mackmisa is actually a side effect of the misa being too sincere phenomenon. he’s much too honest about how he feels, and he compliments mack so genuinely that it has no place in a locker room. it’s not a crush really, misa just actually thinks mack is cool and crazy good at hockey and happens to have a nice face. the same could be said about plenty of other people, but maybe not to the same extent hockey wise.
yet when misa is saying mack is so great and i’m so proud to have him as a teammate with a bright smile, he gets weird looks. mostly weird looks from will who agrees, yeah… but why are you saying it like that? why are you saying it at all? he thinks it’s fine if misa wants to have a crush, and go around embarrassing himself in front of mack, he just should chill it out a little. it’s lame and distracting
sam is watching this all happen and can’t figure out if misa is crushing on macklin celebrini of all their teammates or is being way to genuine about his idolization again. both feel plausible enough but the more he sees them interact the more he gets the vibe that misa talks to mack like he’s sidney crosby but young and misa’s age. sam’s pretty sure the only reason he feels majorly relieved when he figures this out is bc will and mack clearly having something going on so it’s good that misa doesn’t have a crush and isn’t about to get his heartbroken… no other reason…
the topic of the mackmisa crush is only brought up once to misa by will telling him to maybe cool it with the sweet talking. misa immediately misunderstands and turns to mack to say, i’m sorry!! i wasn’t try to like, lead you on, but you’re not my type. everyone’s uncomfortable now except sam who is laughing like an asshole