i was looking through older posts, and i seen something about sheng peng “ruining” will and mack’s affectionate cellys, specifically the check kiss celly. and i didn’t know if anyone could fill me in on what exactly he did? (i wasn’t on tumblr at the beginning of the season at all 😭)
imagine you’re rivals with this guy in college and you lwk hate him but then you fast forward and now you’re fucking booping his nose on the ice. yeah.
lol. lmao even because what if we went to a party for the dog of someone i see maybe once a year this summer because even though you were busy training since the season ended you’ve still taken weeks off to come home with me and spend your every waking hour with me and so you said yes and you drove out there with me after we woke up in the same bed under the same sleep rumpled sheets with our hands in each other’s hair and we matched shorts because i saw an ad for them on tiktok and thought of you and bought you a smaller size and we laughed because it looked so tight and then i put my hat on the dog and you smiled and put your sunglasses on him too and then i took off my shirt and everyone could see the pendants on my chain and the new one i have with your number engraved and then you sat with these girls you just met today chatting away with them and i felt so proud of you for trying so hard to belong in my world even though you don’t know that you are my whole entire world and i fucked around in the pool with my friends and then turned back and looked at you and you smiled at me. what if that happened.
ELEVATED CUPCAKE EXPERIENCE UPDATE. my wife happened to record a snippet of the moment will said he'd bring mack! unfortunately will is a mumbly mcmumbler. i will transcribe my best guess at what he said but HERE IS THE AUDIO so you can listen for yourselves (the video is not worth sharing, it's not zoomed in and will and randy are mostly blocked by the people at the table next to us, servers passing by, etc.)
hearing it back, it does sound to me like will and mack had both already agreed to it and the interaction was a bit to build hype for the auction, but as we all know, we can do whatever we want in our beautiful imaginations
haha remember how eky has been here from the start of the painful rebuild and said how it sucked to keep losing games and losing friends and it felt good to finally start winning and be able to keep and re-sign friends instead and he was excited to come back next year :) remember when victor said eky and mack were always facetiming during the off-season and that he hadn’t had a chance to meet mack in person yet but he was really excited to and that his brother really loved being a shark :) remember how eky was one of mack’s biggest supporters during mack’s rookie season and one of misa’s biggest supporters during misa’s rookie season and always one of the first guys into every scrum and got into more fights to defend mack than even our defensemen and never stopped supporting his teammates even when he was getting torn apart by the media for not being able to score :)
wm au where will has a bit of a virgin kink and it isn’t weird. it’s not. he isn’t, like, one of those perverted creeps that drool over taking someone’s virtue or something. it’s completely different.
“oh, is it now?”
will scowls, tossing the empty high noon can into the trash can across the room. the crumpled can topples off the rim and into the carpet. it starts to seep with artificial grape flavouring, and will wonders how many tide pens it’ll take to remove the stain tomorrow.
“dude it’s not. it’s like, i dunno. it’s the trust they give you, you know?”
mack snorts, taking a sip from his own can. it’s cherry flavoured, and the alcohol leaves a dark sheen when it leaves his lips. will swallows, throat annoyingly dry despite the two cans gracing either side of their dorm’s trash can. his hands twitch for a third.
“mm, yeah, i guess so.” mack licks at his top lip, swiping at leftover cherry flavouring. then he giggles, high pitched and breathy, “how into it are you?”
and, well.
will should probably do the sensible thing and shut this conversation down. it’s 2 in the morning and he has an anthro midterm today that he’s barely studied for and he really should do the smart thing and get some z’s in before he bombs his exam this afternoon.
but mack had brought a pack of high noons from aiden’s and batted his green, green, eyes and went, “c’mon smit, i don’t wanna drink alone dude,” and so.
he’s here instead. drinking white claws on the floor with mack instead of doing the smart thing and getting some sleep. because he’s an idiot.
he doesn’t even know how they got to this topic, but now mack’s looking at him all wide eyed and curious and so, so earnest, that will couldn’t stop the words from coming out of his mouth even if he wanted to.
“i’m…i’m pretty into it. but it’s hard to kinda tell the people you’re hooking up with, so i just don’t do anything with it.” he shrugs like it’s nothing, and ignores the way mack’s eyes are boring into the side of his face. “plus, it’s a huge trust thing, anyways, for both sides. so.”
it’s quiet for a bit, and will ends up sneaking a glance to his side when the silence gets too suffocating. mack has a flush on his cheeks, red and ruddy. he’s chewing at the bottom of his lip, almost like he’s deep in contemplation about something. his teeth digs into the skin, and the cherry red of his lips turns into a dark maroon. will blinks, once, then shakes his head, fumbling clumsy limbs as he stands up.
“it’s getting really late.” will pats at his sweats, swiping at dirt to give his hands something to do. “we should probably—”
“i trust you.”
will pauses, furrowing his eyebrows, “huh?”
