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summary… you fear you may have spoiled juraj with a little too much affection. now, you've got a monster on your hands. [0.5k words.]
⊹ ࣪ ˖ ໒꒱ requested here! thanks so so much for the request angel and sorry it took so long — loving getting to write sm for slaf lately!
IT’S NEVER BEEN A SECRET that juraj is a huge attention whore. even from the start, juraj had been clingy, always craving some form of contact or level of affection. on the first few dates, it had been subtle, sure, but always there, something below the surface to be addressed.
his hand had brushed yours, tips of your fingers grazing, though juraj never made the first move. no, he’d waited for you to interlink your fingers, and make a small joke when you finally crossed that bridge tentatively cemented between the two of you.
“you are eager, hey?” he’d teased, though the tips of his ears had turned pink. you’d scoffed a laugh and moved closer into his side, and that was it. juraj was addicted to your touch.
weeks turned into months, and as the two of you became more familiar, the affection became more frequent. you’d snuggle on the sofa, juraj would pepper your face in sleepy kisses during early morning wake up calls, and most importantly? you’d taken to tracing loops and swirls onto his back with your fingertips, knowing that same gesture worked to soothe you every single time.
put simply, you've spoiled him. and now, you have to suffer the consequences of your own actions.
facing away from you, juraj is currently scrolling through his phone, making soft humming noises now and again as if to remind you that he's still there, still needing attention. and though the warmth of your boyfriend's skin beneath your fingertips is fairly pleasant, a slight stiffness begins to settle in your fingers, and you pause your motions, flexing your fingers before laying your hands on your stomach.
juraj turns his head with a speed that’s almost startling, snapping his neck to look over at you, the stupid meme he'd been looking at on his phone all but forgotten in light of your supposed betrayal.
“ah?”
you can’t help but laugh at how affronted juraj sounds, and your clear amusement at his suffering only causes him to frown deeper. thick brows furrowed, he’s all but pouting at you now, eyes darting pointedly between your face and your hand as if demanding you connect the dots.
you’re suddenly reminded of a puppy being refused pets, and you wouldn’t be surprised if the man started nosing at your hand in a spoiled demand for you to continue petting him.
“i’m cramping,” you laugh, shaking your hand out before lightly grazing your nails over his shoulder blade. “give me a sec, would you?”
juraj shivers, lashes fluttering, and produces a satisfied hum as he settles back down. half of you is tempted to scratch at him, punish him for being greedy with little red indents across the tan skin of his back. the other half of you recognises that he’d likely enjoy that, and so you decide against it.
“five more minutes,” you stipulate. “then we swap.”
six minutes later, juraj is out cold and snoring, mouth half open and phone barely still clutched in his grasp. you press a kiss to his bare shoulder before wrapping your arms around him, clinging to him like a backpack as you settle in for the night yourself.
you can’t deny it any longer; you’ve created an actual monster.
hi!! could i request a macklin celebrini x reader imagine where they’re best friends and she jokingly tells him she’s bad at kissing? mack, being mack, immediately offers to “help” her get better. it’s supposed to be innocent practice but the second their mouths actually touch he loses his mind (like full-body shiver, hands on her hips, slightly-too-desperate energy). they pull away like “haha yeah that was—” and then immediately go back for more. smut absolutely welcomed.
JUST PRACTICE, RIGHT? ✫ macklin celebrini
˚˖𓍢ִ໋❀ macklin celebrini x fem!reader. suggestive content!, best friends to lovers, joking gone wrong, “just practice”, accidental kiss, mutual pining, oops-we-like-each-other. i’m sorry it’s a bit short!
in which you joke about being bad at kissing, and your best friend offers to “practice,” forgetting that you’ve always been the one thing he was never supposed to want.
my main masterlist! ❀
“Okay, but define bad.”
You’re sitting cross-legged on Macklin’s bed, stealing fries out of the takeout carton balanced between you like it’s a sacred object. He’s leaning against the headboard, hoodie sleeves shoved up, watching you like this is the most important conversation of his life.
“I don’t know,” you say. “Bad. Wrong. Like I’m thinking too much. Like my brain is overthinking the whole thing instead of letting it happen.”
“So… you’re kissing like you’re… writing an essay?”
“I mean… kind of,” you point at him. “With a body paragraph, a conclusion. No flow just words.”
He hums. “That does sound bad.”
“Thank you for the support.”
“I’m just saying,” he shrugs, “kissing is kind of a muscle memory thing.”
You narrow your eyes. “Why do you sound like you’ve read articles about this.”
“I play hockey. Everything’s a muscle memory thing.”
“That doesn’t answer the question.”
He grins. “You’re avoiding.”
There’s a beat.
Then, very casually, he says, “We could practice.”
You laugh immediately. “No.”
“I’m serious.”
“That makes it worse.”
“I mean—” he sits up straighter. “Not like a thing. Just… practice. You trust me, right?”
You squint at him. “I trust you with my life. I do not trust you with my first non-awkward kiss.”
“Well, that feels personal.”
“You offered.”
He lifts his hands in surrender. “Hey. No pressure. Just an option.”
You look at him. Really look at him. The way he’s pretending this is no big deal. The way he is fidgeting nervously like he’s about to take a faceoff.
“…Okay,” you say.
He freezes. “Okay?”
“Okay. One kiss. Very clinical. Like a lab experiment.”
“Why are you like this,” he mutters, but he’s smiling.
You scoot closer. He doesn’t move away.
“Rules,” you say. “No making it weird.”
“Define weird.”
“No tongue. No—” you gesture vaguely between you. “Hands things.”
“My hands are innocent.”
“Your hands are really suspicious.”
He laughs, then goes quiet when you lean in.
“Ready?” you ask.
“Yeah,” he says. Too quick. “Yeah.”
Your lips touch his.
That’s it. That’s all.
Except it isn’t.
Macklin inhales sharply, like he forgot how breathing works. His hands —traitors— land on your hips automatically, like muscle memory really is a thing. You feel the tension roll through him, a full-body shiver he absolutely does not play off well.
You pull back. “Oh my god. Sorry. Was that bad? Too stiff? Am I—”
“No,” he says. “No, it was—again.”
You blink. “You didn’t even give feedback.”
“I need more data.”
You snort. “You are unbelievable.”
“And yet,” he says, softer now, “you’re still here.”
You lean in again.
This time, he kisses you back.
It’s still gentle. Still careful. But there’s something else under it now —something unsteady. His thumb presses into your waist like he needs something to hold onto, and when you instinctively settle onto his lap, he lets out a sound that feels way too honest.
You pull away, both of you breathing too hard for something that was supposed to be practice.
“Haha,” you say. “Yeah. That was—”
“Yeah,” he says.
Silence.
Then, at the exact same time, you both lean in again.
“Wait,” you murmur, grinning into the space between you. “We’re definitely breaking the rules.”
“I never agreed to the rules,” he says, already too close.
“Liar.”
“Okay, maybe a little.”
The kiss lands again —less careful, more real— and when you break apart this time, neither of you jokes.
You just look at each other. His lips curved into a broken smile before finding yours again, desperate, needy. Somewhere in the chaos your own hoodie had been thrown to the floor, his hands skimming heat along your sides until your bra strap slid against his fingers.
Your mind completely short-circuited.
This was a bad idea. A spectacularly bad idea. The kind of bad idea that future-you would bring up at three in the morning like, remember when you did that? Yeah. That.
And yet.
The way your best friend kissed you —like you were oxygen, like you were the last lifeboat on a sinking ship— made it impossible to stop.
Or want to.
He pulled back again just enough to look at you, eyes wide, lips swollen, breathing like he’d just run laps. He took you in like he was trying to memorize you for a pop quiz he definitely had not studied for.
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Summary: Mackinnon and Marchand play a harmless prank on Celebrini at a bar in Milan all while their Captain watches.
“I’ll give you $100 if you go ask her out,” Nate nodded towards where you were standing at the bar, talking animatedly to another woman.
“Nate.” Sid warned.
“Oh come on, I’ll add another $100,” Brad chirped in, sipping his beer.
Macklin gulped, “I don’t know… she looks older than me, and really… confident.”
They could hear the nerves in his voice. Sid shook his head at the teasing.
It was their last night in Milan, and they found themselves taking over a bar with other Canadian olympians and their families.
“Even if she’s older, which is rude to say, by the way, she’s already a fan,” Nate shrugged, trying to hide the smile on his face, and acknowledge your Canda gear, “just give it a go. Remember, $200.”
Sid groaned, “I don’t know if I want to watch this.”
Nate patted Macklin on the back, “oh captain, you definitely do.”
The woman you were talking to stepped away, and you turned to the bartender to order another drink.
“Here’s your opportunity, remember you’re an Olympian. And you can legally drink here.” Nate shoved him forward.
Macklin rolled his eyes as he made his way over to you, slotting himself in the gap beside you.
He could hear his teammates laughing already.
When he glanced back at them, Sid was shaking his head, but he swore he had never seen Nate and Brad smile so wide.
He cleared his throat and you turned to him with the most beautiful eyes he had ever seen, along with a breath taking smile.
He must’ve had a physical reaction because now he could now hear all three of his teammates laughing.
“Oh I’m sorry hun, am I in your way?” You asked sweetly.
Okay, you were definitely too old for him, so he wasn’t sure what game his teammates were playing with him.
“No no, you’re not in my way at all, I’m um, I’m Mack.” He said shakily.
You smiled at him, “I know who you are,” you laughed, your eyes flicked to your boyfriend and his two prankster teammates, and suddenly it clicked.
You slowly moved your hair behind your ear, batting your eyelashes a little more than usual, “so Mack, how about a drink?”
You sipped the rest of your wine without taking your eyes off of him, and you swore he stopped breathing for a moment.
His mouth was open, but no words were coming out, and he was starting to visibly sweat.
Now you could hear Sid, Nate, and Brad basically losing their minds, but you didn’t look back, keeping your eyes on the boy in front of you.
“Alright I’ll pick for you then.” You waved down the bartender, “two of the best whiskeys you have on the rocks, and one more white wine please.”
He still hasn’t said anything, or processed that you had ordered three drinks.
“You had a great game today,” you said reaching up and squeezing his bicep, “must feel good to get the gold.” You winked.
He looked down where your hand met his arm and you could see his Adam’s Apple bob as he swallowed, “you always this quiet?” You asked, voice teasing and light.
Before he could answer you, the bartender placed the drinks down.
You pushed one of the whiskeys to him, and he muttered a thank you, wincing as he took a sip. Which made you giggle.
