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🔥 wild card: dealer's choice of quote from a work in progress

(because of your note about being anxious to see the Quinn/Trevor/Sarah dynamic in Michigan)

He was out of breath when she pulled away, but she was just smiling serenely as if she hadn't just kissed the living daylights out of him.

Blinking a few times, he asked, “what was that for?”

“I love you,” she said simply. “And I caught Trevor staring at me again.”

Something dark and annoyed flashed in Quinn's eyes.

“I decided last night that any time I catch him staring, I'm just going to find you and remind him I'm already taken,” she said with an impish little smile he'd never seen on her before.

Heart fluttering in his chest, Quinn glanced unto the living room, where he found Trevor pointedly looking at his phone, trying to hide his annoying little smirk, like they were responding exactly the way he hoped they would.

🍎 favorite angst quote from a work in progress

What, Sarah wondered, could have made Quinn angry enough to start a fight? Especially in the second period. She'd seen him get into scuffles before, but they were always in the third period when someone had finally pushed him to the end of his rope.

He was given a slew of penalties including a 10-minute game misconduct, five minutes for fighting and two for roughing.

Van was now on the penalty kill and Quinn was skating across the rink and storming down the tunnel to wait out the remainder of the period in the locker room.

One of the trainers hurried after him to patch up his lip.

What the hell happened? Sarah messaged, knowing he would have access to his phone.

He didn't respond for almost five minutes. Nothing you need to worry about.

Q, I am worried. You never fight. What happened?

He didn't respond.

🍒 favorite sweet quote from a work in progress

Smut (18+ only) below the cut

Not quite protective, but I think this might work?

“Why do you keep a hammer in your nightstand?”

“For protection.”

“Protection?” he repeated, surprise lacing through his voice.

“Yeah,” she said, readjusting in his embrace, “I hate guns and I don’t really know how to swing a bat, but I can swing a hammer.”

It’d been terrifying when it appeared in her hand. Especially when he realized she might actually use it on him. In that moment, he knew she could do some serious damage. Being hit with a hammer was something he hadn’t known he needed to be afraid of.

“I’m glad you have it, then,” he said.

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I love that you put these in finished/wip/finished/wip/finished order! 🫶

From this ask game.

More answers below the cut because this got real long.

🥀 favorite angst quote from a finished work

“I know Sarah doesn’t tolerate bullshit,” his mom said, her voice soft as though she was trying to be gentle with the harsh statement, “and I know that’s one of the things you love about her.” 

Was he really that transparent? 

“But that means she’s not willing to tolerate your bullshit, either.” 

It was this - this concise razor of a summary that cut him deepest. He did love that Sarah didn’t tolerate subpar things in her life. She was exceptional, and if someone or something wasn’t meeting the standard she set, she wouldn’t hesitate to turn away from them. He just never thought he’d fall into that category. 

Hurt & Healing

🍌 favorite funny quote from a work in progress

“Why are you wearing so many clothes?” he asked, no longer caring that he sounded desperate. He was desperate, and she had three more shirts on.

“Couldn’t fit them all in my luggage,” she said as if that were a completely normal explanation. Some part in the back of his mind wondered how she hadn’t melted with all these layers on.

🌻 favorite funny quote from a finished work

“I thought you were getting groceries,” Morgan said with a frown.

Looking down, Joel realized he’d only bought the things he had in his basket when he ran into Ruthie: a jar of pasta sauce, a package of cookies, and dish washing soap.

“I did.”

His roommate raised an eyebrow. “Marinara sauce and cookies? What are you planning to make with that? Or are you planning to put dish washing liquid in there, too?”

Joel snorted a laugh. “I got distracted.”

Rolling his eyes, Morgan asked, “what was her name this time?”

From Starving For You

🌷 favorite sweet quote from a finished work

After a few more minutes of my fingers memorizing the angles and planes of his face, he reached up to touch mine.

“I still can’t believe it’s you,” he said, his voice gentle and laced with awe. “You’re more beautiful than I ever imagined.”

From Bruises

🔥 wild card: dealer's choice of quote from a work in progress

“Quintin Jerome Hughes,” Emma said before he could even say hi, “I cannot believe you.”

He couldn’t quite tell if he was in trouble, if she was joking, or if perhaps she was impressed. He decided to respond on neutral ground, “hey, Em.”

“Don’t ‘hey Em’ me.”

So he was in trouble. He stayed quiet. She didn’t say anything so he was forced to hesitantly ask, “what’s up?”

