this post has me truly spiralling thinking about when hollanovs daughter is like. 13 and she’s had her first big Falling Out with her friends. they’re cheerleaders now, and she didn’t make the squad, and suddenly they’re treating her like dirt, and she’s crying on ilya’s shoulder like papa why don’t they like me :((( and shane has to Leave The Room for a second. because what an awful feeling that he’s so familiar with . and how dare some evil teenage girls make his daughter feel that way.
but then he remembers his parents on the ice with him. so he goes back into zhenya’s room and sits on her other side and puts his big arms around her and says you’ll find your people, sweetheart, I promise you will, there’s nothing wrong with you, you’re perfect just the way you are. and she sniffles and says ugh you have to say that, you’re my dads!
and that just sets ilya off, because his father would never say something like that to him. and how wonderful, that his daughter thinks their worst crime could be being nice to her just on the basis of loving her? but he can’t be seen smiling, because the situation isn’t funny, and he will be sending a stern email to her homeroom teacher, so instead he just kisses her head and says listen to your dad, duckling, he is very smart.
