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leah-lover · 1 month

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Closed for maintenance . Leah Williamson × reader

Reader embarks on a new journey with a new club. Part 1.

My day started out like any other in the past 4 weeks. The beeping sound of my alarm wakes me up, I dread the thought of getting up even though I still do, I get my shit together, I leave for training, come back a few hours later and go to bed early.

My days have been blending in ever since that heart shattering break up. However, today had a little twist to it. As I was leaving the gym to go to the physioroom I got called into the Manager's office. Upon getting in, the coach said “hey, so I called you here to let you know that we are going to transfer you. You have been an absolute killer for our team. You will always have a place between us. The thing is your dynamic with the team has been off which has been causing some tension. And the best thing I thought to do was to transfer you this January.” Shock couldn't describe the state I was in. Running on autopilot, I got out of the coach's office, got my things and departed home without talking to anybody, which has been my pattern this past month.

My head was in the clouds for the entire drive, and when I got home I threw myself on the coach and started sobbing. About 20 minutes later I called my best friend the only person I trusted more than anything.

“Hey are you okay? The girls are worried about you, tell me what is going on please”said kristie with a worried tone

“Well tell Sam and the team not to worry anymore. Emma has decided to ruin my life and get rid of me. I won't be at Chelsea anymore. I am basically fired.” I replied, now more angry than sad.

“What the hell are you talking about? Are you transferred where? when? How ? Are you okay? Did you tell her?.” She asked.

“I think it will be announced tomorrow at the meeting. I don't know anything kristie Chelsea is home. Niamh is home. I can't live without them.” I replied, memories of Niamh and I fludding my brain.

“Sure you will. I love you bubs no matter where you go.” She said, “Me too buddy, me too.” I added, sadness creeping into my heart again.

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It has been an eventful week. It was announced that I would leave Chelsea for Arsenal. The topic has been the talk of the town. From newspapers, Instagram pages, fans on Twitter, Arsenal fans were excited to have me. However, Chelsea fans were bitter I was let go. Most of the mean comments were directed at Emma and Chelsea which I thought was fair. I was the leading goal scorer in the WSL and we were on a great track record to win the league again.

I got a new apartment, and a new car. I tried to begin again. A clear slate and a focus on winning with my new team, the gunners.

Today was the first day of practice. The girls are really nice. This team, this family, seem really gelled together and they seem to start getting me out of my dark hole.

“Hello you.” Said Beth, “I hope you are well and I well we want to let you know you are very welcome and we hope you have a great time with us here.” she added. “Me too “ I responded.

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It has been over 2 months since that last interaction with Beth, who I can call my best friend now. Her, Steph ,Katie and I have been inseparable. Arsenal have been on a winning streak since I got here. I seem to enjoy the way they play and interact with each other.

The player I enjoy hanging out with the most is my second Captain, which I can never fully admit.

Leah has been fun, heart warming, safe and a friend and a good one. I can't let whatever is happening affect my career again. I dated a teammate before it ruined my career, or so I thought.

“Ladies, how are we feeling about a party? We won again thanks to wonderful strickers. Let's have a party, we deserve it.” Said Katie on the bus. Shortly after a plan was made.

We went to a bar, we drank, sang, danced, and it was that time of the night where I got hungry for warmth. Human connection however unmeaningful. So I kissed the first girl I fancied.

That's when I felt a hand separate me from the girl and drag me outside.

“You are drunk, let's go home before you do anything you will regret.” Said Leah with an angry tone. “ Let go of me, I am lonely. I need this, please let go.” I pleaded with the alcohol affecting my judgment.

“ You are a fool if you think I would let you put yourself in danger. You are important to me, you should know that. Now let's go.” She ordered.

“ I am not going anywhere with you, you are not my girlfriend.” I protested.

That's when she pulled me in for a small kiss. That felt reassuring but not abusive of my drunk state.

“ You are not kissing anyone or going anywhere tonight. Home it is. Now stop complaining and get in please.” She said with a pour on her face. I did as she said, my mind still on the feeling of her lips.

