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hattywatch · 7 months

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J. Vesey - July for the Whole Year Ch6.

A/N: Hoo boy, this was a long time coming. 80% of this has been written for months, but I just couldn't make it happen. It's citrus-y, but we're not quite at a lemon there. This chapter is about 15 pages, so grab a snack and settle in. Thank you to the 5 people who care about this little passion project :) #LGR?

<< Chapter 5

November 2021

After Jimmy leaves, you make the bed and wash the mug that you left in the sink, busying your shaking hands.

We kissed. We kissed. We kissed.

Your brain loops the last 15 minutes over and over in your mind, simultaneously elated and panicked at the same time.

This is Jimmy, though.

There’s no reason to run, there’s no reason to be nervous, and there’s certainly no reason to not call Gracia right now and dissect second by second like you’re back in high school.

Shutting the water, you dry your hands and head back to the phone, still forgotten on the couch. You have 1 notification. The one that made you turn your head and caused the slip-up that ended with Jimmy’s hands on your hips and tongue in your mouth.

It’s Kevin.

Of course it is.

Kev: I’m both sorry for being pushy last night and praying that it was the push you morons needed lmk if you’re naming the first-born Kevin after me obviously ;)

The laugh that escapes you is crazed. After all the pushing he did last night, Kevin helped in a way he couldn’t even anticipate. You scroll to Gracia and start a video call first though, letting Kevin wait it out after his crass comments from the previous night.

She answers after half a ring.

“Before you start, please tell me this is the call I’ve been waiting years for,” she’s brushing her teeth.

“Jimmy already called Brady, didn't he?” You sit back down on the couch and pull the blanket over your legs.

She spits a mouthful of toothpaste into the sink, “Oh my god, you know it. I can hear him giggling like a 5-year old in the bedroom.” She closes the door behind her to drown out Brady’s voice. Sitting on the edge of the tub, she props the phone on the sink and says, “Spill it.”

So you do, and regale her with the entire evening, from heading to the game and aching for your early 20s, to dinner- where Kevin ran his mouth too much for his own good. She laughs loudly at his antics, head thrown back and mouth open wide, “He’s so dumb. I love him.”

When you get to the part about Jimmy’s TV being back-ordered and you two reconvening in his bedroom, she gasps. “Oh how fucking convenient, James.” Your face turns red before you can even answer her, “Stop!! It was an innocent mistake. We just wanted to watch some HGTV before bed.”

“I swear, he has zero game; no wonder this took 5 years. He lures you into his bed with HGTV, of all things. I don’t know if he’s a genius or an idiot.” She’s been talking to Kevin too much and it shows.

“Anyway!!!” She mimes zipping her lips and throwing away the key and you continue, stumbling through your emotions that went berserk when you woke up the next morning, and how worried you were that Jimmy was being evasive.

When you get to the main event, she’s practically biting her nails, “Andddd, then we kissed.”

“I am not late to work for you to end the story like that,” she raises one eyebrow.

Your ears feel hot, but you push through, she has been waiting 5 years after all. “It was the best of my life. I can’t wait for him to come back from this away stretch.” Her smile is genuine and your heart breaks that all of your closest friends are stretched out to all corners of the country. Especially now, when you’d rather her be sitting across from you, nudging her shoe against your shin in the coffee shop you like down on 5th.

“So who was on the phone?! Who do we owe our undying gratitude to? Tell me it was someone calling about your car's extended warranty. I’ll die.”

You can’t hold in your laugh, “Worse,” you confirm. “It was Kevin.”

She laughs so hard, she knocks the phone off the sink and the call disconnects.

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Kevin calls you before you can get to him. Calling Gracia clearly set off the unofficial phone tree. “Hey,” he doesn’t sound at all like you thought he would, smug and prideful. He's almost contrite when he continues, “I’m really sorry, you know I’m just kidding, but that wasn’t cool of me.”

“Woah,” you stop him, “what are you on about?” He clearly did not receive the same call Brady did.

“Grac text me and told me to call you, and I just feel so bad,” you cut him off.

“He kissed me. We kissed, because you text me and my phone rang and I- I turned my head to see the caller ID and it just, just… happened? I don't know.” you sprint through the sentence. Feeling bad that Kevin’s been sweating this.

He flips the script real quick once his brain catches up. “Are you fucking kidding me? I was freaking out all morning that I pushed it too far last night and you hated me, but you were too busy putting the moves on Jimmy to text me back? You’re joking.”

“Serious as a heart attack,” your cheeks hurt from smiling and you can almost hear the gears in his head turning.

“So are you going to name it Kevin?” He barely starts laughing at his own joke before you hang up on him and send him the middle finger emoji, but you send it with confetti, so he knows there’s no hard feelings.

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Jimmy: You told Kevin?

I can’t believe you didn’t, tbh.

Jimmy: I was going to let him sweat it out… but I guess you just want to shout it from the rooftops, huh?

You know it ;) Fly safe.

Jimmy: 6 days.

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Your day goes quicker than you thought it would, commuting back to your apartment and texting furiously with Gracia, who just keeps sending you littly kissy face emojis, what feels like every hour, on the hour.

After you shower and crawl into your bed, you open your phone and look through the last few days of text messages with Jimmy. You look at them in a new light, reviewing each one with a fine toothed comb for any signs you missed, but you can’t see any. He’s the same Jimmy he’s been, and you scroll further and further back trying to find the shift in tone, the moment he wanted you, any indication of pining, a flirtatious winky face, even. How long has it been, why did him whispering finally against your lips feel like it was a breath released after years of holding it in too tightly.

He’s still your best friend, and he’s definitely back at the hotel after practice, so you text him.

Hey there

Jimmy: Hey

The message comes instantly, and you smile, because you know Jimmy has no chill and you love it, especially when it’s directed at you.

When you said "finally," this morning, was this something you thought about before or…

Jimmy: Are you kidding right now?

You're typing out a response to the tune of, shut up, never mind, when his image pops up on your screen and a facetime comes through.

"I'm not doing this through texts," he has this put-upon, frowny face, but his hair looks soft and fluffy after the shower you know he just hopped out of, his shoulders pink, because he likes the water far too hot.

You flip on your side, propping your phone up against the pillow, "You don't want me to have receipts of this conversation?"

He smiles, it's wide and rare, showing his pointy canines while his eyes shine in the dim lamplight of the hotel room.

"Yeah right. I just want to see your face," the eye roll he gives you does nothing to calm your heart skittering in your ribcage. "I bet you're all embarrassed, thinking about undsending it. Couldn't let that happen." He tucks one arm behind his head and stares at you through the phone, daring you to deny it.

You give him your own eye roll, "Please, you answered so fast, I didn't even have time to second guess it."

The look he gives you turns your insides hot, "The first time I thought about kissing you was over your kitchen table, the morning after you woke me up, banging on my door in the middle of the night, and I haven't stopped thinking about it since."

"Oh," you're honestly shocked. You came around to the idea that he reciprocated your feelings about 3 seconds after his mouth was on yours, but that long? It warms you to your bones thinking of how you'd steal glances to appraise him when he wasn't looking or would take any chance to touch him; the thought that he may have been doing the same is heady.

"Yeah, oh," he teases. You chew on the inside of your cheek, willing your face to cool down. He's smirky and smug that he shut you up. "What about you?"

You haven't really thought about it at length, it's felt like a slow pull over the years, magnets inevitably drawn together. "Do you remember when you helped me take my skates off at that first family skate? I think it was right around then."

He nods sagely, "Yeah, you've always struck me as an acts of service type. What else can I do for you, hm?" He's kidding and you know it, because he punctuates his sentence with a lascivious eyebrow raise and a flex of the arm that's behind his head. But at the same time, knowing he's kidding doesn't stop the arousal from pumping through your body.

"Are you flirting with me, James?" You can't help but tease him back, especially now that everything's out in the open.

"Jesus Christ," he laughs. "Yeah, I am. Took you long enough to notice."

It's not worth fighting, so you let your smile spread across your face and lift your cheeks.

"You're so embarrassed, look at you!" His replying smile matches yours and you push your face into your pillow and whine out a stop itttt that should be more embarrassing in and of itself, but just makes your heart race and palms sweat.

"This feels good, I wish I knew sooner. I love teasing you about this." He looks like the cat that got the canary, and predatory suits him immensely.

"I still can't believe you didn't know," you start in a whisper. "Kevin was so obvious about it. Giving me your jersey. Being a big oaf at your parents house that summer I visited." He laughs at the memory and you continue, "Asking me 'who's giving it to me' last night." You shake your head, you were so sure Jimmy was politely ignoring your feelings in favor of your friendship.

His eyes scrunch closed at the last point you make, "I thought he was doing it because he wanted me to make a move. I didn't realize he was doing it to torment you, too." He runs his hands through his hair, "God I was so scared he knew something I didn't when he asked you that."

"So ridiculous," you squawk. "We've been practically living in each other's pockets since you came to Jersey. When would I have even had time to sleep with anyone else?" He opens his mouth to interject, but you quickly add, "And who would even want me when I'm clearly hung up on you."

You see him go pink then red. "Now who's embarrassed, Vesey?"

"Not me," he shakes his head and sighs heavily, running his hand through his hair. "I just want to hear more about how hung up on me you are, but it's late and I gotta get to bed." He's right but you hate it, "6 days," he confirms.

"6 days," you echo.

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Knowing Jimmy actual-facts likes you is amazing for your ego. Your clothes seem to fit better, your skin is glowing, and you cannot stop smiling. If you knew everything would feel like this after spilling your guts, you would have done it ages ago.

He can’t return soon enough. Your whole body is on high alert, waiting impatiently until you can see him again. And if you thought you were co-dependent before, it’s nothing compared to how you're feeling now. You’ve opened the floodgates and it’s apparent you’ve both been reigning in your feelings and faking chill for a while.

Jimmy calls you every morning, just to check in and say good morning and that he misses you and can’t wait to come home. It seems ever since your mutual confession, he’s suddenly turned his charm up to 11.

Obviously, you find him charming in general, you’ve been friends for years, but there’s something different now that you've come clean. An extra swagger in his demeanor and you’re simultaneously sorry and delighted to find that you feel a little woozy when he seemingly turns it on for your benefit.

