Unanswered (And Other Words Found In The Thesaurus) by fandom_commitment_issues
“Were you sleeping with Rose Landry?” LeClaire asked, and Ilya felt his entire world flip upside down.
Ilya scoffed and sank into the chair. He stared at his lap and, for a second, wished he could just say yes. It would have been easier. A simpler explanation. Something everyone else could swallow. “No,” he answered instead. “I was not sleeping with Landry.”
Coach sighed, the weight of it settling uncomfortably in the office. “So it was Hollander, then.”
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Ilya gets called into his Coach's office after Rose and Shane start dating and an uncomfortable conversation takes place. Ilya realizes some things. Also he may need to stop reading his thesaurus.
This is again one of those fics that are just scratching the perfect itch I have. The whole idea about Shane being part of Boston Bears (or Raiders, dont care) and how it could have been perfect for them. Okay. This doesnt go that far, but the dream is there and path is... being figured out? laid out? being drawn? something. Fuck English.
I just love all these fics where people figure them out and want the best for them. Its just, in canon everyone kinda hates Ilya and in fics I can find the found family he needs, deserves in his corner. Just all that.