Ilya will frequently put his hand on Shane's shoulder and give him a little kiss on the cheek when he's walking past him at home. It's an automatic gesture, one Ilya doesn't even think about.
The first few times he does this, Shane has to pause whatever he's doing to let himself be overwhelmed by how loved he feels for a moment, but he gets used to it soon enough, inured as he is by Ilya's near constant physical affection.
Ilya does actually pause to think about it once. He puts his hand on Shane's shoulder, just to get his attention to tell him something, only Shane is already absentmindedly leaning in, expecting his kiss.
Ilya blinks, whatever he'd been meaning to say forgotten. After a moment Shane actually turns his head and looks at him, brows furrowed in confusion. When Ilya just keeps staring at him his lips twitch downwards, expression changing into something dangerously resembling a pout because why has Ilya not kissed him yet?
And Ilya beams and gently cups Shane's face in his hands, giving him first a lingering kiss on the cheek and then another on the lips.
