“I'm coming straight to your place from the plane. You gonna greet me when I get there?” He murmurs across the phone lines on day 3 of the count down. You’re getting ready for bed, putting on cute pajamas, because you’re feeling so special these days.

“Do you want me to be there?” You know the answer, but you just want to hear him say it out loud. It's been two days, but you bask in his affection any chance you can get.

He changes the call to a facetime, and you answer, “You know I always want you there, right?” His face is open and honest, and especially easy to read. You’re beyond giddy, unable to stammer out a sentence after the highest praise of your life.

“I’ll take that as a yes, you’re aware,” he responds as you try to string together a coherent sentence that isn't composed of the words, Love, I, or You, in any particular order. Your skin prickles, excited and nervous under the attention.

He loves it, you can see it in his face, his eyes getting that sharpness to them. You don’t know how much more your heart can handle. You feel like it might explode into sparkling confetti when you finally get him back in person and have that gaze turned on you.

“So 3 more days then?” He nods, confirming what you know.

“Can’t wait to see you,” his eyes go half lidded and his voice drops, “touch you.” You instantly break a sweat.

“I- I have to go now!” He laughs and hangs up after getting the reaction that he wanted, and you disrupt your night-time routine in favor of hopping in a cold shower.

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“I mean, it’s tomorrow,” you chomp through your toast, sitting at the kitchen table in your apartment. The same one that Jimmy said he first wanted to kiss you over a handful of years ago. Gracia shrieked her way through that story, and you’ve moved on to planning what you were going to wear for his big return tomorrow, “it’s not like I have a lot of time to shop.”

“Ugh, I’ve been waiting for this day for like, ever. And I’m not even there to help you find something that will knock him on his ass,” you gently place your dish in the sink and walk back into your closet. Solemnly she declares, “It’s a tragedy.”

“What does he like you in? Have you noticed his gaze…” she pauses to place the right word. “Lingering?” She's been reading too many romance novels.

You scoff and clink through your closet hanger by hanger, “Yeah, you know Jimmy, very open and vocal about everything,” she hums in agreement. “No, I didn’t even know he even looked at me like that until a few days ago.”

As she begins chastising you for being unobservant and oblivious, you remember something. “Blue,” it suddenly comes to you.

“I can work with that.” Before you know it, she's sent links to a dozen items from 10 stores, all within a mile of your apartment.

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"I feel ridiculous," you mutter into your headphones in the dressing room of a lingerie store while you sweat through bra after bra. "I look ridiculous," you amend

"Shut up, send me a photo," you comply but you're not happy about it.

The long screech Gracia emits confirms that she's received the photo, "This is the one! Buy it in every color." You sigh, but start changing back into your clothes.

"You're sure? This seems like a lot," you repeat for the 6th time in as many minutes.

It's her turn to sigh, "I am so positive. He's going to die." You agree and hop into line to pay.

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Jimmy: I heard you have a surprise for me.

I hate our friends

Jimmy: 😂

Jimmy: So no surprise?

No comment

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The plan was for Jimmy to meet you at your apartment. He could be there an hour after landing and, "It'll be a nice full circle moment. Knocking on your door, bringing you breakfast."

You're grinning ear to ear when you remind him, "You have a key."

He implores you to,"Give a guy a break," before reminding you of his flight itinerary and hanging up to go to dinner with the team.

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Your alarm doesn't go off and you wake up to loud knocking on your door and quickly tumble out of bed, all sweaty palms and racing heart. Jimmy!

There's no time to change into your sexy last-minute lingerie you spent so much time picking out. There's not even any time to brush your hair or teeth. You glare at your phone, dead on the pillow beside you, useless.

"Hey? You in there?" You hear Jimmy call though through the door, as you're trying to make yourself as presentable as possible in the mirror next to your front door.

Hastily turning the locks, you pull the door open and your heart kicks up erratically. Jimmy!

"You didn't change your mind did you? I brought some bagels, a bacon egg and cheese," he starts, holding out a bag and taking in your disheveled appearance with a small smile on his face.

You recognize it immediately as how he first came to your door all those years ago, apologizing for Kevin's antics the previous evening.

"Never. My phone died because someone insisted on FaceTiming at 1am. Let me put on some coffee, have a seat." You can't help but smile and lead him into your apartment, nerves lighting up in your belly.

As you prep a coffee filter and scoop grinds into your ancient machine, Jimmy drops the bag on the table and sidles up behind you. "Missed you so much," he whispers into the nape of your neck, "This okay?" he questions as he squeezes the flesh of your hips and kisses gently down the side of your neck.

"Yep! More than," you manage to squeak out, hands shaking a little with the distraction as they struggle through memorized motions. "I would like a minute though. I want to brush my hair and teeth and change and-"

"You're fine how you are," he cuts you off with a small suck to your skin that almost buckles your knees, but lets you go anyway, "but I'll finish this, go do whatever you need. You're spilling all over the counter anyway," he winks as you walk away with your mouth pinched to convey how unimpressed you are with his smarm.

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Having Jimmy in the apartment while you're tugging and tying lingerie onto your body makes your blood pump louder in your ears, even if a few walls and doors separate you. It's been 6 days since you've confessed, six days since you've kissed, and you've been on high alert ever since. The skin of your neck that he dragged his lips over tingles and your body is flushed hot with anticipation.

You're glad it's Jimmy, your best friend, standing in the kitchen, because you'd feel nervous about wearing this for anyone else. You flatten down the lingerie and shrug into a short, thin robe before brushing your teeth and hair and making your way back into the kitchen.

There's already a mug of coffee waiting for you, steam curling out of the cup as Jimmy scrolls through his phone, bagel untouched in front of him, clearly waiting for your return. When he hears your footsteps he looks up and his eyes widen a little, despite the sharp smile that splits his face.

"Oh, so we're doing this, huh?" You roll your eyes, but despite that, your core clenches at the thought. You tug the robe up where it's slipped down and exposed your shoulder and Jimmy's eyes track the motion; he wets his lips.

Feigning unimpressed, you sip your coffee, "I haven't decided, but now I'm leaning towards no." You bite into the bagel he plated for you and maintain your glare until he drags his chair closer to yours.

"Well, we don't have to," he swirls his coffee around his mug. "I'm happy just to be able to look at you and not worry about getting caught."

You don't mean to, but a lovesick noise makes its way out of your mouth without your permission, and your cover is blown. "Stop it," you whine, glowing with the compliment and wanting him to do anything but stop.

Because he knows you well, he loops his hand around the back of your chair and continues, "Remember when you said you were hung up on me?"

Leaning into his hold, you nod, "I have regretted it ever since." He laughs, but goes back to eating his plain bagel, ignoring your outright lie and moves his hand to rest on the back of your neck, tangled in your hair.

You make small talk, about his games, the roadie, your work, Mr. Callahan, until your plates and cups are empty and he starts tidying the table and dropping everything into the sink.

It's your turn to walk up behind him as he rinses cups and plates. You snake one arm around his front, but the other wanders, tucks into his back pocket, giving a silly squeeze that makes him turn and glare, before sliding around to the front and peeling up the hem of his shirt and resting on his low belly, taut from hard work and covered in goosebumps that make you confident enough to start dragging your hands lower.

He tosses the dish towel he's drying his hands with down and grabs your wrist, spinning in your arms so you're chest to chest.

"Hi," you lay your chin on his chest and beam up at him, anticipation in your veins, grin on your face, and both of your hands now tucked into his back pockets.

Jimmy gazes down at you and you can only wonder how you've never noticed before, if this is how he's been looking at you these past five years.

"Can I kiss you," you raise up to your toes, "on purpose this time?" You gently lean in before he can answer you, confident he'll agree because of the soft look in his eyes and the way you can feel him starting to harden against you.

He turns so you're stuck between him and the counter and lifts you up, setting you on top of it, much closer to his height.

"Stop, you'll make me blush," he speaks directly into your collar bone, where his lips are kissing their way along the neck of your robe. "Never had a girl ask like that before." The way his lips skim over your skin as he speaks gives you goosebumps.

Making space for him between your knees, you tug him into the gap you've created. "That's nothing, wait until you hear what I ask for after we get this robe off." You're half teasing, half serious, and fully sick of waiting to have his mouth on you.

Fisting the chest of his t-shirt, you tug him down, neither of you daring to even blink, maintaining eye contact until the moment your lips touch. The twin sounds of relief that you share almost make you giggle.

It's heaven. Jimmy is still for a moment, only until you lick his bottom lip and he opens his mouth for you. The way his lips slide against yours gives you goosebumps; you want his mouth and hands everywhere all at once.

The wait has been worth it, you finally have him here, biting his way into your mouth harshly while his hands trail over your body gently, like you're delicate and fragile.

Breathing heavily, you pull away a little to compose yourself but he leans back into you, sucking at the skin under your ear. "Please?" He grabs the tie of your robe, softly pulling at one tail of the bow that cinches the silky fabric at your waist.

Speaking is becoming difficult with the way his lips make their way up to the shell of your ear, and murmur please again, so sweetly you almost moan. You nod furiously and squeeze your hands where they're settled on his upper biceps. He pulls slowly, inch by inch. As much as you want to close your eyes, you're vain and you bought what's underneath entirely with him in mind, so you keep them open to catalog his reaction.

The harsh intake of breath is worth the small fortune you spent on useless underclothes. "Holyyy -," he's still gentle when he slides the robe down your shoulders to pool around where you're sitting on the counter, but your palms can feel the shake in his muscles and you know he's keeping precarious control of his strength.

"Stop, now I'm blushing," you throw his earlier words back at him, albeit more breathless than he had been.

Your wish to have his hands and mouth all over you comes to fruition. "Yeah?" He whispers out against your chest, hot with the blush in question, "Good." His mouth covers the new territory that removing your robe revealed while his hands do their best to chart all the skin and lace.

Practically whimpering, you struggle to maintain your higher brain faculties, softly chanting a combination of his name and whispered prayers, although for what, you're not sure of.

He's had his hands all over you, and you're elated but jealous, so your hands make their way to the hem of his shirt, which proves to be more difficult than you'd imagine with how wrapped up he has you. Timid fingers find a path to tuck underneath, and you've seen Jimmy's body before, have looked at and appreciated it in a less than respectful manner. Touching is different, though.

