ngl I kind of wish that Shane and Ilya had been portrayed as actual athletic rivals more. there was never enough ‘that guy sucks and everything he does makes me want to punch his face in including when we’re fucking’ for me. baited by the title promising rivals to lovers when it was really just cordial acquaintances to lovers. fake rivals-to-lovers á la fake dating as a trope. like they were more mean to SCOTT than to each other. is the rivalry in the room with us?
I should reread ACITW or AYSCM I guess














