is this anything? I am always looking for ways to get marlow + luca together so maybe will write more of this...
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If there’s one thing Cliff Marlow can’t stand, it’s a good kid getting his feelings hurt. And Luca Haas—the Ottawa rookie, all big green eyes and shiny blond hair with a wicked-ass slapshot—is, by all accounts, a real good kid.
Which means Cliff is now watching, increasingly horrified, as a packed ballroom collectively decides to make his night miserable. Worse, it seems like Roz wants this to happen.
So Cliff has to fix it. Not that he’s into dudes, really, but, like. This shit isn’t okay.
The Irina Foundation is having a silent auction to raise money for their camps, and Cliff is stoked to have been invited. He’s enjoyed the canapes and the booze, scrawled his name on bid sheets for a weekend at Hollander’s cottage and an Instagram photoshoot with Barrett’s boyfriend. But it’s the end of the night—everybody’s champagne glasses down to dregs, their bowties and lips loosened—and one item still has zero bids, because Roz is staring daggers at anyone who approaches the table. That item?
WIN A DATE WITH LUCA HAAS.
Fuck, it’s like getting picked last for kickball. Or worse, not getting picked at all.
Cliff wasn’t born a 6’3” sex god. His growth spurt hit late, at thirteen. Years of bullying had left his heart tender in places, and seeing that blank page under Haas’s name aches something awful, like digging your thumb into a yellowed bruise.
Haas has been hiding out in a corner all night, not making eye contact with anyone, like he’d rather be anywhere else. He’s offered up his heart and body (which, objectively speaking, seems… pretty fucking solid) for a good cause, and nobody wants him enough to challenge his weirdly overprotective captain. The poor kid is gonna be crushed.
So Cliff waits—until his head is swimming with champagne, Roz has mysteriously disappeared, and Hollander’s mother is collecting the bid sheets as the ballroom empties out. Before she can snatch up Luca’s sheet, Cliff darts forward and puts pen to paper.
Cliff Marlow. $50k.
Something loosens in his chest.
Mrs. Hollander smiles kindly at him as she picks up the sheet. “Enjoy your date!”
Right. Now he’s got to go on a date. Cliff is suddenly dizzy, blinking up at the too-bright ballroom lights and adjusting his too-tight bowtie for a long minute until there’s a tap on his shoulder. He turns around.
“Hi, handsome,” says Luca Haas, and Cliff promptly forgets how to breathe.
and what if omega!Luca meets alpha!Marly off the ice for the first time at one of Shane & Ilya’s house parties and the instant they touch when they go to shake hands an electric zing pulses through both of them and they realise as they’re looking into each other’s eyes that they’re definitely going to fuck tonight… what then?
Sorry if you have answered this before but thoughts on Luca/Cliff Marlow as a ship?
love love love and if you haven’t read Shane Hollander is Not a Stalker by @stillnotmollified then you haven’t tapped into the absolute best haaslow content on the market right now.
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Game Changers | Heated Rivalry - All Media Types, Heated Rivalry (TV)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Luca Haas/Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
Characters: Luca Haas, Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau
Additional Tags: Hurt/Comfort, Past Rape/Non-con, original shitty ex boyfriend of Luca Haas (mentioned), Domestic Fluff, Love Confessions, Repressed Memories, Cliff is a Teddy Bear, Overthinking, Panic Attacks, Age Difference
Summary:
When Cliff accidentally triggers a memory of Luca’s shitty ex boyfriend they have to navigate the aftermath together.
the people want a marlinterlude, they get a marlinterlude, right here. it's just 7k worlds of cliff marlow/luca haas smut from marly's pov, y'all. technically this is chapter seven of shane hollander is not a stalker, but it doesn't advance the shane/ilya plot and can be skipped without consequence if it's not your thing (or, conversely, could probably be read as a standalone if you don't want to read the larger fic, with the context that in this universe, marlow has been traded to the centaurs and is fake dating luca to save ilya’s career from allegations that he abused his power as captain by fucking his rookie). here's a little snippet:
Absolutely no pressure but any updates on the next ch of Shane Hollander is not a stalker? I need the foursome but ofc take your time to cook, just curious, thanks!
Hey, thank you for asking! I am in the middle of a brutal chronic illness/pain flare that’s making it hard to write(/function/live), so unfortunately I don’t have an ETA right now. But I promise we will get that Shane/Ilya/Luca/Marlow scene, even if it kills me and pisses off half my comments section haha.
Not sure if anyone else out there can relate (& if you can, come talk to me), but man, it’s rough when your body and brain won’t let you do something that feels like a core part of your identity. What is a creative who can’t create? I have to remind myself that my identity isn’t tied to my output. This shit (trigeminal neuralgia, chronic migraine, MCAS, & some other equally dumb/painful conditions) has taken a lot from me but I’m still a writer, even if I barely feel human at the moment.
Anyway, that was probably way more info than you wanted! It means so much that you’re excited about it (honestly, it will keep me going today) and I am looking forward to delivering the foursome ASAP. Thanks for any good health vibes you can send my way.
Usually Cliff Marleau is the one calling the shots. He’s a veteran player, captain of his team, and nearly a decade older than his boyfriend. However, sometimes, Luca gets to be the one in control, and Cliff has no complaints.
