Summary:

“He does not know you are here.” It wasn’t a question. Shane shook his head, the anxiety he hadn’t felt for the past two hours slowly crept back into his body. “Why not?” Ilya asked. - Shane Hollander lives a normal life in Ottawa. He works at a record shop with his best friends and he lives together with his boyfriend. But when Shane meets his new Russian neighbor, he realizes that his life could be so much better. - Or an AU in which Shane is in an extremely abusive relationship and Ilya helps him escape into a better life.