connor bedard and actress!reader headcanons wc: 1.7k note: eventually i'm going to write a full length fic about them meeting/getting together, and then maybe their hard launch, but i wanted to finally get something out for this couple! i hope you enjoy <3
it all started when connor bedard did an interview when he was 18 years old. it was a few weeks after he’d been drafted, and it was one of the more casual interviews he’d done so far. it was a hockey podcast, just sitting on a couch and talking about his expectations and thoughts for his first season. somehow they got onto the topic of things that connor had been watching in the meantime.
a movie had just come out with you in it. a big superhero blockbuster, the kind of movie with a big budget and a star-studded cast. you were a newcomer, but getting more and more well-known by the day.
one of the interviewers asked connor who his celebrity crush was. instantly, his face got beet red, and he was hesitant to answer. despite this, he was eventually coaxed into admitting who it was. he said your name y/n l/n, and even though connor played it off like it was mostly a joke, it was definitely not.
you didn’t see this. at least, not right away. you don’t know much about hockey, and there have been quite a few other celebrities/public figures who have cited you as their celebrity crush. it’s always very flattering, but whenever someone does, there’s always the immediate surge of people shipping you and whoever said it.
that did happen when connor confessed that you’re his celebrity crush, but not to the same caliber as when it’s a fellow actor. so even though you saw it, you didn’t pay much attention to it. honestly, you didn’t even look to see who it was. just saw the name. connor bedard. so you just shrugged it off.
about a year goes by, and you were approached by bauer to do an ad. you were set to star in a hockey romance movie coming out the following winter, so you did it.
that’s when you and connor officially met.
at first, it didn’t click that this was the connor bedard, that had said in an interview that you were his celebrity crush. he was definitely a little bit awkward when you first met, but you didn’t think that much of it.
during the filming of the ad, which took about four days due to unforeseen complications, and connor being a really bad actor, the two of you started talking. you realized just how cute he is, and asked for his number, which absolutely gobsmacked him. he’d been really awkward up until that point, and even though he’d definitely been attempting to flirt, he didn’t think it was really going all that well.
after that, things start escalating fast.
first, you’re seen on the streets of chicago. fans can’t figure out why you’re there, because you’re not filming anything there, and there’s no events or anything happening. actually, you should probably be in nyc, because that’s where premieres and things are happening. but no, you’re in chicago.
and then connor’s spotted in new york. it’s during the season, and the blackhawks are playing the rangers, so it makes sense. except… he’s there for a day longer than the rest of the team. they have a day off, and connor’s spending it in new york city?
but then you’re seen in chicago again. this time with a man. a few people online thought it might be connor, but nobody could confirm.
a few weeks later, you were with a man. his face was a little bit more visible in the paparazzi photos, but the two of you were kissing, so it was hard to tell. these were the pictures that had people really speculating you might be dating connor bedard, but the pictures were blurry, and as hard as people tried, nobody could for sure say that it was connor bedard.
for a while after that, the matter was mostly put to rest. slowly, people started to forget. and the two of you got better at being sneaky.
but then you were asked to host snl. it was a really big moment in your career, one of your childhood dreams achieved, and when you were given a run through of sketch ideas, you had an idea of your own to present.
it was the very last sketch of the night/episode. it was a funny one about how crazy paparazzi are when it comes to celebrities. you were playing yourself, and the snl cast members were playing the paparazzi. near the end of the sketch, a crazy fan jumps out of the crowd to kiss you… and then it’s revealed to be connor. the people who know him cheer, but most are just confused.
it doesn’t take long for fans of both you and connor to start freaking the fuck out. people online are talking about how funny it is that you were the lead in a hockey romance, and now you’re dating an irl nhl player. connor’s fans have mixed reactions on it, but the general consensus is that the two of you are cute together.
onto actual headcanons of you and connor together!!
