Remember how I said my job was absolutely stepping it’s pussy up for a couple weeks? Well that’s become true to the degree that I’m being temporarily transferred to the way bigger site for a while (I’ve been given 3 days notice to when I’ve gotta be there). Lowkey has me in a panic so enjoy whatever this is:
(And if you’ve seen this before, I sent parts of this as an anonymous post a couple months ago on a blog that no longer exists)
Imagine Connor and Fraser have very few people “in the know” when it comes to the hockey world. There’s so much room for a leak or someone accidentally implying things or who even knows what. There’s a couple teammates that know, coaches know, families know, and that’s about it. This leads to lots of hilarity for those that do know as they get to watch them tiptoe around it at every turn.
- “Hey, Beds, why are you wearing a Bruins hoodie?” “Well, we’re in Boston and I want to go to the store. Not really my smartest move to go decked out in Blackhawks gear the morning of a game now, is it?” “…okay, but like, where did you even get that?” “Not important.”
- “Minty, you coming out with us tonight?” “Sorry guys, no can do.” “Aww, come on Man! Just a couple drinks?” “I’ve got better things to do actually.” “Please, like what?” “Like spending a lovely weekend with some peace and quiet on my couch.” “Doing what?” “No clue yet, just relaxing for a while, now, if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got something very time sensitive to do on the way home.” “….” (Like 20 minutes later) “why the fuck is his Life360 at the airport?”
- “Connor! Your phone’s been blowing up for like 10 minutes!” “Probably my parents. They said they’d watch the game so they probably saw that fall.” “Bro, it’s not them, you’re not gonna believe who’s calling.” “Who?” “Minten, Boston Minten.” “Oh, that’s not surprising.” “The fuck you mean that’s not surprising?” “He’s probably making sure I’m not dead so he’s still got his Vancouver apartment buddy.” “How would he even know you got hurt-“ “Don’t you ever watch your friends’ games on a night we don’t play?” “No!!” “Maybe you should start. ‘Might help your defense.”
- “Holy Fuck, what beast did you take to bed??” “What?” “Minten, buddy, Fraser, your back is ripped to shreds, no need to play dumb.” “Oh, oh yeah that, well, I, uhh…” “When did you even have time to find one, we literally got back from Chicago last night. Unless you… no-“ “Ah, you know Chicago. Never sleeps.” “Isn’t that New York?” “Yeah, right, anyway-“
- “Connor.” “Yes?” “Connor.” “What?” “Got anything to share with the class?” “What are you talking about.” “The thing.” “Come on, man. What thing?” “The scarf.” “I’m cold?” “Connor, it’s May.” “So? It’s a Chicago May. It’s cold today and I’ll be sweating my ass off tomorrow.” (After he leaves the room) “did he seriously think that was covering up all those hickeys?” “Probably. I don’t know how though. Looked more like… no, ew, I don’t wanna say that, ew.” “What? now you gotta tell me!” “Some of them looked more like fingerprints than hickeys. I’ve accidentally left marks like that on my girl before when she was… ew, ew, no, absolutely not thinking of Bedsy like that!!”