“I just got off the phone with your girlfriend, that’s what’s up.”

Heart racing, he couldn’t figure out what she could possibly be mad about with that. “Oh,” he said, lacking anything better.

She let out a frustrated groan. “Quinn, I can’t believe you brought Sarah into the hockey world and didn’t get her a mentor!”

“A what?” he repeated.

Emma knew he’d heard her, so she stayed quiet.

“What do you mean?” he corrected.

I've already answered a few 🔥 for Quinn & Sarah. You can find them here & here.

🍒 favorite sweet quote from a work in progress

I know you don’t like surprises, so I’m letting you know before you come in.

Sarah stared at her phone, wondering where exactly this was going.

I flew your siblings in.

Tears sparkled in the bottom of her vision.

And my parents really wanted to be here to support you, so they’re here, too. I wanted it to be a surprise, but didn’t want you to be flustered when you saw everyone.

🌻 favorite funny quote from a finished work

“Dude, you've got it bad,” Joshua teased as he walked by, “I’ve never seen you look at someone like that,” he said, adopting a sappy, lovestruck expression. 

“I don’t know if you can top the way he was about to chuck that can of seltzer away from her because she didn’t like it,” JT said.

“Right?” Conor agreed, laughing, “‘Do you want something different? Let me get you a new can.’” He mimed rushing around searching. 

“Don’t forget the first time he told us about her,” Brock cut in, “he was like fucking Aladdin, ‘she’s got these eyes.’” 

Joining in the laughter, Quinn tossed his towel in their direction. 

Conor caught it easily. “Our little Huggy’s in love,” he teased, elongating the last word into several syllables. 

“Guys,” he said, leveling them with a look he hoped would shut the conversation down. “We’ve only known each other 9 weeks.” 

“So you’ve been keeping track,” Brock surmised, glancing around with a knowing expression. 

Guess he may as well get comfortable in this hole he dug for himself.

From He's Got It Bad

🌈 asker's choice of a work in progress: request a quote from a work in progress (a certain ship? just looking for a new fic to follow for updates? or an unfinished fic from a while ago that could use some love?)

I messaged Daisy, and she asked for another sneak peek of Lena’s Gallery Showing. Original sneak peek here.

“What do we do?” Dawson asked, coming up to stand beside Nico. Jack, Luke and Timo followed, lining up as if they were about to run drills. Jonas was coming, too, but he had to go home to pick up Nola, so he'd be here later. 

“You look at the art,” he said, unsure what else Dawson thought they would get up to here. 

“Oh, that’s it? We don’t have to, like, talk about it?” 

Nico raised an eyebrow. “You won’t have any homework if that’s what you mean.” 

It finally dawned on Dawson what he was asking, and he blushed. “I’ve never been to one of these before.” 

“You just look,” Nico said, “and if you see something you like, sometimes, you can buy it.” 

“Oh.” That seemed to clear things up in his mind. 

“Do we go in a specific order?” Jack asked. 

Nico shrugged. How was he supposed to know? 

🌈 asker's choice of a work in progress: request a quote from a work in progress (a certain ship? just looking for a new fic to follow for updates? or an unfinished fic from a while ago that could use some love?)

Adult themes (18+) below the cut

🌻 favorite funny quote from a finished work

“He’s - I mean,” Travis blew a harsh breath out of his nose. “When you said you met at the aquarium, I thought he was some guy who works there, not the captain of the fucking Vancouver Canucks!”

“He's just a guy, Trav. He just happens to play hockey for a living.” 

His mouth opened and closed as he seemed to realize he couldn't argue against that point. “He’s a pro athlete, Sarah.” 

“So?”

“So, they’re gone all the time, and the money fucks with their heads and pretty soon they’re all cheating on their partners.”

One of her eyebrows arched up, “do you only watch reality TV, or do you sometimes deviate to Lifetime?” 

From I'll Be Proud For You

🍎 favorite angst quote from a work in progress

“I’m not…” her voice faltered, and she had to clear her throat and start again, “I’m not like the others.”

Well, that cleared up absolutely nothing. “What?”

“I’m not like them,” she repeated, her voice a little stronger.

“I don’t… Schatzi, I don’t know what you’re talking about. You’re not like who?”

“The other girls!” Forcing the words out was like breaking a dam and they flew from her, too loud, especially for his proximity and the size of his little, european bathroom.

Nico started. Lena hardly ever yelled. “What do you mean you’re not like the other girls? Which girls?”