I’m not saying Dex has a teeny crush on Bitty and that’s why he learns to bake and always helps Bitty out in the kitchen except that’s what I’m totally saying.
Bonus: the moment he probably started feeling all gross and mushy towards that weird baking sophomore
i love william “i built a back deck for the samwell hockey haus because i was procrastinating on my final” poindexter and christopher “i helped him because i was procrastinating on my final” chow and eric “i made lemonade for them because i was procrastinating on my final” bittle and derek “i brought them the lemonade and watched in interest while they built the deck because i was procrastinating on my final” nurse and
It’s late when he makes it home from practice and ends up in their bedroom, familiar blonde head resting comfortably on the pillow on the far side of the bed.
“This is an AU.” Johnson whispers, just to remind himself how lucky he is to get this world to himself. He slides under the blankets and slings an arm over Bitty, pressing a kiss to the back of his neck before settling down for bed. “Anything is possible.”
Bitty, well versed in the language of his weird and ridiculous goalie, just snuggles closer and lets himself drift back to sleep.
check please is not itself a problematic entity beyond that fact that all art on some level is problematic. however i think some of the culture that its fans have bred or misconstrued can be kind of unhealthy. Ngozi has been very open when talking abotu the comic that she didn’t want it to be another gay tragedy. and thats great and we need more of that in the world we need lgbt stories of all types. that being said what a lot of i think maybe a lot of people have taken away from that is that places like samwell exist. and maybe they do, but its an unrealistic expectation of how those spaces have identity. hockey is a very expensive sport played by mostly white men. it’s stupid to think that there isn’t a population of lgbt people even in professional circles. but life isn’t a buddy comedy. it’s crazy to me that this is the website that takes every opportunity to take down frat culture and college party culture as evil but as soon as you put both of those things on ice skates it’s some how soft and accepting. any hockey player you like, you can find receipts of them that you’re not gonna like. i’m so thrilled that check please exists and i think we need more media like it but its readers need to be more critical about what they’re praising.
There’s also a lot of irony here about the fact this is written as a happy story Bc she did that Bc the original story she did all the hockey research for WASNT a happy story, so she decided to take the time to write a happier one taking place in a mildly similar setting. Like you’d think that’d be clue enough that the culture isn’t a bed of roses
The Schooners win game seven and dethrone the defending champion Falconers to claim Seattle’s first national title.
Eric was definitely not expecting Jack to propose immediately after losing.
(A rework of the ‘Game 7 PVD vs SEA’ prompt that totally retcons some NHL!Bitty stuff, so timeline-wise: the Falconers took the cup Eric’s second year with the Schooners. The Schooners win the following season.)
Game Seven. Third period. Eric’s running on adrenaline, blue Gatorade, and rage.
Jack and the rest of the Falconers first line are racing to catch up, but Eric is ‘criminally fast’ (thank you ESPN for the lovely descriptor), and it’s almost too easy to whip the puck to Carter and wait for the siren.
Snowy can’t stop it. The Schooners will win in regulation.
For a brief, terrifying moment, Eric sees Morin’s breakaway as the death knell of his relationship. He has flashes of Freshman year and he thinks ‘Jack is going to hate me’.
just moving along like everyone else 