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'No,” Brandt agreed. “There are no others,” he said, in a declarative statement so rare Fox wished he could capture it in his hands; hold a feast in its honor; commit the occasion to stone beneath his feet; “and there never will be.'

“Well rats” followed by “oh balls” a page later is absolute poetry

'Mansplaining,” Tom muttered, rolling his eyes. “So passé.'

LOVING THESE CHARACTERS

'You and your incurable optimism,” he sniffed. “Fucking unbearable.'

I can resonate already ahhaha

Already love Death and Fox

So romantic:

'And I will say, ‘Shane Hollander, will you please marry me so I can become Canadian citizen faster?’'

'He wanted to tell Shane that the closest he felt to home was when he was with him.'

“I have only been in love with one person”

'And he’s been...visiting. He’s...we’re, um...”
What were they, exactly? It occurred to Shane that he and Ilya hadn’t even figured out what label they were comfortable with.
“Lovers,” Ilya offered.
Fuck, way to choose the grossest possible word, Ilya.'

'kept murmuring the same thing in Russian over and over again until he pulled back and translated:“I love you.'

“I do about this.”
“You want that? To be together?”
“I do. So much it terrifies me.'

'I do not want the problem to ever go away.' 🥺

'His whole face was crinkled up: eyes, nose, freckles. Ilya wanted to grab embers from the fire and smash them into his own eyes because he could not bear to look at this adorable, crinkled, happy face.'

'Why the fuck are you making eight burgers?” he asked.
“That’s how many the recipe was for!”
“You can’t do math? Cut it in half?”
“Leave me alone.”

'Mine.” Ilya’s breath tickled Shane’s skin when he spoke the single word.
“Yours,” Shane said dreamily.
“All of this. For two weeks. Is mine.”
Forever, Shane wanted to say. Forever if you ask.'

'Shane looked so happy. Somehow, Ilya made him happy. Ilya wanted to always make him happy.'

Nothing like a little depression for breakfast:

'He wanted to be the best hockey player in the world, and he wanted to be in a relationship with the man he could finally admit he was in love with, without shame or fear.'

'I love beating everyone, but yes. You the most.”

“Why?”

Ilya shrugged. “Because you are the best.'

' He could list a million reasons why he couldn’t go over there, and he ran them through his head as he grabbed his jacket and left the hotel room.'