This is going to be a lot to unpack in the morning.

#alessia russo #espwnt #magdalena eriksson #mary earps #mapi leon #niamh charles #woso #ona batlle #woso fanfics #woso imagine #aresenal #leah williamson #woso community #woso x reader #arsenal wfc

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escapism-writer · 1 year

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My Golden Boy - Gavi x reader

A/n: I was re-watching the Spain vs Costa Rica match and thought about how Gavi would react if he had a partner in the stands watching.

Summary: Gavi was aware that you couldn’t go to Qatar with him due to the chaos of interviews, premiers from your newly released show. After he has his first goal in the World Cup, he looks up into the stands, and sees you smiling back down at him.

Warnings: PDA, fluff and the typical spelling & grammatical errors. Cringe ending. Might be some translation errors as well.

Rushing out of the airport towards your taxi, you kept one eye on the time. ‘I will make it.’ You repeated on and on in your head. Last night, you got news that your Netflix shows premier date was getting changed. You had been in England for a month, a month filled with everyday interviews, autograph signings, meet and greets and so much more. You barely had any sleep during that period, some days were none at all. And now you’ve been rushing all you can to make it to Gavi’s first match for his country.

“Is there any way you could go faster? The match starts in 5 minutes.”

You sat on the edge of the backseat, stretching your seatbelt as far as you can. The driver just complained at your question. You checked how long it would take you to get to the stadium, 60 minutes. All you could do was sit back and wait.

Gavi asked Pedri to do up his shoe laces, he wanted tonight to be perfect. Though it’ll never be perfect without you sat in your reserved seat wearing his new Spanish jersey.

“It’s time to go, you’ll do great don’t worry.”

Pedri patted Gavi on the shoulder before leading him to line up in position. As players started walking onto the pitch, Gavi felt his heart rate quicken. He’s never been so nervous for an important match before, then again, you’ve never not been at an important match before. Despite being blinded by all the lights, Gavi instantly looked up towards where you could be sat. But instead his eyes meet an empty seat. He knew you had your own career and that you couldn’t drop everything for him. What he didn’t know is that you could be sat in that seat in the next 55 minutes. The whistle went starting the match.

Struggling to focus, Gavi tried to keep up with the ball. By half time he still hadn’t given up glancing towards your still empty seat. The match was now 3-0 to Spain. The three goal scorers being Olmo, Asensio and Torres. Although Spain knew they had more than likely won the match, Gavi still wanted to get his first goal.

You checked the time once more before the Taxi came to a halt. There’s 5 minutes left of half time. You convinced yourself you could make it to your seat in that time, placing your phone into your pocket running even faster into the stadium. You felt guilty for missing the first half of the Spanish match, you really wanted to support Gavi in person through it all. Just as you sat onto your seat the whistle blew, causing the players to start following the ball. Within seconds, your eyes caught your sweat-covered boyfriend on the field. You kissed the Spanish jersey a good luck before putting all your attention on Gavi. You assumed that he had yet to notice you supporting and cheering his name from the stands. And you assumed correct.

About 60 minutes into the game, you noticed Gavi look up towards you. Hoping he saw you, you blew a kiss and made a heart with your hands to which Gavi's face lit up too. His thoughts were overtaken by shock and feeling the need to impress you. Even though Gavi was unsure on how to got there, he ignored that thought. The fact that you were here to support him during such an important match was beyond extortionary. The thoughts and staring were disrupted as Pedri called his name passing to him, he felt so much more motivated knowing you were up there wearing his jersey, cheering his name.

As he proceeded to pass the ball, he was struck with fear. What if he looks up to your seat, only to find that you weren't really there? He tried to block out such dreadful thoughts, now jogging by the oppositions goal. He had a clear shot, he just needed to be passed to. Which luckily he was. Tapping the ball into the corner of the match, he shocked himself. As he ran to celebrate he glanced up to your seat, seeing you not only smiling but cheering his name as loud as you could. He stopped in his tracks and held up a heart shape in your direction. Ignoring the few people who turned to look at you, you smiled more if that was even possible, oh how much you missed him over the past month.

