So it has, in fact, been many more than a few days but that Bedmint fic has made it to a little over 5k words of musing about ABO double standards in the NHL and mostly them fucking nasty. So that’s on the way once my job slows down (soon I hope) and once I quit getting ideas to add to it (also soon I hope)
In the meantime, have some ideas for soft territorial omega Bedsy with his hawks that didn’t quite make the cut this time:
Bedsy is absolutely the pack omega. He’s the one to go to for comfort, for help, if you just need someone to talk to, anything. With the captain situation being like it is, the team had expected Bertuzzi or maybe even Sodie to take over as pack alpha. Well, Bert kinda did, but it was more like he split the responsibility with Connor. People were a little hesitant at first when that dynamic started making itself known, but Bedsy was fast enough to establish himself as “Team Mom” that everyone just went with it.
He knows every single trainer and support staff very personally, and he made it his mission to include them in his pack. They’re around all the time and they keep his pack in the best shape they can be in, why wouldn’t they be included? Some of them are much more receptive to this than others.
In his apartment, there are two different nests. He’s got his own in his room where he keeps stuff from everyone, it’s the one he spends most of his time in. It’s pretty much just big enough for him, giving himself space to curl up and calm down in private. However, there is also one in the living room that’s much bigger and a little more neutral, more pillows and blankets than personal items. It doesn’t matter who you are, if you’ve been invited into his house, there’s an open invitation for that nest. Many times after or even before a home game there will be at least a few teammates in there with him. He’ll never admit it, but before the games are his favorite.
Bedsy has a very distinct scent that sticks to anyone and anything like a glue trap. They have to wear scent blockers in the stadiums but there’s nothing stopping him from scenting EVERYONE when they travel. Before they get on the plane he’s got them all smelling like him just a little bit, enough for people to recognize the group is together and to help him sniff down anyone that goes missing. Some of the WAGs thought it was strange the first time he did it, but they all love him and know he’s just overprotective.
(This one is from the fic kinda) Speaking of the WAGs, there’s some of them that have a running plan to get him a bad case of baby fever. They know he’s mated but very few (aka, 2 and one of them isn’t even a Blackhawks WAG anymore) have ever met the alpha. Still, the way he is around children and the way he dotes on his teammates, they all want to see him with a baby. He will never admit to them, but he’s already got the baby fever bad enough some of the guys tease him for it every time he lingers too long with the little kids group during camps.
Literally writing these up in between doing laundry, packing for a conference, and getting things ready to move 5 hours away for 2 months the day after said conference. Enjoy these little cute insights, and keep an eye out for when I get time to add more than 2 sentences at a time to that fic lmao.
Oh how I’ve missed you anon!!
These are the cutest!! I love them soso much
Bedsy being the team omega who just soothes everyone is so precious and baby fever???.🥹
We all know if it wasn’t for Fraser being a voice of reason (expenses, careers, distance, etc), they’d have one fsss🙂↕️
The wags loving bedsy is also very real