i'm so fucking endeared by the thought of the ottawa rookies and them being luca's safe space. he loves all of the centaurs, and obviously he still has that hero-like worship going on for ilya, but his fellow rookies just make him feel so. welcome.
he's spent his entire time playing hockey feeling like he's too much for everyone else. like maybe he's more mature or knows too much and gets caught on things that nobody else thinks much about. like maybe hockey is a sport for jocks and bros and he should just stick to his 'weird kid' spaces. then he gets drafted to ottawa, and there's these other young players, and he's just expecting the worst. he knows english pretty well but he speaks with an accent, and he looks so much softer than these other guys do. they're loud and self-assured and.... adding him to a group chat??? instantly, they're acting like they've known him for years. holmberg overshares and young enables him and lapointe rolls his eyes but laughs anyway. they invite him to hang out after practice and remember the things he tells them. holmberg finds his journal one day and, much to luca's horror, starts looking through it. he expects jeers and taunts like what happened with one of his junior teams, but the mockery never comes. instead, they're so impressed and telling him to submit some of his stuff to an art gallery and asking why he hasn't brought this up before. they're the first teammates he comes out to, and they're all cool with it and focus their efforts on finding him a boyfriend despite his protests. and luca looks back on all his fear when he first got drafted and realize that it was all for nothing
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