At the end of the match, the two of you met up. You pulled the golden boy into a hug and whispered into his ear.

"I've missed you so much, Amor."

"I've missed you much more."

Gavi fell back from the hug, creating a small space between the two of you.

"How did you get here? Don't you have the premier today?"

You laughed at his confusion, as you explained that it had gotten delayed. After his confusion faded, the boy gasped. Despite knowing the answer, he still asked.

"Did you see my goal?"

Before you could reply, Pedri spoke up behind you.

"I knew you'd show up eventually."

You smiled at your friend until turning to your boyfriend.

"I'd never miss such an important match for My Golden Boy"

#pablo gavi #gavi fluff #gavi x reader #gavi imagine #gavi x you #barcelona x readers #x reader #footballer x reader #footballer x yn #footballer imagine #fc barcelona #barça #fc barca #barcelona #pedri imagine

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thatsdemko · 1 year

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punishment - t. bordeleau

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requested: n

pairings: Thomas bordeleau x fem!athlete!reader

warnings: nsfw + mentions of Ohio state + swearing + shower sex + mentions of oral + mentions of nudity + not intended for minors

a/n: I can never write something soft or fluff about this man he just turns me on. this is my first time writing shower sex so beware!

《 the following content is not intended for minors. 》

he’s never seen you like this during a match. every game he’s ever been to of yours, you always kept your composure and played a good game. you were the good guy on the field, but not today.

he watched you run down the field practically chasing down the girl who nearly slashed your wrist in half with her lacrosse stick. there was words exchanges after the girls first warning, but Thomas couldn’t make out what was being said. he could tell whatever it was pushed the right buttons.

anxiously sitting on the edge of the bleachers, he was biting his nails just hoping you wouldn’t do anything to result in a suspension. he just wanted your team to beat ohio state and you wouldn’t have to play them any other time this season. but he knew how it went against rivaled schools, the tension and stakes were always high.

he watched your lacrosse stick tap hers, legally, the ball fell out of the pocket and you were right there to scoop it up. attempting to head down the field, you felt a foot catch yours and down you fell. the whistle immediately was blown and you looked up to see her hovering over you with a smirk.

“that’s what you get, bitch.” she spat at you before walking away and the refs ejected her immediately. the trainer came running over to your aide to test your ankle. you looked over into the stands to see Thomas just staring at you. you couldn’t make out a single emotion on his face.

“you going to be okay?” you were asked by one of your teammates before you decided to stand up and test out your ankle. deciding you were fine the trainer left and you continued playing. Thomas just shook his head before noticing the clock at five minutes left and Michigan was leading by one goal. anything could happen in lacrosse.

his eyes stayed on the clock unable to watch you. he couldn’t bare to see you limping across the field, but he could hear the Ohio state girl throwing a tantrum on the sideline. he just was praying that with each second that ticked you didn’t crack under pressure and start a brawl that you couldn’t handle.

three minutes remained and Thomas was trying to occupy himself with his phone, but he kept looking up to see you cradling the ball deciding to take the shot or make the pass. deciding to go for it, he watched you fake out the defense causing the perfect split and your shot to go right between them and past the goalies shoulder.

he could relax watching you drop your stick to celebrate. there was only two minutes left, but he knew you had the game under your belt. he wasn’t concerned. and by the final whistle michigan successfully beat Ohio state and you could go home peacefully.

after the game was finished, you met Thomas at the fence with your things, “I thought we talked about that I’m supposed to be the bad guy on the ice and you’re supposed to just be the pretty goal scorer?” he raised an eyebrow taking your things from you before planting a kiss on your lips.

“well sometimes girls can be rude and you have to put them in their place.” you handed him your lacrosse bag and he gladly took it following him to his car to go to his place.