“You’re really pretty,” he all but yelled at you, which made you laugh.
Your laugh made him want to implode.
“Cmon, introduce me to your friends,” you said sweetly. You grabbed the two drinks in front of you and nodded for him to lead the way.
His shoulders looked so tense that they might snap, and you tried not to laugh at the situation.
When you made your way over, Nate and Brad had tears coming out of their eyes because of how hard they were laughing. Which made it even harder for you to maintain your composure. You bit your lip, “are you going to introduce me, or just stand there?” You said looking at Macklin.
“Okay that’s enough,” Sid said standing up from his bar stool.
He took a step towards you and took the whiskey from your hand, while your fingers brushed he leaned down and kissed your lips.
When you pulled apart, you reached up and wiped the lipstick off his face gently.
Macklin was speechless, and looked frightened.
Nate and Brad were basically on the floor laughing.
“Are you guys serious?” Macklin said turning to face the older teammates, “you were paying me to hit on the captain’s girlfriend?” He asked in a high pitched squeal.
Sid was laughing now too, his arm slipping around your waist.
“I’m sorry, Mack. Once I saw they sent you over I had to play into it a little,” you said sheepishly.
Nate and Brad pulled out their wallets still laughing, and handed him $100 bills.
“I would’ve paid much more to watch that unfold. I mean you couldn’t even speak!” Nate said, patting Brad on the back as they both continued laughing.
“I thought you were going to faint when she touched you dude,” Brad added.
“Alright, that’s enough teasing. Macklin, you did great. She still flusters me, if it makes you feel any better.” Sid added.
“Alright, dad we’ll stop,” Nate said rolling his eyes, walking away with Brad so they could tell the rest of the team.
“Sid. I’m sorry I had no idea.” Macklin began panicking.
Sid held you closer, “Celebrini. Relax. It’s all good.”
“And I did not mean to disrespect you Mrs. Crosby.” He said, turning to you.
You said your first name, and laughed at the formality that wasn’t even your name… yet.
“It’s really okay, hun. Plus, I am much too old for you, go enjoy your teammates.” You smiled, nodding your head towards his teammates and turning back to your boyfriend.
“That was evil.” You said, laughing.
Sid laughed then too, “I know, I probably should have tried a little harder to stop them, but I knew you would let him down easy.”
He kissed you again, which you happily returned.
“Good game today, captain.” You whispered against his lips.
“Start talking like that and we’re going to have to leave,” he said just as quiet back.
“Who said I wanted to stay?” You asked, raising a brow.
He grinned down at you, placing both your drinks down and grabbing your hand. He began guiding you out of the bar, waving goodbye to his teammates.
When you were outside, you began walking back to the hotel hand in hand.
“So Mrs. Crosby, huh?” He asked.
You shrugged, “I wouldn’t mind it.”
“Yeah?” He asked.
You shrugged again, smiling from ear to ear, “yeah.”
“Noted.” He said, but you didn’t have to look over at him to know he was smiling.
Snow began flurrying down on the streets of Milan in a picture perfect scene, and you walked back to the hotel hand in hand with the love of your life. And all you could think about was being the future Mrs. Crosby.
could you possibly write something cute and fluffy about cole caufield? plot entirely up to you! please :)
of course! thanks for requesting, sorry for the wait!
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Eyes on You || cc13
word count: 1,099
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You weren’t really a hockey fan.
Well, you liked the idea of it, the energy, the fast pace, and the passion. But you’d never really followed it closely like your best friend did. Everything you knew about hockey was based on your best friend's ramblings when she dragged you to Montreal Canadiens games. It was because of these games that you first noticed Cole Caufield.
Or, more accurately, he noticed you.
It was subtle to start out with. You weren’t sure if you were imagining things when you caught him glancing at you from the bench one game. When you brought it up, your best friend laughed it off.
“Trust me, he’s not looking at us,” she teased you. “They’re professionals, hun. Locked in.”
But, game after game, you swore the quick glances became more intentional. One night, during warmups, you stood by the glass with your best friend, absentmindedly watching as players skated by while you chatted. Then, out of nowhere, a puck hit the boards in front of you.
You were snapped out of your conversation, blinking in surprise and looking straight up at the boyish grin of Cole.
Your best friend practically squealed beside you, “Oh my god, Y/N. Did he just…”
Another puck against the boards. You snapped your gaze back to him, heart fluttering as he gave you a quick wink before skating off like it was nothing.
You had no idea how to process it.
————
The real turning point happened about a week later. Your best friend had left you at the table in a bar downtown, going off to flirt with some guy she just met. You were fine nursing your drink alone, scrolling through your phone, when suddenly you sensed a presence behind you.
“Not a hockey fan, huh?”
Your head immediately snapped up. Cole was standing in front of you, casual in a hoodie and jeans, the same boyish grin from warmups playing on his lips.
You couldn’t function for a moment, your mouth opening and closing. “What?”
He chuckled, sliding onto the stool next to you. “I see you at the games. You never seem that into it.”
“So, you’ve been watching me enough to notice?”
His grin widened at your words. “Maybe.”
You weren’t entirely sure how the conversation between you both flowed so easily after that, but it did. It really did. You learned that he was just as charming off the ice as he was on it. He had this way of making you laugh, of pulling you into his world so effortlessly that you forgot that you barely knew him.
By the end of the night, you had his number.
————
Texting with Cole became second nature. He was almost relentless with his messages, whether it was sending you the most ridiculous memes at random hours or chirping you for not knowing basic hockey terms.
It was easy to fall into a rhythm with him.
But what truly sealed the deal was the night he personally invited you to one of his games, with a promise of meeting you afterwards.You weren’t sure what you expected, but as soon as you left your seat to go meet him in the players lounge, Cole beamed at you like you were the only person in the room.
“You actually came,” he said, slightly breathless.
“You only reminded me, like, twenty times.”
He grinned. “Did you at least enjoy the game?”
You hesitated for a few seconds, then admitted, “Yeah. I might be starting to understand why people follow this sport for life.”
His eyes practically lit up at your words, “Oh, I’m definitely taking credit for that.”
The night ended with him walking you to your car, hands stuffed in his hoodie pocket, eyes flickering over you in the dim streetlights.“So…” he said once you both reached your car, rocking back on his heels. “Are you gonna let me take you out, or do I have to keep throwing pucks at the glass to get your attention?”
Your stomach fluttered. “Hmm. That depends.”
“On?”
You grinned. “Are you always this cocky?”
He stepped closer, playfulness dancing in his expression. “Nah, just with you.”
And with that, you were hooked.
————
Dating Cole was fun. There was no other way to describe it.
He had this infectious energy, always finding new ways to make you laugh, whether it was sneaking terrible dad jokes into conversation or playfully teasing you.
But what surprised you most was how thoughtful he was.
He had learned your coffee order by heart. If you had a long day, he’d randomly show up at your place with takeout and a goofy grin. If you were sick, he’d bundle you up in a ridiculous amount of blankets and insist you hydrate by shoving a water bottle into your hands every five minutes.
One morning, you woke up to a text.
Cole: Did you eat breakfast?
You: No?
Cole: Rookie mistake. Check your doorstep.
Confused, you opened your apartment door only to find a bag of pastries and your favourite iced coffee sitting on the floor.
You immediately texted him.
You: Did you seriously just do a drive-by breakfast drop??
Cole: Yep. Elite boyfriend instincts.
You rolled your eyes, but you couldn’t stop the warmth spreading through you.
————
The first time you realised that you were completely and hopelessly in love with Cole was during a lazy Sunday afternoon at his place.
You were sprawled across his couch, mindlessly flipping through a book, while he sat on the floor, messing around with his PlayStation.
Every so often he’d glance back at you, like he just wanted to make sure you were still there.
At one point, he let out a groan, tossing his controller aside. “Alright, I officially suck at this game.”
You bit back a smile. “Maybe you should stick to hockey.”
He turned, resting his chin on the couch beside you, his eyes locking onto yours. “Maybe,” he said softly, “or maybe you should help me.”
Your heart stuttered at the look in his eyes. He had that look that made you feel like you were the only thing that mattered in the world.
Without thinking, you reached out, brushing a hand through his messy hair.
“Yeah?” You murmured.
His lips curled into that boyish grin you loved so much. “Yeah.”
And just like that, he leaned up, closing the distance between you both.
It wasn’t your first kiss with him, but it was definitely the one that changed everything.
Because in that moment, you knew this wasn’t just fun anymore.
~Take Your Time by Hudson Westbrook~
Author's Note: requested! idk but words are written :)
Summary: Cole falls for the girl across the coffee shop
Warnings: n/a
Word Count: 3,185
Cole Caufield x fm!reader
Cole was someone who never hesitated on approaching a pretty girl. He would smile and wink and the girl would usually want to go home with him. Said pretty girl was always someone who was in a random city. It was rare for him to seek anyone out when he was in Michigan or even during the season. He never wanted anything long term.
Especially with the expectations of the new season. The team was buzzing and he was nearing new career highs in the stats department. He didn’t want a distraction. But here he was distracted as can be while watching the gorgeous girl read a book across the coffee shop. She had an empty iced coffee in front of her and she kept reaching towards it wanting another sip of it.
He cleared his throat as he stood up from his table he had claimed for himself, Nick, and Caitlin. He walked up towards the registrar. The barista smiled towards him, a blush to her cheeks. “I was wondering if you remember what she had ordered,” Cole asked as he subtly pointed towards the beautiful girl across the way.
The barista’s lips parted slightly before she cleared her throat. “She’s a regular, of course I remember,” she let out jokingly.
Cole spun his head around, smiling softly. “Can I buy her another one?” Cole offered while already handing the barista his card. The barista quietly took the card and proceeded with the transaction. “Thanks so much,” he let out quietly, glancing back towards the girl as she frustratingly put the glass back down.
This time as Cole looked towards her, she lifted her gaze up and met his gaze from across the coffee shop. Her lips curled upward softly as she nervously dropped her gaze back down towards the book in her hand.
Cole took the receipt, quickly shoving it back down into his pocket. Spinning on his heel, he looked towards Nick and Caitlin as they were walking inside. Cole smiled towards them as he pointed towards the table with his half-empty drink.
Nick sat down at the table while Caitlin walked towards Cole. “Did you want another one?” she asked him after giving him a brief hug.
“I’m good, thank you,” he told her as he walked back towards the table. He sat down at the seat with his coffee front and center. His gaze landed on the girl again, watching her brush a few pieces of hair away from his face.
