“I knew it was going to hit me the way it did,” he said of the standing ovation during a video tribute. “I’m so grateful for the moment and very appreciative for what the Bruins did, and the love and support the fans have shown me, not just tonight, but throughout my entire career here. I always loved playing here, loved putting the jersey on and wearing my heart on my sleeve. It’s a hard-working city and people appreciate that. I love the fans here. They’re special. They’re an incredible group.” [NHL.com]
BRAD MARCHAND PRESSCON & EMOTIONAL RETURN TO BOSTON
Panthers @ Bruins | October 21, 2025
Hi fic request! Either Will or Fraser. Slow burn back and forth chirping with the reader who is their best friend. When it’s said but you love in a teasing manner, and either Will or Fraser responds back with I wish you were in love with me.
confession | fm⁹³
wc: 1.4k
warnings: just fluff (and cringe texts)
a/n: hopefully i got this right anon!
One summer night, your friend group managed to plan a get-together at Fraser’s apartment. It was hard to, especially because of Fraser’s season, but he had all the time in the world now. You’ve been friends with him for quite a while. You both had a mutual friend, and you hit it off when you started talking about the books you both liked. Now, he’s intertwined in your life, and usually this wouldn’t be a problem, but suddenly his brown curls and glasses started to make you swoon, and then you realized you were falling way too late.
You see him as you walk through the door, dark blue jeans and a black jumper, hair styled so you know he used his favorite cream, and already holding some alcoholic beverage in his hand. He’s in a conversation with a couple of other people, but as soon as he notices a figure-shaped-you in his peripheral vision, his eyes shift, and he starts smiling. All your friends start gushing over your entrance.
You walk up to them and his hand flies up to immediately place it on your head, pads of his fingers gently digging into your scalp so he can sway your head slightly, reminding you that you’re shorter than him in the most aggravating way possible. You glare up at him as you say hi to everyone.
The night continues. You don’t talk to him much. There are people there you haven’t talked to in a long time, so Fraser’s put on the back burner. You notice him, though, throughout the night. He flicked the back of your head as he walked by once. You saw him looking from across the room as you talked to someone on his couch. He had this distant look on his face. What was weirder was that he didn’t look away. You were forced to tear your eyes away first when it got too intense.
He follows you into the kitchen. You know it’s him because you know the sound of his footsteps.
“Why are you looking at me weird?” You ask, opening his fridge to pull out a water bottle. You were starting to feel a little drowsy, and you really didn’t want to sleep over at his place if you didn’t have to. One time, you did because you were too drunk after some party, and he brought you back because his place was closer. The next morning, you walked out into the kitchen and he was shirtless with sweatpants hung so low you could see the waistband of his boxers. It was the most mortifying experience — not because you were a prude — but because if you didn’t have time to mentally prepare yourself, your brain would go haywire and your cheeks would reveal how you actually felt about him. It was fine seeing him like that in controlled spaces, like with your friends, just not alone in his apartment. You made some excuse while he tried to coax you to eat breakfast, and bolted out the front door.
“What do you mean?” He asks, leaning one elbow on the counter, his body relaxed, staring straight at you.
“You’ve been looking at me funny this whole night.”
“You’re imagining it.”
“No, I am not.”
You come up next to him, placing your water down on the counter by his closed fist.
“I’m going to miss your annoying texts in the group chat,” he says.
“Don’t worry, they’ll start again in October.”
He’s talking about your insistence on sending massive strings of texts in the friend group chat whenever he does something during a game. You would write things like:
are you guys watching this wth
FRASER SHOOTOUT GOAL WHATTT
he’s so goated
oh my god minty first line can you bums wake up this isn’t a drill
And he would stupidly look forward to reading them when he got back to the locker room after a game. He would reach for his phone before the coach started debriefing or before he went to the showers. Sometimes he would smile so hard at it his teammates would punch him in the arm and ask who the lucky lady was. He just took the hits. He wished you were his.
And he would always type something back along the lines of you know I can see all this right?
And you would say, ofc dummy that’s the point we’re supposed to glaze you, as everyone else in the chat chimed in with similar sentiments. He loved having this support network that cheered him on, but he loved even more the fact that you kept this charade going. You told him once that when you started live-texting one game, he scored in the third period, so you kept doing it as a good-luck charm, even when that charm eventually wore off.
It was something so silly, maybe so inconsequential to you, but his heart bloomed that this girl in his life loved watching him play so much.
He groans. “Can’t wait.”
“I know I’m annoying, but you love me.”
He rolls his eyes, a deep blush forming on the apples of his cheeks.
“See — you can’t deny it!”
It’s all one big joke. You should have said “it” instead of “me”. You want to smack your forehead. Your stomach turns watching him in your feeble attempt to turn your massive crush on its head — to project your own feelings onto this poor boy who probably just puts up with your odd shenanigans because he’s known you so long.
“No, I can’t,” your breath hitches at the way he agrees. Maybe he’s trying to be in on the “joke” too. Maybe you’re making him uncomfortable. Maybe you should shut up and never talk to him again. You still can’t help but notice his voice is softer. It doesn’t have that teasing tilt to it. His eyes shift over your shoulder, then back onto yours.
He licks his lips nervously, hand clutching his glass, white-knuckled. He blames the way the alcohol courses through him on his boldness. “Just kinda wish the feeling was mutual.”
“What?” You blurt out, a little too loud, extremely confused.
“Iwishyoulovedmeback.”
At first, you don’t register what he says at all. It just sounds like one long word, but then you repeat it back in your head; that one word splits, and your brain fills in the spaces that should have been there when he said it.
“But I do, Fras. Of course I do. Thought you knew.”
“As more than friends?”
“Well— that—yes, but it doesn’t matter—“
His lips are on yours anyway, soft and warm. Shots of electricity cascade down your spine, pricking the surface of your skin. One hand cups your cheek. He tries to pull away when he realizes you’re frozen, but you’ve been waiting too long to let this moment slip away, so you lean forward, rolling up on your tippytoes, hands splaying on the back of his neck, to reach his lips again. He makes this little surprised noise in your mouth that is so endearing you grip him harder. He tastes like liquor, but you don’t mind.
When you break apart his lips are a darker shade of pink than before. A loose curl falls down the middle of his forehead. His hand is still holding your cheek. There’s a beat where you don’t say anything, just stare at each other.
One of your friends suddenly appears and says, “finally!”
You both jump apart. His hand is scratching the back of his head, your cheeks are flaming.
“Uhm no—“
“What did you—“
“Took you long enough,” she says, pushing between you two to grab a bowl of snacks, then leaves, as if what happened was so predictable it didn’t merit further questioning.
You turn back to him, mind all buzzing, mouth slightly agape. “You love me?” Your pointer finger weakly comes up to your chest in disbelief.
“I mean—“ he looks behind his shoulder at your friend who’s leaving, “—seems like everyone else knew.”
You take a couple more hesitant steps back toward him, your forehead hitting his chest. “think we have to be better at this communicating thing.”
“yeah, maybe you do.”
“you too, fraser pierre minten!” You look up at him through your lashes, annoyed again.
“Please no full government name,” he complains, but he’s smiling, content on having his hands in your hair, your eyes looking at him in a new light.
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how his hair looks good every time
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when fraser starts talking to and gets to meet up with his favourite driver
fraser minten x f1 driver!reader
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Fraser brings home a surprise after a game
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dad fraser | @/abilouwrites
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