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The one in which Zanka Nijiku gets a TA position for a 100 level chemistry lab, and is paired with the Jabber Wonger.
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my magnum opus....... i'm so proud of this so far. there will be more to come, i promise. for now, enjoy the sexually tense, emotionally constipated chemistry teaching assistants flirt in front of their class!!
special thanks to @simplyfia for betaing this fic <3
chapter two with more of the rubion family (+projecting my feelings about my stem career to zanka) is available on ao3 to read RIGHT THIS MINUTE!!! thank you again to @simplyfia for being my awesome beta reader, i couldn't do it without you!!! i hope y'all enjoy, and stay tuned for more stuff !! follow my twt (same username) for more frequent updates. love y'all <3
i'm finally on spring break, so hopefully i'll churn out another chapter in the next week or so ! in other news... i have begun pondering hockey au's for both gachiakuta and sk8..... trust i have thoughts and they are plentiful. if anyone would like to see those let me know !
guys i know i said i'd put it out but good lord i am being crushed by exams... took genuinely the worst exam of my life an hour ago but it's okay because i'm the goat and i will make it through !!
in all seriousness though i'm 5054 words into chapter two, and it's gonna be a little freakyyyyy 😛, my first journey into publishing smut i'm locked in. love you guys, thank you for being patient with me !
i'm finally on spring break, so hopefully i'll churn out another chapter in the next week or so ! in other news... i have begun pondering hockey au's for both gachiakuta and sk8..... trust i have thoughts and they are plentiful. if anyone would like to see those let me know !
day one as in like one day in the fic, i didn't write it all in one day lol. 8,329 words and counting !!! new snippet below !
Zanka knows he’s average. His whole life he’s compensated for the natural intelligence and strength that he didn’t get. School has been no different. He studied for hours to get into his program, even more to get into the honors college, and will continue until he has his diploma in his hands. What truly pisses him off is people who don’t have to try.
It’s very clear Jabber doesn’t have to try. He’s perfect. Professors talk about how smart he is. He’s in a leadership position for a greek chapter. He has all his work under control and seems to put almost no fucking effort into any of it. He’s an incredibly talented engineering student. The more that Riyo stalks him on Instagram, finding more of his successes and acclaims, Zanka gets more and more angry. This guy is the poster boy for everything he hates.
The worst part; he’s hot as hell, and Zanka doesn’t want to accept that.
“Don’t be afraid to get in touch! We’re here to help.” Jabber notes, hand on the back of Zanka’s chair, just grazing the back of his neck. There’s a warmth to his fingers that Zanka didn’t quite expect. He’s not sure if he expected clamminess or a cold hand, but the soft heat is a shock.
“Yeah,” Zanka swallows the lump that formed quite suddenly in his throat. “For sure.”
He’s not completely sure what he says for the rest of the time in the classroom. Hell, he doesn’t know what’s going on in the lab. It flies by in a blur of salinity measurement and standard curves. The entire time, all he can think of is Jabber. Jabber’s eyes, his hands, his god awful mouth, just him. He feels like he’s going absolutely insane.
During the wrap up portion, where students stay after if they need help with data analysis or discussion questions, Zanka feels a pair of eyes staring at him all through his teaching. Whether he’s at the board, or on his computer, or leaning over a desk to help one of the kids with their calculations, he has the unmistakable feeling that he’s being watched.
Lo and behold, the second he turns around, Jabber is burning a hole through his head from across the room. Seems like he has been for a while. He doesn’t turn away like a normal person would when Zanka looks back at him. Instead, he flashes that smirk that makes Zanka’s face feel flushed. Still scary.
hockey players satosugu brainrot is happening.....
and if they played on a team in japan together and split because they both wanted different things ?? and if they ended badly because of their teenaged emotions and the fact that satoru wouldn't stay with suguru for just a little bit longer after graduation because after all, he is the greatest prospect in decades ?? and if after years of satoru succeeding as an nhl player, moving up the ranks of his team and becoming alternate captain, he ends up with suguru on his team... but not the suguru he knew ?? this suguru hits hard, skates fast, and takes his place on the ice with force. satoru is, to be frank, a little scared. where do they go ??????
n knee ways gonna write this fic lemme know if y'all wanna see the process :)
It's been years since Satoru has seen Suguru Geto. After graduation, they both split to completely different places. Satoru went over to the US to play with his draft team because, after all, he is the greatest. He didn’t give a fuck where Geto went. They hadn’t left their high school team on the best terms, after all.
Now he’s stuck with this strange man who he doesn’t recognize on his team. His team that he worked so hard to become alternate captain of, to even be on. And this broken persona of Suguru Geto doesn’t deserve to be here.
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unsure how this sounds but erm yeah hockey satosugu (gego specifically)
I've got the piping hot results of the poll I posted last week, served fresh and ready to be read! The final count was 319 submissions!
TOP 10 ACROSS THE LEAGUE:
Leon Draisaitl, 215 points
Mat Barzal, 188
Nico Hischier, 178
Roman Josi, 167
Jeremy Swayman, 153
Matthew Tkachuk, 152
Claude Giroux, 138
Alex Lyon, 123
Sidney Crosby, 119
Brady Skjei, 114
Detailed tallies, pie charts, fun facts, and odd answers are below the cut! Sorry about how the teams are paired together, there's a 30 image limit on posts :(
DUCKS
one of two teams to have both goalies in their top three, the other being the Jets
19 unique answers
Funny other answers included: jamie drysdale rip, Donald Duck, Travis
BRUINS
22 unique answers
one person put Patrice Bergeron
SABRES
20 unique answers
2 people put Erik Johnson
weird answer: that one teenager that Tanger beat up
FLAMES
24 unique answers
2 people put Chris Tanev, one person put "it was hanifin"
HURRICANES
21 unique answers
BLACKHAWKS
23 unique answers
one person wrote Jonathan Toews. one person wrote Tommy Hawk, the team's mascot
with 13 of them, the blackhawks take the lead with the most non-answers. one of them was "skipping racist logo team". another was "this team is ugly".