“your ankle okay? could hardly watch you run those last five minutes.” he noticed the little limp in your step and you were couple paces behind him, but it wasn’t anything too serious. you had to finish the game was what ran through your mind. even if it was broken, you were going to play the cards.

you rolled your eyes, “my ankle is fine, don’t worry about me.” you got into the passenger seat, immediately, sighing in relief that you could take pressure off your ankle. so yes, it did hurt but you weren’t going to tell him.

“well I worry about you because I’ve never seen you that mad before unless it’s with me.” he gestured to the swollen part of your ankle, and you looked down to see the size difference of them both. you couldn’t say anything, but just watch him put the car and drive and you were off to his place.

it was silent for awhile in the car. just the music that was softly playing in the background and the hum of the car. neither one of you spoke until you pulled up to the house, and Thomas put the car in park. “So what did she say to you that pissed you off?”

getting out of the car, he grabbed your things and then made his way to help you, safely, get out without causing any sharp pain to your ankle. “just some fucking dumb shit you know how it is.”

he laughed at your choice of language. you hardly ever swore unless it was during sex. “since when did you start using such harsh language? you kiss me with that mouth?”

you smirked up at him, “you want me to kiss you with this mouth?” you watched him lick his lips shaking his head. he couldn’t stand you right now. it was all too funny to him. the words coming out of your mouth sounded like a joke.

“I want to wash your mouth with soap.”

rolling your eyes, you turned to make your way up to his bathroom to take a shower and hopefully blow of the steam of the game. it was brutal from the start and you were ready to leave it behind.

Thomas wasn’t too far behind you, he made sure you didn’t stumble up the stairs or do anything more to your ankle. but he also had every plan to join you in that shower. he couldn’t stand the pouty mouth and just wanted to wash all that away.

“joining me?” you asked before closing the door. he slipped inside the bathroom locking it behind you both before going to run the water.

finally being warm enough he let the water fall closing the curtain before removing his shirt. you did the same. removing all of your sweaty clothes that stuck to your body, you finally felt free from the game. you stepped inside the shower letting the warm water touch your body allowing all of your muscles and joints to relax.

you felt a pair of strong arms wrap around your naked body. it felt comforting to feel his skin against yours. “I love you, mon anour, but you’ve been a real bad girl today.”

smiling to yourself, you closed your eyes, “what are you going to do, thom? what’s my punishment?”

his hands traveled up your body until they got to your breasts. squeezing them gently you turned around opening your eyes to face him, “I think it’s safe to assume you know your punishment.” his lips connected with yours. his wet body was slippery against yours, it made it impossible to feel connected to him.

he pushed your body against the wall, your head hit the tile as his lips trailed down your body. he pushed your thighs open so you were practically doing a wall sit, and his tongue found his way into your folds. it didn’t take long for him to find your clit hearing a shaky gasp come for you tugging on his wet hair.

his tongue danced around in circles, every inch of you was covered in chills despite the warmth of the water around you. your legs shaking unsure how much longer you could handle the position and his tongue.

“thom, please.” you begged looking down at him, he pulled himself away finally and you tried to stand up right, but you were unable to, leaving you in a bent position, and it gave him all the right ideas.

his hands grabbed your hips, you felt him inserting himself into you. you couldn’t find a single thing to hold onto as he started going slow but quickly picked up the pace. your hands searched for anything, but the shampoo and conditioner bottles fell and the soap bar was useless. you had to deal with your body being thrown around. this was certainly your punishment.

Thomas let go of your body when he noticed you were starting to fall to the ground of the shower. he bent down caressing your cheek to turn your face to look at his cock, “this is what you get for those words.” next thing you knew your mouth was met with his cum leaving a satisfied look on his face.

finally finished he moved your body out from under the water and began to clean you up with soap bar that was on the ground.

he pressed a soft kiss to your forehead, “feeling okay?” he asked but you could barely move a muscle. that’s how he knew his job was done.

“just shut up and clean me up.”

