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Bitty nervously gathers his friends one afternoon in the late winter to tell them that he and Jack are dating. Jack is planning on coming out at the end of the season, so Bitty wants to give them all some warning. They’re all happy for them of course, but a few are a little hurt Jack and Bitty had kept it from them for so long.

“I’m sorry, y’all. I hated lying to you, but it just wasn’t the time yet. I feel so bad about not telling you– something as big and as important as that!” Bitty wrings his hands and apologizes again. The rest of the team is nodding their forgiveness, but Dex looks more and more uncomfortable with each word. 

“Anything you’d like to share with the class?” Lardo asks casually. Dex looks like he’s about to faint. She loves the kid, but heaven help her if he has a problem with Bitty and Jack…..

Dex blurts out, “I’m sleeping with Nursey!”

“Bruh,” Nursey says, sounding vaguely hurt. “There’s also, like, dates and shit, too.”

“Bitty’s right. It’s not something we should hide. And I’m sick of lying about it.”

“Wait, when did this happen?” Chowder asks, caught between astonishment and excitement (his natural state of being, but just stronger in this particular moment).

Dex flushes. “Like…..last year? After we lost the playoffs?”

“Right after,” Nursey confirms.

“Ah,” Holster says sagely. “Roadie magic. That’s when me and Rans first started hooking up.”

“WHAT?” squawks Bitty. Rans claps a hand on Holster’s shoulder. “Shit, bro, I think we forgot to tell them.”

“What else haven’t y’all been telling me?” Bitty demands, and after that, confessions start rolling in.

“I’ve had at least two drunken sexcapades with Shitty.”

“Lards, bro! Same!”

“Didn’t Johnson get it on with the other goalie that one time? Goalies are weird, man.”

“Hey, Ollie and Wicks are totally doing it, right?”

Then, amidst the increasingly loud and colorful tales of sexual exploits, Tango shouts, “I’ve thought about kissing Whiskey!”

The rest of the Haus falls silent, Ransom and Holster smothering giggles. Whiskey calmly looks Tango up and down. “Huh. Cool. Let’s do that sometime.”

–

That night when Jack asks Bitty how it went telling the team, Bitty sighs helplessly. “Honey, I don’t know where to begin.”