ok actually the fact that in tlg hayden is convinced that ilya is straight and not sexually attracted to men and has been fucking shane for a DECADE and is now LIVING WITH and ENGAGED to him as part of ilya’s plot to corrupt and ruin his hockey competitor and leave shane heartbroken and ruined at the altar while twirling his dastardly mustache is actually iconic. like could you even blame ilya at that point. he leaves boston for ottawa and tanks his own career and becomes a political refugee exiled from his home country so he can fuck a guy he’s not even attracted to in order to ruin his life. that would be the hardest anyone has ever balled. they call it the long game for a reason.














