Sasha Ermolaev || Frame Tamer

The workload was overwhelming. The editors couldn't meet the deadline. The video had already been postponed several times. The subscribers were unhappy. Ilya was too, but due to his nature, he couldn't tell them to work quickly and stay up all night, and he kept asking if they were tired.
Ilya was already starting to burn out. It was becoming harder for him to get up in the morning, even ordering food, let alone making pasta or sandwiches.
Even though all his friends saw he was tired, they texted him less, thinking it would be better to just leave him alone. But only his closest friend knew he needed support, not silence. Sasha asked him every day how he was feeling, but always received the same answer: "Everything's fine." He knew it wasn't true, but he also knew Ilya wasn't the type to whine about his problems.
Sasha finally decided to press the issue. If he didn't want to accept help, he'd come to him himself and stay with him.
One day Ilya received messages:
"Do you want me to pick you up?"
"If you don't go out tonight, I'll drag you out of the house by your feet."
Ilya finally agreed.
That evening, Sasha was already driving through the city with Ilya in the car. It was warm and dark. All the streets of Moscow were lit up, beautifully illuminating everything around.
Sasha wanted to at least slightly cheer up Ilya, so that he would forget about work and other worries, at least for one night.