write our names in the wet concrete 🏒
Explicit | 14/14 chapters | 168k
Rivals to Friends to Lovers, NHL AU, Olympics, the inherent homoeroticism of hockey
Amazing art by @thewolvesof1998
“Listen,” Jake says after a minute of sitting in the mostly quiet hallway, the only sound muffled voices coming from behind Simpson's office door.
“What? Gonna call me a teacher's pet or something,” Bradshaw says and Jake snorts. “You’re a real fucking piece of work Hangman, you know that right?”
“It was shitty of me,” Jake says, ignoring the way his stomach twists at the thought of Bradshaw thinking he’s actually an asshole. Or thinking he’s the kind of asshole you don’t want to be teammates with.
“It was,” Bradshaw agrees easily.
“I know I’m an asshole. I know that,” Jake says affably. “If you want to hit me again, I’d get it.”
“I’m not gonna hit you again,” Bradshaw rolls his eyes, mustache twitching.
“Well, the offer stands. Not indefinitely though, maybe for just the next 24 hours.”
Bradley remembers the ruckus in front of his store like it was yesterday. The first man between the stars! People were clustered in front of Bradshaw’s appliances to see for themselves that the United States had a real human in orbit around the earth.
At the time he thought it was fun. Being back in the space race, joining people celebrating an amazing scientific feat, hope of beating those damned Russians.
But now, standing at the bar that was completely overrun by Seresin, his astronaut buddies and clamouring fans, he was exponentially not giving a shit about anything space related.
But damn, did those television screens do him dirty, Seresin was even more glowing in real life.
Jake didn’t end up flying for the navy but instead is seeking his adventure with the tornados (I’ll let you fill in his past <3)
He is known as the Tornado Wrangler because he simply Wrangles Tornadoes. And yes, he is that good.
Bradley meets Jake after quitting the navy after The Mission, the scare was a bit too great for him and he wants a bit more safety and stability.
He goes back to Virginia to his roots and gets sucked in the world of tornado taming after encountering a tornado and Jake is there to help.
First he can’t stand the man, but then he looks up his youtube and finds out he actually donates the money.
Jake still annoys him to no end but likes him more and more.
Then obviously he joins Jake in tornado wrangling, finds anything but safety and stability, Mav can’t say shit bc he’s as much of an adrenaline junkie, and Jake and Bradley fall in love after saving each other when a nasty tornado hits.
OR
After Bradley’s mom dies Mav actually talks and relays his moms wishes like an actual adult (ice definitively helped).
Bradley is upset because it feels like betrayal but ultimately understands and goes to college.
He misses the weather from Virginia, thinks cali weather is too boring and goes to study meteorology.
There he specialises in tornadoes (is that a thing you can do??) and eventually joins a tornado hunting team, once again meeting Jake.
They’re rivals now and Bradley disapproves of Jakes methods but ultimately they need each others help.
They team up and idk save the town and once again fall in love.
OR
Bradley has become a journalist travelling all over the country to report on disastrous weather.
He’s always been fascinated with tornadoes and asks to join a storm chaser to write an in-depth article.
He contacts one Jake ‘Tornado Wrangler’ Seresin, knows he has a prominent YouTube channel but doesn’t watch any of the videos or live streams.
(He really really regrets not watching it).
He quietly (and later loudly) thinks Jake is absolutely insane as he drives into a tornado with his hijacked tornado-wrangler-car and shoots fireworks into a raging tornado.
Apparently, because his fans asked if it was possible.
Bradley follows Jake doing more impossible-but-possible stunts and figures out along the way that Jake is generous (he donates the money from his YouTube channel to help people affected by tornadoes) and smart (he actually studied meteorology in college and uses very up to date science to locate and categorise tornadoes)
then of course something has to go wrong bc how would we create tension otherwise???
and Bradley realises Jake has become important to him and switches to full time tornado reporting, joins Jakes crew and falls in love with him.
Not in that exact order.
(Jake of course loves him back, and has absolutely the time of his life doing wack ass stunts and scaring Bradley in the process)
OR
Something more like the actual movie [SPOILERS]
where Goose wasn’t a navy pilot. He and Carole stay in Virginia (or Tennessee bc that’s where Goose is from)
((wait how did we accept Virginia as the state where rooster’s from? Is it bc he studied there????))
Bradley has a fascination with tornadoes from since he was young, goes to study meteorology and proposes a phd study to dissolve tornadoes after directly experiencing how it devastates cities and peoples lives.
Then one day he goes after a tornado with his friends (maybe some ppl from the daggers? Or whole new people) to try to dissolve it but his calculations are wrong and the tornado turns out much more dangerous, things go to shit and he loses three close friends.
Years later he is looked up by the other surviving friend in New York, where he works now at a weather station.
His friend convinces him to ride with his company after showing some cool new gadgets.
When following the tornadoes he meets Jake, who seemly is nothing but an adrenaline junkie who profits from mindless fans and people whose lives are ruined by the tornadoes.
Finding out his old friends company is the one preying on the people, he joins Jake (who turns out the opposite of what he thought of him. Tho he’s still annoying and wants to punch his face) and they try to revive Bradley’s phd project.
Jake fell in love the moment he saw Bradley, Bradley falls in love after the two of them successfully dissolve a tornado and save the town.
OR
From jakes pov where he’s always been obsessed with storms and weather patterns, studies meteorology, desperately wants to help people but doesn’t know how to do that with just tracking and collecting data.
Eventually makes a YouTube channel with some good people he met along the years, and using that money to buy food or make shelters.
He inevitably meets Bradley, is instantly enamoured with the (presumed) city boy who actually seems to know what he’s doing.
He can’t help but start teasing him and does his best to end up where Bradley ends up.
His team doesn’t know how to deal with it, why is Jake so distracted by this new guy????
Bradley resists his charm but eventually gets worn down.
They save each other when one day, the storm chasing turns out for the worst and Bradley falls in love with this very capable but also Stupid man, but is still hesitant.
Then Bradley has to go back to New York, and they are both too stuck on their perches and don’t say anything when Bradley has to leave.
Then one of Jakes friends is like seriously dude??? And Jake gets his shit together and runs after Bradley to declare his love before the plane leaves <3333
OR
Another one I just thought of where they both meet at college, in undergrad or at the phd programme.
Both vying for funds for their project.
They split ways after Bradley’s disastrous experiment. Bradley quitting and moving to New York. Jake ending up with the funds.
And meeting years later when Jake has become the Tornado Wrangler.
And yes once again they fall in love somewhere along the way!!!
Hangster hockey AU | Chapter 4/14 | 13.5k | explicit
“Wow, not very supportive of your friends,” Jake teases because it’s easy to fall into bantering with Natasha. They’ve all known each other since they were both 18-year-old freshman at Michigan, playful antagonism is like 90% of their friendship at this point.
“Aw cute, he thinks we’re friends,” Nat laughs, but she sounds fond.
“Be nice,” Javy says, but it doesn’t sound very convincing since he’s laughing too and leaning into Natasha’s space to steal a nacho from in front of her. Jake isn’t sure how they ended up sitting the way they are, with Nat and Javy next to each other, pressed close together, and Jake next to Callie and cross from Nat, but it makes it easy to catch up so he isn’t going to question it.
