See I think it would be really funny if Marleau got drunk after a game one day and just started confessing to Ilya that he’s attracted to Hayden and Jackie. Crucially: he fully believes this is because he’s attracted to Jackie, and only wants a threesome with Hayden so it isn’t cheating. (It never crosses his mind that Jackie could get permission to fuck him without Hayden being there.)
Eventually, Ilya gets tired of hearing about this (it’s probably distracting him from texting Shane), and just goes “oh my god you are so boring Marly, just say you want to fuck 15th best player and be done”. Marley takes this to heart and starts flirting with Hayden except they’re both idiots and Hayden doesn’t recognize that it’s flirting.
Hayden (going through a bisexual crisis), is slightly panicked that Marly has figured him out, but also Marly is attractive as shit so one day he eventually winds up jacking off to the thought of him. This then brings upon a frantic phone call a hotel bathroom at like 22:00 to Jackie admitting that he jacked off to a guy, who is exhausted and really doesn’t care (“No it wasn’t cheating love. Yes, even if you imagined a specific guy. No I don’t hate you.”).
Crucially: the three of them somehow manage to stumble into a polycule that nobody else knows exists.