“i mean, i trust you smit.” mack doesn’t get up, but he adjusts himself so he almost looks like he’s kneeling in front of will.
“yeah? i mean. i hope so?” will tilts his head, “i trust you too, mack.”
mack huffs, almost frustrated, and he grabs at will’s ankle, trailing his fingers up and down his calf. when he looks up, his eyes are wide, and so, so, big, that will has to open his mouth to breathe properly. jesus.
“i meant,” mack tilts his head, “i trust you enough to take my… virginity.”
oh.
oh.
“oh.” will closes and opens his mouth, trying not to gape at his best friend, “you’ve never? like… like ever?”
“yeah.”
then mack ducks his head, auburn hair forming a curtain in front his face, like he’s embarrassed at what he just admitted. he starts to fidget, and will knows he has less than five seconds before mack panics and blurts that he was just kidding. and will—will can’t fucking risk that now can he?
it’s the haze of the alcohol that brings him to paw at mack’s strands, pushing them out of the way. he tilts mack’s chin, revelling at the easy way mack just goes, head tilting back as he looks at will with earnest eyes. trusting eyes.
“oh mackie...” will swallows, tongue thick and heavy as the words roll of his mouth, “‘s’okay baby, just want someone to take care of you, hm?”
his grip tightens and mack sighs, mouth falling open. his tongue peeks out to lick at his top lip and will tracks the movement like a heat seeking missile.
“want me to be your first time, sweetheart? trust me that much?” will’s pants tighten at mack’s nodding. “need to tell me then, baby.”
mack teeters forward as he nods, almost nuzzling at will’s crotch, barely mouthing at his bulge when he says, “want you to be my first time smit. please?”
will coos, hands leaving mack’s hair as they go under mack’s underarms, hoisting him up and over the bed behind them. mack is warm against will, body thrumming with the two high noons mack had drank earlier. when will plays with the waistband of mack’s sweats, he can feel mack jolt under his touch. like he’s never been touched there before. like.
like a fucking virgin.
“’s okay honey,” will’s smile is wolfish when his lips trail down the side of mack’s jaw, sucking at the beauty mark near his ear. “let me show you how to feel good.”
mack: now that i'm captain. we should like. stop. like the. the things we do. like i should get a girlfriend. right? that's what captains do. right smitty?
will: yeah sure man no sweat do what u want
mack: that's... it? ur not... like. upset?
mack, internally: he should be so fucking upset. like crying-his-eyes-out, so-angry-he-breaks-things-and-begs-me-not-to-leave upset. like he should tell me not to go through with it and that he'd be better for me than any girl. and he should obviously throw me down onto the bed and fuck me to make me understand that i'm all he wants. obviously. like objectively that's what he should do. like objectively that's what i would do if smitty said he'd want to fuck someone else. like i'd chain him to the bed and not let him leave until he swore i was all he wanted. and like obviously he should do the same to me bc he doesn't want anyone other than me and he doesn't want ME to even think about anyone else. like, objectively.
will, carefully keeping his voice easy-going and perfectly even: well yeah it was only a matter of time. fun while it lasted though, right?
mack:
mack: 🤨
mack, blood boiling: like it's been two years though. nothing?
will: dude no offence but ur not the only man in the world. if u wanna get a gf, get a gf. hey, do u think people still use raya for hookups or should i just redownload grindr?
mack: why would i say sorry? i'll buy u another one. ten if u want. like do u think ur grindr hookups would. or even could. like i'm obviously way better for u than any of them
will: that's not really how apologies work
mack: good bc i'm not apologizing when ur the one being a fucking idiot. pull ur head out of ur ass smitty obviously u won't need to download anything bc ur not fucking anyone else
will: well unfortunately u don't get to decide that for me.
mack: i do if ur my boyfriend, though.
will: well luckily we're not that, so.
mack: we are though. like exclusive. like no one other than me. right? say it
will, sighing theatrically: fineeee if that's what u want then whatever i guess. neither one of us will fuck anyone else. if u insist
mack: i do. like, ur mine smit. obviously.
will: lol sure whatever
will, internally, smug as hell even though he's been on the verge of hyperventilating ever since mack started talking abt getting a gf: and that's how it's done baybeeehh will smith married will smith chosen will smith the one and only suck it ladiesss i'm gonna make him buy me a ring with a rock so big my hand gets sore lugging it around yet another flawless play by wild wild willyyy
no but remember when there was a period last season when mack used to be super physical with will, slamming him into the boards and wrestling ect, and now he’s blowing smug kisses and stealing will’s nose and biting his shoulder, and the boring explanation is that mack feels so comfortable around will that he doesn’t have to do all the macho posturing or think about how he comes across, but the more interesting option is that in his desperate need for will’s constant attention he realizes that pulling will into a headlock doesn’t get the attention he wants anymore and doing something gentle and goofy gets a laugh so bright that he’s willing to embarrass himself in front of god and everyone else to get that reaction from will