lovin sharks

a new hockey enjoyer that endeared by WillMack a lil bit too much sometimes

[stuckinapril]

I’m not the woman I was a few years ago or even a year ago but I still like to hold her hand and remind her she did her best with what she knew

[zarsk]

your recs are absolutely spotless!!! Do you have any more long fics? :))

hi hi, thank you!!! here’s part 3, lmk if you guys want a part 4 <3

white camellias falling (25k)

frat boy mack x nhl hockey player will smith, will sometimes attends parties at mack’s frat where they meet. they start to hook up but macklin has some internalised homophobia. will starts treating him like they’re boyfriends and mack gets a little freaked and says stuff that hurts wills :(

break my heart and start a fire (31k)

WOWWWIEEEE. no hockey in this fic btw. will is frat president and aiden is in his frat. macklin is a freshman at the college and he meets will and is instantly like yeah i need that man. it’s cute i love

the coast is clear (46k)

top 3 wm fic for sure… will is not a hockey player and macklin is. not to spoil it but mackie wants to do it with a guy and he meets will, macklin assumes will is an escort (he’s not 😭) they fall in love but macklin is deeply closeted, my summary doesn’t do it justice

touching teal (20k)

THIS WAS SO CUTE WTFFF. non hockey player will smith, he’s a singer. he’s gone to sing the national anthem at a game and that’s when he meets macklin. the story is written in the pov of social media so it genuinely feels like well tumblr and twitter ITS SO GOOD I NEED MOREEEEE

lucky you’re pretty (and good at hockey or something) (25k)

cute! non hockey player will smith, will does the hockey players at bc homework so they can stay on the team. macklin goes to bu and is struggling with one of his classes, he goes to a party and meets will and begs him to tutor him..

lover please stay (24k)

rookie macklin (19) veteran will (28) age gap, they’re just figuring it all out

radiciform (34k)

age gap!! older will and younger mack, basically mack growing up with a crush on will

all love must leave (24k)

macklin decides to quit hockey without telling anyone..

[macklinnews]

[Daily Faceoff] Sam Dickinson on how special Macklin Celebrini is

[sweetwhimsy]

when i'm in a glazing macklin celebrini competition but randy hahn is my competition

[keelpay]

Kelly! Mack talking about will and Halifax like 6 minutes in

https://youtu.be/vS0EWhpigYI?si=4lMSuN9GqWyeLqsp

~ transcript ~

Interviewer: Just want to confirm, did you go out to Halifax, Cole Harbor, over the summer and work out with Sid and Nate a little bit?

Mack: Yeah, yeah

Interviewer: What was that like?

Mack: It was great, they uh, I think Nate had that…partners with Quench so they put on a little camp there. It was great, just- just skating, Will was there too, a couple other young guys, like Fantilli and guys that I know, so it was great, to kind of go out there and train for a little bit.

Interviewer: They're pretty intense when they practice.

Mack: Yeah, yeah they are. It was great skates.

[cutebrini]

💭💭💭💭

[dragonlurking8]

25 - 26 san jose sharks

(x)

@ sharkbiscuits on tiktok

[zejeni]

first joint sponcon >:]

yes, this is an actual product. no, i am not being paid for this (unlike mack)

[ohgodshutit]

macklin celebrini will win the sharks the stanley cup. the conn smythe. the olympic gold. the world championship gold. the four nations gold. the ted lindsay. the art ross. the hart. the selke. and everything else his heart desires when the time is right. amen.

[f1vegas]

SJHN podcast discussing Mack and Cherny playing together [starts around 44:34]

ZJ: One thing that I noticed is um Macklin's becoming a little bit more vocal with him in position. You can kinda see it in game time there in the first game they were in the offensive zone and Macklin was playing the high forward position because the opposing team had possession and there is a giant gap and Macklin sticks out his stick and yells like Close that gap what are you doing? Hurry up and get over there. You can't give people time in the NHL. You need to attack now, I'm already backed up and Igor just books it and they spurt out the puck and--and there's a couple of times even yesterday at the end of the game I think it was like the last shift of the Vegas game and Chernyshov breaks in over the blue line and just shoots it on net and Macklin looks, you know, like frustrated like Make a play. You know there's 6 seconds left don't just throw it into the chest, we have nothing to lose let's try to get one more. I think Macklin's communication, he seems very confident in himself and what should be done and knowing the game as well as he does, rightfully so, I think that's going to help Igor's development if he continues to play on that top line, which I think he deserves. I think we can see again the Macklin effect of having a very good leader on your team that's going to accelerate people's development and Igor seems to be responding well to it. And obviously when you lead by example that's going to be helpful. But I can see Macklin telling him what he wants from him frequently which is great to see. SP: I think it was the Dallas game actually, and I don't think it was something that was caught on camera but there was a shift where Chernyshov gave it to Celebrini and Celebrini entered the zone and dropped it off to the place where Chernyshov was supposed to be on the wing but Chernyshov had changed and Cardwell had jumped on but Cardwell was--not Cardwell's fault he was a little behind because he was changing so Dallas got the puck back. So that happens. But then on the bench I see Celebrini leaning over Graf because linemates sit together on the bench and he kinda like taps [Igor] on the shoulder and seems like--I don't know, I'm not on the bench--but seems like he was saying Don't get off there, you don't need to. We were on the attack. You respect Chernyshov for playing it safe and--maybe to Keegan's point maybe the wind isn't there for ideally like 45-50 second shifts like Macklin. Macklin had a couple of 2 minute shifts yesterday. I think he just decides--and I wrote about this, I have to check, but I'm pretty sure it's the Sharks saying Look you're our best player, you can pretty much decide when to go on and off.

