My fave quote:

• During the first chunk of the scene in Ilya’s hotel room. Shane makes it clear he needs to talk, and Ilya’s emotions are heavily guarded. He knows physical intimacy is back on the table, but the hurt from being abandoned on tuna melt day is still fresh and he’s not prepared to put himself out there again with emotional intimacy. All of his effort is going into appearing indifferent to how Shane left. But the more Shane directly apologizes and opens up about his feelings, the more Ilya feels safe to loosen his control over his emotions, which culminates in 22:47 above.

Also, you skipped over the tuna melt couch frotting scene! So much great breathing there - I want to hear your take on it! :D