so... hear me out. willmack true mates omegaverse au:
mack and will play against each other in boston, during their first face off, they realise they're true mates. they don't tell anybody but they get together and mate during the year. at that point, will is already drafted by the sharks and at the end of the year, mack is as well. mack goes to play in the nhl the next fall while will stays in boston for one more year, actually wanting to finish his degree and play with the bc line for one more year.
in san jose, mack creates a place for himself during the first year. as one of the few omegas in the league it's not really easy but he makes it work. he's known as an independent and strong - not really un-omega like but just himself. he gets along with the rest of the team just fine (the vets are all really overprotective of him as he's the only omega on the team and also sometimes just way too hard on himself). it takes some time before the other players finds out that he's mated. not that mack hides it, he just don't speak about it that freely. he doesn't say who he's mated to, just that they met while in boston and that his alpha is still in boston until he can move with mack to san jose.
the next season, will finally joins the team. they don't announce their relationship to the rest of the team, it does not even cross their mind that it's something they could do. so the other players just see their generational wonder of a rookie to act so weird around the new guy. he is clingy, lets himself manhandled and even lets will to actually take care of him - unheard of one macklin celebriny. they're also absolute magic on the ice together.
depends on the player, it takes them roughly five minutes or the whole season to figure it all out.

















