wennberg & toffoli & ostapchuck & smith & celebrini

Meanwhile the Sharks group chat:

WillMack free zone

Toff: who’s turn is it to give the WillMack presentation?

Wenny: I think it’s my turn

Woody: please send me editing access I need to fix whatever fuckass font you guys used

Mis: whats wrong with the font I picked

Dickie: Mis its legit awful

Woody: It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and I walked in on Will and Mack in the weight room

Mar: same 😔

Mis: fine fuck you too

Wenny: I emailed you access

Woody: 👍

Grafer: do we get a pass on having to listen to this thing if we’ve already suffered through it multiple times

Delly: no

Grafer: 🖕

Gauds: think of it as group bonding

Chucky: I think it’s considered group trauma at this point

Ned: I’ll ask them to babysit 🫡

Toff: anybody have Laila Edwards’ number?

Dickie: ill ask Mack if he has it

Goody: someone did tell her not move in with them right?

Reavo: I think the slideshow will be enough

Asky: it scare new baby sharks too

Muk: maybe we wait till after they sign?

Chucky: they gotta learn early man 😐

Eky: please FaceTime during, have to see their faces 😂

Dickie: I got Laila’s number!

Wenny: I’ll give her a call

Woody: I added a new slide

Toff: Kiefer it just says “you may be entitled to compensation”

Kiefer sinks into the couch, blinking as Wennberg and Ferraro circle in front of the TV. Goodrow and Toffoli flank them on the other side.

"Should I be concerned?" Kiefer asks, cocking a brow.

Toffoli turns the TV on. It boots up to a PowerPoint presentation title page. Welcome to the Terrordome: a guide to surviving WillMack.

Yeah alright, not what he was expecting in the slightest. But honestly he can't say he's surprised given how much he sees about them being inseparable on the internet. He just didn't know it was bad enough to warrant an entire fucking slideshow that is clearly not new, given the second edition written in parentheses below the title.

"Okay," he says slowly, waiting for the other shoe to drop, or for someone to jump out and say gotcha!

Instead Toffoli just hits the remote in his hand and flips to the next slide. DEFCON 1: WillMack have been missing for twenty minutes and the trainers room door is shut.

"So they're fucking," Kiefer blurts out, because what the hell else could that even mean?

"Worse," Graf says from across the room, working his way through a bowl of pretzels he's swatted multiple people away from. "They're in love."

Meanwhile the Sharks group chat:

WillMack free zone

Toff: who’s turn is it to give the WillMack presentation?

Wenny: I think it’s my turn

Woody: please send me editing access I need to fix whatever fuckass font you guys used

Mis: whats wrong with the font I picked

Dickie: Mis its legit awful

Woody: It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen, and I walked in on Will and Mack in the weight room

Mar: same 😔

Mis: fine fuck you too

Wenny: I emailed you access

Woody: 👍

Grafer: do we get a pass on having to listen to this thing if we’ve already suffered through it multiple times

Delly: no

Grafer: 🖕

Gauds: think of it as group bonding

Chucky: I think it’s considered group trauma at this point

Ned: I’ll ask them to babysit 🫡

Toff: anybody have Laila Edwards’ number?

Dickie: ill ask Mack if he has it

Goody: someone did tell her not move in with them right?

Reavo: I think the slideshow will be enough

Asky: it scare new baby sharks too

Muk: maybe we wait till after they sign?

Chucky: they gotta learn early man 😐

Eky: please FaceTime during, have to see their faces 😂

Dickie: I got Laila’s number!

Wenny: I’ll give her a call

Woody: I added a new slide

Toff: Kiefer it just says “you may be entitled to compensation”

Kiefer sinks into the couch, blinking as Wennberg and Ferraro circle in front of the TV. Goodrow and Toffoli flank them on the other side.

"Should I be concerned?" Kiefer asks, cocking a brow.

Toffoli turns the TV on. It boots up to a PowerPoint presentation title page. Welcome to the Terrordome: a guide to surviving WillMack.

Yeah alright, not what he was expecting in the slightest. But honestly he can't say he's surprised given how much he sees about them being inseparable on the internet. He just didn't know it was bad enough to warrant an entire fucking slideshow that is clearly not new, given the second edition written in parentheses below the title.

"Okay," he says slowly, waiting for the other shoe to drop, or for someone to jump out and say gotcha!

Instead Toffoli just hits the remote in his hand and flips to the next slide. DEFCON 1: WillMack have been missing for twenty minutes and the trainers room door is shut.

"So they're fucking," Kiefer blurts out, because what the hell else could that even mean?

"Worse," Graf says from across the room, working his way through a bowl of pretzels he's swatted multiple people away from. "They're in love."

Like he's not eating meat on Fridays during lent, he's giving up something big and meaningful to him during lent, he's praying before eating, he's praying before bed, he keeps a bible on him, he attends church when he was in San Jose. In fact, when Mack first met him, he was in the process of looking for a church to attend with his Mom whilst she was still there.

It kinda freaks Mack out, if he's being honest. Or it did at first. Smitty with his head down whispering a quick prayer before every meal. Every meal. Breakfast with the team, lunch at the Marleaus, dinner with Mack at a restaurant they found near the SAP. He was confused on what he was doing at first, and they a bit freaked out that he does it every time. He doesn't ask Mack to wait to eat, but it's sorta become a habit. It feels awkward to eat when it's just him and Will and Will's busy saying a minute-long thanks to his Lord or whatever.

He prays before bed. This is what really freaked Mack out. He's sharing a hotel room with the guy, for the first time, and he comes out from the bathroom, and he's fully on his knees saying a prayer over his bedside. Mack literally comes to a full stop and is like "uhhhh". You can see Will smile a bit from where he's talking but he doesn't look up until hes crossed over his chest and shoulders, and he smiles. "You don't have to wait or anything, I'm not gonna stop if you make a noise."

"No! No — it just surprised me! I've never had a roommate do that."

"Oh. Well. I do it every night, so don't be surprised."

"Oh. Okay."

Mack got really used to it. Even though no one else does, he waits for smitty to be done before he starts eating. He gets sleepy at the sound of Will's nightly prayer. He gain comfort in the quick kiss to his cross he does before every game. He's not believing it or anything. But it's comforting that Will does. That Will believes in something so strongly.

He's getting different feelings about Will kneeling at the bedside to pray when it's Mack's bed.

When Will just finished fucking Mack's brains out.

He has to do this before they sleep? Mack's cold.

Why can’t we all just collectively respect everyone’s points of view without ruining it for them. Okay for example, you wanna make up silly stories about wima fighting okay go ahead, but don’t tell other people that you are sure they are fighting and that they should believe you when you say they are fighting. Because they can believe whatever they want. Or for example, someone mentioning ‘oh! I like b!m more’ ‘oh! I like b!w more’ and immediately jumping on them because omfg how can you like bottom _name_ like?? Please, just respect preferences, just respect what they like and dislike. They are not harming anyone. It is basic fandom etiquette in first place.