It's been so long since I was in the hockey rpf fandom and like
I love how even in all those years and it's been like 10+, the type of fic for some of the pairings is still the same. The vibe of the fics for the pairings (romantic/platonic/somewhere inside or outside of those) all kind of hit the same.
Sid and Geno: Oh, there you are. I've been looking for you.
Jamie and Tyler: I think I can finally find a home in you.
Toews and Kane: Everytime they mention you, they're going to mention me too.
TK and Nolan: I don't think I could ever get tired of you.
And the new ones to me that already have their own.
Connor & Leon: You're the only one I want to do this with.
Nico and Jack: I am constantly impressed by everything you do.
Jamie and Trevor: We just keep finding our way back to each other.
Nate and Makar: Very few things have caught my attention the way you have.
Auston and Mitch: You took my breath away and I don't think I'll ever get it back completely.
Will and Mack: They're never going to be able to untangle my name from yours.
just a list of fics that make me wish i could wipe my brain to experience them all over again that i read in may :)
please heed archive warnings + tags. these are in no particular order!
WILLMACK
adult content by breakfasts (4k)
mack accidentally-on-purpose starts to increasingly get off to porn involving a guy who looks a lot like will. as you can imagine, this causes a lot of problems for him lol.
TZJD
When I Get Back To My Best by smc_27 (19k)
future fic and kid fic!!!! they're both retired, jamie won a stanley cup without trevor and with cole on the habs, trevor retired with the rangers. they're both divorced, and, for the first time in a very long while, single at the same time. jamie has a pre-teen son and trevor has a five-year-old girl and when trevor comes to stay with him for cole's hall of fame ceremony, they all become one little domestic family and they both have BIG FEELINGS about it. usntdp 01s make an appearance too!
just an amazing look at all different kinds of relationships for the two of them in the future. soooo sweet and also made my heart ache. always the way when so much time has passed and you can only look back and think what if...?
make it home by stutteringpeach (11k)
another future fic!!! which i am the biggest sucker for ever omg, it gets me every time. obsessed with trevor finally knowing he wants jamie and just going after him. so much has changed, yet it hasn't.
gaps of sunlight by somewhat_invested (24k)
this one was sooooo good!! jamie accidentally wishes trevor away on a shooting star. as a result, jamie finds himself on a trevor-less ducks team and he feels like he's going completely crazy. eventually he finds out trevor is a student at bu still... i will not say anything more, ugh. this was amazing jamie introspection and character study.
show you off by fiveandnocents (14k)
onlyfans!trevor - absolutely delicious, yes please and thank you. jamie helps trevor out with filming and eventually comes to some mind-blowing realisations... ;)
point it home by picklebarrel (11k)
trevor wakes up in an alternate timeline where he and jamie were traded to philly together :') a wonderful examination of trevor's feels about the trade and what it meant for their relationship and what trevor wants to do going forward <3
BENNGUIN
Front Runner by makeit_takeit (60k) + Odds-on Favorite by makeit_takeit (76k)
dallas stars college football au!!! soooo good, i love their dynamics in this and the background of their lives living in texas with their families are built up with such good detail. i learnt so much about college football too! they are so good for each other and hot together but they also have a lot of things to figure out together. coming of age! you will laugh! you will cry! you will LOVE!!! first fic is tyler pov (college) and second is jamie pov (what follows) :)
NATEJO
the weight of sweetness by bruinss (81k)
historical abo au - sign me the hell up!!!! ugh, the miscommunication in this is so good and nate is so wonderfully himself. jo needs a lot of loving and he gets it!!! they get to re-build a little life together after years and years apart 🥹
soft as it began by bruinss (41k)
nate's a wolf, jo is not! wasn't sure of the direction this one was going in but then when it clicked i was just SO hooked... nate knows he and jo are bonded, but he can't tell him until the draft because ppl have abused the system in the past (bonded pairs have to be drafted together). so jo is drafted straight to the avs with nate, unbeknownst to jo that any of this is going to happen beforehand... absolutely scrumptious. the fall out is perfect and of course the eventual coming together of nate and jo as bondmates!!!!
move in a common rhythm by bruinss (61k)
sentinel and guide au! i'd never read this type of au before, but now because of this fic i'll be on the lookout for it for other pairings too!! as a guide, it's jo's job to regulate sensory stimuli that sentinels are particularly sensitive to. of course, jo is the only guide who was ever able to guide nate properly, so he ends up back on the avs. lots of great angst and jealousy here... they figure it out eventually and when they do there's just no stopping them hehe <3
LARSDUNN
Odyssey of the Heart by angry_geno_is_score (106k)
my first venture into larsdunn territory and it did not disappoint!! touch-starved omega vince has had a run of shitty alpha boyfriends - my heart was breaking for vince all over. adam saves the day and loves vince as thoroughly as he deserves :'))
Serenity in Those Deep Waters by angry_geno_is_score (114k)
bdsm-verse au! vince is assigned a dom to avoid going into sub-drop again... three guessses who... again, vince goes through a lot and adam is always there to make it better and treat him right <3 adam's devotion in this is mwahhhh 🤌
Everyone supporting the other teams during playoffs except the stars but INHALE* we had one of the og iconic duos in the league that no one remembers anymore because one of them is a dead wife and on a season ender LTIR and both of them are dads now and uncs otw to retirement but we miss them everyday EXHALE*
