❖ a little delirious ❖

What everybody fails to realize is that Ilya has always been like this, and Shane married him anyway. As far as Shane is concerned, Ilya’s continual public chirping of the opposition isn’t a bug, it’s a feature.

And while Shane has always presented himself as a blandly perfect role model, he’s also always been bitchy and judgmental about less talented players. It’s just that prior to now, he’s said all those things behind closed doors. Now that he’s been outed and his golden boy reputation has been torched, Shane can use his outside voice to say what he really thinks.

Day twenty-five of making art everyday for Pride Month! Merlin and Arthur from the BBC's Merlin.

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P.S David asked me to tell you that he is very excited about the puzzle he picked out to do with you."

All the pics are of ilya being soft 🤧

Him at the dinner table stuffing his face with chicken parm with a mountain of cheese, the marinara sauce tinge the corners of his mouth

Him and Yuna on the couch, his head on her lap, her fingers lost in his curls

Him in the backyard of his house, sat on the ground while Anya licks his face

Him and shane passed out on different parts couch on their tummies, with their fingers tangled together

Him with the pikelings treating him like jungle gym. The twins hang from his biceps while Arthur is licking an ice lolly sat on his shoulders totally zoned out and little Amber has wrapped her teeny tiny hands around one of his knees. To be noted, he is wearing one of his expensive ass ray bans and his nails are painted in the bi flag and he's wearing those necklaces from the DIY jewellery making kits for kids.

Him solving a puzzle with David at the dinner table with a blanket around his shoulders

Him posing with 2 hotdogs as if they are guns, face scrunched in mock strain

A family photo of four of them in a restaurant all happy smiles, a bit shaky due the staff being nervous

Him sticking his tongue out at shane with the TV remote in one hand keeping it out of reach while the other arm tries to push shane away

The hudcon lick™️ on the ice but hollanov in their Ottawa jerseys

Him and shane at the dock with Shane's arm around his waist and his wrapped around Shane's shoulders at they watch the sun rise at the cottage

A picture of them at their wedding, shane throwing his head back laughing, his hand on his stomach with the wedding band glinting as ilya tries to hide his smirk into his champagne glass

When ilya finds out, he blushes deep red and tries to hold back tears.

Shane likes to be in and out of there. Pee, have breakfast, shower, pick out clothes, brush his teeth, get dressed, then do his hair

But once Ilya gets in there he is In There. Steamy shower with the door closed, then shaving, doing his hair a bit, brushing his teeth, and only when everything is done does he leave to get dressed and eat

It drives Shane crazy at first because Ilya is In The Way but he doesn’t want to let it become a thing that comes between them, so he starts to keep clothes in a spare room closet and his bathroom stuff in the one closest to it

But Ilya likes watching Shane putter around and do his little routine, he likes getting on Shane’s nerves while he’s still waking up and his grumbling is barely intelligible. He is a born Boyfriend Botherer and he is losing prime Boyfriend Bothering time to Shane’s insistence on adapting

So Ilya just follows Shane to whatever bathroom he’s using, waits for him to leave the first time, and takes it over for his own stuff. It annoys Shane in the way where he calls Ilya an asshole and then just goes to whichever is free now, and Ilya does the same thing there

before I even realized it, sharing every sorrow and joy became my norm... I completely failed to realize this... I desperately want to share my life with you

Hope. It is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is fine, as long as it's contained.

You direct a sports documentary about two of the greatest hockey players in the world. And how they were bitter rivals but eventually became friends and even started a charity together. It’s good, juicy, it gets excellent ratings, and is possibly award winning. The future is bright.

ESPN’s publicists keep talking about how you had unprecedented levels of access to these superstars, and meticulously combed through over a decade of footage of them. The only thing viewers grumble about is that they still don’t know why Ilya Rozanov left Boston for Ottawa. It’s the one mystery of their rivalry that you couldn’t unravel. But overall, the reactions are very positive. A professional triumph for you.

And then only a month later, the whole world (including you) is astonished to find out that these heated rivals have been in a serious and secret romantic relationship for years!!! And you missed the whole thing! One (1) month ago.

The documentary would quickly go from jewel in the crown to albatross around the neck of everybody involved in it. Because you did all this research, you had all this access, and yet you didn’t have a clue. They’re together? They’re getting fucking married? Ilya Rozanov moved to Ottawa because he was more in love with Shane Hollander than he was with being on a cup winning team?

Oh my God, ESPN would be contemplating destroying every copy of the documentary they commissioned, and which had great ratings. Everybody involved in making it has to log into LinkedIn and delete it from their professional history.