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"I love you." Karly mumbles against Aatu's knuckles. His eyes are blurry with sleep as Aatu just smiles and combs fingers through his hair. The movie's volume has been lowered enough where it's hardly a whisper brushing against their ears.

"I love you." Aatu gasps into Victor's ear, breath heavy and stuttered. Victor whines and arches his back more, hands reaching out to make contact with Aatu's arms. A soft laugh escapes them both as he nearly falls against Victor, balance stumbling in the haste to get closer. It's worth to see his smile.

"I love you!" Victor shouts as Ty jumps into his arms. He stumbles backwards, back hitting his stall and them both nearly going down in a heap of limbs. The laughter is contagious as they hear the chuckles from around them. Victor buries his face in Ty's curls, arms holding a little tighter. It feels like home.

"I love you…" Ty whispers to Bainsy. Arshdeep sighs and presses their foreheads together, hands linking under the lowlight of the plane. He looks like he's about to say something before his mouth closes, bringing Ty closer into a hug. It can wait.

"Y'know I love you." Bainsy says casually to Arty. He bumps their shoulders together, gear causing a soft thud in doing so. Arty rolls his eyes, bumping back before settling down in his stall. The warm feeling that spreads over his chest stays, and by Arshdeep's smirk, he knows too.

"I love you." Artūrs tells Christian as they celebrate the latest win. The others have already done their goalie bonks as it forces itself out of his chest and mouth. He watches as Wolly's eyes widen before a large smile breaks out and he's pulled into a bear hug. They rock slightly on the ice as his head is cradled gently against his chest. Even if it's a little uncomfortable.

"I love you." Wolly confesses to Chase. The only light is the moon that streaks through the window, barely illuminating the two. Chase's shoulder sag, tension leaking out like a flat tire. There's more to be said, to be talked about. He knows he can't avoid it for much longer, but it was all still so new. Though he knows he can be a good leader too.

"I love you!" Chase screams towards the sea of fans. His whole body is covered by the others, surrounded by those he loves and who love him and each other back. It's loud and joyous and the tears that make their way onto the ice aren't uncommon. Warmth blooms from within and he can't help but yell once more, voice mixing with the crowd.

What if Watty was a robot and Christian really wanted to stick his fingers in his wires and also they're lowkey both little assholes but also in some sort of relationship slash situation

Rating: Mature

Spotify Drabbles Love At First Sight - The Brobecks

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Christian nearly stumbles over his feet the first time he meets Chase. It gets a chuckle out of him and Christian swears he feels his stomach swirl,

"Hope you're not that clumsy on the ice," There's a twinkle in Chase's eye as he speaks, "Can't have our defense falling over."

"I gotta get out all my stumbles now before I hit the ice." He knows he's grinning, maybe more than usual. Chase laughs something low that makes Christian's cheeks heat up despite himself.

Part of him wants to start this whole interaction over again. Part of him kind of wants to kiss Chase just to see if he could shock him,

"Are you busy after practice? We were gonna head out for a group dinner to start off the pre-season."

Christian nearly trips over his words as he nods, "Yeah! Yeah, I'm free."

It gets another smile out of Chase and a "Great." before he pats Christian's arm and heads into the dressingroom.

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"I love you." It claws it's way out of his throat. Voicebox screeching like the words are forcing themselves to be heard, to make him say it. Chase chokes like he can't breathe as everything works mechanically, he's completely perfect. Yet artificial blood oozes from where he's bit his lips so hard it's created holes and Christian looks afraid

No, not afraid.

He looks concerned maybe, something that Chase can't quite name and it still frustrates him to no end. Little quirks in his face and the way his hands are still holding his arms like he's fragile. Like a human could break him in any way that mattered. Physically that is,

"You don't have to-" He sounds choked up and Chase wants to kiss him, "Chase-"

"I can't be human for you," A hand comes up and swipes a stray tear from his cheek, "I don't think I'll ever know how, but I know that I love you. I love you, I love Jett, I love you so much I feel like I'm going to die. I don't want to die." The words come out broken, pitch changing and words clipping as he speaks. Christian's hands cradle his head, fingers threading into his hair as Chase leans closer. His eyes flutter closed as something akin to a hiccuping sob crackles out,

"You're not going to die. I won't let that happen, I won't anything happen to either of you." There's a small shake to his voice yet he spoke with conviction, "I love you so much, Chase. You're already human enough." A small kiss is planted on his head and Chase feels his whole body tremble. Blood is still oozing down his lips and meeting at his chin. It'll probably stain the carpet they're standing on right now and he wants to apologize. Yet he can only keep his eyes closed like a coward, even as Christian presses their foreheads together.

Android Chase and the importance and maybe telling ur partners about traumatic events that made you question yourself as a being before doing things that will definitely trigger some sort of response. Except he's an android and shouldn't even feel like that in the first place so what gives?

so i wrote 2186 incoherency