Look at the footage: our children have not surrendered. They spilled out from the canvas tent into the wet chill, running not to shelter from the downpour, but to search the sodden ground for wild blossoms.
They want to live.
Shane grinning with bloody teeth and Ilya being all concerned like “moy lyubov, you are hurt”
And Shane just casually saying “for you I’d do anything.”
instead of Ilya being the guard dog, it’s Shane 🤤, now that he’s not captain anymore he’s learning to let go a little, now anyone who dares crosses Ilya, he’s on them, without hesitation, getting his fists all bloody and scraped for his man—
Shane finally being able to get a little messy with hockey, and mean with it, he’s always been a little mean, but now he can fight without feeling like all the pressure in the world is on his shoulders and no one is allowed to insult Ilya, it’s literally ON SIGHT.