At the first brush of skin on skin, Jimmy sucks in a breath through his teeth, you can feel it against the tops of your breasts, where he's gently pulled the cups of your lingerie down, not enough to reveal anything but enough to tease you into insanity at the thought of how soon that might happen.

Turnabout is fair play, so the fingers on your left hand tuck into the waistband of his sweats and still, while the right takes the path up the split in the middle of his stomach muscles and rests on his right pec. You curl your fingers just enough to barely bite your nails into the flesh of his chest, when you feel that harsh breath against your breast again, you move your hands back to the hem of his shirt and tug upwards.

He obliges and steps back infinitesimally to reach behind his neck and ruck his shirt up and over his head. As he tries to lean back in, you stiff arm him, keeping him far enough so your eyes can take their fill, gaze heavy on his bare torso before you.

Jimmy's always been pretty shy about any level of undress between the two of you. Over the years of your friendship of course it's happened. You've been to the pool, the beach, barged into the apartment unannounced to find him in his boxers and nothing else, but he's never sauntered around shirtless like Kevin is keen to do the second the temperature rises above 60. Now that you have carte blanche, mapping every freckle and scar is at the top of your list.

After a handful of seconds under your stare, Jimmy clears his throat, and you look up to his face, "Stop looking like that, making me self conscious." He moves a hand to cover himself in what could be mock or serious modesty. You catch his wrist and place his hand high on your thigh.

"I've been waiting years for this, you know that right?" He doesn't immediately nod, so you feel the need to assure him, "Never had a chance to look at the body on you before. I didn't want to know I was so gone for you," you can barely speak through the grin on your face.

He smiles a little, but it's self deprecating and that wont do. You want him to feel loved, worshiped- a surge of power, like you felt when he peeled your robe off and couldn't keep his hands or mouth to himself.

Dropping your voice to make it a little more seductive, "Look at you," he's not meeting your eyes so you flick yours back down to his chest and continue, "wanna run my tongue over every muscle on your body. Is this what you do all summer? Hit the gym and figure out ways to make me drool?"

He finally, blessedly laughs and tilts your face up, thumb under your chin, to slide his mouth over yours. It's hot and sweet and you can feel his smile. Pulling away, you place one index finger on the crevice between his pecs in the dip where his collar bones meet and drag it slowly down, down, down, until you tangle in the drawstring of his sweats.

When you finally look up to his face, Jimmy's eyes are slightly hazy, his face erring more towards pink than usual. You plant a soft kiss in the middle of his chest, letting your tongue flick out for just a second to taste skin and sweat.

"Take me to bed, Jimmy," begging, you let go of the drawstring in your hands and press lower, finding him hard and ready for you.

He hisses, eyes fluttering shut before groaning out "Finally." He picks you up and crosses the short distance from your kitchen to the lone bedroom in your apartment.

#jimmy vesey fic #jimmy vesey imagine #hockey imagine #hockey fic #nhl imagine #new york rangers fic #New jersey devils fic #Chapter 6 #July for the whole year #writing #Please leave notes so I know if you're enjoying :)

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syyskirjat · 2 years

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At a later period, when I learnt to know more of Miss Fairlie's character, I discovered that this curious contrast, on the wrong side, was due to her natural delicacy of feeling and natural intensity of aversion to the slightest personal display of her own wealth. Neither Mrs. Vesey nor Miss Halcombe could ever induce her to let the advantage in dress desert the two ladies who were poor, to lean to the side of the one lady who was rich.

She's just ahead of her time as a wealthy minimalist /j

Well I'm partly kidding but this kinda is a thing, isn't it, there comes a point where you don't have to show off because you're rich anyway. Although I trust that she's genuine about it.

#the woman in white #the woman in white weekly

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torontoarenas · 5 days

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Leafs in the Playoffs! 10

i also realized i forgot to do this. mostly because i almost never look at tumblr anymore. (and every time i do could be my last!) but when i looked at my post history and saw that i've done nine of these, i thought, "well, how could i stop there?" after all, ten's such a nice round number.

without further ado, here's the list of every former or current toronto maple leaf under contract to an NHL playoff team in 2023-24:

Boston

James van Riemsdyk (2013 to 2018)

Carolina

Frederik Andersen (2016 to 2021)

Stefan Noesen (2021)

Colorado

{N/A}

Dallas

Mason Marchment (2020)

Edmonton

Connor Brown (2016 to 2019)

Jack Campbell (2020 to 2022) [in the minors]

Sam Carrick (2014 to 2016)

Cody Ceci (2019 to 2020)

Seth Griffith (2016) [in the minors]

Zach Hyman (2016 to 2021)

Greg McKegg (2014 to 2015) [in the minors]

Calvin Pickard (2017)

Florida

{N/A}

Los Angeles

Trevor Moore (2018 to 2020)

David Rittich (2021)

Nashville

Tyson Barrie (2019 to 2020)

Kevin Gravel (2019) [in the minors]

Ryan O'Reilly (2023)

Luke Schenn (2008 to 2012; 2023)

NY Islanders

Pierre Engvall (2019 to 2023)

Matt Martin (2016 to 2018)

NY Rangers

Erik Gustafsson (2023)

Mac Hollowell (2022) [in the minors]

Nic Petan (2019 to 2021) [in the minors]

Jimmy Vesey (2021)

Tampa Bay

{N/A}

Toronto

Nick Abruzzese (2022 to present) [in the minors]

Simon Benoit (2023 to present)

Tyler Bertuzzi (2023 to present)

T. J. Brodie (2021 to present)

Kyle Clifford (2020; 2021 to present) [in the minors]

Connor Dewar (2024 to present)

Max Domi (2023 to present)

Joel Edmundson (2023 to present)

Mark Giordano (2022 to present)

Noah Gregor (2023 to present)

Pontus Holmberg (2022 to present)

Calle Järnkrok (2022 to present)

Martin Jones (2023 to present)

David Kämpf (2021 to present)

John Klingberg (2023 to present) [LTIR]

Matthew Knies (2023 to present)

Maxime Lajoie (2023 to present) [in the minors]

Timothy Liljegren (2020 to present)

Ilya Lyubushkin (2022; 2024 to present)

Mitch Marner (2016 to present)

Auston Matthews (2016 to present)

Jake McCabe (2023 to present)

Bobby McMann (2023 to present)

Fraser Minten (2023 to present) [in junior with Saskatoon Blades]

Matt Murray (2022 to present) [LTIR]

Jake Muzzin (2019 to present) [LTIR]

William Nylander (2016 to present)

Ryan Reaves (2023 to present)

Morgan Rielly (2013 to present)

Marshall Rifai (2024 to present) [in the minors]

Nick Robertson (2020 to present)

Ilya Samsonov (2022 to present)

Alex Steeves (2021 to present) [in the minors]

John Tavares (2018 to present)

Connor Timmins (2022 to present)

Joseph Woll (2021 to present)

Vancouver

Sam Lafferty (2023)

Ilya Mikheyev (2019 to 2022)

Vegas

Michael Amadio (2021)

Byron Froese (2015 to 2016) [in the minors]

Ben Hutton (2021)

Washington

Nicolas Aubé-Kubel (2022)

Rasmus Sandin (2019 to 2023)

Winnipeg

{N/A}

#toronto maple leafs

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Events 7.2

437 – Emperor Valentinian III begins his reign over the Western Roman Empire. His mother Galla Placidia ends her regency, but continues to exercise political influence at the court in Rome. 626 – Li Shimin, the future Emperor Taizong of Tang, ambushes and kills his rival brothers Li Yuanji and Li Jiancheng in the Xuanwu Gate Incident. 706 – In China, Emperor Zhongzong of Tang inters the bodies of relatives in the Qianling Mausoleum, located on Mount Liang outside Chang'an. 866 – Battle of Brissarthe: The Franks led by Robert the Strong are defeated by a joint Breton-Viking army. 936 – King Henry the Fowler dies in his royal palace in Memleben. He is succeeded by his son Otto I, who becomes the ruler of East Francia. 963 – The Byzantine army proclaims Nikephoros II Phokas Emperor of the Romans on the plains outside Cappadocian Caesarea. 1298 – The Battle of Göllheim is fought between Albert I of Habsburg and Adolf of Nassau-Weilburg. 1494 – The Treaty of Tordesillas is ratified by Spain. 1504 – Bogdan III the One-Eyed becomes Voivode of Moldavia. 1555 – Ottoman Admiral Turgut Reis sacks the Italian city of Paola. 1561 – Menas, emperor of Ethiopia, defeats a revolt in Emfraz. 1582 – Battle of Yamazaki: Toyotomi Hideyoshi defeats Akechi Mitsuhide. 1613 – The first English expedition (from Virginia) against Acadia led by Samuel Argall takes place. 1644 – English Civil War: Battle of Marston Moor. 1645 – Battle of Alford: Wars of the Three Kingdoms. 1698 – Thomas Savery patents the first steam engine. 1723 – Bach's Magnificat is first performed. 1776 – American Revolution: The Continental Congress adopts a resolution severing ties with the Kingdom of Great Britain although the wording of the formal Declaration of Independence is not adopted until July 4. 1816 – The French frigate Méduse strikes the Bank of Arguin and 151 people on board have to be evacuated on an improvised raft, a case immortalised by Géricault's painting The Raft of the Medusa. 1822 – Thirty-five slaves, including Denmark Vesey, are hanged in South Carolina after being accused of organizing a slave rebellion. 1823 – Bahia Independence Day: The end of Portuguese rule in Brazil, with the final defeat of the Portuguese crown loyalists in the province of Bahia. 1839 – Twenty miles off the coast of Cuba, 53 kidnapped Africans led by Joseph Cinqué mutiny and take over the slave ship Amistad. 1840 – A Ms  7.4 earthquake strikes present-day Turkey and Armenia; combined with the effects of an eruption on Mount Ararat, kills 10,000 people. 1853 – The Russian Army crosses the Prut river into the Danubian Principalities (Moldavia and Wallachia), providing the spark that will set off the Crimean War. 1864 – Dimitri Atanasescu founds the first Romanian school in the Balkans for the Aromanians in Trnovo, in the Ottoman Empire (now in North Macedonia). 1871 – Victor Emmanuel II of Italy enters Rome after having conquered it from the Papal States. 1881 – Charles J. Guiteau shoots and fatally wounds U.S. President James A. Garfield (who will die of complications from his wounds on September 19). 1890 – The U.S. Congress passes the Sherman Antitrust Act. 1897 – British-Italian engineer Guglielmo Marconi obtains a patent for radio in London. 1900 – An airship designed and constructed by Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin of Germany made its first flight on Lake Constance near Friedrichshafen. 1900 – Jean Sibelius' Finlandia receives its première performance in Helsinki with the Helsinki Philharmonic Society conducted by Robert Kajanus. 1921 – World War I: U.S. President Warren G. Harding signs the Knox–Porter Resolution formally ending the war between the United States and Germany. 1934 – The Night of the Long Knives ends with the death of Ernst Röhm. 1937 – Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan are last heard from over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first equatorial round-the-world flight. 1940 – Indian independence leader Subhas Chandra Bose is arrested and detained in Calcutta. 1940 – The SS Arandora Star is sunk by U-47 in the North Atlantic with the loss of over 800 lives, mostly civilians. 1962 – The first Walmart store, then known as Wal-Mart, opens for business in Rogers, Arkansas. 1964 – Civil rights movement: U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson signs the Civil Rights Act of 1964 meant to prohibit segregation in public places. 1966 – France conducts its first nuclear weapon test in the Pacific, on Moruroa Atoll. 1976 – End of South Vietnam; Communist North Vietnam annexes the former South Vietnam to form the unified Socialist Republic of Vietnam. 1986 – Rodrigo Rojas and Carmen Gloria Quintana are burnt alive during a street demonstration against the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile. 1986 – Aeroflot Flight 2306 crashes while attempting an emergency landing at Syktyvkar Airport in Syktyvkar, in present-day Komi Republic, Russia, killing 54 people. 1988 – Marcel Lefebvre and the four bishops he consecrated were excommunicated by the Holy See. 1990 – In the 1990 Mecca tunnel tragedy, 1,400 Muslim pilgrims are suffocated to death and trampled upon in a pedestrian tunnel leading to the holy city of Mecca. 1994 – USAir Flight 1016 crashes near Charlotte Douglas International Airport, killing 37 of the 57 people on board. 1997 – The Bank of Thailand floats the baht, triggering the Asian financial crisis. 2000 – Vicente Fox Quesada is elected the first President of México from an opposition party, the Partido Acción Nacional, after more than 70 years of continuous rule by the Partido Revolucionario Institucional. 2001 – The AbioCor self-contained artificial heart is first implanted. 2002 – Steve Fossett becomes the first person to fly solo around the world nonstop in a balloon. 2005 – The Live 8 benefit concerts takes place in the G8 states and in South Africa. More than 1,000 musicians perform and are broadcast on 182 television networks and 2,000 radio networks. 2008 – Colombian conflict: Íngrid Betancourt, a member of the Chamber of Representatives of Colombia, is released from captivity after being held for six and a half years by FARC. 2010 – The South Kivu tank truck explosion in the Democratic Republic of the Congo kills at least 230 people. 2013 – The International Astronomical Union names Pluto's fourth and fifth moons, Kerberos and Styx. 2013 – A magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Aceh, Indonesia, killing at least 42 people and injuring 420 others.