[star-tambourine]

i’m crazy btw

[steveyockey]

affirmations they will not kill me at work today. it is not in my job description to get killed. if they did kill me at work that would be weird and probably not worth it for them

[remanence-of-love]

[puckspunk]

will trying to pray the rosary with the ring on his chain while mack gets on his knees in front of him and starts mouthing at his cock through his clothes... listening to will's breath hitch as he gets through a hail mary

[puckspunk]

it has been written and posted @willmackdaddykink @pucksoflife

[skz-fins]

Macklin kind of looks like a superhero when he plays. It's amazing. Pete Blackburn said he thinks it's funny how everyone's always just like "welp, I sure hope Celebrini saves us again" but it's true! I always feel a sense of relief when he's back on the ice for another shift. I don't even need to see his number most of the time. My eye is just drawn to him flying through everyone else and I feel a boost of energy as a viewer.

The amount of times the puck has gotten scarily close to his own team's goal and he swoops in out of nowhere to bat it away is crazy (and frankly disturbing because he shouldn't have to be playing defenseman and goalie on top of his actual job).

I've heard different youtubers mention that he disappears from opposing defensemen, and that sounded strange at first. Like, what, they suddenly don't notice the most dangerous player on the ice?? But then I've seen it in action. A bunch of action will be happening on one side of the rink and then puck is sliding across and suddenly Celebrini is scoring while everyone stops in bewilderment. The other team has to have 2-3 players harrassing him literally every second because just a little slip of attention and he's already got another goal. And it's hilarious seeing a screenshot of the play after the fact and seeing him standing in an empty space ready and waiting with nobody around to stop him.

Not to put other players down, but when I was just starting to watch hockey last year, to me he didn't look especially fast or fancy, everyone else just looked sluggish and slow next to him. So let's add time slowing as another superpower to his set.

It's so interesting to think about how the players who can actually keep up with him aren't the fastest ones, they're the ones who can predict where he is going and get there ahead of him so he can make his play. And he's already predicting everything happening around him and constantly adapting and shifting position, so he must be running through scenarios like lightning in his head.

He literally never gives up, he's like that anime shonen character that keeps getting knocked down and gets back up to the extreme frustration of his opponents. He makes everyone around him want to keep trying too.

He's only human, we have to keep remembering that. But it's not surprising that he's got everyone fascinated, and veteran players and ex-players sound like they are in awe when they talk about him.

So I sure hope Superbrini saves us next season! But seriously, he's been so fun to watch and I'm excited to see more.

[superstarlit]

fic recs - omegaverse

all omega!mack

just like heaven by @thatblackstarinleo, 256k

a/b/o, college era; rivals will and mack accidentally bond

breathe me in by @alltimecharlo, 29k

mack presents as an omega a week before prospect camp & will volunteers to be a stabilizing bond

signed & sealed by @dalsyy, 12.9k

a heat contract fic

touch my neck (and i'll touch yours) by glisserin, 34.7k

mack is achieving all his nhl dreams; he just needs to make sure no one finds out he's an omega

dawson's creek has nothing on us by scrumpled, 5.8k

high school au, mack is grace's best friend

all of you, all of me (intertwined) by @presentisteal, 7k

will spends two years convincing himself that he’s not what Mack needs. when mack goes into an early heat, he realizes he’s never been more wrong

everlong by @twistedleafs, 24k

mack meets will as his volunteer alpha at the heat clinic, they meet again as interns for the same company

breathe, breathe into me by lavendersmitty, 7k

mack thinks will doesn't want pups

like, take a hint by anon, 4k

someone's been stealing will's clothes

god is real (he was sleepin' in my bed last night) by @beyondearths, 10.6k

everyone assumes mack is a beta

heaven in hiding by eros_menoitiades, 23.5k

will's the only one who knows mack's an omega

[superstarlit]

fic recs - college era/frat au

white camellias falling by @valoaa, 25k

frat boy mack and nhl player will

best guess by litaf1101, 55k

college au; if they had become friends sooner

maneater by @dalsyy, 12.6k

college au, mack is fuckboy

break my heart and start a fire (you got me overnight) by @cryproudly99, 31.8k

will is president of aiden's frat

it was all by design by yellow_lemon_time, 14.5k

mack decides to sleep with will to break up the bc line so bu can beat bc

you were my favourite colour by @golden-hestia, 51k

angsty frat au

warm, wet, and wild by @cryproudly99, 3.5k

will's frat hosts a car wash

lucky you're pretty (and good at hockey or something) by @wshcantbreathe, 25k

mack crosses enemies lines and hires will to write his essay