Carter answered the FaceTime from Quinn smiling at her phone waiting for the call to connect from Michigan to Sweden.
âHi Quinny.â Carter smiled at her big brother, sitting on the couch in her common room in Sweden.
âHey Cart.â Quinn smiled softly at his sister, feeling weird to be home with his family and without her, âHow has your day been?â Quinn yawned slightly having just woke up and wanting to call his sister before anyone else wakes up and interrupts him, and Sweden is six hours ahead of Michigan.
âGood, I just got back from our practices so i have the rest of the day off.â Carter smiled telling Quinn about her morning having got back from her hockey practice a little bit ago.
Quinn heard a door open and saw Carterâs head snap up away from the camera and saw her smile, a smile he has never seen before.
âIs that?â Carter happily grinned seeing Connor holding something in his hands.
Connor laughed and handed her a smoothie, âThought you would want one.â Connor soflty smiled at his teammate who has became one of his best friends the last few weeks, he saw she was on call with her brother and quietly excused himself knowing she missed her brothers.
âWas that Connor?â Quinn questioned rasing an eyebrow at the screen, thinking about how Carter just acted.
Carter snapped out of something and looked down at the screen, âYeah.â Carter nodded happily sipping on her smoothie.
Quinn smiled softly seeing his baby sister have her first crush and he has a feeling she hasnât even realized it yet.
Two.
April 13, 2021
Connor frowned as he watched Carter play the game even though she had been very sick the last two days, throwing up often but Connor also knew how much Carter wanted to play in the game as itâs important game if they want to play if the playoffs this season.
The Regina Pats did end up winning the game securing their spot in the playoffs. Carter also had to throw up multiple times during the game and Connor was seriously worried as Carter has barely ate anything that last two days and had been throwing up so much.
Connor helped Carter into her apartment and walked her to her bed, Carter slowly laid down and Connor covered her up and tucked her in, âIâll be right back okay.â Connor brushed a hair off her face before grabbing the bucket and setting it next to her.
âOkay.â Carter quietly croaked out feeling miserable.
Connor heard the call accept and Quinnâs voice come through, âHey Cart, i saw you guys won, good job!â Quinn smiled as he was laying down on his couch.
Connor cleared his throat nervously, âHey uh itâs Connor.â
âConnor? Whereâs Carter?â Quinn sat up hearing Connor.
âCarters in bed but sheâs sick, really sick. Sheâs been throwing up the lays two days and canât keep anything down, She shouldnât have played tonight and i couldnât stop her. And sheâs not getting any better and i have no idea how to help her and she doesnât want anyone knowing and-â Connor rushed out all those words breathing heavily, he felt his hand shake anxiously.
âWoah buddy, take a deep breath okay.â Quinn soflty spoke to Connor, even though he is nervous for Carter, Quinn was getting up and starting to quickly pack a bag, âTry to get more liquids in her and iâll be there in a few hours okay.â
âOkay.â Connor took a deep breath slowly nodding, feeling a bit better because of Quinn.
âAnd Connor thank you.â Quinn couldnât help but softly smile seeing how worried Connor was for Carter and how Connor is taking care of his baby sister.
Three.
September 10, 2022
Quinn walked in the kitchen in the morning hearing Carter in the kitchen already and saw her blushing and smiling as she held a big bouquet of flowers and Quinn could tell they were her favorite type of flowers.
âWho are those from?â Quinn teasingly smirked knowing exactly who they were from.
âConnor.â Carter sheepishly told her brother with a smile.
âThey are very pretty.â Quinn nodded at his sister with a smile.
âArenât they!â Carter happily smiled giggling as she looked at her flowers.
Quinn could feel his heart softened seeing Carter so happy about something, itâs not often she gets so happy about something and it reminded him of the days when she was a kid and would be that happy when anyone in the family would play hockey with her and it made him happy that there are still things that can make Carter that happy.
Quinn knew that nothing in the world makes Carter more happy than Connor does and thatâs all Quinn could ask for.
Four.
October 22, 2022
Carter happily smiled as she quickly got out of her gear earning a few looks because they had just lost and she never looks this excited, Carter showered quickly and put on her outfit back on and rushed out of the locker room seeing Connor waiting outside the locker room, She smiled happily walking over to him getting pulled into a tightly hug.
âHi.â Carter happily spoke to her best friend, resting her head againt his chest and relaxing being in the arms of her bestfriend.
âHi.â Connor grinned, Connor being home for a few days and Carter invited him to her game and to stay over with her for the night.
âBaby Hughes have a boyfriend?â Brock asked Quinn as they walked out of the locker room, seeing Carter with a guy.
âNot yet,â Quinn fondly shook his head, âHe is her best friend they use to play together.â
Brock nodded in understanding and say his goodbyes to Quinn and ruffled Carterâs hair as he walked by her to his girlfriend.
âBrock!â Carter groaned and Connor chuckled slightly.
Quinn walked over to the two and Connor smiled seeing Quinn, Quinn pulled Connor into a hug and smiled at him.
The three headed to the car and Quinn drove them back to his apartment.
Quinn knew the two missed each other so he had no problem seeing them head to Carter room to spend time alone. Quinn just headed to his room and started reading his book in bed.
Carter let Connor get changed into comfortable clothes in her bathroom as she changed into his sweats and Lukeâs hoodie.
Carter hopped into her bed quickly turning on her heated blanket waiting for Connor to come out of the bathroom.
Connor came out of the bathroom and quickly got into the bed next to Carter and Carter cuddled up to him. Connor and Carter started taking about everything they had missed over the last few months.
Quinn closed his book ready to go sleep and paused hearing the giggles coming from Carterâs room and fondly smiled glad to hear her laugh a lot again. Quinn having noticed Carter had been sad lately and knew she was missing her best friend. Quinn smiled glad Connor is her best friend and is waiting until they finally get together.
Five.
April 15, 2023
Connor had finished his last season at the Regina Pats and had come home for the few weeks before everything for the Drafy starts, he saw Carterâs last home game and had spent a lot of time with Carter.
Carter staying in Vancouver for a little while before Jack and Luke are done with the playoffs and they head to Michigan and getting to spend time with Connor.
Connor was peacefully laying his head in Carterâs lap as she brushed her fingers through his hair as she read out loud.
Connor always loving listening to Carter read and had asked Carter once before to read to him and now itâs something they do often and they both enjoy.
Quinn walked into the apartment hearing Carter read out loud and paused knowing Carter absolutely hates reading out loud and use to hate having to in school, he remembered she would practice with him the night before she had to read in class. Quinn quietly walked into the living seeing Carter reading to Connor and couldnât help but smile seeing how much Connor doesnât even realize how much an effect he has on Carter.
Juvia is the kind to use polite speech, even more so than Lucy. Her use of â-sanâ is also meant to be formal in a slightly distant, âweâre not strangers, but weâre not too closeâ sort of way, rather than admiration like Wendy.
Which is why it stands out that she uses â-kunâ with Gajeel, and itâs actually really cute that she does. Sheâs also the one to ask Makarov to approach Gajeel, which means she looks out for him. Whether their relationship is siblinglike or senpai-kouhai-like, it is something I wish was explored more in the story.