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numba99 · 5 years

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Hate to Love You Part 12

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11

Summary: You and Jimmy have never gotten along. To say you hated each other would be an understatement. But when a night at a party takes an unexpected turn, things between the two of you change forever. Word Count: 2,379 - FINAL PART

Warnings: smut wahooo!! ended like i started - not proof reading LMAO

A/n: at the risk of sounding like a complete cornball, I just wanna thank you all so much for reading! I’ve received so many nice messages about this series and it honestly means so much to me. It was so so cool to hear you all connect and become invested in something I wrote. Honestly made me geek out a little so just know I really appreciated it. Hope you enjoy this last part, thank you as always for reading!

You woke up with a brick in your stomach, knowing you would be facing Kevin soon. Your anxieties were lessened slightly be the boy beside you. Jimmy’s arms were still wrapped tightly around you even as he slept. It was comforting even as you faced something you were really sacred to do.

“Jimmy,” you whispered, causing him to stir. You were attempting to get him to let go so you could start to get ready, but he only held you tighter. You couldn’t help but smile, he looked so peaceful as he slept. If only you could just stay like this. “Jimmy, I gotta get up,” you told him softly.

“No you don’t,” he replied, eyes still closed. It made you laugh, despite how anxious you were.

“I wish I didn’t, but I gotta see Kevin,” you sighed, running your fingers through his hair lightly. That got him up.

“Shit I forgot,” he mumbled rubbing his eyes, “Do you need anything?”

“Just to get it over with,” you said, your hand resting on Jimmy’s cheek. “I’ll be okay.” You didn’t want him worrying about you too much.

“Do you want me to go?” Jimmy asked.

You shook your head, “It will be nice to come home to you. And then we can talk about whatever happens.” You didn’t miss the slight smile that tugged at Jimmy’s lips when you made the comment about coming home to him. It made you happy too.

You got ready quickly, not wanting to keep Kevin waiting. Jimmy stayed in bed, watching you with a hint of a frown on his face. You wondered what he was thinking about. Well you had an idea, but still you wish you could see exactly what was running through his mind.

“Okay, I’m going,” you announced finally, trying to sound somewhat confident. You leaned over the bed, pressing a kiss to Jimmy’s lips.

“You got this, y/n,” Jimmy said, his hand trailing down your arm, resting on your hand, “I’ll be there with you in spirit.”

“Thanks Jimmy,” you smiled for him, before heading out. On your way over to Kevin’s you began to concoct what you were going to say to him. Nothing felt right, though. It all seemed forced, or rehearsed, or just wrong. God this is gonna be a mess, you thought as you approached his door. Your hand was shaking as you knocked weakly. You wondered if he had even heard it, but a minute later the door opened.

“Hey,” you said softly.

“Hey,” he sighed, stepping aside to let you in. Your heart was racing as he followed you to the couch. You were suddenly getting emotional, thinking of how just a few weeks ago you were on the same couch with him, without a care in the world. You had been happy, he had been happy and now it was all coming to an end on the same piece of furniture.

You bit back tears, knowing that wouldn’t be a good place to start. Fuck, you didn’t even know where to start. Your mind went totally blank with Kevin’s eyes on you, the little bit of a speech you prepared totally disappearing.

“I-okay- there’s a lot I want to say and I don’t really know how to say it,” you began.

“Take your time,” he replied, though his voice was flat and emotionless. You didn’t deserve that, he should be angry, yelling at you. You almost felt guilty that he wasn’t.

“I didn’t plan or this to happen, and I wasn’t using you to get to Jimmy I really just need you to know that,” you told him. It was hard to look him in the eye, but you tried your best to anyway.

“So what was it then?” he questioned, a bit hurt peaking through his voice.

“Jimmy and I-” you paused, searching for the right words, “We just started hooking up, months ago. I didn’t even know if I liked it at first, I don’t know. It was a weird dynamic we hated each other but then we would...” You trailed off, not wanting to get into the gorey details. He knew what you were getting at.

You continued, “Somewhere in there I actually started to like him, but then we got into a big fight. It really hurt, and you were there for me. I can’t tell you how much I appreciate that. And I really liked you it’s ju-”

“Just that you like Jimmy more,” he finished the sentence for you. You frowned, unsure of how to reply to that.

“I’m sorry,” was all you could manage at the moment, “I really thought Jimmy and I were done after that fall out. I never expected this to play out how it did. I should have told you right from the start about Jimmy. The two of you were best friends and I slept with you knowing... God I’m so sorry Kevin.” You suddenly broke into tears. Everything you were trying to hold back these past few days just flooding your system.

“I know you didn’t do it on purpose,” Kevin replied, handing you a tissue. You took it gratefully, trying to dry your tear-stained cheeks.

“Please don’t be mad at Jimmy,” you cried, “Just be mad at me okay? Jimmy... he needs you. He needs a friend right now, and you’re the best friend someone could have. Please just don’t ha-”

“Okay slow down, y/n,” Kevin stopped you, “I’m not mad... well I was mad, like really mad, but I’m not anymore.”

“You’re not?” you asked, surprised.

“I’m upset, not mad,” Kevin explained, “As much as it hurts, I realized you and Jimmy didn’t do this to hurt me.”

“Never,” you confirmed, “And I want you to be honest Kevin, if us being together is too much we’ll separate. We don’t want to hurt you anymore, we understand.”

Kevin shook his head, “There is not sense in all of us being unhappy. I’m gonna need space for awhile, but I know you guys like each other a lot. I’m not gonna mess with that.”

“You’re amazing Kevin,” you said,”I mean really, we don’t deserve this kindness but it really means so much.”

“I know you would do the same for me,” Kevin replied.

“Definitely,” you nodded, “You’re gonna find someone you deserve Kev. I truly want that for you, and I know you’re gonna find it. I’m always here for you if you need it and I hope in time we can work on being good friends again.”

Kevin mustered a soft smile, “I would like that. Thank you for coming to talk to me, I really appreciate it.”

“Of course. Thank you for being so understanding. For being you,” you told him. You both went in for a hug and it made you happy. You knew things were far from perfect and that your relationship still needed work, but you were happy. Happy he didn’t hate you, happy he was okay with you and Jimmy, and happy that he was willing to keep a friendship.You seriously didn’t feel worthy of his kindness, but you were incredibly grateful.

After a few more words and an exchange of goodbyes, you headed out. You were quick to get back to your apartment, knowing Jimmy would be waiting anxiously to hear about your meeting.

Jimmy had migrated to the couch in your absence, but jumped up the second he heard the door open. “Hey, how’d it go?” he asked, a nervous edge in his voice.

“Good,” you told.

“Really?” Jimmy asked, about as surprised as you had been when Kevin didn’t just yell at you.

“Yeah, I mean he is upset, but he said he’s not mad,” you explained, “I think he just needs time, you know? It’s a lot to process and he wants some space to do that. But he doesn’t want us break up and he doesn’t hate us.”

“I can’t believe it,” Jimmy replied, sounding relieved.

“I know, Kevin really is a great guy,” you agreed, “He wants to talk to you, he still wants to be good friends.”

“I don’t even deserve his friendship,” Jimmy muttered.

