yuna noticing things that frustrate shane from the tags on his shirt to certain pairs of socks to whenever he’s given certain foods in a bowl. yuna saying, “I have an idea,” before the tears fall or something gets thrown and explaining cutting off the tags or suggesting they flip the socks inside out or grabbing the plate with sections. yuna saying, “I have an idea,” and working with shane to figure out what’s not working, what’s difficult, what can be done, creating a plan. that when shane’s older and sometimes it’s frustration with himself or anxiety, it’s “I have an idea” and yuna and shane are on the ice at 1AM. it’s “I have an idea” and david comes home to a spreadsheet with pivot table ranking college choices based on distance, hockey team, and costs. it’s “I have an idea” and all the curtains are closed, all the lights are off, and yuna is forcing herself to sit as still as possible as shane is curled up in bed rocking himself because shane can’t tell yuna’s what’s wrong and doesn’t want to be touched but it’s too much and he doesn’t want to be alone.
that when ilya calls shane but can’t find the right words in english of course shane says “I have an idea” and listens to ilya speak russian even though he can’t understand because it’s not about him understanding, but ilya feeling better—even just a little bit. that when it seems residing somewhere else permanently, citizenship, is important to ilya and shane doesn’t want him to marry svetlana and it sounds like ilya doesn’t want to marry her either, of course shane thinks of a plan and says “I have an idea” so early in the morning it’s still night and maybe some of it is selfish, there’s so much shane wants with ilya—forever, if he’ll let him—but shane also just wants what ilya wants. and he’ll do anything to make sure ilya knows he doesn’t have to do it alone.