✨💖 Roserecs Sports💖✨
Currently obsessed with sports romance novels. There are many Gallavich sport AUs I love. I didn't even know it was a thing until I read an amazing Gallavich hockey AU. I'm not a crazy sports fan, but I was a cheerleader once upon a time and I've definitely watched my fair share with my husband. So here, have some Gallavich as hockey, baseball, and tennis players. So so fun!!!
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First up, the hockey AU I didn’t know I needed. Where I'm from, hockey was just never a sport I watched. But after this fic, I quickly went down a rabbit hole of hockey romance novels. It's a professional hockey AU, where Ian and Mickey are on opposing teams, but of course their rivalry and incredible chemistry leads to amazing tension and mhm hmm, yeah, lots of angst and emotional revelations and communication issues. I mean it's Ian and Mickey, but hockey. 😂 They have the southside connection (something I totally adore in AUs) and the Gallaghers and Milkoviches make appearances. In the ways you'd expect. Mandy's part is fantastic. The flirting is absolutely phenomenal!!! My favorite type of Ian, cocky, flirty, dominant but vulnerable, petty and dramatic and my favorite Mickey, rough exterior, soft interior, fucking gone for Ian but afraid of it. The angst, the banter, the sexiness, the dialogue ... UNGHHH!!! To die for!!! Go give it a read. The best type of emotional angst, typical of Mickey, but a lovely HEA. If you've never tried a hockey romance, be prepared. It will ruin you. In the best way!! . 😂💖🏒
Rookie Mistakes by delgay
@delgay
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Next up is a college hockey AU, in which Mickey is a star hockey player and Ian is his tutor. Ian also works at the local coffee shop in which they have the cutest meet-ugly! Love all of these tropes! The banter in this is just the BEST! I was smiling and laughing so much! It also has some of the best OCs I've ever read. A little jealousy and angst, some homophobic pricks who get theirs in the end and an implied HEA. It's actually not complete, but the end of the penultimate chapter is very satisfying. I cannot recommend this enough! 💖✨🏒
since we're alone by buffymilkovich, lethargicmick
@lethargicmick @buffymilkovich
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This next fic is about Ian and Mickey as baseball players, which I love because it’s a wink to canon. I've seen this on so many fan favorite lists. It's definitely beloved by many. Ian and Mickey are teammates on a minor league team, trying for the majors. They fall in love and want to be together while trying to keep everything secret. (Sound familiar?) There's so much angst in trying to stay together, but keep playing baseball. It's not technically complete, but there's only one chapter left and the final moments of the penultimate chapter are sooo worth it! I got chills and tears rereading it. An extraordinary ending!!💖🥰⚾️
Love is a Ballfield by and_i_take_it
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Finally, a sweet sweet Tennis AU by my beloved Evie @energievie written for Gallavich Week 2022 (organized by @gallavichthings). It's a short sweet read of five chapters. A little tennis, a little jealousy and a lot of flirting and snarky banter. And oh my god, I LOVE Iggy and Mandy in this one!! Iggy my sweetheart, my beloved!! Also, I'm rarely rarely surprised, but there's an amazing one in this story. The end is also incredible. I love everything about it!! 🎾💖🥰
Break Point by energie_vie
@energievie
I love every one of these recs. They're all so so good. Give them a whirl and let me know what you think! More recs incoming! 💖💖💖
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