“You do Jimmy,” you replied, squeezing his hand, “We both messed up a little, but that doesn’t mean you don’t deserve a good friend like Kevin. He cares about you a lot, you guys will work it out.”

“Thank you y/n,” Jimmy said, pulling you in for a tight hug. You practically melted into him, the warmth of his body making you feel at home. “And you’re sure he’s okay with us?” Jimmy asked as he pulled away to look at you.

“Yeah, he wants us to be happy,” you confirmed, cupping Jimmy’s face. You brushed your thumb over his cheek as a smile formed on his face.

“So we are free to just...” his voice trailed off as his hand slid up your thigh. It was soft, even if it’s implications weren’t.

“Yes, Jimmy, we’re free,” you replied, with a light laugh. It sounded silly, but it was true. After months of pretending you didn’t care, sneaking around, and denying how you felt, it felt so good to be able to be honest. “I love you, Jimmy,” you said suddenly, your emotions practically overwhelming you.

“I love you too, y/n, so much,” he replied. The next thing you knew, you were on his lap. His hands tangled in your hair as he kissed you, your hands drifting up and down his back. The longer you kissed the more desperate it got, like you couldn’t get enough of each other.

Jimmy pulled your legs around his waist, gripping the back of your thighs as he picked you up off the couch. You continued to kiss him as he walked you both back to your room. He placed you gently on the bed, crawling on top of you. His lips connected to your neck, soft, wet kisses peppering your skin.

Clothes began to fall to the floor, lips replacing what was once covered. Everything was slow and draw out, not to tease, but to savor. It was like that night before you fought all over again, but a million times better. You were learning each others bodies, not just for a single hook up, but for a life time.

Jimmy slipped between your legs, pulling them over his shoulders. “I... love... you... so... much,” his words were punctuated with kisses on your inner thighs.

“I love you to-oh,” you were cut off by a moan as his lips attached to you core. It somehow still surprised you how good he was with his mouth. His tongue moved in all the right ways as he slipped two fingers inside you. Your thighs tightened around him, but he used his free hand to hold them open.my

“Jimmy,” you breathed euphorically. Your fingers twisted through his hair as continued to work at you, no sign of letting up. Moments later, your body tensed before relaxing into a deep bliss. Your back arched, pushing you further onto Jimmy’s face, which he loved.He kept going until you had to pull him off.

“I love you,” you said breathlessly, putting a dopey smirk on his face. You kissed him while pulling at his boxers, the last piece of clothing that separated you two. You wrapped your legs around him, bringing him closer to you. “Need you,” you mumbled into his lips.

Jimmy nodded, the tip of his cock already brushing against your slit. You were about to whine that you didn’t wanna be teased but then he pushed into you. You dug your hands into his back as you felt yourself adjusting to his size. Jimmy’s hips rocked against yours. They were deliciously long and deep strokes, making your head spin. Your hips rolled up to meet his making the angle even sweeter for you.

“Jimmy, I’m gonna-” you choked out. You were so close it was getting hard for you to string together a coherent sentence.

“I got you honey,” he replied, his thumb finding your already sensitive clit. You let out a moan as Jimmy worked you through your second orgasm of the night. It was even better than the first one, nothing could top him being inside you. Jimmy was weak for the sound of his name spilling from your lips, causing him to let go with you.

Jimmy collapsed on top of you when you both finished. You were both giggling softly, pushing hair off of each other’s eyes. His nose brushed against yours, a simple gesture but it made your heart swell. “I love you Jimmy,” you told him, peppering kisses all over his face.

“I love you too y/n,” Jimmy smiled.

“What are you so happy about?” you asked, though you sorta had a feeling you knew why.

“This,” he replied, “I can’t wait to do this with you forever.” Now you were smiling like an idiot. You knew he didn’t just mean the sex - though there would be a lot of that you were sure. He meant everything, the ups and downs, going through it all together, forever. As you held him close to you, you couldn’t imagine a better way, or a better person to spend forever with.

Where are they now??

Brady - he is happy as a CLAM.All he has wanted was for his friends to all get along. He thoroughly enjoys going on a double dates with you and Jimmy. It makes him so so happy to see you two together... even if he does have to wear ear plugs when you sleep over

Kevin - That summer Kevin reconnected with an old high school fling in Boston. They’ve been inseparable ever since and Kevin is very happy. Things between him, y/n and Jimmy have calmed down and everyone can hang out together without it being weird. His and Jimmy’s friendship is as strong as ever.

Jimmy & y/n - things have been great. More than great. You’re both so in love and are actually looking to move in together before the start of the next season. Brady’s gonna miss his roommate... but will enjoy sleeping undisturbed. You couldn’t be happier and you couldn’t believe it all went back to that stupid little bottle.

#j vesey #jimmy vesey smut #jimmy vesey imagine #new york rangers imagine #new york rangers smut #nhl imagines #nhl fanfiction

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SO YOU’RE TELLING ME THE SABRES HAVE SCORED FIVE FUCKING GOALS AND JIMMY VESEY DOESNT HAVE A SINGLE POINT TONIGHT?

#what the FUCK jimothy #himmy #j. vesey #semi sabres lb #but not really

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Assata Shakur - an Autobiography

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1. She changes her name from “JoAnne Deborah Chesimard" to “Assata Shakur”

2. Starts referring to her wyt name as her "slave name".

3. Joins the BPP and BLA. Shortly after J. Edgar Hoover ordered the forty-one FBI offices to intensify their efforts “to expose, disrupt, misdirect, discredit, and otherwise neutralize” Black nationalist organizations and their leaders.

4. Gets pulled over for a minor offense (defective taillight), in New Jersey Turnpike.

5. Assata was shot in the back 2 times, (once with her hands up) paralyzing her arm, making her unable to hold a gun, yet the police insisted that she shot and killed an officer.

6. By the time she was shot and captured on May 2, 1973, she was wanted for a number of manufactured serious crimes, non of which led to her conviction or sentencing by the court due to insufficient evidence.

7. After being shot by police, she was transferred to hospital where she was subjected to forced interrogation and physical and psychological torture by variety of government agencies such as police and FBI.

8. They staged fake court in the hospital while she was tied to the stretcher.

9. She recalls the 3 books that a nurse smuggled for her in the hospital: A book of Black poetry, another one "Black Woman in White America", and Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha". How she read the poetry book out loud to protest her torture and prison inside the hospital.

10. She talks about her upbringing in the racist apartheid amerikkkan South. Education was completely empty, where they only learned to read and write, but never learned about the history of black oppression.

“(When we learned history, we were never taught the real reasons for things. We were just taught useless trivia, simplistic facts, key phrases, and miscellaneous, meaningless dates.) I couldn’t understand it. What were people all the way in amerika doing in a war because some prince got killed in Austria? I could just imagine going home and telling my grandmother that i got in a fight because some dude in Europe got killed.”

She described that later she learned that 1776 amerikkkan revolution, was a revolution for the freedom of whites only. They were told that Blacks were not fighting back against slavery. They didn't learn about black revolutionaries such as Denmark Vesey, Gabriel Prosser, Cinque, and Nat Turner. She was taught at school that George Washington never told a lie, yet the reality is that not only he was a big lier, but once he sold a slave for a keg of rum. Same with Lincoln. among the most common lies are that Lincoln freed the slaves, that the Civil War was fought to free the slaves:

“The day i found out about Nat Turner I was affected so strongly it was physical. I was so souped up on adrenalin i could barely contain myself. I tore through every book my mother had. Nowhere could i find the name Nat Turner” (2)

11. Finally, she gets convicted in 1977 by an all white jury of murdering a New Jersey State trooper, although no physical evidence indicated that she had been the shooter, Chesimard’s trial had been widely covered in the African American press as a symbol of police and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) efforts to suppress Black radical movements. (1)

12. In the book, Shakur mildly criticizes Huey Newton's strategy of drawing the battle line between Panthers and police at the Panther offices across the United States. Shakur seems to be puzzled on Huey's notion of guerrilla warfare.

13. In November 1979, she escapes a high security male prison with the help of BLA and seeks political asylum in Cuba until today.

14. She is the first women on FBI most wanted list, and later on the terrorist list with a renewed reward of 2 million Dollars. In 2016 New Jersey state claimed that she is a threat to US government. Former FBI director Louis Freeh reported that the FBI offered five Cuban spies that were being held in Florida in exchange for Assata Shakur and the deal was totally rejected. (3)

"In 1977 I was convicted in a trial that can only be described as a legal lynching. In 1979 I was able to escape with the aid of some of my fellow comrades. I saw this as a necessary step, not only because I was innocent of the charges against me, but because I knew that [in] the racist legal system in the United States I would receive no justice. I was also afraid that I would be murdered in prison. I later arrived in Cuba where I am currently living in exile as a political refugee. (4)

15. Newsday reporter Ron Howell published the first interview with Shakur "On the Run With Assata Shakur" after her arrival in Cuba, confirming her presence and providing the first public glimpse into her life in Cuba. She contributed to the anti-racism and cultural education within the cuban government.

Although most foreign asylees studied at the University of Havana, the article reported the unusual claim that Shakur was studying politics, sociology and philosophy at the Escuela Superior del Partido, a system of colleges run directly by the Cuban Communist Party and populated by its members, with whom she would soon collaborate with as a political advisee. “She is clearly trusted by the Cubans,” wrote Howell, an observation that would prove prescient of the coming years as Shakur worked closely with the central committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and as an intermediary between the government and visiting American delegations...By the mid-1990s, Shakur had become a regular face at cultural and political events in Havana. Now fluent in Spanish and highly respected by Cuban officials, Shakur worked closely with the Central Committee of Cuba’s communist party, (1)

16. Tupac Shakur was Assata's godson. Tupac himself was named after Tupac Amaru (the last monarch Sapa Inca of the Neo-Inca State, the remnants of the Inca Empire in Vilcabamba, Peru, who was executed by the Spanish Colonizers). I Also read the semi-fictional book "T.H.U.G. L.I.F.E." by Sanyika Shakur. Towards the end of the book when the main character's aunt (A panther) is telling him about his family tree and blood line, she briefly mentions the story of Assata.

Bibliography

1. “Assata Shakur Is Welcome Here”: Havana, Black Freedom Struggle, and U.S.–Cuba Relations . Latner, Teishan A. 4, s.l. : Souls - A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society, APRIL 18TH, 2018, Vol. 19.