“What are you staring at?” Nick questioned. Cole’s cheeks instantly flushed red as a wide grin formed to his lips, “Let me rephrase,” he let out while chuckling, “Who are you staring at?”
Cole rolled his eyes playfully as he took a deep breath, “Hello to you to,” Cole offered teasingly before he brought his coffee towards his lips. “Why’s your fiance ordering for you?” Cole asked, meeting Nick’s gaze. Nick rolled his eyes playfully.
“Because she knows what drink I like but I can never remember what it’s called,” Nick let out as he watched Caitlin return towards the table, with a receipt in her hand. She handed it towards Nick. He reached over, pulling the chair out for her. “Thank you, my love,” Nick let out. She smiled towards him before she looked towards Cole.
Who was watching the barista bring the girl her new drink. Cole was waiting to meet her eye, hoping she wouldn’t find it weird. Especially since this was a move that is usually pulled in a bar, not a coffee shop. The barista handed the girl the drink, he watched as she was questioning if it was meant for her.
The barista pointed across the coffee shop, Cole swore she watched his full government name fall from the barista’s lips. The girl grinned as she nodded; accepting the drink. She looked towards Cole from across the way. She smiled politely; mouthing the words thank you.
Cole nodded as he reluctantly looked towards Nick beside him. “So you’re not going to go over there?” Caitlin interrupted while shaking her head. Nick chuckled softly.
“Go flirt, we’ll be waiting,” Nick teased as he smacked his hand against Cole’s shoulder. Cole chuckled nervously before glancing towards Caitlin; almost asking a girl’s opinion on it. She nodded encouragingly which was enough to push him to actually get up to say hi.
He took a hold of his own drink, “Won’t be long, I promise,” he muttered towards the couple before he stood up from the table and manuvered through the coffee shop. Their eyes met as Cole walked up towards the table. He felt his heart jump into his throat, as his vision started getting blurry.
The closer he got to the table, the more he realized; she was definitely out of his league, beautiful. He pointed towards the chair beside her.
“Can I sit?” he asked softly.
“Absolutely, Cole Caufield,” she offered teasingly. “The barista said your name like I’m supposed to know it, are you famous?” she said as their eyes met. Cole dropped his head with a soft chuckle leaving his lips. Delicately, he rested his coffee onto the table.
“I play for the Montreal Canadiens,” he said simply. She nodded slowly, not understanding a word he was saying. Another laugh left his lips, “I play for the professional hockey team here,” he offered while scanning her stunning features. The smile on her lips meant it was going so far so good.
“So you must be good then,” she said while resting her arms against the table. She leaned closer to him. He nodded slowly, a small smile forming on his lips.
“Enough,” he teased. She rolled her eyes playfully.
“Thank you for my refill, Cole,” she offered quietly.
“Anytime…” he trailed off, waiting for her to tell him her name.
“Y/N,”
“Anytime Y/N,” he repeated as he continued to look over her features. He reached towards his coffee, awkwardly bringing it towards his lips. “This is a lot more intimidating to do with natural lighting,” he said jokingly.
She giggled, “It was very sweet of you, but you should know–” she paused as she watched the soft smile on his lips fade. “I just got out of a pretty long term relationship, so I’m not really looking for anything serious,” she explained while tilting her head to the side.
Cole’s smile slowly reappeared on his lips as he nodded, “Well, I heard you’re a regular at this place; so am I–so we should plan to just so happen to be here at the same time tomorrow. You can read that book and I can scroll through TikTok; and we can just be here at the same time but not together,” he explained slowly.
As he spoke, he watched the small smile widened on her lips. She shyly dropped her gaze towards her lap for only a few seconds before looking back up to meet his eye. “I’d like that,” she let out softly.
“I’ll be here at…” he trailed off.
“Nine,” she finished his sentence. He nodded as he trailed her frame briefly as he leaned back in his chair for a moment.
“I’ll also be here at nine,” he said as he looked into her eyes as he stood up from the table, “I hope you enjoy your coffee,” he said while their eyes were still connected.
“Thank you,” she said while shyly pursing her lips forward. He smirked as he walked away from the table as he made his way across the coffee shop.
Nick and Caitlin were looking towards him expectantly, both of them dumbfounded at the fact that he didn’t get her phone number. Slowly, he sat back down while keeping his gaze low.
“Did you shoot and miss, what was that?” Nick asked teasingly while bringing his coffee towards his lips. Cole smirked as he brought his coffee to his lips, trying to hide the blush forming to his cheeks.
“She just got out of a serious relationship,” he said simply.
“Then why are you grinning?” Caitlin asked teasingly. Slowly, Cole spun his head around, meeting Y/N’s gaze again. She shyly dropped her gaze back towards the book in her hand.
“No reason,” Cole said quietly. “Anyways, how are you guys?” Cole asked with a grin still resting on his lips.
~~~
Cole was early, well as early as he could be to a not scheduled date with the gorgeous girl from across the coffee shop. He sat at the long table against the window of the coffee shop. He rested his phone down in front of him as he began scrolling through the hockey blog; writing a post about the Canadiens. He didn’t know why he was reading it, he knew the words would make him mad.
It didn’t take long for her to enter the coffee shop. Cole lifted his gaze up watching her walk into the coffee shop. He smirked as he lowered his gaze towards his phone again. She walked around him, leaning against the table.
“Is it okay if I sit here?” she asked, somewhat jokingly. He lifted his gaze meeting here eye. He nodded while dragging his tongue across his bottom lip.
“Do you want to grab some coffee first?” he asked softly. Her eyes widened as she nodded. He stood up resting his bag onto the table, she followed in pursuit. Their eyes connected while they began to walk towards the register.
The line was a few people deep, so they stood beside one another. At first it was awkward while they didn’t know where to start the conversation. She was not used to starting over with someone new and Cole hasn’t pursued someone like this in years.
“How long have you been in Montreal?” Cole asked as he looked towards her, their eyes connecting in the process.
“Moved here from Dallas about a month ago,” she explained quietly.
“Why Montreal?” he asked softly while looking into her eyes. There was something about them that made his knees go weak.
“I’ve got a lot of family in the area, seemed like the perfect place to have a fresh start,” she explained as her gaze dipped towards the soft smile on his lips for only a second.
“It must have been a pretty bad relationship for you to move to a different country,” he questioned cautiously. She chuckled softly while dropping her gaze towards the floor.
“It wasn’t bad at all. Life happens that’s all,” she mumbled before looking back towards him. “What about you, any recent serious relationships?” she asked while tilting her head to the side.
“Not really since I started playing for the Habs,” he explained quietly. She nodded while looking into eyes. “I was trying to get used to a new lifestyle and now that I’m used to it–”
“You’re ready for something new?” she asked teasingly. He nodded dramatically while biting his lower lip. She rolled her eyes playfully. “You’re pretty popular here, I’m sure there’s a lot of volunteers,”
“Well, I prefer the chase,” he said while tilting his head to the side.
“Oh, I’m sure you do,” she nodded slowly.
“I don’t mind waiting around,” he said while scanning her features as they walked up towards the counter. He held his hand towards her, allowing her to order first. A shy smile formed on her lips before she looked towards the barista who was taking the order of the person in front of them.
“Might be waiting around for a while,” she offered teasingly, looking into his eyes again. He fought off a smile as he tilted his head to the side.
“That’s okay, you seem like someone worth waiting for,”
“You don’t know me,” she teased.
“Well let me get to know you,” he asked softly, taking a step towards her. A nervous laugh fell from her lips as she stepped up towards the register. She began to pull her wallet out. “Don’t even think about it,” he whispered towards her as he slowly pushed her hand back to her side.
Pressing her lips together, her body straightened as she kept her gaze ahead. Cole took a hold of his own wallet and pulled out his card. Fighting off a grin, she looked back towards the barista.
They ordered their drinks before they wandered back towards the seats the Cole claimed. “So I gotta ask,” Cole questioned as he waited for her to sit down. She hummed as a reply. Cole sat down beside her, “What do you mean by life happens?”
A soft smile on her lips as she met his gaze. “We fell out of love, that’s all,” she mumbled as she scanned Cole’s features. “The spark disappeared and we never got it back. It was mutual,” she offered.
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It has been a month since they first met and today was the first time Cole was coming over. She was doing everything in her power not to start to fall for him. Cole never pressured her into anything, simply was great company; and a great flirt.
She loved every moment with him, looking forward to her coffee not dates. His gaze was so intoxicating the way he scanned her features and the way their eyes could remain connected for hours. He was funny and charming and she was starting to fall for him; and she was starting to get tired of pretending she wasn’t.
There was a soft knock against her door and she stood up from the couch instantly. She took in a nervous breath as she began to walk towards the front door of her apartment. She stood up on her toes to look through the peephole. Her eyes widened as she saw Cole standing outside of her apartment.
She pulled the door open, smiling towards him. She swung the door open and tilted her head to the side. “Hey there,” she offered teasingly.
“Hey,” he said with a smirk, “New location unlocked, I’m glad I’m leveling up in your book,” he teased as she stepped aside letting him inside.
“Don’t get too cocky now, I am easily spooked,” she offered as the door shut behind them. Cole kept his distance while chuckling. She pointed towards the collection of shoes neatly lined beside the door. He nodded as he quickly kicked his shoes off and made sure they were neatly rested.
“I’ll stay arm's length, I promise,” he offered while crossing his arms over his chest. Slowly, scanning her frame in the process.
“You don’t have to be so far away,” she expressed while walking backwards towards her living room. He grinned as he followed after her, without an ounce of hesitation. “The Cowboys game is on. Wanna watch?” she offered knowingly as she spun on her heel to meet his eye.
A gasp fell from his lips as he watched her flop down onto the couch. “Are they playing the Packers?” he asked with his eyes wide as he sat down in the center of the couch. She shook her head while looking into his eyes. He kept his arms crossed over his lap. “I will never be caught dead watching a Cowboys game,” he said while scanning her features.
“You are making me watch hockey and I can’t get you to watch the Cowboys,” she offered teasingly. Inching closer to her, he rolled his eyes playfully.
“Not the same thing,” he said simply as he rested his arm on top of the couch.
“How is that not the same thing?” she muttered while laughing.
“I play for the team and we’re not the Dallas Cowboys,” he explained teasingly. She scoffed while leaning towards him subconsciously.
“Yeah, the Cowboys are better,” she shot back. His mouth fell open as a cocky grin started to form on his lips.
“Now that was really mean,” he said simply. She smirked as she looked over his features. He was a lot closer than she thought, her gaze dropped towards his lips admiring the smile spread across his lips.
