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the worst saddest gay boy in the game changers hockey universe in 2021 in the absolute trenches:

And you’re 100% sure he’s straightttt straight?

And Ilya is like

Honey. We used to take home girls from the club and DP them sometimes in our rookie days and whenever he accidentally saw my dick he would lose his boner. MY dick. ME.

With big sweeping hand motions indicating how insane that is when you take into consideration the him of it all.

(meanwhile wyatt's little goalie brain is like 'troy!! I know troy!! he seems sad :(( and he hasn't been mean to me yet so Im going to make him feel better :)) im going to take care of him and cuddle him and things will be great!!)

and while troy has been in the league for many years, and seen and heard about nesting goalies, he hasn't actually nested with one yet and is veryyyy anxious about it. he also doesn't really know how it works (case in point–he doesn't know that goalies can actually understand him, and mostly remember what happens while they nest). after a few days nesting with Wyatt, when troy is more comfortable, he ends up spilling everything–about Dallas, and Adrian, and his dad, etc. Wyatt of course can't do anything while he's nesting, but afterwards, pretty much goes straight to ilya.

he tries to keep as much of troy's privacy as possible, but basically says, 'this is what happened, this is why he's acting like this, can we all pls support him'. the one thing that Wyatt doesn't mention is Adrian–instead, he tells Harris that troy isn't homophobic, and to keep an open mind around him.

when troy's dad shows up in the lobby, ilya carefully watches the exchange, and takes troy out for fast food instead of letting him get drunk. when troy starts asking Harris about being queer around the team, with what Wyatt said, Harris clocks him pretty much immediately, which moves the troy/Harris timeline forwards a few months, and helps troy accept himself earlier.

even after he's done nesting, Wyatt's goalie brain continues to recognise troy as someone that he must take care of, and basically forces himself into being troy's friend, which means the team warms up to him a lot quicker as well.

Troy

Harris

Wyatt

Svetlana

Max

His coach

People who check in on Shane:

His parents

Rose

Max

Also, Shane’s coach yells at him, one of his best friends tells him to f*** off, and his team makes him cry.

This is what Shane meant when he said it was going to be a shit show, but he proposed and wanted to come out that summer anyway.

but maybe he's hanging out with rose and her friends when they're dating and hears them just good naturedly complaining about "yeah it's good, but idk man, sometimes i'd like to just make out a little" or "you know, he could at least silence his phone first. i know it's just sex, but sometimes you wanna feel special, you know?"

and meanwhile loving attentive sexual experiences georg over here is just 🤨🤨 what do you mean he doesn't go down on you for hours?? 🤨 what do you mean he doesn't check in with you until you speak up on your own? 🤨🤨 what do you mean you FAKE IT sometimes because you're tired and just ready for it to be over?? 🤨🤨 you mean he isn't laser-focused on making you feel good and checking in and telling you sweet things right into your ear? 🤨🤨 what do you mean you don't nudge his arm up to hold your jaw because just that touch as he pushes you back to the bed is enough to drop you into subspace?? 🤨 you had to clean YOURSELF up after?? he didn't wipe you down with a warm washcloth and follow it up with kissing everywhere he had just touched and touching you firm and gentle and grounding until you stopped trembling because it was especially intense and you needed him to work you back down kindly?? 🤨🤨

Dennis who can’t afford working hearing aids, so makes do with a pair he found on Facebook marketplace.

Dennis who favours one side significantly, to the point of being convinced that everyone knows (they don’t), and they all must hate him for being useless (they don’t know).

Dennis who uses these janky hearing aids despite constantly giving him a migraine, because he can’t let anything compromise his chances of being a doctor.

Dennis who completely understands that Abbott needs a break from his prosthetic, and is often the first to volunteer to cover his charting in the middle of the shift.

Dennis who cannot give himself allowances, because he’s not properly disabled; not like Abbot is anyway.

Dennis whose hearing loss is “self inflicted” and therefore needs to deal with the consequences of his actions (he was six).

Dennis who absolutely will not let himself have hearing breaks in the middle of a shift, no matter how much pain his ears are in.

Dennis who can’t take his aids out at night because he sleeps in shelters, and his hearing is the first line of defence against an attack.

Dennis who recognises the symptoms of an ear infection, but can’t afford antibiotics and the hospital cracked down on “borrowing” medicine.

Dennis who collapses mid shift after a particularly bad bout of vertigo.

Dennis who doesn’t really remember much after this because the floor was suddenly very, very close, and he was suddenly very, very cold.

…

Robby who sees Dennis pass out on shift.

Robby who curses these damn med students for drinking too much caffeine and not eating enough food.

Robby who walks over to Dennis and tries to rouse him.

Robby who thinks Dennis looks a little too out of it for it to just be low blood sugar.

Robby who touches Dennis and notices he’s ice cold.

Robby who holds Dennis as he starts seizing.

Robby who catches a glimpse of white in his ear, surrounded by red, angry tissue.

Robby who swears loudly and violently when he realises “god-fucking-dammit he’s deaf”.

Robby who curses every god he knows the name of (and he knows a lot) for putting Dennis in this situation.

…

Dennis who wakes up with a very stressed Robby next to him, saying words like “septic shock” and “septic encephalopathy” and “infection spread” and “potential brain damage”.

Robby who raises his voice in frustration, and Dennis who flinches imperceptibly.

Robby who drags Dennis to audiologist appointments and forces him to pick multiple different types of aids so he’ll be comfortable wherever.

Robby who pays for the new aids, but lets Dennis think insurance covers them.

Abbot who forces Dennis to take hearing breaks whenever he takes leg breaks because he’s “bored” and “needs company”.

Abbott who, for the first time in Dennis’ life, sits him down and teaches him the ASL he learnt from his vet friends.

Dennis, who when he formally attends ASL lessons, realises he’s been taught to swear like a sailor, and his vernacular is entirely comprised of military slang.

Dennis who doesn’t understand why Robby and Abbott are being so nice about being deaf, and explains all about how it was his fault that he lost his hearing (he was six).

Abbot who gives Robby a look, and signs him up for therapy the next day.

Dennis, who comes to the realisation that the factors surrounding his hearing loss are heavily consistent with signs of child abuse.

Robby, who can only hug Dennis as he breaks down, mourning the childhood he thought he had.

Abbot, who makes him hot cocoa when he wakes up from nightmares and rocks him back to sleep,

And Dennis.