2. Shakur, Assata. Assata, an autobiography. s.l. : Zed Books Ltd., 1987.

3. SOURCE, THE. CUBA REFUSES U.S. TRADE NEGOTIATION FOR ASSATA SHAKUR. THE SOURCE. [Online] MARCH 6, 2015. https://thesource.com/2015/03/06/cuba-refuses-u-s-trade-negotiation-for-assata-shakur/.

4. democracynow.org. Hands Off Assata Shakur: Angela Davis Calls for Radical Activism to Protect Activist Exiled in Cuba . democracynow. [Online] MARCH 28, 2016. https://www.democracynow.org/2016/3/28/hands_off_assata_shakur_angela_davis.

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#reading #assata shakur

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zibanejad · 4 years

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rangers videos in no particular order

stepan behind the mic

bonus: mom edition

that is an s, a k, and a j all next to each other, so that’s a nope

hank drops the f bomb on live tv during his vezina speech

rangers ugly sweater party

welcome to rangerstown: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

tour of brady and jimmy’s apartment

tour of brady, jimmy, and kevin’s apartment

buch collects magnets??

casino night: 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (this is what i could find)

road to the 2018 winter classic: 1, 2, 3, 4

junior rangers q&a: chris kreider, brady skjei, jimmy vesey, kevin hayes

bonus: no one can spell skjei

chris jumps out of a pool

#KreiderPics

know your teammate: chris & mika, brady & jimmy, fil & lias

hank’s shutout wine lottery

kevin wired up at outdoor practice

kevin gets jimmy to eat sushi

mika mic’d up at practice

#new york rangers #hockey #if you have more add them!#i probably missed some things #if anyone has the video of brady telling a kid to jump a mat at the junior rangers camp #but the mat is the kids height and the kid just face plants into it #let me know cause i cant find it anywhere #it was on twitter somewhere #some of the vids i could only find on twitter or the nhl site #and its lacking in mika content and i am sorry

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eamonwhalen · 3 years

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Rap I Liked 2020

An attempt at an omnivorous list of rap songs from the year 2020 that undoubtedly missed many good songs.

In a Spotify Playlist

In an Apple Music Playlist

If you’d like to read what I wrote this year click here.

1. Quelle Chris and Chris Keys featuring Earl Sweatshirt, Denmark Vesey, Merill Garbus and Big Sen - Mirage

2. Mozzy featuring Blxst - I Ain’t Perfect

3. Jay Electronica featuring Jay-Z - A.P.I.D.T.A

Sleep well Lately, I haven't been sleepin' well I even hit the beach to soak my feet and skip some seashells Sleep well The lump inside my throat sometimes it towers like the Eiffel Sometimes I wonder do the trees get sad when they see leaves fell Sleep well The last time that I kissed you, you felt cold but you looked peaceful I read our message thread when I get low and need a refill Sleep well

4. Shabazz Palaces - Fast Learner

5. G-Herbo featuring Juice WRLD, Chance The Rapper and Lil Uzi Vert - PTSD

“People judge people from my city, or people who go through what we go through. It’s just the way you’re brought up and different situations that you experience that change your life and make you who you are. There’s a lot of people who would come to my city and not make it. There’s certain survival skills that you learn in Chicago from just naturally adapting to your environment. People judge us and outcast us from what they see on the outside but they really don’t know what’s going on on the inside. We’re making rational decisions because what we go through forces us to make those decisions. Just the older I get, the more serious I look at it. When I was younger I had my family taking care of me, and I was just living life like a kid. But by 14-15, there’s a lot of kids in my city who are living the lives of adults at that age. Other places people don’t live like that. When I was 16 I started to see people die around me. In my city theres so little to depend on, so people take other options to survive and make a way for themselves. At a young age you start learning this,” - G-Herbo, from an interview I did with him a few years ago.

6. 21 Savage and Metro Boomin’ featuring Young Thug - Rich N***a Shit

the sounds of luxury

7. Sada Baby - Slide

8. Megan Thee Stallion - Circles

https://youtu.be/TwZl9WCHjnc

9. Polo G - Martin & Gina

10. Gunna - Skybox

11. Pop Smoke - Yea Yea

Rest in Peace Pop Smoke

https://pitchfork.com/thepitch/pop-smoke-dior-protest-music/

12. Bfb Da Packman featuring Sada Baby - Free Joe Exotic

13. NBA Youngboy - The Story of OJ (Top Version)

14. Bris - Me Important

Rest In Peace Tricky Dance Moves

15. Playboi Carti - @ MEH

16. Navy Blue featuring Ka - In Good Hands

“Even friends in a frenzy became ravenous

Brothers named universal, wise, supreme became savages

It's said the common thread with our enemies

Is we was all men in need with no amenities

Couldn't sit in peace, we each hit the streets for remedies

Through the hatred accumulate a hundred arms we was centipedes

The stress of empty pantries kept us antsy

No lie, essentials essentially in a shanty

Could give scripture but that big picture is what you can't see

Every grain I spelt is what helped enhance me

Went from gun waving to saving lives

I give sight to the blind just for the 85

That's what I was in the line of scrimmage

Lost some folks of course, that growth redefined percentage

Doomed in the womb, surprised I ain't see a hanger

Start questioning affection when all you see is anger,

But now I’m in good hands, surrounded by good women, good babies, good mans,”

-Ka

17. Lil Uzi Vert - Chrome Heart Tags

18. SahBabii - Double Dick

19. Rezcoast Grizz - Water

20. Future featuring Drake, Da Baby and Lil Baby - Life Is Good Remix

21. Drakeo The Ruler featuring Icewear Vezzo and ALLBLACK - We Know The Truth

The Ruler’s home. Read Jeff Weiss on Drakeo’s trial and release, and the book Rap On Trial for an underreported and understudied phenomenon.

22. Future and Lil Uzi Vert - That’s It

23. Shordie Shordie - Save A Little

coolest new voice in Rap

24. Busta Rhymes featuring Kendrick Lamar - Look Over Your Shoulder

25. Cam & China - Know What I’m Saying

https://youtu.be/H1JSWy9lxuk

26. Ovrkast featuring Navy Blue - Face

27. J Hus featuring icee tgm - Helicopter

Shaitan in police uniform Feds in a helicopter I seen pigs fly but I never seen a unicorn Tryna find cover on somebody's front lawn I see an undercover and he had his gun drawn Didn't like me 'cause I'll never conform Man want beef, but they'll never come forth Like CB, all I need is one corn You see me alone but I got a strong force No man can ever put my life on pause They enslaved my ancestor, no remorse I bring knowledge to Europe, just like the Moors The knowledge, they need it, they cravin' for more Left the yard before the jakes kicked in the door Have you seen a lengman drop his stick on the floor? Say you wanna bang, you don't look like you're sure

28. Demahjiae featuring Mejiwahn, Michael Sneed and Pink Siifu - Wild & Fireflies

29. Lil Baby featuring 42 Dugg - We Paid

No choice but to respect someone who is not only still rockin’ with the Detroit Lions in 2020 but says so much on the biggest song of his career thus far.

30. Ka - Patron Saints

31. Benny The Butcher - Famous

32. Key! - Spend One Night

33. Smino featuring JID and Kenny Beats - Baguetti

34. Open Mike Eagle - Death Parade

35. OMB Peezy - Sleep At Night

36. Mick Jenkins - “Carefree”

read me on Mick Jenkins circa 2016.

37. Chris Brown and Young Thug featuring Lil Duke and Gunna - Big Slimes

38. Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist - God Is Perfect

39. Chester Watson - Life Wrote Itself

40. Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats - DIET

read me on Denzel Curry circa 2015

41. Young Dolph - Hold Up Hold Up Hold Up

Still probably the coolest thing any rapper has done in years.

42. Dua Saleh - Hellbound

43. Rod Wave - Fuck The World

44. Young Nudy - Deeper Than Rap

45. Bobby Raps - Believe The Lie

Alex Howard, more like Alex Garland!

46. Saba - So and So

47. 2 Chainz featuring TyDollaSign - Can’t Go For That

https://youtu.be/ccenFp_3kq8

48. Blu and Exile - The Feeling

49. astralblak - Out In The Woods

50. Key Glock - Word On the Streets

51. Black Thought featuring Portugal. The Man & The Last Artful, Dodgr - Nature of the Beast

I feel like Phillip Seymour Hoffman, less Denzel Washington When people are watching me If the right amount of likes and follows can make me less hollow I'd somehow be more complete But people tend to be more toxic so we see more gossip And there's tension on the streets

52. Flo Milli - Not Friendly

53. Shootergang Kony - Still Kony 2

54. Homeboy Sandman - Trauma

55. Kevin Gates - Weeks

56. Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin - Open Up Shop

57. P Will aka Prince Williams - Survival

58. Cupcakke - Discounts

59. Nas - Ultra Black

60. Spillage Village - End Of Daze

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/04/magazine/societal-collapse.html

What I listened to most besides songs by artists on this list:

Jazmine Sullivan’s live performances of Lost One and Pick Up Your Feelings

Other stuff that doesn’t really belong on a Rap list:

Liv.e, Brent Faiyaz, Helado Negro, Slauson Malone, Chronixx, Contour, King Krule, Kehlani, Moses Sumney, Thundercat, Soccer Mommy.

Best books I read that were published in 2020: The Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins and I Got A Monster by Brandon Soderberg and Baynard Woods

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haydnfleury · 4 years

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Which Jerseys Would You Buy If You Were Rich Enough To Afford Them ?

