Summary:

“You didn’t have, like, a favourite book growing up?” It’s ridiculous, the way his heart starts beating in his chest like he is in danger. He knows he is not in danger — he is in bed with his husband. But his body feels like he is in danger. Ilya shifts. “My mother read a lot,” he admits carefully. “She read to me." Or, Shane reads boring hockey books. Ilya doesn't remember the last time he touched a book. Shane asks so many questions.