#thomas bordeleau x reader #thomas bordeleau fic #Thomas bordeleau #thomas bordeleau imagine #thomas bordeleau smut #thomas bordeleau blurb #hockey imagines #hockey #nhl blurb #nhl smut #nhl imagine #nhl hockey #hockey blurbs #hockey smut #umich hockey imagine

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copperbadge · 11 months

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Three Jokes From Rome

The AS Roma football fandom is a little wild, and there are some real weird corners of it, but one of my favorite things is the sense of humor they have on social media. In the lead up to today’s Europa Cup there are three jokes that never fail to make me laugh:

1. The Fragility of Paulo Dybala: Dybala is one of Roma’s top scorers even despite being out for much of the season with injuries; he’s known to be “injury prone” which is why it was a little bit of a risk to sign him. That said, he’s spectacular in play and Rome loves him, so every time a photograph of him is posted, the commentary fills with people acting overly concerned for his well-being. “Dybala, don’t walk on that grass, you’ll slip! Think of your ankles!” “Please carry Paulo to the airplane, don’t make him walk, what if he trips?” “SOMEONE PUT THE BOY IN A GLASS CASE UNTIL THE GAME PLEASE.” “There’s too much ice in your glass, Paulo, don’t drink it so quickly!”

2. The Sturdiness of Nemanja Matic: Conversely, Nemanja Matic is a much less flashy player and has scored fewer goals (expected, given he’s a midfielder) but is incredibly hard-working and always seems to be where he’s needed. He has become the local equivalent of a Chuck Norris meme. After a game where he did a lot of running, the next morning people were posting stuff like “Matic hasn’t stopped running, he ran through my yard this morning” and “Matic has run to the sea and that’s the last we saw of him”. The best of these was on a recent post that showed the team on the plane to Budapest for the Europa Cup. Someone posted “How are they sending internet posts on a plane in flight?” and someone else replied, “Matic is such a powerful wifi conductor they’re just using him.”

3. The Vitality of Europa Cup: The cup is a big deal for Rome for reasons we don’t really need to get into on this, a nerdy tumblr, but the importance of the match has caused discussion of everything from a girl’s father missing her graduation to attend it (Marta, the graduating daughter, is a bit of a meme at this point) to a joke that I’ve seen a million times even in America and still laugh at:

“I have tickets to the cup match, but it’s the same day as my wedding. So if anyone wishes to attend in my place....the wedding is at the Church of the Sacred Heart at 11am.”

#football #as roma

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boobo13cambridge · 1 year

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🌹 Masterlist 🌹

Kylian Mbappé 🇫🇷

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Cliché? Most definitely. | Kylian Mbappé

Genre: Strangers to Lovers AU | Romance | Angst | Fluff | Smut

Summary: Once upon a time, there lived a girl who couldn't figure out her life and a boy who had the world at his feet. Neither had time for love, and both were absolutely miserable with their current predicaments. As the saying goes, expect the unexpected. Cliché? Most definitely. Does Lady Faith care? Not one bit. These types of stories have always been her cup of tea. At this point, all there is left to do is send a quick prayer that these two don’t get dragged to hell and back to satisfy an ancient deity’s hunger for drama. Alas, the odds don’t look promising. It’s been a while since Lady Faith personally took an interest in two young mortals' lives. The last time she was so meddlesome was with a certain singer and an athlete. What a disaster that was. Now, Faith looked at her two protagonists, and with a quick smirk, let history write itself.

Chapitre Un. Rien autour n'a de sens

The Summer We Were Young | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: Once upon a time, there lived a young woman named Naaz who couldn’t wait to get the hell out of her parent’s house and jet set to the French Riviera to live out her hot girl summer dreams. Tired, burnout, and angry against the world, she decides to be selfish for once and books a ticket to the beautiful city of Nice.

Unfortunately for her, things never seem to work in her favour. Along the way, she meets the most infuriating man in the world who seems to make it his life goal to make her blood boil and her generationally acquired anger issues to resurface landing her in the most precarious situations. On his behalf, Kylian was just trying to have a good time and forget about the disastrous season he just had. Dealing with loss after loss, the world-famous footballer just wanted to catch a break as he faced great uncertainty regarding his future. Get ready to follow Naaz and Kylian as they prepare to face a summer that will change their lives forever.

