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Author:  defcontwo, sparklyslug

Rating: Teen and up

Length: 778 words

Type: -

Pairing: None

Summary: you won't BELIEVE these articles Kent Parson has angrily read out loud to Jack Zimmermann...  before throwing his iPad across the room, probably. It's fine, he can afford another one.

Commentary: well, exactly what it says in the tin. Short and so much fun. I’ve read it several times already, and it makes me laugh every time. 

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An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Author: thatfamoushappyending

Rating: General Audiences

Length: 666 words

Type: canon

Pairing: Bitty/Jack

Summary: In which Shitty overhears Bitty introducing his own concert in the shower.

Commentary: Just 600 words of in-character fun. I’ll be forever laughing at Jack’s inability to use technology properly (and at how in this fic he has hockey sticks randomly lying on his bed...). Bitty is adorable (who hasn’t done that in the shower? :) ), Jack is adorable too and Shitty is just great. 

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Author: Aisjustrunning

Rating: Teen and Up

Length: 983 words

Type: Canon

Pairing: Jack Zimmermann/Eric Bittle

Summary: Not for the first time, Bitty wishes he actually had somebody to talk to about this, somebody who knew about his feelings for Jack, because as much as he loves Señor Bunny, he’s not exactly the most helpful of advisors.

Comment:This is short and sweet and adorable. If you ever feel sad, this will make you smile quickly. :)

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Author: bienenalster

Rating: gen

Length: 933

Type: past

Pairing: N/A

Summary: Kent tries to have a feud with Jack. He fails miserably.

Commentary: This is short, but it’s so good to see a fic about the start of Jack and Parse’s relationship before everything got complicated. Parse initially disliking Jack and competing to be better than him felt very in character for him, and I liked that Jack was the one to reach out to Parse first. They both managed to break down each other’s barriers through playing together which is something I can imagine happening. Reading about young Jack genuinely enjoying playing was also a nice change from the angst that fics tend to focus on.

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Author: viradechtis

Rating: General Audiences (no rated by the author)

Length: 491 words

Type: Future fic

Pairing: Jack/Bitty

Summary: -

Commentary: For lack of sumary, I’ll say it’s a proposal fic. And it’s the most adorable thing I’ve read in a while. It’s so cute and fluffy and nice. My face just hurts from smiling so much. And besides the happiness that came with reading it, this little fic had me thinking about a Bittle-Zimmermann wedding for the rest of the day, which was lots of fun.

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Author: seeingrightly

Rating: General Audiences (no rated by the author)

Length: 426 words

Type: Canon

Pairing: Jack/Bitty

Summary: Eric Bittledoesn’t know it, but the first time Jack Zimmermann calls him Bitty is when he gets checked, when Jack gets distracted from watching his stick send the puck into the net by the sight of Bittle leaving the ice entirely, the sight of Bittle landing hard, the sight of Bittle’s helmet rolling to a stop.

“Bitty,” he says, and he means I’m sorry.

Commentary: I love that trope with a character who only calls another a certain way (the surname, in this case) and then it changes, so of course I’d love a fic about Jack calling Bitty something other than “Bittle” :) It was just really sweet and short, and it made me happy.

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Author: Dorasolo

Rating: Teen and Up

Length: 756 words

Type: Past

Pairing: Jack/Shitty (in a non romantic way)

Summary: Pre-comic, Shitty and Jack's freshman year. B. Knight receives a new name and a new upper lip.

Commentary: I just really love fics exploring Jack and Shitty’s friendship and the idea of Jack giving Shitty his nickname (because of course the B has to stand for something weird! Or not. Man, I’d pay to know…).

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Author: defcontwo

Rating: Mature

Length: 926

Type: Parse

Pairing: Jack/Parse

Summary: This is what Jack lives for:

The second he touches down on the ice, his mind clears. For sixty minutes, he is nothing but a blank slate, a white board that fills itself up with plays and tactics, a steady hand on the stick and a heart that beats for nothing else.

Commentary: Jack/Parse is my favourite thing at the moment, and I really love reading everyone's interpretations of their relationship. It felt so natural in this, and it's nice to read an interpretation of Parse not being a dick. I thought this did a really good job of getting Jack's emotions across through the style of writing, not a lot happens narratively but I could feel the tension underpinning everything. Like in most pre-canon fics, the mention of Jack's anxiety is there, which adds to the tension.