No, because what do you mean college isn't like Check, Please!? I've been in college for a year and haven't made a single friend, let alone found my found family, I want my little hockey team-like friends, this is bullshit-
Summary: “I think I…” he bites his bottom lip and looks at Maple and the leftover blueberry pie on the counter and the quilt thrown over the couch and Lardo’s painting on the wall and says, “I think I’m going to marry him someday.”
The One With the Blackout | 1,693 | orphan_account
Summary: There's a power outage in Providence, and Bitty is trapped in an ATM vestibule with Jack freakin' Zimmermann. Who, as it turns out, is not there to mug him.
Stripped Down, Unplugged | 1,912 | orphan_account
Summary: The bylaws stood strong for eight years before Jack Zimmermann and his crew got Cute.
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I just smile, I go ahead and smile | 2,013 | Mizzy
Summary: Jack has no game when it comes to Bittle. It's a good thing Bad Bob's around to give his son a helpful shove in the right direction.
Four Times Jack Failed at Flirting With Bittle (And One Time He Wasn't Terrible At It) | 2,167 | somehowunbroken / @somehowunbroken
Summary: Jack's got this flirting thing down. Or, no, wait. No, he totally doesn't.
Summary: Bittle thinks he’s joking at first, when Jack offers to take a selfie with him.
Every Now and Then | 2,432 | sunfair / @northerndownpour
Summary: Eric Bittle is a successful pop-country recording artist. Jack is an NHL player and a big fan.
Dares You to Change | 2,763 | PorcupineGirl
Summary: Jack has imagined this moment so many times. The reality is so much harder.
"Zimmboni, you have friend here to visit! Out in hall." Tater exclaims as he comes into the locker room. "He says is from college?"
make this house a home | 2,805 | bleep0bleep / @bleep0bleep
Summary: With the prospect of an empty Haus for Thanksgiving, Jack invites Bitty over to his new place in Providence. As friends, of course.
brought to you by | 2,971 | HalfFizzbin / @halffizzbin
Summary: Jack Zimmermann is the new face of the franchise. Unfortunately.
All the Love in the World | 3,005 | alocalband / @alocalband
Summary: Bitty’s hands are shaking. He has five missed calls from Jack, two from Chowder, one from Lardo, and an astronomical number of yet to be viewed text messages.
It’s not that he hasn’t been checking his phone, it’s that every time he’s picked it up at an alert, all he’s been able to do is stare at it. Which is what he’s doing now, as he waits for his mother to finish speaking with the doctor at Coach’s bedside.
Passing Notes | 4,189 | marswithghosts
Summary: Jack Zimmermann is charming, and Bitty enjoys the way he writes the B in Bittle. He knows he’s being stupid, but his life consists of seventh graders and baking pies; he’s allowed to have a little bit of a fantasy.
the slow pace of geologic time | 4,258 | westernredcedar / @thewesternredcedar
Summary: Jack looks at her and then puts her luggage down and leans in, grabs her into a full-body hug, right there on the sidewalk, holding her so close. She can’t remember when he last hugged her this hard. “He told his parents. About being gay. About us,” he says into her shoulder. “They were awful.”
through the crowd | 4,488 | kirkaut / @kirkaut
Summary: The notification sound isn’t the one that he’s got assigned to Jack, which is why he doesn’t feel any panic when Holster hums an agreement and leans over to peer at Bitty’s phone screen.
At least, not until Holster says his name in the tone of a person with a slowly growing suspicion. “Bitty,” he says, very expectantly. “Who is ‘Good Robert’, and why is he blowing up your phone?”
Maple-Flavored Pie Hearts | 4,842 | ofherlionheart / @theonesyouthinkyoulove
Summary: “Well, if you’re making people breakfast now, I’m more than happy to accept,” Shitty says brightly, hoping to cajole a smile out of Jack.
Jack smacks away Shitty’s hand when he tries to steal some bacon. “I’m not,” Jack says, scowling. “I’m teaching that freshman how to get protein into his diet.”
“Which one?” Shitty asks, already knowing the answer.
november | 5,046 | antoineroussel / @bostonbruiins
Summary: Jack was ready, so ready. He'd never been more ready for anything, except maybe an NHL contract.
He was so totally not ready at all.
Man of Honor | 5,301 | esterbrook
Summary: Bitty has to live the rest of his life with the knowledge that yes, Jack Zimmermann cries at weddings, and looks good doing it.
is it too late now to say sorry | 5,330 | magneticwave
Summary: I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS, Eric types furiously into Twitter. THIS IS LIKE RENAMING LAKE WOEBEGONE “LAKE SCOTT WALKER.” // Or, the only person in the entirety of Canada who is upset about Jack Zimmermann’s first Stanley Cup is Eric Bittle, and by God is every single one of Eric’s 160,000 Twitter followers going to hear about it.
