Shane and Troy make a podcast together. They start it because Ilya teases them both about their lack of hobbies.
Everyone expects it to be about hockey, but it's really not. They sometimes mention hockey, but mostly talk about other stuff.
At the beginning they meticulously prepare the talking points for each episode, but they soon realise people are pretty entertained just by them talking about random topics and being weird. They might start by discussing the nutritional value of salmon and half an hour later their audience is listening to a thorough explanation of salmon migration patterns.
Sometimes they'll have guests, more often than not hockey related, but they still don't discuss the sport. With Yuna they discuss the cultural differences between Japan and Canada. Luca talks about ducks and cows. Harris guides them through queer history of Canada and shares funny stories of Troy and Chiron. One time they bring all of Hayden's kids and that's how the wider public finds out about Shane and Ilya's secret wedding.
People are obsessed with it. They are finding out new facts about their favourite athletes in an incredibly unhinged way, because there is no way this sounds normal with Troy and Shane as hosts. It's probably completely serious one moment and full of giggles the next, because somethong happens that is literally only funny to them.
They do make sure to not drive Harris completely mad with their weird statements.
They also don't take any sponsorships, but regularly shout out charities and business they like.
Jean does the girls' nails. It started out with Cat offering to paint Jean's because he was watching her do Laila's so intently. And while Jean doesn't mind having his nails painted, he finds that he prefers the routine of doing someone else's. He gets quite good at it.
Jeremy is happy for him, of course, but he can't help feeling a bit envious. He's always wanted to paint his nails, but he never could. That's not something his family would approve of. And he's also a bit jealous of the girls because selfishly, he wants Jean to paint his nails too. To have Jean's full attention and practically hold hands for 30 minutes to an hour. But he knows that's not something he can have, so he lets it go.
That is, until one afternoon, after leaving his family's house for good, Jeremy is watching Jean paint Laila's nails. A lot has changed since the last time he witnessed this little routine of theirs. He knows he can hold Jean's hand anytime now without any real reason or excuse, just for the sake of holding his boyfriend's hand. Logically, he also knows that he no longer has to please his family, that he can express himself in any way he wants.
But knowing is different from truly understanding, so when Jean turns to Jeremy, offering to do his nails like Cat offered to Jean all those months ago, Jeremy's first instinct is to refuse. He's ready to start explaining why he can't when his brain catches up to him, and he sort of just freezes. It's one of the first times since leaving that a realization that struck him wasn't depressing.
He's free. As scary, painful, and devastating as that fact is, it's also dizzying. And it must be obvious that Jeremy is grappling with his newfound autonomy, because Jean waits patiently. Supports his boyfriend silently with something that would probably seem small and unimportant to others. But if there's anyone in the world who understands what a huge leap Jeremy is about to make in his healing, it's Jean.
Because being afraid to paint your nails might seem silly. But when you grew up being punished for who you are, punished for being in some way different than everyone else, when you grew up learning how to hide, embracing that difference feels like an open invitation for more hurt, more judgment.
But Jeremy made it out. Maybe for the first time ever, he is free, safe, and loved unconditionally. So paradoxically, when he answers, it's both one of the easiest and hardest things he's ever done.
"Yes, Jean-Yves, I'd love it if you did my nails. Thank you, sweetheart."
*smirking* you couldn't waterboard that out of me, but even if torture was an effective method of information extraction and not a futile display of state-sanctioned sadism, the high percentage of false confessions it produces would mean that even if you could waterboard it out of me, could you even trust the veracity of my statement?
Guess who just locked tf in to make these rq for my homeboy Andrew. This one’s dedicated to him. A bit more twinyard and Andrew content for you 💗 hope you enjoy buddy
Jean’s french to English translation roughly:
america is stupid. stupid language with too many words. stupid america that holds idiotic kevin day. what an atrocious place.
Jean got used to cooking with music playing in the background thanks to Cat and her boombox. So even though Jean started teaching Jeremy how to cook after they moved in together, on most nights Jeremy ends up being the 'dj', responsible for playing the songs they both love while Jean prepares dinner. Jeremy takes his job of creating a fun atmosphere to cook in very seriously. He plays their favorite songs and sings along while having a silly little dance party with Jab, who is so excited.
Jean watches the love of his life and the dog they got together, before they were even dating, and he can't help but be grateful that life didn't end all those years ago, that he gets to have this.
And if Jeremy plays a slower song from time to time so Jean can hold him while they sway along to it, well, who can blame him?
Aaron is his classmate's nightmare. It's not because of his infamous reputation, not because he's a murderer, not even because he's got a girlfriend despite it all.
Infact, they couldn't care less about those.
But always topping the class, coming up with most brain wracking questions that the professor quote him during their lectures, and completing every. single. assignment. on. time?
He is being bashed in the head with a racquet in everyone's dreams
The worst part? Nobody has ever seen him even touch the books outside of the lecture hall. Library? He's flirting with Katelyn. Lunch? He's taking her on dates. After classes end? He's at Exy practice. The weekends? HE'S DRUNK OF HIS ROCKER DANCING IN A COLOMBIAN GAY BAR
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