Chapter One. Ridin' in the drop-top with the top down

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Ay, Ay, Captain | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: Y/N watches as Kylian play and lead his team to victory at Stade Bollaert-Delelis, feeling proud and overwhelmed. Five goals in one game? Surely, he served something special for such a feat, non?

Honeymoon | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: After an eventful journey, you and Kylian finally get to relax on your afternoon.

Meilleur buteur | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: Kylian becomes Paris Saint-Germain's all-time top scorer. You couldn't be any prouder of your other half.

Somebody to Lean On | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: After being eliminated from the Champions League, you join Kylian while he channels his frustrations into working out hours after the training session is over.

Magic Kingdom | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: After spending the day at Disneyland Paris with his niece and nephew, Kylian wants to start a family with you

Hold On, We’re Going Home | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: After attending a charity event with Kylian, who looked dashing in his black suit, you feel particularly needy. Once you arrive home, you realize he hungered for you just as much.

Unexpectedly Expecting | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: After feeling unusually exhausted and nauseous during your weekly gym dates, you find out some really happy news

O Re Piya | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: It’s the day of your brother’s wedding, and you're running late. The main culprit: your handsy husband who can’t seem to control himself seeing you in a lehenga.

A Mother's Remedy | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: You fall asleep on Kylian after spending the whole day taking care of the triplets who had the flu.

I’ll take care of you | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: Kylian is feeling stressed as the news that he will not be extending with PSG comes out. He seeks comfort in you.

Send That Picture Promise I'm A Keep It | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: What’s it like texting when your husband is a really busy athlete?

Drifting Apart | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: Y/N and Kylian’s relationship is crumbling as they navigate the most difficult moments of their lives. Will they stay or fall apart due to the pressure?

↳ Part I

Sheila Ki Jawani | Kylian Mbappé

Summary: Y/N is late and Kylian decides to teach her a lesson about tardiness.

Kim Namjoon 🇰🇷

Comfort| Kim Namjoon

Summary: After reading an article about your boyfriend Namjoon's personal information being tracked, you feel quite angry and the only thing you can do is comfort him.

Tom Riddle 🐍

The Heir and His Son | Tom Riddle Sr and Tom Riddle Jr

Summary: Tom Riddle Sr raises his son and it makes all the difference.

↳ Chapter One

↳ Chapter Two

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lesbians535 · 29 days

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✨🍊 APPRECIATION POST FOR DYAISHA FAIR 🍊✨

all american and third leading scorer in the HISTORY of ncaa wbb ‼️

this is someone who has broken records set by wbb legends despite facing a lot of adversity in life. she is severely under-appreciated and deserves way more love and attention from the media than she gets. AND she is also adorable!!!

of course i’m so happy uconn is going to the sweet sixteen but my heart broke seeing her college career end this way🥺

i really loved this moment between her and paige at the end of the game. and i’m glad that paige gave dyaisha her flowers during the press conference 💐💐💐 syracuse really gave uconn a run for their money and had me stressed for a minute there lol (by minute i mean the entire 40 minutes)

overall i am really excited to see her play at the next level!

#dyaisha fair #syracuse #uconn wbb #paige bueckers

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39oa · 10 months

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ficdom winners and losers: playoffs edition

this is very much “nothing to see here” rough and rudimentary ao3 analysis but i wanted to examine whether certain players develop more fandom attention as their teams make deeper runs into the playoffs, and also how/whether deeper runs contribute to a team’s Narratives and rpf potential in general. there are infinitely better ways to examine this but as a super quick overview i looked at top players by character count in the hrpf tag, separated for fics updated during the reg season vs. the playoffs, then calculated the percentage of fics they represented in each period. that is, mtkachuk went from being tagged as a character in 7.56% of 1,667 fics during the reg season to 10.64% of 705 fics in the playoffs, and was the highest “gainer” behind 1386. considering florida’s cinderella run + njd finally cracking the playoffs as a team with an already established hrpf ship, that all tracks numerically.

tknp, 8771, and swaymark suffering the biggest losses also made sense, and finally i ran numbers for eichel, hintz, and barkov because even though they aren’t “top characters” ficwise i wanted to look at leading playoff scorers who had at least like 10 fics to their name. roope saw a decent jump in production, but barkov was the real Narrative Winner as he surpassed his regular season fic total of 11 with 17 fics in only 2 months of postseason hockey—most of which are actual mtkachuk ship fic, so not just background character convenience tagging!

