At a particularly low point during the Rose era, Ilya was up until 4am stalking the location of Shane’s cottage and then whoops! he paid a fortune to buy the adjoining plot of land.
Once they’re back together, Ilya has to decide whether to admit to the most insane thing he’s ever done or try to sell property in a country he doesn’t live in without Shane noticing.
shane starts thinking out loud during a trip up there together about whether he should go ahead and try to buy the adjoining lot in case they want to add a guest house one day or just want more privacy and ilya just
#'i wouldn't worry dorogoy it looks like they're not doing anything with it' *kind of. forgot he did that UNTIL THIS EXACT MOMENT*#'yeah but what if they decide to build a house or something?? it's kind of close'#'i REALLY don't think it's going to be a problem'#'yeah but you don't KNOW'#ilya: *sweating*#listen it made sense when he was drunk and in his feelings okay#hangover of all time waking up and realizing that you did indeed just shell out an ungodly amount of money for canadian property#next to your maybe-ex fuckbuddy#rip buddy#also rip to anyone on the team who had to deal with him soon after lmao#and also like. atp. he doesn't want to sell it.#because if someone else bought it#they could indeed maybe see shane's property depending on where they build a house#(that was. a primary. motivation. in ilya buying it.)#so ilya doesn't want someone else to buy it because he likes how private it is#but now shane is puzzling it over and ilya is fucking NERVOUS#because he can only fuck shane so many times to change the subject before shane is going to start catching on#and it did dawn on him that he could lie A LITTLE BIT and say 'oh i bought it so we both have this place together <3'#but he KNOWS shane#shane will want details#AND ILYA CANNOT PROVIDE DETAILS#if shane starts looking at dates on deeds and receipts of sale#it is OVER for ilya#he will face chirping NONE could survive
