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canada/usa: may 28, 2026

Smith and Celebrini before practice. (Fri Jan 9th.)

let him put his headphones on and listen to his trashy music and be in his own little world while he sprays plates with hot water, while will smith hockey is working his ass off serving customers and making sure everything is perfect for an egregiously high number of tips

let will bitch about his needy tables while he scrapes uneaten leftovers into the trash can and mack stares at him with his jaw dropped over the fact that he’s being acknowledged by the cute waiter who’s section everyone requests

Like I'm sorry Colleen, you seem to have done a great job as a mom, but I think you're too American and to catholic and too "my whole lineage went to Boston college" to even consider Will being gay

But Robin on the other hand... Seeing Mack never talking about girls, only talking about hockey or his teammates. You would say it's because he's just obsessed, but you have Aiden, Charlie and RJ all involved in sports because Rick is a sport maniac. So right, when Aiden talks about dating girls at home, Robin kinda begins to think that Mack may not be like his brother

And this kinda hits when Mack gets to play with Will during rookie camp. Mack gets to hang out with his family obsvly since the Celebrini family lives so close to the bay area, and Mack cannot shut up about Will. Ofc he's talked about him before, BC-BU rivalry and all, player not fun to play against etc etc. But this time, Mack's eyes litteraly lit up talking about Will

And then Will is with Mack like All. The. Time. When Robin calls ? She hears Will giggling from somewhere Mack's surroundings. When he texts them about his day, it's always about the things he did with Will. And he cannot shut up about him, Robin feels like she hears more about him than her own son

And this is when Robin thinks, right... Maybe maybe my son might like other boys

So maybe after watching heated rivalry (come onnn, she's Canadian, her sons are into hockey... ofc she's watched it) (I mean... Cat Toff has), she comes up to Mack one day during a rare visit from Mack at home and says "you know son, whoever you might fall in love with, we'll always support you, don't feel like you have to hide anything from us, we're your parents"

and Mack just gets embarrassed like momm why are you saying this this is embarrassing lol, but is just as pleased nonetheless