AVALANCHE
23 unique answers
BLUE JACKETS
25 unique answers
STARS
19 unique answers
someone put "Nick Robinson" as an answer. that's not a player. i don't know who that is.
RED WINGS
18 unique answers
someone put "the ginger". someone else put "that cat guy"
OILERS
20 unique answers
someone put "anyone but Leon"
PANTHERS
27 unique answers
KINGS
21 unique answers
someone put Wayne Gretzky
WILD
23 unique answers
2 people put Connor Dewar. 1 person put Brandon Duhaime. 1 person just wrote "Bordeleau"
CANADIENS
21 unique answers
One person put PK Subban. One person put Chris Wideman
PREDATORS
17 unique answers
One of the weirdest answers across the whole poll: "they all looked pretty ugly when they beat the pens in OT that one time"
DEVILS
21 unique answers
someone put "one of the hughes kids"
ISLANDERS
17 unique answers
RANGERS
24 unique answers
one person put Henrik Lundqvist
SENATORS
16 unique answers
one person put "not that one guy"
FLYERS
20 unique answers
One person put Claude Giroux. One person put Nolan Patrick. 5 people put Gritty
PENGUINS
16 unique answers
SHARKS
28 unique answers
4 people put Anthony Duclair. 1 person put Tomas Hertl
KRAKEN
22 unique answers
1 person put Buoy
BLUES
22 unique answers
someone said "anyone but the goalie"
LIGHTNING
21 unique answers
MAPLE LEAFS
24 unique answers
another weird answer: "that sid lookalike kid mitch or marner or something"
COYOTES/UTAH
23 unique answers
one person put Jason Zucker
CANUCKS
23 unique answers
one person put Clayton Keller. one person put "that weird luke kid"
GOLDEN KNIGHTS
28 unique answers
one person put Nolan Patrick. one person put "Steve Aoki #77". Steve Aoki is a DJ. There is no #77 for the golden knights. i have no idea where this came from.
CAPITALS
22 unique answers
JETS
one of two teams to have both goalies in their top three, the other being the Ducks
26 unique answers
one person put Jesse Pollock. :|
FUN STATS!
2 teams are tied with the most amount of single-vote answers: the Rangers and the Panthers both had 10 players only voted for once.
4 teams are tied with the least amount of single-vote answers: the Senators, the Penguins, the Lightning, and the Maple Leafs all had 2 players only voted for once.
2 teams are tied with the most amount of unique answers: the Sharks and the Golden Knights both had 28 unique answers
2 teams are tied with the least amount of unique answers: the Senators and the Penguins both had 16 unique answers
Unsurprisingly, the top three teams that have the biggest gap between first and second place are the Oilers (195 points), Islanders (149), and Devils (145)
The top three teams with the closest gap between first and second place are the Sharks (2), Ducks & Canucks (3), and Blue Jackets & Blackhawks (4)
7 teams have a goalie in 1st place: Jets, Sharks, Wild, Red Wings, Blue Jackets, Bruins, and Ducks
18 teams don't have a goalie in their top three. Shame.
the team with the oldest 1st place is the Wild, with Marc-Andre Fleury being 39 years old
the team with the youngest 1st place is the Sabres, with Owen Power being 21 years old
Dean finishes taping Cas’ cut together with the bandages and starts wrapping it up. The entire time Cas has his hand on Dean’s wrist. It’s loosely holding on, but any time he twitches Dean can feel sparks shooting up his arm and into his chest. When he finally is done, Cas doesn’t let go.
Eye contact is avoided for as long as Dean possibly can as he packs up the first aid one handed. He feels that Cas is watching him with those crystal clear eyes, and Dean is terrified to look up. Why? Holy shit, why is he scared?
Finally he forces himself to look into Cas’ eyes, and everything stops for a second. It’s almost like he can see the future behind the blue hues. He feels himself start to lean forward a little bit, and this time, he doesn’t stop himself.
Cas’ hand meets Dean’s jaw as their lips connect. At that moment, Dean thinks he could die happy.
anyway go read chap. 1 on ao3 !! eat the enemies to lovers cowboys up y'all <3
hockey players satosugu brainrot is happening.....
and if they played on a team in japan together and split because they both wanted different things ?? and if they ended badly because of their teenaged emotions and the fact that satoru wouldn't stay with suguru for just a little bit longer after graduation because after all, he is the greatest prospect in decades ?? and if after years of satoru succeeding as an nhl player, moving up the ranks of his team and becoming alternate captain, he ends up with suguru on his team... but not the suguru he knew ?? this suguru hits hard, skates fast, and takes his place on the ice with force. satoru is, to be frank, a little scared. where do they go ??????
n knee ways gonna write this fic lemme know if y'all wanna see the process :)
Anyway while I’m on the topic… Saltburn is not an ‘eat the rich’ movie. Yes Felix and his family’s wealth is integral to the setting and part of the theme but it’s a film about obsession and lust and being the outsider looking in and being willing to do horrible awful fucked up things to be on the inside instead. Oliver does what he does because he wants to be them, and to be powerful and the center of attention. Not because he wants to tear the system down.
