Summary:

The first time Ilya does it, Shane’s kind of distracted.

Ilya has a look on his face that’s far too solemn for the words he says. “There’s this short fucking hockey player…”

Shane’s not fucking short, and they both know that. But then Ilya is dissing his weak backhand, and they’re also having a serious conversation about feelings and marriage. It’s not important to point out the obvious error in what he said. So Shane, pretty generously he thinks, lets it go.

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Ilya and Shane are the same size. Ilya starts calling Shane short. Shane Reacts.