shearsys:

Okay, but head canon that Tater starts jogging in the mornings with Jack. Tater hates jogging. Look, he will bike and lift and do whatever else he has to do but he hates running. But Jack comes to the Falcs and everyone is expecting a hotshot diva, bc Jack is being brought in to be the face of the franchise. Except Jack is quiet and a dork, doesn’t speak up outside of practice, ducks out whenever they go out after games. And yeah, maybe he reminds Tater and little of himself, 19 years old and fresh from Russia, broken English and the need to prove himself. So Tater decides they’re going to be friends.

They go on runs three times a week, Tater driving to Jack’s apartment. Afterwards they go up and Jack makes protein shakes. Days they don’t have practice after, Tater goes home and showers, then they meet for breakfast. The rest of the team finds out after about a month and chirp Tater relentlessly, bc they all know that Tater hates running. Jack is mortified, tries to tell Tater he doesn’t have to come anymore but Tater just laughs and is like"it’s okay zimmboni, is good for me, more stamina on ice yes? Also good for you, not run alone and sit sad in apartment after" and that’s that.
Except now Tater complains all the time, and Jack just laughs at him, running faster and making fun of him for not keeping up.

Jack opens up a bit more after that, invites Tater over to play video games. It’s on one of these afternoons, where they drove to Jack’s after practice and have played three hours of CoD and are starving that Tater digs through Jack’s fridge to see if he has anything to eat. He finds a container with pie, a sticky note on it that says “for when you’re missing me xx B ❤

He brings the container out to Jack who kind of freezes and Tater is like “you have girlfriend is why you never come out with us????” And Jack just nods, and Tater declares that he’s a bad friend for not telling him and he gets no pie. Ofc then Jack wrestles him bc that’s sugar crusted apple and like hell he isn’t getting any.

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