“Is it mean if it’s true?” she offered a knowing smirk on her lips. He shook his head slowly while tiilting his head to the side. Pursing his lips forward, he nodded slowly. His gaze dipped towards her lips, admiring the curve and the soft clear gloss.
“We’re getting better,” he defended while leaning back. “You would know if you watch them,” he offered as he forced his gaze straight ahead.
“I watch them,” she defended, “I just only pay attention to one player though,” she continued.
“Oh yeah, and who’s that?” he questioned while looking back towards her.
“I can’t remember his name but he's really short,” she said teasingly with their eyes connected. “Thirteen, I think is his number–”
He pushed her delicately while letting out a laugh. “I’m not that short,” he muttered while looking into her eyes. “Everyone else is just freakishly tall,”
“Really?” she shot back. He hummed while nodding his head.
“Put on the damn game,” he muttered while wrapping his arm over her shoulder. He was half expecting her to scoot away or ask him to take his arm off of her but she leaned into him. His heart instantly began to slam against his chest. His breath caught in his throat as he began to trail his fingers down her arm.
She slowly put the game on, a gasp falling from her lips at the embarrassing score. “And you think they're better than us,” he whispered teasingly.
“Yeah, I think I’ll put on something else,” she whispered back, a soft laugh falling from his lips. He tilted his head to the side, admiring her side profile. “Any recommendations?” she questioned while turning her head to the side meeting his gaze.
Her heart jumped into her throat as her body erupted in goosebumps. “Anythings fine,” he mumbled as his gaze dipped towards her lips.
“Yeah?” she asked softly. He nodded slightly as he took a deep breath. Their lips were only an inch apart as he continued to admire her lips. He didn’t want to push her, and waited for her to make the first move. “Okay,”
“Okay?” he asked quietly. She nodded before she leaned towards him, kissing him urgently. Delicately he took a hold of her cheek, pulling her towards him. She hummed against his lips as their tongues instantly connected. Cole reached over, taking a hold of her thigh allowing her to climb onto his lap.
His hands rested on the small of her back as he pulled her closer to him. Her hands rested on the base of his neck as she began kissing him slowly. Her hands ran into his hair as he roamed his hands along her frame.
“I don’t know if I wanna–” she trailed off as she mumbled against his lips.
“That’s okay, I wasn’t expecting anything,” he mumbled back as their eyes connected. He raised his hand up and brushed a few pieces of hair away from her face. “I wanna make sure you’re comfortable,” She nodded as she leaned towards him, kissing him again.
could you do cole caufield and a him meeting a girl who plays for the montreal victoire. like a meet cute of sorts
it’s the kind of morning that tastes like blood in the back of your throat. practice ran long, you didn’t sleep, and the metro was delayed just enough to fuck up your timing. your stick bag digs into your shoulder, your hoodie’s stuck to your skin under your coat, and some tourist outside the bell centre mistakes you for a team assistant and asks if you can point them to the canadiens locker room. you smile with all your teeth and say “nope.”
and then you walk right in.
you’re not thinking about the men’s practice schedule. you’re not thinking at all. brain stuck on loop, just noise, just caffeine and sore knees and the low echo of your coach telling you your breakouts need work. you turn the corner to the auxiliary gym like you own the place, because this morning, you do.
and that’s when you almost crash chest-first into cole fucking caufield.
short, wide, unbelievably built like someone reassembled him from muscle and bad ideas.
he’s mid-step, hoodie rolled up to his elbows, jaw bruised like someone tagged him good last night. he smells like exertion and laundry soap and expensive gel, like someone who sweats and then goes on tv about it.
you blink. he blinks.
and then he looks you up and down, not subtle, not slow, not respectful, just—checking.
stick bag. taped wrists. your team hoodie.
he puts it together real fast.
“victoire?” he asks, like he already knows.
you nod once.
“fuck yeah,” he says, all teeth.
he steps aside to let you through and doesn’t do the thing. doesn’t pat you on the shoulder or call you sweetheart or make a joke about women’s hockey being real hockey.
he just stands there and lets you pass, then calls after you:
“you skate that fast when you’re not late?”
you stop walking. turn, slow, eyes narrowed.
“you hit that hard when you’re not losing?”
there’s a beat. then he laughs. not big. not forced. a bark, a real one. he jogs a few steps to catch up with you, shoulder bumping yours.
“i like you.”
“you don’t know me.”
“nah, but you chirp like someone worth knowing.”
he’s not hitting on you. not yet. he’s not trying to charm, not laying it on.
he’s just there, in your space, like it’s natural. like he doesn’t have to try.
and you don’t move away.
you’ve got tape residue on your fingers, a bruise on your jaw from last week’s elbow, and a mouth that hasn’t quit since peewee.
he’s got thighs like tree trunks, hair smashed under a toque, and that look like he’s been benched for fighting twice this month.
“i’m cole,” he says, even though you already knew.
“yeah.”
he laughs again, scrubs a hand through his hair, sticks it out like you might actually shake it.
you don’t. you stare at it. then up at him.
“you gonna ask for my number next?”
he shrugs.
“i mean… do you want me to?”
your jaw cocks left.
“depends. you gonna cry when we beat you to the gym next week?”
his eyes flash—challenged, not pissed. like you just dropped a puck at his feet.
“you wish, victoire.”
“bet.”
“coffee on it?”
“winner buys.”
he nods like it’s locked in.
you walk away with a smirk he definitely sees.
you don’t look back.
he doesn’t either.
but he pulls his phone out as soon as you’re out of sight.
and by the time you’re halfway down the hallway, your teammate texts you:
“cole caufield just asked if you were single. did you bodycheck him in the dick orrr?”
you laugh into your elbow.
not butterflies.
but something sharp. hungry. new.
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| Quinn Hughes | Yes, he’s freaky are we surprised? He loves attacking your Shoulders when he has u bent over, thighs, boobies.., hips. He truly doesn’t have a favorite spot to bite it’s just the closest spot he has to bite that he’s sinking his teeth in.
| Cole Caufield | It’s not typically his vibe but sometimes if there’s an opportunity he’ll bite playfully but it’s not his usual to bite during sex.
| Jamie Drysdale | Yes he loves biting your lip when he pulls away from kissing you, thighs get some love too from time to time. He bites you for shits and giggles sometimes too, it’s always at a random time usually when his intrusive thoughts win but it’s always funny!
| Kirby Dach | Not really no, maybe some light nips or teeth grazing your skin in the slightest but it’s gotta be when you’re both so caught up in the sex that kisses and movements are getting lazy and fast that he doesn’t even full realize he did it.
| Mason McTavish | Yes, yes, yes. He’s a freak let’s be real, he’ll bite wherever he finds appealing, but it’s gotta be somewhere only he’s going to be able to see.
| Adam Fantilli | Mmm not really, if he does it’s to be silly. He’ll bite your finger if you feed him something or sometimes he’ll take a nice bite on your sweet spot to pull some giggles from you.
| Arber Xhekaj | Yes! Thighs, bum, boobs, neck, shoulder, lips. This man has no limits wherever he can find a spot to sink his teeth into he is.
| Luke Hughes | No, he doesn’t see the appeal of it. Hasn’t bit you since college when he accidentally left a massive hickey and you both couldn’t stand the sight of it.
| Cole Sillinger | um yes, no doubt. He’s a freak he’s bites and he bites hard, enjoys running his fingers over the marks as they’re healing and is impatiently waiting to leave more once they heal. Doesn’t have a favorite spot to bite, it’s honestly wherever he can sink his teeth into.
| Matt Rempe | Absofuckinglutley. He can’t help himself when his teeth sink into your stomach as he kisses down your body, or the way his teeth ache for the feeling of your thick thighs under them, the cries that escape you when he nips at your breasts sends him into overdrive, bigg lip biter when make outs are happening.
| Brandt Clarke | Not his vibe. Did it once just to try and it was way too hard, neither of you cared for it so now it’s just something that’s laughed about.
| Will Smith | Absolutely, Both sexually and in a fun way. He bites you to be a little shit sometimes but he loves to bite your shoulder the sound you make when his teeth break skin has him shivering with need, he’s also not afraid to take a nice bite of your bum whenever he’s kissing down your body from behind.
| Macklin Celebrini | Little baby piranha, he bites you like he has nothing better to do. He’ll just do it to do it, feeding him something? Purposely bites your fingers, laying there innocently? Bites wherever his mouth can reach, your lips are constantly cut up from him biting them. During freaky time he bites your shoulder to stay quiet but that’s about it.
| Kaiden Guhle | 100%, Kaiden is a freak on the low and biting is one of his favorite things to do in bed. He loves marking you up in places only he will see, inner thighs, breasts, hips, bum.
| Mackie Samoskevich | Yes but mainly around the Shoulder or low enough where it can be covered and only he can see it!
Inspired by your recent work, Macklin hurt to comfort where he says something to the media that is completely taken out of context and looks really bad (something about you, your relationship, another girl, prioritizing hockey, or something). Reader would usually just bring it up to Mack right away and talk it out, but he’s on a longer roadie and reader doesn’t want to have that conversation over the phone, but then ends up stewing on it while he’s gone. Reader kind of unconsciously starts to pull away as she start to get doubts, but Macklin notices while he’s gone and clears everything up and reassures reader as soon as he gets back. Lots of fluff after the original hurt please! Also, I missed your work the few days that you were gone, you are genuinely so talented, I’m so excited for the other ideas you are working on 💜💜
You're so sweet, thank you 💜 I've got a few more things in the work right now, and they should be posted over the next few days! Thank you for the support, happy reading! 4.2k words
Something is wrong the minute he says “I miss you” over the phone, and you hesitate to respond. It’s the smallest of hesitations, but he notices. Usually you respond immediately, with “I miss you too,” or “Can’t wait to have you home.”
“You okay?” he asks carefully.
“Yeah,” you answer too fast, “I’m just tired.” It’s not entirely a lie, you are tired. Not the normal kind of tired, though, you’re emotionally exhausted from seeing that stupid interview clip that the internet had run completely out of context.
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It initially happened four days ago. You were walking back from class when your phone started going off like crazy. At first, you ignored it, assuming it was a group chat or maybe Macklin spam texting you about something going on on his road trip with the team.
It got annoying after a couple of minutes, so you finally caved and looked. The first rendition of the message you saw was from your roommate; all she had sent was a TikTok link and “ummm???”
You opened the video as soon as you sat down the the library, and your stomach immediately dropped.
