Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Men's Hockey RPF Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Jordan Binnington & Joel Hofer Characters: Jordan Binnington, Joel Hofer, Brayden Schenn, (maybe!) Additional Tags: Baptism, Roman Catholicism, Improper Use of Catholic Rituals, Inaccurate Catholicism, Catholic Character, guys lol. NO ONE should've let me be raised catholic, Goalies, Goalies Are Weird, Ambiguous Relationships, it's so unclear how joel feels about binner here i think lmao. i'm leaving it open to interpretation, I Wrote This Instead of Sleeping, I Don't Even Know, Water, it's crazy that this fic is going to take my number of total works to 20, this one. this one specifically. great., Rites of Passage, Traditions, Is Jordan Binnington a priest? Is this my secret dream AU?, honestly not even sad that this will push my hrpf into double digits bc like. this is probably the most me thing i've ever written, Rituals, Goalie Rituals, that needs to be a tag, Goalies are Magic, vaguely lmao, Mentioned Concussions Summary:
“This shouldn’t take that long,” Binner says. “But tap me. If you can’t breathe or something.”
Joel nods, wrapping his hands around the edge of the sink to brace himself. Jordan’s hand comes up to the back of his neck and he presses him down towards the faucet, even though Joel is nearly a head taller than him. It probably doesn’t help that he goes so willingly.
He flinches as the cold water hits the top of his head first. Jordan’s grip tightens, ever so slightly, around the back of his neck, because he notices. Of course he does.
“It’s alright. It has to be cold.”