experiencing Extreme Emotions about the idea of shane who doesn't want the world to have more of his personal life than it's already taken and continues to try and take but who also gets SO mad/frustrated at how many people constantly have the "him? really?" reaction to him being with ilya. like objectively he understands that ilya has a reputation that's been partially his actions and partially the narrative pushed because it's profitable, especially propped up against his because it sells the opposites thing, but emotionally!! that's his buddy! that's his guy!! that's his husband and his lover and the person beside him in bed every night!! he's a good man!! and the only questions shane ever gets about him are with the assumption that he's not!!
and i'm feeling so soft about the idea of shane finally having enough of this and just slooooowly releasing a few pics on his insta now and then that are Real Ilya. and it's not that the world has any right to this, but enough!! that's shane's person!!! understand that he's fucking amazing!! stop insininuating that he mistreats shane or isn't shane's favorite person to be with!! the fuck!!
i'm just very emotional about the idea of shane's perfectly curated instagram that he tbh? didn't even have the password to before he started doing this.
but now among all of these carefully composed and cleared and crafted posts are pictures here and there that are like. ilya at a team bbq getting used as a climbing structure by three kids while a baby is teething on his thumb and he's carrying on a conversation like nothing's happening. ilya with a smile over his shoulder back at shane while he's carrying anya because her little baby feet got tired of keeping up on this walk. ilya in golden hour lighting at the cottage looking like something out of a fucking greek myth with the way he's limned in sunset and fucking GLOWING and not even looking at the camera because he's watching the duck family that came back this summer.
and shane clears all of these photos with ilya because he would never post without permission, and at first ilya is teasingly like oh?? you want to show off your sexy husband?? i should give you some shirtless pics, too??
but like. those aren't the photos that shane posts. because that isn't the main thing that shane loves about him. and the idea of ilya over time just getting shown photo after photo of him through the eyes (and lens) of someone who is so obviously in love with him as a person and not just as a good fuck or a good hockey player or the life of the party. like these pictures are specifically of ilya, and they're the ones that shane loves the most.
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