**Using @leafsbabe optional tag** - HANNA. This list literally needs a ‘keep reading’ tag because of how many I’d want 😂

Rules:

Tag whoever you want… or don’t tag anybody

You can keep it just to the NHL or add other hockey leagues or sports

If you want add which jersey you want (home/away/alternate/from a former team/etc…)

Don’t include ones you already have unless you want a second one/different version

Maybe use #dream jersey collection so we can see each others lists

J E R S E Y S

Boston Bruins [Yes, I know I’m a Leafs fan... but it’s Pasta]

David Pastrňák - 2016 Winter Classic Jersey

Buffalo Sabres

Jimmy Vesey - Gold Alternate Jersey

Calgary Flames

Elias Lindholm - Away Jersey

Noah Hanifin - Home Jersey

Carolina Hurricanes

Brady Skjei - Black Alternate Jersey

Trevor van Riemsdyk - Away Jersey

Joel Edmundson - Home Jersey

Brock McGinn - Whalers Jersey

Colorado Avalanche

Gabriel Landeskog - Alternate Jersey

Andre Burakovsky - Alternate Jersey

Mikko Rantanen - Away Jersey

Tyson Jost - Home Jersey

Nathan MacKinnon - 2019 All Stars Jersey

JT Compher - Home Jersey

Ryan Graves - Home Jersey

Cale Makar - Away Jersey

Pavel Francouz - Alternate Jersey

Sam Girard - Home Jersey

Erik Johnson - Away Jersey

Columbus Blue Jackets

Pierre-Luc Dubois - Alternate Jersey

Alexander Wennberg - Alternate Jersey

Josh Anderson - Alternate Jersey

Ryan Murray - Alternate Jersey

Dallas Stars [Honourable mention, 1993 Jerseys]

Ben Bishop - Home Jersey

John Klingberg - Away Jersey

Tyler Seguin - 1999 Home Jersey

Jason Dickinson - Away Jersey

Jamie Benn - 1999 Away Jersey

Roope Hintz - 2020 Winter Classic Jersey

Edmonton Oilers

Leon Draisaitl - 2019 All Star Jersey

Connor McDavid - 2018 Home Jersey

Oscar Klefbom - Home Jersey

James Neal - Alternate Jersey

Adam Larsson - Away Jersey

LA Kings

Adrian Kempe - 2020 Stadium Series Jersey

Ben Hutton - Home Jersey

New York Islanders

Anthony Beauvillier - Alternate Jersey

Matt Martin - 2015 Alternate Jersey

Mathew Barzal - Alternate Jersey

Jordan Eberle - 1995 Home Jersey

New York Rangers

Brett Howden - Home Jersey

Henrik Lundqvist - Home Jersey + 2012 Winter Classic Jersey

Chris Kreider - Away Jersey

Brady Skjei - 2018 Winter Classic

Philadelphia Flyers

Carter Hart - Alternate Jersey

Kevin Hayes - Alternate Jersey

Travis Konecny - Alternate Jersey

Pittsburgh Penguins

Zach Aston-Reese - 2000 Home Jersey

Teddy Blueger - 2000 Away Jersey

Tampa Bay Lightning

Brayden Point - Alternate Jersey

Victor Hedman - Away Jersey

Andrei Vasilevskiy - 2019 All Star Jersey

Nikita Kucherov - Home Jersey

Tyler Johnson - Home Jersey

Blake Coleman - Away Jersey

Taylor Raddysh - Home Jersey

Toronto Maple Leafs

William Nylander - Home Jersey [get a new one with 88] +

Mitch Marner - Away Jersey [get a new one with A]

Zach Hyman - Home Jersey

Morgan Rielly - 2018 Stadium Series Jersey

John Tavares - Home Jersey

Travis Dermott - Away Jersey

Andreas Johnsson - Home Jersey

Alexander Kerfoot - Home Jersey

Tyson Barrie - Home Jersey

Frederik Andersen - 2017 Centennial Classic Jersey

Frédérik Gauthier - Away Jersey

Vancouver Canucks

Brock Boeser - Alternate Jersey

Elias Pettersson - Away Jersey

Jake Virtanen - 50th Anniversary Jersey

Bo Horvat - 40th Anniversary Jersey

Thatcher Demko - Alternate Jersey

Jacob Markstrom - Home Jersey

Josh Leivo - Away Jersey

Tanner Pearson - Home Jersey

Vegas Golden Knights

Marc-André Fleury - Away Jersey

Winnipeg Jets

Adam Lowry - Home Jersey

Mark Scheifele - 2019 Heritage Classic Jersey

Nikolaj Ehlers - Away Jersey

Josh Morrissey - Alternate Jersey

Blake Wheeler - 2016 Heritage Classic Jersey

Laurent Brossoit - Away Jersey

Nathan Beaulieu - Home Jersey

[IIHF Worlds] Tre Kronor

William Nylander - Home Jersey [to go with my Away Jersey]

Gabriel Landeskog - Home Jersey

Elias Pettersson - Away Jersey

Elias Lindholm - Home Jersey

Jacob Markström - Away Jersey

Adrian Kempe - Away Jersey

Henrik Lundqvist - Home Jersey

Oliver Ekman-Larsson - Home Jersey

[IIHF Worlds] Team Canada

John Tavares - Home Jersey

Connor McDavid - Home Jersey

Tito Beauvillier - Away Jersey

Mathew Barzal - Away Jersey

Pierre-Luc Dubois - Home Jersey

Carter Hart - Home Jersey

[IIHF Worlds] Träger Der Adler

Leon Draisaitl - Home Jersey

Philipp Grubauer - Away Jersey

[IIHF Worlds] Eisgenossen

Nico Hischier - Home Jersey

Roman Josi - Away Jersey

#Asks/Tag Games #Dream Jersey Collection

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rabbitcruiser · 4 years

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National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Manhattan (No. 2)

The Survivors' Staircase was the last visible remaining original structure above ground level at the World Trade Center site. It was originally two outdoor flights of granite-clad stairs and an escalator that connected Vesey Street to the World Trade Center's Austin J. Tobin Plaza. During the September 11 attacks, the stairs served as an escape route for hundreds of evacuees from 5 World Trade Center, a 9-floor building adjacent to the 110-story towers. The staircase is now an important feature of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum.

The preservation of the staircase became a matter of dispute since May 11, 2006, when it was listed as one of America's Most Endangered Places by the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

The stairs occupied part of the site of a new office building which the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey was contractually obliged to clear before the site was turned over to developer Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties, who in turn has a contractual obligation to develop the site as the 200 Greenwich Street office building, which is also referenced as "Tower 2" in the master plan.

The World Trade Center Survivors' Network urged the Port Authority and Silverstein to make a commitment to preserve the stairs, but neither made a public decision on the issue. Meanwhile, the already heavily damaged stairs continued to deteriorate due to the heavy vibrations caused by construction of the permanent PATH station, the World Trade Center Memorial and 1 World Trade Center on the site.

In January 2007, the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation (LMDC), according to Real Estate Weekly, rejected a plan proposed by structural engineer Robert Silman, who functioned as an independent consultant, to move the staircase in its entirety. Silman estimated the move would cost somewhere between $500,000 and $700,000 to complete. Those supporting dismantling the staircase claimed such a procedure would cost over $2 million.

In early August 2007, Avi Schick, Governor Eliot Spitzer's redevelopment chief, outlined plans to remove the stairs from their concrete structure for eventual use in the World Trade Center Memorial museum. All 38 steps would be inlaid into the side of the staircase leading from the visitor's center to the underground museum.

Confirming earlier plans, the LMDC announced on October 31, 2007 that the stairs would be removed and preserved, and would be restored in the future at a location inside the World Trade Center Memorial museum with a display explaining their significance.

On March 9, 2008, the Staircase was moved by crane about 200 feet on Vesey Street. In 2010, as construction throughout the World Trade complex reached peak activity level, the staircase – as well as two "tridents" of Twin Tower facade, and other oversize artifacts – was placed into the National September 11 Memorial & Museum space before the Memorial Plaza and museum entrance pavilion were built above it. The staircase is now a major feature of the museum.

Source: Wikipedia

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J. Vesey - July for the Whole Year 4

A/N: Chapter 4. Tell a friend to tell a friend. Comments, critique, and conjecture encouraged. Jimmy's looking so fine these days y'all. NYC agrees with him.

<< Chapter 3

March 2020

Jimmy: The season is going to pause, wish I was back in ny. We’d have nothing but time to catch up on GoT now.

Like I’d let you in my bubble.

Jimmy: Who are you kidding, I’m the best bubble partner.

No comment. :P

______

April 2020

Do you have toilet paper, should I send you some? You never remember until it’s too late.

Jimmy: lol, my mom sent me some. Good looking out.

______

“I’ll tell you when to hit play! Don’t hit it without me!” It’s makeshift for sure, but you figured out how to watch Netflix together over video chat. Everyone has been going crazy over this Tiger King show and there’s literally nothing else to do, so what’s the harm. You haven’t seen another human in about two weeks, save when you went to the grocery store to pick up some essentials for Mr. Callahan and he waved at you as you left the package outside his door. Even that was exciting contact. Plus you’re missing Jimmy extra.

“I cannot believe you talked me into this. This looks like the dumbest thing I have ever seen.”

His laugh, you’ve missed that laugh so much. Your cheeks hurt as your smile stretches, “I miss you so much.” You don’t mean the words to blurt out like they do; honest and out there for him to hear, read into, draw conclusions from.

Jimmy’s face is a welcomed sight, so your smile doesn’t even falter when he pokes at you. “Oh my Godddd. Shut up! You get to pick the next one. Probably going to make me watch something Boston, so I have to listen to that terrible accent for hours on end.”

______

“Yeah, me too. Like a limb,” his smile is a little soft, a little sad, but he’s Jimmy and he’s notoriously stoic, so he straightens up on his couch and grabs his remote, “Alright, let’s get this over with.”

May 2020

Who do we cheer for now, Brady, Kevin? An unknown third party?

Jimmy: I’m gunna flip a coin. Tampa looks good though, hate to say it.

Gross.

______

October 2020

Jimmy: You gunna to visit me when the borders open back up? It’s pretty cool up here, I think you’d like it.

Only if you’re paying for Tim Hortons.

Jimmy: Not with this contract.

______

December 2020

Jimmy: Did you get a package 👀👀

I have to check the mailroom when I get home, why?? Did you buy me something! 🙃

Jimmy: Maybe. Keep an eye out.

______

As soon as you get in the building you rush to the mailroom and it’s there. A plain brown Amazon box, but when you open it, there's another box inside, shabbily wrapped in blue paper, tied in a white ribbon.

You snap a photo and send it to Jimmy,

It's here! Proud of your wrapping tbh!

Tucked under the ribbon, you start with the envelope, pulling out the Christmas card. It features a cartoon Santa proudly proclaiming "I hear there's some Hos in this house?" shaking a judgmental finger at the naughty list in his hand.

Jimmy's tight, sloppy handwriting covers the inside of the card and your smile grows, happy he thought of you enough to fill the left panel of the card entirely with a handwritten message.