connor is smitten with you. he’s constantly in disbelief that he managed to somehow convince you to let him be your boyfriend, and spends the majority of his time making sure you don’t regret it. he’s very aware of the fact that you are so insanely out of his league, and he refuses to give you any reason to make you want to leave him.
you really like teasing him about the fact that you were his celebrity crush before you were his girlfriend. he gets really embarrassed, his face gets all red and he covers his face; you think it’s the cutest thing in the world.
whenever you go to his games, you get put on the jumbotron as a celebrity in attendance. whenever they do it, connor immediately stops and looks up at the screen, it’s almost like he can sense it. after you wave at the camera, they pan to connor to find him looking at the screen with heart eyes. he always gets chirped about it, but he doesn’t care, because he knows that they’re all just jealous.
speaking of chirping…
connor can not handle getting chirped about you. every once in a while, someone tries it. tells him that she’s too pretty for him, says that they already have tickets to her next movie, et cetera. honestly, it’s not even what they say, it’s the look in their eyes. almost instantly, he’s on them, pushing them to the ice and punching as hard as he can until he’s physically removed by a ref. every time this happens, you try and tell him that he doesn’t need to do that, he has nothing to worry about. but he just can’t help himself! someone starts making suggestive jokes about you, and connor sees red.
you bring him to all your red carpet events, and it’s both hilarious and adorable. he has zero idea how to act, always worried he’s going to embarrass either you or himself. he also just isn’t used to posing for pictures for that long, and eventually his smile gets kind of tired and weird looking. you have his worst one (a picture where he’s fully just grimacing at the camera) as his profile photo in your contacts, and he hates it. he begs you to change it at least once a week, but you keep it.
watches everything you’ve been in religiously. his comfort movie is your first major movie role, you were only five years old, and it’s an absolutely adorable movie about a young girl losing her parents and getting sent to live with her uncle. it’s really heartfelt and cute, and sometimes when he watches it on a road trip, and he sees you as a little kid, he can’t help but wondering if that’s what your kids will look like one day.
he gets asked about you in every interview he does, and he has a love-hate relationship with it. he agreed to making your relationship public, but sometimes he feels like people care more about the fact that he’s dating an actress than his hockey career, which can be a little bit demeaning. it doesn’t bother him very often, because it’s not actually a problem very often, but sometimes it gets to him.
whenever that happens, you go on an absolute tirade on your tiktok and instagram, posting his stats and highlights, make videos raving about what an amazing hockey player your boyfriend is. it’s one of connor’s favorite things that you do.
the two of you are such a wholesome couple, it’s kind of unbelievable. you’re so sweet to each other, always speak so positively about each other to the media.
you’re both very into pda. it’s not even a conscious thing, you just kind of always need to have your hands on each other. you’re apart so often that whenever you’re together you feel like you need to take advantage of it.
you guys are the power couple of the nhl right now! the nhl social media admins are obsessed with the two of you, collecting tiktok edits like infinity stones. right now, the nhl instagram is basically you and connor, and macklin celebrini and will smith. you think it’s hilarious, but connor gets a little bit intimidated by all the attention.
not to say that connor doesn’t like showing you off, because he definitely does. if he’s bringing you to an event or anything where there’s lots of people, he’s got an arm around your waist with a smug smile the entire time. you’re very endeared by it, and also share the sentiment. you show off connor all the time.
occasionally, you’ll have a co-star who thinks you deserve “better,” and who’ll try and hit on you. you shut them down real quick, then spam post pictures of you and connor on your insta story. one time, a co-star didn’t get the hint, so you flew connor in to bring him to set the next day, and you were all over him. connor was very flustered, but definitely not complaining.
ultimately, you and connor are so wonderful together. you love each other deeply, and can’t imagine your lives without each other. even through all the chaos and intensity of your daily lives, you find solace in each other. you have a really beautiful, healthy relationship, and you’re so lucky that you have each other.
a/n: i realized writing this that i actually really like this couple, so i'll hopefully be writing more for them in the future! i hope you all enjoy this, and have a wonderful day/night <3