The clip was from a post-game interview after San Jose’s win over Vancouver the night prior. You hadn’t gotten around to watching all the post-game media, because by the time the game was over you were tired and knew you needed to go to bed because of your 8am first thing the next day.
In the video, Macklin is standing in front of the media wall, headset on, in his Sharks hoodie and his hair damp from a shower. Looking tired but relaxed, a little bit of that post-win glow still on his face.
The video opens with one of the reporters asking: “So much of your life has changed this year. The pressure, the travel, the attention, your everyday relationships…have you had to sacrifice anything personal to stay this focused on hockey?”
Macklin shrugged lightly, thinking of his answer. “I mean…yeah, definitely. Hockey’s the priority right now, it kind of has to be," he says, and then the video stops.
Had his whole answer been included you would've also heard, “There are a lot of things in my life—most things—that come second to it sometimes, and the people close to me know that.” But you didn't see that part. You didn't know that there was more to it. From what you saw, he said something that made it seem like your relationship was a burden that he tolerated around hockey.
People ran with it immediately, no one cared enough to see what the context was, or even look into if there was more to his answer.
You made the mistake of immediately opening the comments on the video. They were flooded with:
his poor girlfriend ☹️
She deserves better..
NHL players neverrrr prioritize relationships 😭
He basically just admitted she comes second, wow
You should’ve ignored it, because you know that social media twists anything and everything into something that it isn’t, and you know Macklin would never say that.
But the problem is that some part of you understood what they meant. Not because he didn’t love you, you knew he did, but because hockey really was his whole life sometimes.
During the season there were missed dinners and canceled plans. Calls are often cut short because team meetings run late or he has to do something last minute. There are nights he falls asleep mid-conversation from exhaustion, and weeks where his schedule barely leaves room for himself, let alone anybody else.
Usually you handle it fine, you're endlessly proud of him and everything he's doing. But something about hearing it said out loud, especially when he's the one saying it, lodges itself in your chest and you haven't been able to get rid of that feeling of suddenly being unwanted.
It hasn't helped that he's on a long road trip through western Canada, then moving on to the central US, you haven't even been able to talk to him properly for almost a week.
You decided immediately that you didn’t want to have this conversation through bad hotel Wi-Fi and an exhausted late-night phone call, that’s just a recipe for bad communication and no good chance to actually talk about it properly.
It doesn’t occur to you that keeping your feelings from him and letting them stir more wouldn’t be any better, so against your better judgement, you say nothing. Which turned out to be worse.
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Macklin knows something is off almost immediately. The first few days he figured you were just busy with school, stressed out, tired, something simple that would get better shortly.
But after about four days, he knows something is really wrong. Not because you’re mean, you’re never mean. You still answer all his texts, ask for details about all his games, tell him good morning and goodnight, but for some reason it all feels thinner. It's like you aren’t asking things with intention anymore, but rather asking and answering like you’re on autopilot.
Soon enough the calls get shorter, you stop sending him random pictures and updates throughout the day, and worst of all you stop telling him things.
Usually he knows everything about your day before it even ends. The lecture that dragged on, the girl in your class who helps you with notes you don’t quite understand, what coffee you got that morning, what song came on and reminded you of him.
Now conversations feel careful, like you’re unconsciously pulling yourself away from him slowly, and it starts driving him insane.
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“Mack, you’re staring,” Will says as he drops into the seat beside Macklin on the team plane.
Macklin blinks, realizing he’s been looking at the same unopened text thread for probably ten minutes.
“I’m not.”
“You are.”
Macklin sighs and locks his phone.
Will watches him for a second. “Did you guys fight or something?”
“No, God no, we aren't fighting.”
“Then why do you look like somebody kicked your dog?”
Macklin leans back in his seat, rubbing a hand over his face, “She’s just acting weird.”
“Weird how?”
“I don’t know,” he mutters. “Different.”
Will snorts, “That clears things up.”
Macklin ignores him. “She keeps saying she’s fine,” he says quietly. “But she’s not, I can tell she's not fine. She’s been really short with me lately and I don’t know why.”
Will studies him for a second before realization flickers across his face, “Ohhh.”
“What?”
“This is about that interview thing, isn’t it?”
Mack’s head snaps up immediately, “What interview thing?”
Will gives him a look. “The clip? It was all over TikTok.”
Mack feels his stomach drop. “What clip?”
Will pulls it up on his phone and hands it to Macklin, who watches it in silence. Three times all the way through.
By the fourth time, he looks genuinely sick. “Are you kidding me?” he mutters.
Because now he understands. God, no wonder you’ve been distant. The clip makes him sound awful and cold. Like you’re some obstacle in the way of hockey instead of the person holding him together through it all.
“That’s not what I meant,” he says immediately, "that's not even all of what I said!”
Will shrugs sympathetically, “Internet doesn’t care.”
Macklin grabs his phone out of his pocket so fast he nearly drops it. He unlocks it and immediately texts you.
Mack: Baby that clip is taken out of context. That’s not even the whole thing
Your answer a few minutes later.
You: i know
Somehow that feels worse, because if you know, why does it still feel like he’s losing you by the second? Why does it still feel like you’re upset with him?
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The road trip suddenly becomes unbearable for Macklin. Every city feels way too far away from you, every hotel room feels empty, and every win feels completely dull because the person he wants to talk to first after they’re over isn’t answering his calls and she’s barely responding to his texts with more than three words.
One night after a game in Calgary, he calls you immediately, and surprisingly you answer on the fourth ring. Lately you’d been letting it go to voicemail and then making up some excuse about going to bed early whenever he asked why you didn't pick up.
“Hey,” your voice is soft, he thinks it sounds too soft, like if you talked too loudly something might break.
So he returns the energy. “Hey,” he says carefully.
“How was the game?” you ask, even though you watched every second, you still always ask because you want to hear about it from him.
“It was alright. You watched?”
“Yeah, I watched. Good goal in the second.”
“Thanks.”
Macklin closes his eyes, he hates this with every fiber of his being, everything about it is wrong. Short conversations, talking about dull things, it all feels like the bare minimum.
“I miss you,” he says finally.
You pause for way too long, that’s how he knows something is still wrong.
“I miss you too,” you say, but it sounds forced, like something you think you should say instead of something you want to say. Like it isn’t necessarily something you feel.
“Okay,” he says quietly, ripping the band-aid off, “What’s going on?”
“Nothing.”
“Don’t do that,” he says, frustrated.
“I’m not doing anything,” you defend.
“Yes you are.”
You sigh softly, “Mack…”
“No,” he interrupts. “You’ve barely talked to me for almost a week and every conversation feels weird and careful and I know it’s because of that stupid interview everyone's focused on.”
You go silent, and that’s all the confirmation he needs.
Finally you say, “Macklin, I really don’t want to do this over the phone.”
His stomach drops immediately at the exhaustion in your voice, “So there is something.”
“That’s not what I meant.”
“Then what did you mean?”
You rub a hand over your face, “I just think this is a conversation we should have in person.”
“Mhm.” His voice goes quieter, “That usually means something bad.”
“That’s not fair.”
“Then tell me I’m wrong.”
You can’t. You think that he probably thinks you want to break up with him or something, which isn’t true at all, and you don’t want him to think that. You’re just hurt, and you don’t fully know what to do with that yet, because you’re still processing.
The silence from your end from both ends of the call stretches too long.
“Mackie,” you say softly, “I know you didn’t mean it the way people online made it sound.”
“But?”
You shut your eyes, trying to keep the emotion out of your voice so he doesn’t feel worse, “But hearing it still sucked.”
He exhales shakily, just waiting for you to continue.
“I know hockey comes first sometimes,” you continue quietly. “I’ve always known that. I think hearing you actually say it just made me realize how easy it would be for me to become…secondary or something.”
“Mhm,” he hums. He sounds devastated at what you've just told him, and he doesn't really know how to respond.
“And I know that’s not fair because you’ve never actually treated me badly, but—”
“But now it’s in your head.”
“Yeah,” you exhale.
He goes quiet for a second. Then quietly, “I wish I was there.”
Your throat tightens immediately, because you miss him, you really do. Saying it might come off otherwise but you just want him here so you can talk everything out and make sure everything is still okay. “Me too,” you say, completely honest this time, and it sounds like it.
Neither of you say anything after that, because what else is there to say?
Eventually he manages a quiet, “Okay.”
“Okay?”
“We’ll talk when I get home.”
You nod even though he can’t see it, but he gets the memo that the conversation is over.
When the call ends, both of you stare at your phones feeling ten times worse than before.
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The next three days crawl by. You hate every second of it. The distance, the weirdness of it all. Every interaction feels so fragile, like you can’t let the conversation get too deep, because you’re both waiting to have the conversation when he gets home.
Macklin hates it too. You can tell from how he’s reaching for you anyway. He texts asking if you ate dinner, he sends you pictures from airports, random team updates in hopes to make you laugh. Light things.
One night he sends: Saw a dog that looked like the one you always send me tiktoks about
Then immediately after: Not relevant, just thought you should know. It was cute, made me think of you
You stare at the messages for a long time before smiling despite yourself, because even now, even in the middle of a situation that you don’t know the ending of, his instinct is still to talk to you, check on you, be there for you.
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When he finally gets home, you’ve become terrified, because this conversation matters so much.
You’re sitting on the couch when you hear the door of the apartment unlock, and your stomach churns instantly.
You get up cautiously, and walk over to the entryway. The second you seem him you notice how tired he looks. He has his bag slung over his shoulder, baseball cap sitting backwards on his head, and circles underneath his eyes.
The second his eyes land on you, his whole expression softens into something exhausted and relieved. “Hi,” he says quietly.
You barely get the word out before he’s pulling you into him. Hard. The hug feels like he’s been holding himself together for days and finally doesn’t have to anymore. If you’re being honest with yourself, you feel the same, and you melt into him completely.
His arms wrap around your back so tightly it almost hurts. He just stands there, holding you, breathing you in like nothing is wrong, just like he’s missed you.
He pulls back after a second, hands still on your waist. “You wanna talk now?”
You nod, “Yeah, please.”
So he drops his bag next to the door, takes his hat off and tosses it onto his bag, and follows you further into the apartment. For the first time all week it finally feels like you’re on the same page instead of separated by screens and miles and what feels like a million misunderstandings.
Suddenly you feel awkward standing there. He’s not a stranger, he’s the most familiar thing in your life, so you think that odd feeling must be because everything between you feels so tense right now. Usually when he comes home you’re immediately wrapped around each other, talking over one another, smiling. Kissing him before he can even fully step through the door.
