In Moscow on his last night there, Ilya Rozanov prepares to fly back to Boston the next day. With Andrei handling their father’s meager estate, Ilya realizes he feels no obligation to return to Russia and impulsively decides to give his Moscow condo to his brother so he does not have to deal with selling it.

Wanting to mark his final night in the condo, Ilya texts Shane Hollander and initiates a Skype video call. Shane appears at home wearing reading glasses, which Ilya fixates on flirtatiously. After brief teasing and a quick tour of Shane’s bedroom, Ilya turns the conversation sexual and directs Shane to undress and position the camera the way Ilya wants.

They masturbate together on camera, trading dirty talk and intimate compliments. The tone shifts when Shane asks to see Ilya’s face instead of just his body, and the call becomes more emotionally tender as they lie back as if sharing a bed. Ilya praises Shane’s freckles and beauty, and Shane returns the attention with specifics about Ilya’s smile and eyes.

While they continue, Shane admits he thinks of Ilya when he’s alone and reveals he has only been with two other men besides Ilya: a hookup in Mexico while traveling with teammates, and a mutual oral encounter in Los Angeles when he was desperate. Shane admits neither compared to Ilya, saying the Mexico man “wasn’t you,” which hits Ilya hard.

They turn it into a challenge over who can hold out longer, then reminisce about earlier milestones of desire, including the draft and a hotel gym where both wanted each other and later masturbated thinking about it. They climax during the call; afterward, Shane says he wants to learn Russian and Ilya promises to teach him. When Shane ends with a kiss to his fingers pressed to the screen, Ilya is overwhelmed and privately concludes he has to end things with Shane because love and continued secrecy will eventually expose them, risking reputations and Ilya’s NHL future, and potentially forcing Ilya back to Russia.