10:54pm, the attic, olliewicks please ! (i'm predictable i know)
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haus attic, 10:54pm
Ollie brings the last box up the stairs, puts it with the others, and flops on their bed like a … thing that flops a lot. Jell-O maybe. Or Flubber. Whatever his brain and body are both mush. He knows it was his idea to move in on the literal last day before preseason starts, and also his idea to sleep late and not actually leave until the last possible minute, but holy fuck is he tired. He hears the door of the attic close with a quiet snick and speaks without opening his eyes.
“Never let me bully us into waiting for the last moment to move ever again.”
The mattress next to him dips under the weight of his boyfriend and a warm hand brushes his hair off his forehead. “I did try to warn you, babe – you were just determined.”
“We’re seniors,” Ollie pouts. “The world should rearrange itself to be as convenient as possible for us to get maximum summer without any consequences for our choices.”
Pace flops down next to him and slings an arm over his waist. Ollie knows without looking that he’s got the sappiest look on his face.
“I’ll be sure to send the universe a memo for the Frogs next year,” Pace teases. “If it’s any consolation, at least the next time we move, we’ll be carrying boxes down the stairs instead of up.”
Ollie definitely isn’t proud of the noise he lets out at the idea of graduation, but Pace’s quiet amusement goes a long way to soothe his disgruntlement. His amusement, and the kiss he drops on Ollie’s neck.
“We did get everything, didn’t we? The only thing we have left to do tonight is unpack the toiletries and gear for pracky?”
“We did,” Pacer confirms. “I even did you a solid and put our stuff in the bathroom already so you just need to brush your teeth.”
“I fucking love you. Even if the bathroom is down a flight of stairs.”
Ollie’s trying to gather the will to live, er, stand up again, so he doesn’t immediately clock the silence, but when he realizes the chirp he was expecting isn’t coming, he opens his eyes. Pace’s eyes are wide, and, to Ollie’s horror, tears are forming at the corners of them. Ollie’s tiredness is pushed aside by the fear that rolls over him at the sight.
“Babe, what—”
“You love me?” Pace’s voice is watery as fuck, but Ollie doesn’t miss the trembling hope in his boyfriend’s voice. Apparently Ollie hadn’t actually said those words out loud yet – just in his dreams. Ollie pushes himself up enough so he can lean over Pace and cup his cheek with one hand.
“Yeah. I love you. I’ve been in love with you. You don’t need to say it back or—”
“I love you, too.”
“Oh.” Ollie’s a little breathless, actually. He’d known that Pace loves him, had soaked up every scrap of it present in his texts, in his teasing, in the reverent way he cups the back of Ollie’s neck with his free hand when they fist bump. But. Actually hearing those words makes a lump rise in his throat, makes him grin helplessly down at Pace.
“C’mere,” Pace says, pulling Ollie down by his shoulders so that Ollie becomes his own personal weighted blanket, and Ollie goes more than willingly. They just sort of cling to each other for a few long moments, basking in the fucking love they have for each other.
“Wanna know a secret?” Ollie asks eventually.
“Hmm?”
“I actually forgot I hadn’t said ‘I love you out loud.’ I’ve been picturing it for months, I thought I already had.”
“You meatball,” Pace snorts.
“Your meatball.”
“Yeah. Roll yourself to the bathroom, meatball. I’ll be right behind you.”
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So canonically we know very little about Einhardt, one of the only (if not THE only) mentions of him is 1.16 Linemates, where he's just listed along with the rest of the players who are starting. The wiki lists him as #25 and his graduation year is anywhere from 2014-2017.
HOWEVER, Einhardt shares a name with Chris Einhardt, the protagonist of Ngozi's 2013 screenplay Hardy. The world of Check, Please! is much friendlier than that of Hardy, so I feel like Einhardt's character would need to adjust similarly.
There is also a since deleted post listed on the Extra Art page of the omgcp wiki entitled "'The Farm's Just Fine, Thanks' (Einhardt ficlet)".
Based on all of this I believe that Einhardt is in Johnson's year, class of 2014. He's a big tall jock and while he's not the smartest guy in the room, he did make it into Samwell (despite it not being his first choice). Einhardt came to Samwell aware of it's 1 in 4 reputation but acted like it was a surprise every time someone mentioned it to him. Einhardt was deeply closeted, I feel like he came from either Kansas or Virginia, those are the vibes I get (also works with his mention of a farm). He ended up at Samwell for the same reason as Bitty- a need to get away.
Einhardt, like his screenplay counterpart, came to college with hockey as his main purpose and possibly having had past problems with alcohol/substance abuse. However, the environment of comic!SMH is very different from that of screenplay!SMH, here Einhardt meets people who want him to grow as a person. Namely- Johnson.
Johnson, the omnipotent being that he is, knows where Einhardt came from and wants to help him avoid the hardships he faced in his earlier conceptions. Johnson becomes Einhardt's weirdo best friend.
His sophomore year, Einhardt meets Jack Zimmermann. Jack is the same age as Einhardt, possibly a little older, but Einhardt sees a kid who's a lot like him. Johnson, Einhardt, and Shitty all decide that Jack needs someone to have his back. Shitty becomes his best friend. Johnson becomes a supportive figure in the haus, helping calm his anxiety and telling him what he knows he need to hear. Einhardt is much clumsier but he tries his best- Einhardt does his best to get the asshole upperclassmen to shut up and leave Jack alone. He's not as vocal and Shitty, but he's large and intimidating and a well-placed glare goes a long way.
Einhardt is good at hockey, but ultimately he decided that he didn't want to be in that environment his whole life. Staying in hockey nearly killed him, it was suffocating and stressful. Einhardt got offers but he didn't take any of them. He graduates with Johnson and decides to pursue a career where he could use the degree that he never saw himself getting. He never came out to the team in college but he likes that he has the freedom to choose if/when he does come out now that he's no longer playing hockey.
i know i'm sending this to everyone, but i'm predictable as heck, so olliewicks?
oh i totally ship it, abby, they're so good
1. What made you ship it?
The homosexual implications of fistbumps in the Check Please universe (Zimbits, Holsom, Olliewicks; if they fist bumped, they're probably gay), also just the fact that every frame they're in together they look like such a power couple
2. What are your favorite things about the ship?
Not much canon content means I can project whatever I want to onto them, including switching correcting which one is Ollie and which one is Wicky
3. Is there an unpopular opinion you have about the ship?
Ollie is the one with fluffy hair, side burns, and fluffy eyebrows, and Wicky is the one with the hat and eyebags, Ngozi can fight me in the ring 🔪
overall 11/10 good boys, too good for this world, SMH doesn't deserve them
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galaxy (what fascinates you?): not to sound like corwin obsessed with fire, but ... i could spend all day watching fire. whether it’s a candle or a bonfire, i could sit there all day staring at it because it’s just like ... so pretty.
oasis (dream destination): i would love to see vietnam one day, i think. specifically the area my grandma grew up in. also, rome!
daydream (best memory): this isn’t really one specific memory? but my three day long senior retreat was amazing and i love every moment of it!
“‘Isolde,’ Jack starts, apologetic, but she’s already out the door, the cord between them spooling thin, and Jack wonders what it says about him that sometimes his soul can’t stand to be in the same room with him.”
Jack and Isolde Zimmermann aesthetic from the wonderful @halfdesertedstreets’ daemon au, Red in Tooth and Claw
