Fics like The Architecture of Love

“You treat me like I'm made of glass, Shane. You act like I'm about to break, like I am this close to ruining everything.” Ilya’s voice drops to a whisper. “It makes me feel like I'm just work to you.” Shane’s composure fractures. “Because I’m scared!" He drags a hand through his hair, breathing harder. "And—and so are you! You don’t have to pretend you’re not, it’s fine to say it. I’m fucking scared, okay?” There it is. The underbelly of this whole argument. And Ilya sees it—the chink in Shane’s armor, the exposed place, the honesty, the fear—and instead of softening, something in him hardens. “Scared of me,” he says, already deciding that's what he heard. “No,” Shane says, immediately. “No, not of you. Just scared. Of this whole situation. Of not knowing what to do, or what to say. Of messing up." A beat. "Scared of losing you.” And it should be sweet, should land as devotion, but it just makes Ilya’s chest ache. His smile twists, bittersweet. “But maybe you are already losing me. Have you thought of that?” Every day, there's less of me left, he wants to say. Love changes Ilya's life, but it doesn't save it. It doesn’t have to.

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