his parents leave, or he does. Everyone is pretty shocked by this, because Shane never really talks to his parents like that, but Ilya convinces them to go home (it pisses Shane off that his parents seem more concerned with Ilya than him, but he is trying really hard to not be too angry because after his phone call with Rose, he realizes that Ilya and his parents are just small parts of much bigger problems, and he is still very grateful for them). Ilya tries to talk to Shane about what happened but Shane insists he is too tired and would prefer to talk in the morning. Things are awkward and Ilya offers to sleep on the couch and Shane tells him he's an idiot. They go to bed together because they both know how much better they each sleep when they aren't alone, and Ilya feels very relieved.
In the morning, they finally talk out what happened. Shane tries to stay very calm and objective, and tries to just repeat someone of what he told Rose without sounding like he is attacking Ilya. But of course things are emotional and end up getting heated. They fight a bit but that was something they needed. There's a lot of issues Shane had that Ilya was really oblivious too. He feels awful realizing that Shane has been dealing with a lot of the same feelings Ilya has dealt with. By the end, they are both apologizing profusely and Shane agrees to go to therapy. The conversation reveals cracks in the foundation in their relationship, but now that they know to address the problems, their relationship is stronger than ever.
Here is a little snippet of their conversation the morning after:
Like I said, I don't know if I will ever post a third chapter. I hope to, but it will be awhile if I do, because there's just too much I want to include. Hopefully this is mildly satisfactory in the meantime. I would love to hear what people think of this and if people imagined something different. It truly means so much hearing from people about this fic, I still can't believe so many people have read it!
