WIP tag game - I gotta go with Bobby comes home please.
Absolutely! So this is in the On Ice AU, where Bobby left his team in the off-season due to suspicious reasons that no one really knew about till recently, but now he's coming back to the Phantoms (which is good for everyone!) It's a funky/awkward fic right now, but I think that's largely cause it's an awkward situation? I hope? Anyways, little reunion snippet!
“Bobby?” Reggie calls, breaking the tension that had suddenly thrummed through the air.
The goalie looks up, surprised. Apparently he hadn’t noticed them. Then a nervous smile pulls at one corner of his mouth. “Hey Peters.”
That’s all the encouragement Reggie apparently needs before he jogs across the sidewalk to wrap Bobby in a hug. Bobby seems a little startled by the gesture and almost drops his bag, but hugs him tightly.
Alex follows right behind his roommate. “Welcome home,” he says as he gives Bobby a hug of his own, leaning in to tap their foreheads together gently like they always do on the ice. “How was the flight?”
“Fine,” Bobby responds, which isn’t really an answer. “Weird flying alone during the season.”
“I’ll bet,” Reggie chuckles. “Commercial flight and no Mario Kart tournaments, weird right?”
Bobby shrugs. “I’d already gotten used to the second one, COD is more the Fangs’ speed apparently.”
Reggie wrinkles his nose. “Ew, sounds loud.”
“And Mario Kart isn’t?” Alex teases.
“There’s a difference,” Bobby promises. Then he glances past them for a second, his face turning impassive like it always used to when he was trying not to react to something. “Anyways, I should get inside,” he says. “Coach wanted to run through some drills and stuff to see where I was at. But I’ll see you at the game tonight?”
