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aixing • usa ♡ quinn hughes⁴³ ♡ jack hughes⁸⁶ ♡ brock faber⁷ #743 enthusiast ♡ #mnwild follows from @plincess-cho

[northstarquinn]

aixing's hockey rpf fic masterlist | find them all on AO3

to you, i'm just a man (to me, you're all i am) | gen , hurt / comfort , 2.2k

pairing: auston matthews x mitch marner nhl team: toronto maple leafs, vegas golden knights, team usa, team canada summary: it's hard going from your souls intertwining in the deepest of places to skating on opposite sides of the ice and pretending not to notice each other. links: tumblr / ao3

lightning strikes | gen , fluff , 1.5k

pairing: trevor zegras x jamie drysdale nhl team: philadelphia flyers summary: jamie still can't believe he gets to do all of this, to play his first playoff game, to earn his first playoff point, to win his first playoff game… and to do it all with trevor. links: tumblr / ao3

is this what home feels like? | gen , hurt / comfort , 2.8k

pairing: quinn hughes x brock faber nhl team: minnesota wild summary: quinn is spiraling after the wild lose in spectacular fashion, but brock is there to keep him from falling over the edge. links: tumblr / ao3

i'm barely hanging on (hold me) | gen , hurt / comfort , 1.5k

pairing: quinn hughes x brock faber nhl team: minnesota wild summary: quinn needs brock's touch to keep him from falling into the abyss. links: tumblr / ao3

sometimes your soulmate is in st. paul minnesota | gen , hurt / comfort , 5.0k

pairing: quinn hughes x brock faber nhl team: minnesota wild summary: quinn realizes that there's no place he'd rather be than here in minnesota with brock, even if that includes the minnesota state fair. links: tumblr / ao3

i can see the future in your eyes | gen , fluff , 1.8k

pairing: quinn hughes x brock faber nhl team: minnesota wild summary: they’re having one last bonfire before the season starts, and quinn thinks there’s nowhere he’d rather be than here with brock. links: tumblr / ao3

[littlebitofmgic]

he was our hostage until he fell for that minnesota love spell voodoo

[wildpolyculetruther]

[wildpolyculetruther]

32 Thoughts Tidbits (6/10)

The three teams debate, aka who are they exactly cause there’s a slight difference in reporting, but for our purposes the constant is Minnesota. The key thing is it’s likely a ready to win team. Larkin and Quinn share the same agent. He mentions that his agent (and Quinn!) never thought Quinn would be going to be Minnesota but they got talked into it. So he’s basically saying anything could happen, people can be talked into things.

He thinks Guerin has already submitted their best offer and Florida likely has as well. (This has been my theory, that the offers are in, possibly have been for a while.) Possibly some other teams have made some offers. But he thinks they’re already in. So it’s just about the decision.

Team USA has a group chat and it’s impactful. (Not sure if he was joking but I think the point is, all those guys are actively talking to each other all the time.)

Big Sexy: they love the contract. He took less AAV for more term so that they could keep the cap hit down so they can do other things.

He thinks Quinn is signing for 3 more years and this contract is about the next 3 years. Time is now. It’s not about 4-5 years, who cares (this is his words). They’re in their window and it’s what they care about NOW. Aka stop giving a shit about the length, it’s really not gonna matter past 3 years (which anyone with a brain can tell you).

[northstarquinn]

apparently people are suggesting we trade QUINN for LARKIN???? like are you idiots absolutely DAFT??????

[headfakes]

happy game day to the fastest hat trick scorer in cup final history 🧢

[wildpolyculetruther]

things have truly turned around for us so much, like big sexy actually wants to stay with us when another team would surely offer him a better contract?!? god bless spurge and moose for what they've done with the locker room, like our atmosphere is great and even though we finally have a contending core, I believe the vibes are a bigger part of why he wants to stay.

Listening to him talk even early on with his Wild on 7th appearance you could tell he was really taken with the whole situation. Especially because he could have come in and the guys could have very easily held a grudge with the past situation he was involved in. But instead they just joked about it and embraced him. I’m sure that meant a lot because it’s hard to come in late in the season like that too. But we will see what happens, but typically when Russo says they’re close that means it’s gonna be official soon.

People roll their eyes at the room stuff being important but you can’t discount the intangibles and how important they are to quality players. No one wants to be fucking miserable for 82-84 games a year. It’s not everything, winning is even better. But combine the two and you’ve got an enticing prospect. Mat Sells (AGM) said it’s something they worked really hard on in terms of researching personalities and making sure everyone would mesh well and I’m pretty sure it’s why Spurgey even became the captain. He was a personality that could unite the room and cared about every single guy who comes in. I’m sure he’s teaching Brock to do the same thing when the day comes he’s not there.

[wildpolyculetruther]

Listened to Big Sexy’s press availability from today (6/9). Not too much of note just a couple tidbits.

It was an good decision for him because he believes in the team and what BG is building. Felt it gave him a great chance to win. Loves The Core (Bolds, Fabes, Quinn, Kirill), they’re still really young and hungry and they make it easy to follow them, jump on their backs. The team goes through walls for each other.

He acknowledged that he could have gotten more but why would he move when he has a team that believes in him and loves the guys, loves being with them.

He mentioned the wives/partners were awesome to his wife (🥹). He will be in Nashville training for a bit longer with some guys, go to Michigan for a couple weeks (he mentions it’s near Quinn) and then be in Minnesota early/mid-August (think that timeline is similar for a lot of the non Minnesota based guys) (he’ll be Minnesota based after this!)

[mentallyattheboyaquarium]

03.06.26 - Minnesota Wild at Vegas Golden Knights

[hocceius]

we've sent people to the moon but we don't have hockey visor windshield wiper technology

[bandydear]

[COMPLETELY LOVESICK VOICE] she is so strange. And off-putting

[jhugh86]

[wildpolyculetruther]

praying to god we get the becoming wild video of quinn when he signs his extension and they include a shit ton of quinn and brock moments (and if they're feeling generous some behind the scenes as well)

Becoming Wild with Quinn Hughes but it’s just Brock Faber helping him buy a house.

[ruinix]

Matt is the first one to hug Jack!! He is on a mission for first hugs for Hughes.

From Getty (1, 2, 3, 4). (Slovakia vs. USA. Men's Play-offs Semifinals. Feb 20, 2026)

[ohymnia]

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Men’s Hockey RPF Rating: Not Rated Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Brock Faber/Quinn Hughes Characters: Brock Faber, Quinn Hughes, Minnesota Wild NHL Team Ensemble, Hughes Family (Hockey RPF) Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Wingfic, Wing Grooming, Quinn Hughes Needs a Hug, brief descriptions of childhood trauma and non-consensual touching of wings but its not sexual, tagging that to be safe, Brock Faber needs a hug, the ever-looming presence of those two games they both missed at the end of the season, not always timeline compliant but I try my very hardest, Blood and Injury Summary:

Quinn doesn’t mean to push back his molt, it just happens.

Or

Quinn Hughes has wings and even more issues than normal.

[gatesofminrathous]

there will never be anything as funny as the mutual disbelief between long form and short form fic writers about each other's style.

short form writers look at people writing 100k+ fics as though this is some sort of talent given as part of a fae bargain, that the commitment required shows some sort of ungodly mental fortitude.

meanwhile long form writers look at people writing 1000 word one shots like god I would cut off my left nipple to be able to say anything concisely. i would love to play with multiple ideas. free me from the shackles of this child I have birthed. i love them but I now must take them to t-ball and doctor's appointments and they're going to destroy everything I own.

[jonasiegenthaler]

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