#fredcon

But then, when he gets there, he realises he's learnt all this shit before. And maybe it's not so worth it anymore.

"We screwed ourselves over," Connor sighs. "Two thousand dollars just to learn shit we already did in school."

"Yeah," Mitch says, sitting in their lecture hall with his head propped up. One of the professors drone on in front of them about the basics of DNA. "But at least we'll actually get to do stuff that we couldn't."

Connor hums. Mitch is right—their school has zero equipment. Zero resources.

But so far, Connor isn't feeling too hot about this camp. That all changes when he meets their camp instructors, Freddie and Auston.

There's not much he can say about Auston, because all his focus has been concentrated on Freddie. Fredrik Andersen is a hulking ginger that gives Connor mild heart palpitations. There's something to be said about his gigantic physical stature and awkward, gentle nature. He seems intimidating just because of his size, but Connor hasn't ever seen him get mad. Sometimes, Freddie drones on and on after a question, smiling softly and laughing as he answers. He ends every conversation with an awkward yet genuine "good job, guys". There's a lilt to his voice due to his accent, but he says he's from Toronto.

Everything about him intrigues Connor.

One day, they're sterilizing glass spreaders that they're going to use to smear bacteria on agar plates. They're using a dish of ethanol and a Bunsen burner. The whole thing seems like a bad idea, especially since he's doing to experiment with Mitch. Something's going to go wrong.

Mitch goes first, dipping the spreader in alcohol and then holding it up to the flame.

"Oh thank God," Mitch sighs in relief as he completes the process with no complications.

"Didn't set anything on fire," Connor snickers.

"Well it's your turn next, so we'll see about that," Mitch huffs.

"I'm not as much of a disaster as you, Mitchy, I'll be fine."

Connor takes the glass spreader from Mitch with a smile. He sticks it in the ethanol, puts it in the flame, and the dish of ethanol promptly lights on fire.

"Oh fuck," Mitch says. Connor doesn't say anything. There's a bunch of ethanol burning right in front of him. He's frozen.

"What's going on here, guys?" Freddie's voice drifts over as he walks towards them. Connor can't look away from the burning ethanol, but he knows there's a smile on Freddie's face that's going to be gone within the next few seconds.

"Connor lit the ethanol on fire," Mitch states.

Connor's eyes widen, and he slaps Mitch on the arm quickly. He feels himself turn red. "Mitch you snake," he whispers pointedly.

"Oh," Freddie says. "It's alright."

He grabs the plastic cover and quickly pops it over the fire.

"Problem solved. Other than setting the ethanol on fire, Connor," Freddie stares at him, "good job, guys."

He leaves them both with his calm smile and a glass dish of burning ethanol. They both stare silently until the fire extinguishes by itself.

WOO IM GONNA TRY TO DO ALL THE QUESTIONS DESPITE NOT HAVING THEIR DYNAMIC DOWNNNN

who hugs the duvet

neither of them, theyre too huddled together 

theyre also too calm when theyre sleeping to move much

who texts/rings to check how their day is going

hmmmmm, brownie

he doesnt like to text very much, he finds it too tedious

so he’ll call fred a lot when theyre apart

who’s the most creative when it comes to gifts

im also going to say none of them

they prefer to be in each other’s company more than buying things

however, their gifts could be more vacation-styled getaways (maybe fred would plan these out more)

who gets up first in the morning

fred - the sunlight wakes him up

so usually he gets up around 7 or 8

concon doesnt like to do anything before 9

who suggests new things in bed

connor - he’s a freak in bed

who cries at movies

fredddddd

he doesnt hide it, but his crying is very... calm?

who gives unprompted massages

hm, i wanna say connor cuz fred (being a goalie) would probably strain his muscles a little more and have more bruises

but im gonna go with fred!! 

that doesnt mean that connor doesnt give fred any massages, he just always asks beforehand

who fusses over the other when they’re sick

fred

neither of them get sick very often, but when connor is, freddie goes haywire

who gets jealous easiest

i dont think either of them would be very jealous

but connor could get vicious if someone ogles his big toll ginger boyf for too long