When you finally tear the ribbon off and the paper open you're not surprised to see the bright blue jersey with the Leafs insignia on it. You are slightly surprised that Jimmy's name is across the back and his number is on the sleeve. You're warm to your toes thinking about him branding you in this way, even if you also have Kevin's jersey in the back of your closet and have never had a second thought about Hayes being stitched across your back.

(Y/n),

I thought you'd like this card, since I've seen your Spotify unwrapped and you've played this song more than any one person should. Freak.

Here's a new jersey so you can remember who your favorite player is. I had to change my number, which sucks, but I can't have you representing Philly. That's gross and blue looks way better on you anyway.

I know I said I couldn't afford Timmies on this contract, but here’s a bag anyway. Their coffee is really good and I don’t know when the country will re-open so you can visit and get a real one. I got you plain, French Vanilla is superior though. Even if you disagree.

We can’t have you embarrassing yourself at family skate again, so I hope these are the right size. Take them to the rink when it opens, have the blades sharpened and the skates baked. They’ll fit your feet better and they won’t hurt as much. Whenever I get to come visit we’ll practice.

Hope you like it, miss you.

Merry Christmas,

Jimmy

The skates do fit. He got you hockey ones so they’re chunky and black and not at all the sleek ice skating ones the rinks usually give you when you rent them. It’s so Jimmy that your heart skips at the idea of him spending time, thinking of a thoughtful gift, trying to figure out your damned shoe size, and wrapping the box alone in his apartment.

You’re not sure when you started sniffling, but the card is damp from the few tears that have slid down your face and you laugh in spite of yourself. The distance definitely hasn’t made any of this easier.

This is really thoughtful. I can’t wait to try them out. <3

Jimmy: You’re crying, aren’t you?

______

January 2021

Jimmy: Did you listen to this new Drivers License song yet? Seems up your alley.

RED LIGHTS STOP SIGNS!!!

Jimmy: I’ll take that as a yes.

______

The phone only rings once before he answers. “Hello?” His camera is facing the ceiling, so you can’t see his face, but it looks like he’s eating lunch.

“Watch Bridgerton with me?” it’s not really a whine, but it’s a little pitchy. He heaves a sigh and he picks up the phone so he’s finally in frame, munching on his pizza. You continue before he has the chance to turn you down, “Please? Everyone at work is talking about it, it’s only 8 episodes, please? You made me watch all those Ben Affleck movies last year! I barely even complained even though Matt’s the better actor.”

“Yeah, yeah, yeah. I’m off Sunday we can start it then,” he tears into a piece of crust.

Smiling, you remind him, “You’re my best friend,” before you hang up and send him a calendar invite.

______

March 2021

Jimmy: I take it back, you’d like Vancouver better.

Missing me, Jimbo?

Jimmy: Maybe

______

July 2021

With restrictions eased up, you find yourself toying with the idea of a weekend trip to Boston. You’ve typed out about 60 messages to Jimmy telling him you may be in town, but you backspaced each and every one, because you’re a coward.

You haven’t been in the same state in almost two years, stuck video chatting during lock down, which has become a weekly ritual that you haven’t dropped since the world began slowly opening back up. Still though, something about seeing him in person has your heart rate picking up and your palms sweating.

In the end you sleepily reveal it when Jimmy calls you to say goodnight.

Your phone jingled loudly in your ear, you could probably put it on silent while you slept, but then you'd miss these calls, Jimmy's profile picture smiling on your screen before you answer and clear your throat.

"Hey," you sigh into your pillow at the content feeling that blankets your body.

"Hey, I'm walking home from the bar and I wanted to say goodnight."

"Okay, goodnight," you're quietly breathing into the phone, smiling to yourself at the sweet gesture.

He laughs, "ooookay, you don't want to talk to me? You already asleep?"

"A little, but I always want to talk to you." You'll be embarrassed by your admission in the morning. In the dark it's just honest and you feel light saying it out loud.

He's quiet now and you hear the cars passing him by as he walks.

"I haven't seen you in forever," he trails off and your decision is practically made for you.

"I'm thinking about taking the day off Friday and shipping up to Boston for the weekend, but the hotels are so much money" you're slightly more awake now, nervous for some reason that you both will feel differently in person since it's been so long.

He takes in a breath, "Do it. You can stay with me."

"Okay," it's Jimmy, it's Jimmy, it's Jimmy- your heart thumps. No reason to be nervous.

"Okay!" You can hear his smile through the phone and when you both hang up you slip easily back into sleep.

______

Jimmy's laughter booms through your headphones, "What do you mean 'what if you don't recognize me?' We video chat like every day you know what I look like."

You're feeling silly and giddy and bubbly only 2 hours away from Boston according to your itinerary.

"I should like, bring a red rose like Lorelei and Rory do in Gilmore Girls, just in case. So you know who I am." You look out the window in the train, watching the landscape blaze by.

"Any excuse to bring up the fuckin' Gilmore Girls. I'm sure we'll be okay."

"I'm hanging up on you, you interrupted my music and now you're slandering the Gilmores. See you soon."

You cut off whatever he was about to say and hang up, cackling with delight as he calls you back immediately.

"This is (y/n), how can I assist?"

"I can't stand you. When is 'soon?'"

"Two hours. You better be ready to eat. I'm starving."

"Okay, soon."

______

South Station is pretty empty, which you expected considering it's noon on a Friday. You try to call Jimmy but his phone goes to voicemail both times you call, so you stand and wait, knowing he'd never leave you hanging, so you find a bench and open your phone, scrolling through mindlessly.

Someone sits down next to you so you slide a little to the left without looking up wondering if you should call Jimmy again, but the person clears their throat and shoves a bouquet of roses at you.

Pushing them to the side you see Jimmy's smiling face. "I figured it's been a while, maybe one rose wouldn't do the trick if you forgot what I looked like."

In that moment, Jimmy smiling at you in a train station at 12 on a Friday, it takes everything in you not to lean over and kiss him square on the mouth.

______

"So what do you want to do today?" Jimmy says around a mouthful of sushi. Between you and Kevin constantly shoving your rolls at him, he's by no means an aficionado, but he's come around.

"I don't know. Last time I was here we did a bunch of touristy things," you pause chopsticks halfway to your mouth, "Show me Harvard."

Jimmy's too happy to oblige.

The two of you pile into his Jeep and drive to Cambridge, stopping briefly to grab coffee. "I used to come here all the time," Jimmy places his order and lets you keep looking, "sit at that table and try to finish my papers before midnight. Is it weird that I miss it?"

"Not at all," you confirm. His eyes are fond and you're happy you're here to see this version of him. "Can I have the same?" You place your order to the young girl behind the counter, her glasses are wide and her chemistry book is sat next to her, pages face down, spine bent to save her place.

"You're going to hate it, it's sweet," Jimmy warns, but you shrug your shoulders and nod to the barista to continue making your copy of Jimmy's nostalgic order.

______

You spend your day traversing the campus, being suitably impressed by the history and slightly in awe by the IQs you're surrounded by. The art museum is a particular delight- full of classic Van Goghs, Degas, and Stieglitzes, but also housing fine Japanese art, Buddhist statues, and textiles you haven't seen before.

He sidles up behind you quietly and you don't realize until he whispers, bent down and leaning over your shoulder, "Four years here and I never came in here. Kinda crazy."

Swatting him you answer, "Uncultured swine," and grab his hand to pull him to the next room.

It's full of earlier photography, and you stop in front of Stieglitz's The Glow of Night, depicting an empty street, glowing in the evening; only a few horse-drawn carriages sit in the distance under the glow of the streetlights.

"I miss New York," Jimmy mumbles under his breath.

Your eyebrows raise, "You're Boston through and through, I can't believe you just said that outloud."

He shrugs, "I love it here, I do. But I guess I miss the early years. Us and the boys, young and stupid."

He sounds doleful and it stings your heart. "I think we all miss that," you reply gently, hand looping through his arm.

"Do you think you'd ever move," it's close to the topic at hand, but a distinct deviation, so you think on it, staring intently at the photo in front of you.

"I don't know. A few years ago I'd have said never..." Jimmy nods, seemingly content with your answer, but looks at his phone and notices the time.

"C'mon. They're going to close soon, let's go home."

You're not home.

You're about 200 miles away to be exact, but it certainly doesn't feel that way.

______

Sunday morning you're sat in a hole in the wall getting breakfast with Jimmy. Your train leaves in the late afternoon and Jimmy's trying to pack as much into the day as he can, so you appreciate the quiet time at the table with him.

He's fidgeting a little and you can't take it, a little on edge from the close proximity of the weekend.

"Just take the bed!" He's not shouting but it's definitely as close as you've ever seen him to being short of patience.

"No! You're letting me stay for free! I saved so much money not staying in a hotel, I'll sleep out here!"

Jimmy picks up your bags and tosses them onto his bed. "Night! There's clean towels in the bathroom. Shout if you need anything." He gently pushes you into his room and closes the door behind you.

His bed is plush and you snuggle in after huffing at your defeat, washing your face, and changing into your pajamas. You would have thought you'd fall asleep quickly, a long day of travel followed by a ton of walking typically tires you out, but you're in Jimmy's bed.

You're in Jimmy's bed and it smells like him.

You're in Jimmy's bed and it smells like him and you're having a crisis.

"Do you think you'd ever move?" His question replays in your mind.

A few summers ago you told Gracia never, but you're not so sure that you couldn't be easily persuaded if the right person asked.

"You're ignoring me." Jimmy flicks your coffee cup. The tinkling noise pills you from your daydream and you shake your head.

"Sorry, what?"

"I said," He repeats himself, "I'm a free agent in the fall… maybe I'll end up on the East Coast and we can do this more often…" he smirks, "you know, having breakfast and you ignoring me."

Desperately you wish you were annoyed at his teasing, but you can't find it in you, "That would actually be awesome. Is that a possibility?"

Stirring too much sugar into his coffee he looks optimistic, “Anything is possible.”

#christmas fic #jimmy vesey imagine #jimmy vesey fic #ny rangers imagine #ny rangers fic #hockey imagine #hockey fic #reader insert #writing #toronto maple leafs fic #vancouver canucks fic #mutual pining #idiots in love #idiots in denial

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