To Even Fall | 5,636 | perihelionic
Summary: Sometimes Bitty sleeps in Jack's bed. It's not a thing, until it is.
and so all yours | 5,858 | orphan_account
Summary: It’s not exactly taboo to let other people see your soulmate’s first thought about you, but now, standing two feet away from the guy who spent the last five hours making him feel inadequate and small, he doesn’t really want to remind anyone that even his own soulmate doesn’t believe in him.
better than I know myself | 5,876 | Mizzy
Summary: Jack's not very good at noticing common threads. So it takes him the longest time, over a year, before he realizes what's been different in the Haus. It's not something that's present, so much as something that's missing. And it's this: that Bittle calls everyone pet names.
Everyone but Jack.
Duffle Bag Guy | 7,643 | cablesscutie / @cablesscutie
Summary: ‘You keep dragging suspicious sacks up to and down from your apartment and I don’t know what your deal is or why I still wanna bone you’ AU
the road leads back to you | 9,160 | nightswatch / @zimmermaenner
Summary: Bitty meets Jack Zimmermann on 5 AM on a Sunday morning after someone set their grilled cheese on fire in his dorm. He doesn't really expect that they'll become friends. Or that he'll become friends with an entire hockey team.
a tale of love and how it finds you | 10,587 | nightswatch / @zimmermaenn
Summary: Bitty sees Jack Zimmermann almost every morning, but he’s never said a single word to him. Honestly, Jack Zimmermann probably doesn’t even know that he exists.
Catfishing for Dummies | 12,001 | andquitefrankly / @andquitefrankly
Summary: Eric Bittle hadn't planned on signing up for online dating. It was just something that had happened after a drunken night with his friends. He also hadn't planned on messaging the super obvious catfish masquerading as Jack Zimmermann. And he definitely hadn't planned on possibly falling in love with him.
One More | 1,596 | facewithoutheart / @facewithoutheart
Summary: “That’s… uh. That’s my phone. I should–”
“One more,” Bitty whispers into Jack’s open mouth, his hands turned to fists in Jack’s open graduation robe, asking a question Jack aches to answer. “One more, please.”
i'd never want from the cherry tree | 2,535 | milominderbinder / @milominderbindered
Summary: Bitty's been sent flowers. His friends think this means the guy who serves macaroni in the cafeteria is in love with him.
Bitty thinks this might mean he's dating Jack Zimmermann. Unfortunately, he's not sure. Jack is very hard to read, okay?
A Tolerance for Pain | 3,782 | uniqueinalltheworld
Summary: It makes sense, his mother tells him when he's nine: Jack's such a physical person, of course his indicator would be his soulmate's pain. Jack doesn't have anything to say about it, really, he just scowls and winces as his soulmate falls down again. Alicia Zimmermann, whose heterochromia reversed itself upon laying eyes on Bob for the first time, because she’s more passionate about visual media, pats him on the shoulder with a completely insufficient amount of sympathy. Jack's backside is sore for months as the falls keep happening, and he can only think that somewhere, his soulmate must be learning how to skate.
almond croissants and strawberry pie | 4,633 | thewalrus_said / @thewalrus-said
Summary: Bitty first hears the hammering on his shop door at precisely 5:17 in the morning on an already-warm Thursday in July.
He’s content to ignore it—the dough he’s kneading won’t shape itself into sandwich rolls, after all—but it proves to be remarkably persistent. Precisely six minutes of knocking later, he hears someone yell, “Come on, I know you start baking at four in the morning! Let us in!”
Cornucopia | 5,201 | Sakon76 / @sakon76
Summary: Bitty's kitchen skills aren't just preternatural. They're downright divine.
By the Light of the Moon | 7,507 | ereshai / @ereshai
Summary: Something is stalking the students of Samwell University. Nothing bad happens - until a member of the hockey team turns up dead. Freshman Eric Bittle starts using the campus Safe Walk number to make sure he gets safely back to his dorm at night and gets drawn into the Samwell Men's Hockey team's quest to find their murdered teammate's killer. He understands why they're doing it, but why are they so weird?
Got Your Pack | 9,030 | MapleleafCameo / @MapleleafCameo
Summary: In hindsight, Eric should’ve figured it out sooner. The signs are all there. When he decides to go to Samwell, he assumes the ‘one in four; maybe more’ means something significantly different. At least it's not a cult. He hopes.
Bitty adjusted his tie as he watched Jack on the nearby monitors. The interviewer started with some hockey questions. Jack kept glancing over towards Bitty as he answered.
The reporter then asked about the infamous kiss on the ice. Jack glanced at Bitty with a smile before answering. "It was amazing to enjoy the culmination of my dream come true with someone I love."
Bitty blushed as Jack grinned at him. The reporter thanked Jack for the interview. Once Jack took off his microphone, he rushed towards Bitty and the two kissed.
