“You were defending my honour, Hollander?”
There’s warmth laced in the words, and Shane can’t help but laugh ever so slightly, but he catches something serious in Ilya’s expression.
“Can I tell you something?”
Shane nods, hoping he’s finally going to get some sort of explanation for Ilya’s bizarre behaviour. For a second, he worries that he might be mad, although it would be ironic for Ilya to lecture anyone on reckless behaviour since he’s been its number one proponent since birth.
“It was so hot.”
Adult, post-canon, soft D/s. Shane go feral defending Ilya leads to a delicious, delicious switch in their power dynamics… Love this!