based on the english-russian linguistics convo im thinking about fic where shane comes out to hayden but never tells him about ilya maybe shane says he has a boyfriend but his boyfriend is also closeted so hayden is like okay idk maybe its like a ceo or a rose landry esque male celebrity whatever a pr or marketing professional
but then hayden starts noticing that shane has started occasionally phrasing himself kind of weirdly, like his english is kind of strange? unexpectedly
hayden, you have key?
shane do you want ginger ale? yes, i want
what do you think shane? i am agree
we win this one, yes?
and haydens like hm weird shane is usually very verbose and strict in his own way of phrasing himself and then one day he’s watching a post game interview with ilya rozanov and he says something casually and hayden laughs lightly like
hm he sounds like shane
and all the dots start connecting in his mind and hes like no. no. surely not? no. how? never. how would they even-
oh. oh.
ilya doesn’t sound like shane. shane sounds like ilya.
(you’re starting to sound like hiiiiiiim indeed)