Now you’re both standing there like you’re trying not to break something.
“You want tea or something?” you ask finally, mostly because the silence is making your chest feel tight, an anxious feeling clawing at you. Macklin looks at you for a second before shaking his head softly.
“No, c’mere first.”
Your heart aches immediately at the exhaustion in his voice. You let him pull you toward the couch, and the second you sit down he’s not letting go of your hand. His thumb brushes over your knuckles, then he exhales, “I’m sorry.”
You look up immediately. “Mack—”
“No, let me say it first.” His eyes stay fixed on your intertwined hands. “I’m sorry I said it like that.”
“You didn’t know they’d twist it.”
“I still said it weird. The whole answer to the question was weird and it wasn’t right”
A tiny laugh escapes you before you can stop it. His mouth twitches slightly, relieved you don’t look like you’re about to cry.
“I just…” He drags a hand through his hair. “I didn’t realize how bad it sounded until Will showed me the clip.”
You blink, “Will showed you?”
“Mhm.”
“What did he say?” you ask.
Macklin groans softly, dropping his head onto the back of the couch, “Basically called me an idiot.”
“That sounds like Will.”
“Yeah.”
You smile faintly, but the smile fades again. “I know you didn’t mean it the way people online made it sound,” you admit quietly, “That’s what makes me feel stupid about this.”
“You are not stupid.”
“I kind of am,” you insist.
“You’re not.”
Your eyes drop to your lap, “It just really got in my head.”
Macklin goes quiet for a second before asking carefully, “What part?”
You hesitate, not wanting to hurt him anymore, then decide there’s no point holding back now. “The ‘things come second’ part.”
His face falls immediately, “Baby.”
“I know hockey matters,” you rush out. “I’ve always known that. I knew what your life looked like when we got together. I knew even before that, your life has always been like this.”
“But?”
You swallow hard, trying to keep yourself together, “But sometimes it already feels like I only get whatever’s left of you.”
The words hurt to say out loud, and judging by his expression, they hurt to hear too.
“Mhm,” he hums quietly.
“And then hearing you say hockey has to come first…” You shake your head weakly, “I don’t know. I think I just started wondering if one day there wouldn’t be room for me anymore.”
Macklin stares at you like you’ve just said something genuinely terrifying, “What?”
You immediately regret saying it, “I know it sounds dramatic—”
“No.” His voice is firm now, “No, don’t do that.”
You just look at him, because you don’t know what to say.
“You really think I’d outgrow you?” he asks.
Your throat tightens instantly because the hurt in his voice is so obvious, and he’s just articulated exactly how you felt.
“I didn’t mean it like that,” you say.
“Then how did you mean it?”
You look down again, “I don’t know.”
His fingers brush across the back of your hand again, “Yes you do.”
You sigh shakily. “I think…” You pause, “I think your life got really big really fast.”
His expression softens slightly. He gets what you’re saying, but he doesn’t want to interrupt your thoughts so he stays quiet.
“And sometimes I still feel like the same person I was before all of this happened,” you continue quietly. “Like eventually you’re going to realize I don’t fit into all the new stuff. That I don’t fit into your life anymore.”
The second the words leave your mouth, Macklin’s entire face crumples, “Jesus Christ.”
You instantly feel worse, “I know that sounds insane—”
“It sounds sad,” he interrupts.
Your eyes sting immediately, “Macklin—”
“No, because you’ve just been sitting here thinking this all week?” He looks genuinely devastated now, “By yourself?”
You shrug weakly. “I didn’t know how to explain it,” you acknowledge.
“You should’ve told me, I would've done my best to figure it out. To understand.”
“I didn’t want to start a fight.”
“I would rather fight with you than have you sit here convincing yourself I don’t want you anymore.” The raw honesty in his voice makes your chest ache even more, the knot of emotion in your throat becoming tighter.
He shifts closer suddenly, both hands wrapping around yours fully now, “Look at me.”
You do, and the expression on his face breaks your heart, because he looks scared. There’s not an ounce of annoyance or defensiveness on his face. He just looks scared.
“You are the best part of my life,” he says quietly.
Your eyes immediately burn.
“I mean it.”
His thumbs brush across your knuckles again and again, reminding you he’s right there. “Hockey is my job,” he says carefully. “It’s my dream and it’s demanding and sometimes it takes everything out of me, but you are not competing with hockey. Ever.”
You stay quiet, your eyes not straying away from his.
“You know what I meant when I said people close to me understand?” he asks softly.
You shake your head a little, willing him to continue.
“I meant that you understand when I’m exhausted after games. Or when I have road trips for two weeks straight. Or when I miss things because my schedule’s insane.” His jaw tightens. “Not that you matter less.”
A tear slips down your cheek before you can stop it, and Macklin notices immediately. “Hey,” he says softly, leaning closer, “No, c’mon.”
His hand comes up carefully, brushing beneath your eye, catching your tears.
“I need you to really hear me, 'kay? There is no version of my life where you become secondary to me,” he says. “I don’t care how big hockey gets,” he continues. “You’re still the person I want after everything.”
You close your eyes briefly.
“After good games, I want you. After bad games, I want you. After interviews and flights and media and practices and all the loud parts that get to be too much…” His voice softens further, “I want nothing but to come home to you.”
“I know,” you whisper miserably, “I know that now.”
The tears come harder now, and you feel him moving to pull you into him. Your face ends up tucked against his chest while his arms wrap around your shoulders tightly.
“I’m sorry,” you mumble against his sweatshirt.
“What are you apologizing for?”
“For making this week all weird, and for making you worry about all this, that wasn’t fair.”
“You were hurt.”
You shake your head slightly, “I still should’ve talked to you.”
Macklin exhales softly into your hair. “Maybe,” he admits. “But honestly? I think I get why you didn’t. I probably would’ve spiraled too if I saw a clip of you saying I came second to something.”
A watery laugh escapes you, “Yeah?”
“Oh absolutely. You handled it better than I would’ve.”
“You’re lying.”
“I’m not, I promise.”
You smile weakly. Then your expression softens again when you pull back to really look at him, “You look tired.”
He lets out a dramatic groan immediately and drops his forehead onto your shoulder. “I’m exhausted. I couldn’t do another night of this,” he admits quietly, “I hated it.”
Your arms tighten around him.
“I hated it too,” you say.
He turns his head slightly, lips brushing absentmindedly against your shoulder, just to feel you more.
“You know what the worst part was?” he asks, his voice muffled against you.
“What?”
“You hesitating when you said you missed me.”
“You caught that?”
You feel him smile, “Immediately.”
You groan softly and hide your face in his neck, “That’s humiliating.”
“It made me feel insane,” he says, his hand coming up to cradle the back of your head.
You laugh weakly against his skin, “I wasn’t doing it on purpose.”
“I know, sweetheart.”
His other hand moves to slide slowly up and down your back. “But again,” he murmurs, “you never have to question whether I love you more than hockey.”
“That’s not really fair. Hockey’s been your whole life forever.”
“Well now it's you.”
The words hit so hard and so suddenly that your chest physically aches, and you tear up again. Macklin’s expression softens immediately when he sees your face crumple again, “Oh no,” he says softly. “Baby, c’mon.”
“You can’t just say things like that,” you say through your tears.
A small smile tugs at his mouth, “Why?”
“Because I’m already emotional.”
“That sounds like a you problem,” he retorts.
You stare at him for a second before laughing through tears. “There you are,” he says softly the second he hears the real laugh, smiling at you. And there he is too, your Macklin.
No clipped-up interview version, not the version for the headlines, not the public image; just the boy who flew home as fast as he could and came immediately to you, worried, because he couldn’t stand feeling distant from you for another day.
You lean forward first this time, kissing him softly. Immediately his hand slides to the side of your face. The kiss is slow, full of relief, and a little more emotional than usual.
When you pull back, he rests his forehead against yours with a quiet exhale. Always that, his forehead against yours.
“I missed you so much,” he murmurs.
You smile shakily, “I’m sorry I spiraled.”
“I’m sorry I accidentally started the spiral.”
“That’s true, actually, this is mostly your fault.”
He gasps softly, “Mostly?”
You grin for the first time all week, and the relief on his face is immediate. “I missed you too,” you say.
Macklin exhales like those were the only words he needed to hear, and his shoulders physically relax for the first time since he walked through the door.
“Okay,” he mumbles after a second, voice quieter now. “Can we go to bed?”
You blink at him, smiling softly, “That’s your big conclusion after all that?”
“Yes,” he insists immediately, already sounding half-asleep. “I’ve been on planes and buses for like eight days and emotionally tortured almost the entire time.”
You laugh quietly while he shifts closer again, practically folding himself against you. You shake your head fondly while his arms tighten around your waist again. “You’re needy,” you say.
“Mhm,” he hums, completely unashamed. “And tired. C’mon.”
He stands first, then immediately reaches for your hand. You let him pull you up from the couch, and before you can even fully steady yourself he’s tugging you against his chest again, burying his face into your neck with a long exhausted sigh.
“You smell like home,” he mumbles, peppering kisses onto your skin.
Your heart squeezes painfully, “You’re being very sweet right now.”
“I know,” he says sleepily. “'Cause I love you.”
You laugh again, quieter this time, and press a kiss to his cheek before letting him guide you toward the bedroom.
The second you both finally get under the blankets, Macklin immediately reaches for you, pulling you against him until your head is tucked underneath his chin and his arm is wrapped tightly around your waist. There’s still exhaustion lingering in both of you, but the tension is finally gone. No distance, no bad connection, no overthinking. Just him.
His fingers drift lazily against your back for a few moments before stilling. “I love you,” he murmurs again, already sounding half asleep.
You tilt your head up just enough to kiss his jaw softly. “I love you too, Mackie.”
Even exhausted, you feel the tiny smile against your hair before he finally falls asleep.
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Is it crazy to say that I might like writing things that are a little angstier...writing the conflict and then the resolution I think is why, it's very full-circle every time.
I know I said I'd post this tomorrow, but I finished it earlier today, so why not just post it now?
First time writing for Fraser, I hope you all enjoy! 😊 2.4k words
You’re still half asleep when you blindly reach for your phone on your nightstand because it just will not stop going off. Lazily you squint against the brightness of the screen, and you’re greeted with a slew of messages from nearly every social app you have.
Instagram: 100+
TikTok: 100+
Follow requests, mentions, comments, reposts, likes, DMs from people you haven't talked to in years.
You have messages from nearly every single person in your contacts, but the ones that stick out are the two from Fraser.
Fraser: You awake sweet girl?
The second, sent less than a minute later:
Fraser: Don’t panic
Which, naturally, makes you panic immediately. You sit up so fast the blankets fall almost entirely off your body, confusion taking over now.
That’s when you notice your notifications keep climbing in real time. Your stomach drops, and you open TikTok first.
The first video on your feed is from the official Bruins account captioned: “Family Skate Day 🐻⛸️”
Oh no.
“Oh my god,” you whisper to yourself.
The video starts innocently enough. Players’ kids skating around, players helping little cousins stand upright. A sibling or two crashing into the boards while everyone laughs. Then midway through the reel; there you are in the background.
Your face is only partially showing and the camera isn’t even fully focused on your features. You hadn’t even realized you were in frame.
Fraser is beside you, gliding backward effortlessly while holding both your hands because you’re still shaky on skates despite him trying to teach you how to properly skate multiple times. His head is tilted toward you, listening to something you’re saying, and he’s smiling in that small quiet way he does when he’s genuinely amused.
The clip cuts, then you show up in the background again.
This time you’re standing near the boards talking to one of the other girlfriends while Fraser skates past behind you, and without even looking, he reaches for your hand as he passes, just to give it a quick squeeze to remind you he’s around. You remember the moment exactly, you’d taken a break while he was skating circles around the rink with some of his teammates and some of the kids.
Near the end, there’s a blurry little background clip of you laughing about something while Fraser leans down and presses a quick kiss to your forehead before skating away again.
You make the mistake of checking the comments under the video, and it’s incredibly clear people noticed you and Fraser together:
THAT MAN IS IN LOVE
Bruins admin hard launching Fraser Minten was not on my bingo card…
Whoever she is, he adores her
Him skating backwards holding both her hands 😭😭 BYE
who IS she?!
You replay the video. Once, twice, three times.
The whole afternoon you weren’t exactly aware of the social media admin filming as much as they did, but then again you were just focused on having a good time with your boyfriend and his teammates and their families.
Your phone rings. Fraser.
You answer immediately. “You told me not to panic,” you say the second you pick up.
“Yeah.”
“Well I’m panicking.”
“I figured.”
His voice is calm, annoyingly calm like it always is. Like this isn’t the social equivalent of a small disaster currently unfolding in your bedroom.
“I have hundreds of follow requests.”
There’s a pause from his end. Then, carefully, “Okay.”
“Fraser.”
“Still listening.”
“You don’t understand, people are literally trying to figure out who I am.”
“You are who you are,” he says, as if that’s the answer. He has a hint of humor in his voice, probably hopeful to ,ale you laugh, but you’re just too overwhelmed.
You stare at the wall of your bedroom. “That’s not helpful right now.”
That gets a laugh out of him, soft through the phone. You can picture him already; hoodie on, hair messy, and leaning against his kitchen counter while making coffee like nothing is happening.
“I’m serious,” you say, voice quieter now. “I didn’t want…this.”
And immediately his tone changes, it becomes much softer, “I know.”
The anxiety pressing against your ribs eases slightly, because he does know. From the beginning, you’d been careful about privacy, and you’re very intentional about what you share, even with people you know. You like your quiet life. You like being separate from hockey and public attention.
Fraser had never pushed against that once. In fact he agreed to keep things private for both of your sakes, it was just simpler that way, less demanding for both of you, less stressful.
“I just feel weird,” you admit. “Like suddenly strangers are trying to know things about me and I really don’t like it.”
“Hey,” he says, trying to stop you from what you feel like is some kind of spiral in your head.
You close your eyes, and listen to him.
“You don’t owe anybody access to you,” he says gently. “Okay? None of this changes anything.”
You breathe out slowly, “I know, but it feels like it is. People know who I am now, like really know. They’re tagging me in stuff and I’m getting dozens of messages from people I don’t even know.”
“If people are being weird, tell me.”
You huff out a laugh, “What are you gonna do?”
You can hear his smile when he says, “Don’t know yet, but I’ll handle it. And if I can't, I can probably find someone who knows how.”
“Okay...”
Another buzz of notifications lights up your screen. You groan dramatically and flop backward onto the bed, “They’re just not stopping.”
Fraser hums quietly again, “You want me to come over?”
Your answer is immediate, “Yes please.”
—
By the time Fraser gets to your apartment, you’ve migrated to the couch wrapped in a blanket like its protective armor. Your legs are drawn up to your chest, chin resting on your knees. Your coffee sits abandoned on the table in front of you, and your phone sits right next to it. It hasn’t stopped going off since you woke up.
Fraser lets himself in with the spare key you gave him months ago, and the second he sees your eyebrows knit together and a frown on your lips, his whole expression becomes gentler.
“Oh, honey.”
You point accusingly at him, “This is your fault.”
“My fault?” he asks as he sets his keys on the table by the door, and kicks his shoes off.
“You’re too affectionate in public.”
He looks genuinely confused by that, “I just held your hand. I hold your hand all the time.”
“Yeah, you held my hand, Fraser. Apparently that’s devastatingly sweet to people online. And the only reason it’s bad is because everyone saw it, and now all your fans are scouring the internet for information about me..”
That earns a laugh from him, “So now I can only hold your hand in private?”
You nod, a very serious pout on your face.
He walks over, nudging your legs just enough to sit down before pulling you against his chest. “You okay?” he murmurs into your hair.
“Mostly embarrassed,” you say, messing with a loose thread on his sweatpants.
He shakes his head, “You shouldn’t be.”
Easy for him to say. He’s been recognizable since he was a teenager.
You tilt your head back to look at him, “You seriously don’t get why people are freaking out?”
“No, not really. ”
“Fraser, the comments are analyzing your body language, making comments about me, about how we are around one another even though the clips are only like three seconds each and we’re in the background every time—”
He cuts you off, “That’s weird.”
“I know.”
He thinks about this for a second, then he says, “I was just holding your hand.”
Your expression softens helplessly, because the thing for him is; it really is that simple. He reaches for you because he likes touching you, and he kisses your forehead because he wants to. Looking for you is automatic for him, his brain just does it, he doesn’t have to think about it. None of it is performative, it’s just how he is.
“People know now,” you mumble.
“Know what?”
“That we’re together.”
“…Were we hiding it?” he asks, with genuine confusion in his voice.
You pull back a bit to stare at him, “Yes?”
“I thought we were just private.”
“That’s the same thing!”
“It’s not, really.”
You groan and drop your forehead against his collarbone. Your phone buzzes against the coffee table again. And again. And again. You don’t even want to look anymore, at this point you want to shut it off and not leave your apartment for the next week if not longer.
“People are finding my accounts, I don’t even have public accounts but people are just requesting, and digging, and…it’s too much, I don’t like it. I just want it to stop.”
Fraser gently puts his hands on either side of your head, moving it so that you’re looking at him instead of hiding. “Hey,” he says, “It’s okay.”
“It is not okay,” you say weakly. “I had a plan for this.”
“A plan?” he asks, a small smile on his face.
“Yes.”
“You made a relationship publicity plan?”
“You didn’t?”
He chuckles a little, “No,” he says honestly.
Which, unfortunately, sounds exactly like him. You let out a stressed laugh despite yourself, covering your face with both hands.
Fraser gently pulls your wrists down so he can actually see you, “You don’t have to look at any of it right now.”
“But—”
“You don’t.”
His thumbs brush over your wrists in comfort, “You didn’t do anything wrong. Neither did I.”
You exhale shakily, “I just don’t like strangers knowing things about me. It makes me feel really weird.”
“I know, baby.” And he does. Fraser knows how carefully you move through the world, how selective you are with what you share. How highly you value privacy and routine and control over your own life, so all this sudden attention feels suffocating.
His expression softens a little, “We’ll handle it, and it’ll be okay, I promise you. I know it’s a lot right now but it’ll die down.”
“You’re unbelievably calm right now,” you say, your voice still small.
“I don’t really get why everyone’s freaking out.”
You let out an incredulous laugh, “Fraser.”
“What?”
“The forehead kiss?”
“What about it?”
He clearly doesn’t get where you’re going with this,“The hand holding?” you ask.
He shrugs, “I was helping you skate, I always hold your hands when we skate.”
You just stare at him. Fraser’s mouth twitches a little when he realizes he’s losing this argument.
“Okay,” he says finally, quieter now, “maybe the PDA was a little obvious.”
You groan again, this time mostly out of affection. He smiles properly then, down at you. It’s his small and soft smile that you absolutely adore.
“C’mere,” he mutters.
He pulls you into him again before you can protest, one arm wrapping around your waist while the other settles warm against the back of your neck. You melt almost instantly, cheek pressing into his hoodie.
“People are scary,” you mumble.
He rests his chin lightly against the top of your head, “They’ll calm down.”
“Want me to do something about all this?”
You tilt your head back slightly, “Like what?”
“I don’t know. Post you or something.”
Your eyes widen, “That’s a lot…that’s not exactly subtle.”
“I’m not trying to be subtle,” he says simply, “I’m trying to make people stop digging.”
Of course his solution would be straightforward, and it makes sense. There’s no games, no weird secrecy, no room for the public to spiral about who you are, what you are to him, and so on. For him it’s just: yes, this is my girlfriend. Please leave her alone.
You look at him carefully, “You’d post me?”
Another tiny confused crease between his brows. “Why wouldn’t I?” The sincerity in his voice hits harder than you expect, like it’s completely obvious and he doesn’t really get why you’re so shocked by this.
To him, loving you publicly was never the scary part.
Eventually, after another hour of you spiraling quietly and Fraser calmly talking you down from every ledge your brain creates, you end up stretched beside him on the couch while you hide under his arm pretending not to monitor your notifications anymore, but every time your phone buzzes you start the spiral all over.
After a while you feel his chest move with a quiet laugh.
You look up at him, confused, “What?”
He angles his phone toward you. His Instagram story.
It’s a photo you didn’t even realize had been taken. Fraser is sprawled out across a lawn, one arm braced behind him while you sit practically folded into his lap. Your arms loop around his shoulders, leaning in close enough that your face disappears against his. It’s simple, and it’s so you, like he knew that this picture in particular captured how the two of you were naturally.
Written in the space underneath the center of the photo:
My girl 💛 Please be respectful of her privacy, and be kind
“Oh,” you say, almost timidly.
Beside you, Fraser looks over cautiously, “Too much? You want me to take it down?”
You shake your head quickly. “No,” you mumble, “No, it’s…nice.”
His expression relaxes, and then he leans over and presses a kiss against your forehead exactly the same way he had at family skate a few days earlier. “You okay?” he asks softly.
You look down at your phone again, where the follow requests have already slowed, then back at him. He’s undoubtedly calm, his demeanor still steady, just looking at you like this isn’t complicated at all. He makes it much much easier to breathe.
“Yeah,” you say finally, curling closer into his side. Fraser hums quietly, arm tightening around your waist before he reaches for the remote with his free hand like this is just another normal day. Maybe, with him, it still can be.
“Can we just stay here all day?”
He hums, “Yeah baby, we can. We’ll just wait it out, I’ll make you some tea, we can watch something, do that lego set you ordered…” and as he continues to list things for you to spend the day doing, you let yourself relax. It’s still a lot, but less so now, and a part of you is happy that this is finally public. People know he’s yours and you’re his, and you can finally, fully exist in that.
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you and your boyfriend spend the day at your favorite spot: having a picnic at the lake. (gender neutral reader x macklin celebrini)
1/? "off-season shenanigans" || masterlist
word count: 2k
tags: established relationship, fluff!, no use of y/n
notes: appearance/nicknames kept as gender neutral as possible. i can't always exclude things like allergies, (dis)likes, etc. so pls bear with me.
english is not my first language | no beta wie die like macks teeth in that jets game
it's been ten minutes already. maybe fifteen.
impressed by his seemingly never ending persistence, you sit up a bit from the blanket, book face down on your stomach, and just watch the way the rays of sunshine frame your boyfriend's kneeling silhouette.
“earth to macklin? macklin, you there?” you ask with a smile, watching as the fresh water droplets from his quick dip in the lake drip from his hair onto his knees, never once disrupting his concentration.
“yeah... i just... could've sworn i saw a four leaf clover somewhere," he mutters with a huff, swiping back his wet hair and leaning further down.
at that you laugh, not in the slightest surprised by his antics.
macklin pouts and shoots you a look, failing to hide the corner of his mouth lifting when he takes in your relaxed position on his picnic blanket.
“this is incredible serious business, ruler of darkness.”
“ohhhh~” you coo at him with a tilted head, clearly amused at the familiar banter.
“so now you're coming for my preferences, hm? i'll have you know, i quite enjoy the dark side, sunny boy,” you nod, “after all, it has cookies. and they're made with much love by the one and only bestest friend of my amazing boyfriend.”
macklin chuckles as you pick up one of said cookies, baked and delivered by will just this morning, and bite into it with an exaggerated, happy noise.
it's been an inside joke for as long as the both of you can remember; him soaking in all of the bright sunlight he could possibly get and you, sitting nearby in the cooler shade and just watching him being happy.
the brunette remembers worrying about your differences early on in your relationship. of course, the saying goes that opposites attract, but then again... he's had quite a few relationships, be it romantic or platonic, just slip through his fingers because they were just too different.
but with you, the worry was squashed pretty quick.
“whatever, your highness of darkness. if you'll excuse me, i have an important mission to finish.”
you hum, laying back down onto his shirt, that's been acting as your fluffy pillow ever since he took it off, and pick up your book again.
around you it's mostly silent, just a few birds chirping or the rustling of the wind when it blows gently through the lush green leaves of the tree you're under.
it has become kind of a tradition for the two of you to come here, ever since you became friends all those years ago.
back then, it was a lot easier to just plan a week long trip for the off season, given that both of you were in school and had off anways.
nowadays, since you've got a job and he has very important off season events, it's become harder.
so you try and soak up all the time you can get with him; be it just a weekend, a day or a few hours that pass way too quickly.
it's may already and soon macklin will be traveling again to join the canadian team for the world championships, so he made sure to plan his off season meticulously.
you're used to it by now, always reassuring him that he shouldn't feel bad about his many absences.
it's a given if you're with a hockey player, but throughout the years the two have built something that, and you're sure of it, can withstand the amount of stressors thrown your way.
macklin celebrini is not just your (very much perfect) boyfriend, he's so much more.
there's a rustling and just a few seconds later macklin is standing at the edge of the blanket, careful not to get it wet or dirty, proudly holding up a clover leaf with his signature gummy smile.
“i report back to hq, the four leafed clover has been found and collected,” your boyfriend proclaims happily, making a grabby hand at the basket standing right next to your head.
looking over the top of your book, you grin at him, laying it down against your stomach once more so you can turn and pull out a second, more worn looking book from the depths of the picnic basket.
it's held shut with tight rubber bands, the spine is cracked and dirty. the entire thing looking like it's been through a few rough times.
“you gonna lock it up?”
your boyfriend laughs at your question, nodding and gratefully taking the book to safely put away his found treasure.
you know he'll press it over the next few weeks, then add it to his yearly growing collection.
“i have no clue how you do it, mackie. you have to be the luckiest guy on earth with that big of a collection,” you muse with a grin, observing him slowly place the leaf inside the thick book and making sure it's secure after closing it.
“i'm pretty sure i am,” macklin smiles, tightening the rubber bands you hand him around the book before looking at you once again with mischievous eyes, “i'm your boyfriend after all. really lucky i'd say.”
you roll your eyes with a snort, pushing at his still wet chest while he laughs.
“that was the cringiest pickup line ever, macklin richard celebrini.”
“ohhh, coming at me with the full name treatment, eh? go on, admit that you like it. you love me,” the boy retaliates, picking up one of the clean towels you've already laid out for him and begins drying his skin.
you do, obviously. but of course, one shouldn't feed the lucky boy's ego too much.
“maybe this ruler of darkness tolerates you for no other reason than you being the only jester they've found.”
macklin looks down at you as his hand stops drying his legs, a smirk forming on his lips. you can see him come up with another quick rebuttal in his head and brace yourself.
“so you're saying i'm the only one? but that also technically makes me the best, no?”
that gets a laugh out of you, your book long forgotten as macklin moves to settle down next to you on the blanket and sneakily steals a strawberry with a smirk.
“oh so that's what you're taking from that?” you ask after you've stopped laughing, tilting your head to the side and flicking your boyfriend's leg as he chews his sweet treat happily.
“you should always try to see the positive things,” is all he says after he's swallowed, holding the other half of the strawberry to your lips encouragingly.
you hum as you take the bait, chewing the strawberry while macklin sits down cross-legged on the blanket, his knee touching your arm.
before you can add anything to his words, the brunette is bending forwards again and over the basket, his gaze focused on the meadow surrounding your small, private space.
you're just done with your piece of strawberry when macklin looks at you and grins, holding up a handful of pretty daisies.
“would this ruler like a crown fitting for their gloomy and dark and mystical aura?”
“why yes, my good jester. do your best to entertain your ruler with your masterful craftsmanship,” you retort back sarcastically, putting away your book after marking the page you've just started reading. to watch him, you turn your body to the side as he begins to fiddle with the small flowers.
you just know this will be truly amazing to witness; given the fact that macklin, for all his amazing stickhandling and hockey shooting skills, really sucked at fine work.
it doesn't take long for your boyfriend to start struggling, biting his lip in focused concentration as the small stems seem to bend against his will.
you have half a mind to offer him help with a laugh, but then again, you've known the guy for quite a while now.
he will struggle a little more, try to work through his frustration and then inevitably give up the daisy flower crown to you.
but he's trying his best.
“i may be a lucky jester with a ton of skills but this one...” he says after a few minutes have passed and holds out the slightly worse for wear looking flowers to you with a sheepish smile, “i might require the help of my partner's amazing and very much magical hands. please.”
with a soft smile you sit up and mirror his position, accepting the flowers while he settles his head comfortably on your leg and looks up at you.
“your hair is still wet, mackie,” you complain with a half-hearted whine, ignoring the laugh that leaves him shaking with amusement.
“my bad, love. i simply couldn't wait to witness your talent,” macklin declares, one thumb coming up to brush against your leg in a quiet apology.
“you're the one washing my clothes and the blanket then,” you comment dryly, nimble fingers starting to slowly braid the fine stems into a sturdy flower crown.
the silence between the two of you is relaxing, neither of you ever feeling pressured to fill it with senseless talking. just enjoying the quiet while being together.
when the daisies inevitably start running out, you bend to pluck a few more, making sure to not to rustle macklin too much as he rests in your lap.
you have no idea how much time has passed, but when the finished flower crown rests in your hands, your boyfriend's breathing has slowed down significantly. he's fallen asleep you realize amused, carefully placing the daisy crown on your head.
his hair has started drying already, looking softer with every minute that passes and you have to restrain yourself from cooing.
looking around you realize that despite your worries, there are still many small white daisies surrounding your blanket and as you look between macklin in your lap and the flowers, an idea hits you.
you work silently and slow, stifling a giggle with every small daisy blossom you place in his hair.
right as you're done taking pics and opening your chat with will, mack wakes up and sleepily blinks his eyes.
he hears you snicker to yourself and, rightfully, has the instinct to stay still, knowing you and your shenanigans.
"what'd you do?" he murmurs und yawns, preparing himself mentally to hear you've braided his hair into tiny ponytails or something.
you click on the pic you took of him sleeping in your lap with a head full of daisies that you've just sent to will, holding your phone down towards his face so he can look.
"we're matching~" you say happily, letting him grab your phone and analyze what he's looking at.
macklin smiles, swiping through the pictures you sent will. there's a selfie he took with you right before the two of you left for the lake, a picture of you setting up the blanket and then, from a few minutes ago, a selfie of you with the flower crown.
the last one is from just now, his head covered in delicate white daisies, with a «worked so hard to entertain me,,, he fell asleep ♡» message from you right underneath.
“think he'll try and use these as blackmail?” macklin questions you with a chuckle, holding out your phone for you to take it back.
“oh definitely. smitty wouldn't miss any blackmail material if his life depended on it,” you answer in a fond voice, taking your phone again and putting it back into the basket.
you lean back on your hands and enjoy the refreshing breeze on your face, simply content and happy to share these moments with macklin.
“want me to press all of these?” comes his voice after a few more minutes have passed. you open an eye and look down at your boyfriend.
“if you want. one would also be enough. i'll let you decide, want me to collect them all?” you muse and sit back up straight as he contemplates.
“if your highness would be so kind,” macklin replies and stretches carefully, twisting his foot that seemingly feel asleep too.
and as you laugh at him trying to massage his tingling foot without disrupting you collecting daisies out of his hair, you tell yourself that no matter how much time you'll have with macklin this off season, you'll treasure every precious moment.