#meant to make this silly little post once the playoffs wrapped up and then got caught up in real life and forgot about it.....#the lesson here is that we have to work harder to surface jrob's cringefail charm #jk. anyway how is everyone doing #hrpf mention /#*m

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sergeifyodorov · 1 year

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if you are in my askbox or notes telling me im wrong or i forgot someone you better bring the PowerPoint presentation (im so serious i want you to bestow your knowledge upon me)

corsi corsi corsi: quantity of shots (for and against) matters much more than quality. pros: this is extremely effective and paralyzing to opponents when done right, especially those with bad or middling goalies. cons: requires full team buy-in and is hard to keep up. also you will have at least ten games a season where you are 75% or more on the deserve to win o meter and lose

puck possession: passing is your most important skill. pros: doesn't require physicality to run. versatile against multiple styles. incredibly homoerotic. cons: relies on team chemistry and looks incredibly stupid and pathetic when it's not working. more vulnerable to physicality than most.

neutral zone trap: make nothing happen ever, least of all goals against. pros: completely drags the life out of higher-octane offensive teams. rarely gets blown up and is fairly consistent. cons: you need a good goalie or this won't work.

run and gun: outscore your problems. do it. pros: very very fun to watch. don't really need a goaltender of quality if you're good enough at this. you will have at least one forward in the top ten scorers. cons: you need multiple star forwards. also you will blow, like, half your leads.

suffocating forecheck: who allows "goals against" when you are simply in the offensive zone the whole time? pros: less prone to randomness than other styles which means this (and the neutral zone trap) are what tends to win in playoffs. consistent, dominant, effective. cons: prone to causing (and receiving) injuries. ow!

#hockey strategy #polls

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my-fall-from-grace · 2 months

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hey njd we DONT need new talent, we need to DEVELOP the talent we have. how can we do that? glad you asked! KEEP YOUR EXPERIENCED PLAYERS AND DONT TRADE THEM FOR DRAFT PICKS.

yeah our issue is our defense but that’s bc they’re YOUNG. give them a chance to develop and don’t trade away our TOP GOAL SCORER for a draft pick next year. we have so so many talented players already, we don’t need to keep building, we need to start developing.

we’re a young team, ofc we’re going to flop when we’re not performing bc half the team is so young they don’t know how to get out of this slump!! that’s why we NEED experienced, mature players to guide the room and actually coach the younger ones. that’s jonas with luke and simon and that WAS toff w dawson and holtz and even jack and nico and everyone else. experienced players are what we need in order to stabilise this team, bc no amount of “fresh talent” is going to help if we don’t know how to teach them, how to prepare them for slumps and how to get them out of that and back to performing as they need to for us to actually make a playoff run.

all season, our biggest issues have been our defense - bc of injuries and since it’s literally made up of BABIES - and our goalies, who we basically don’t have. the only thing that’s kept us going so far is the fact that we have people who CAN score - that’s timo, jesper, nico, jack, and guess what? TYLER TOFFOLI, our leading goal scorer!!

this was the worst move you could have made. i was literally thinking just last night, “we’re so back” and yknow what?? we have NEVER been further away from that at any point this season than we are right now

#if anyone has a good reason for why this trade happened #or like is in favour of it #pls come chat w me bc i am KILLING MYSELF #new jersey devils #njd #tyler toffoli #jack hughes #nico hischier

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Golden Bears Beat WSU In OT

Jaylon Tyson's 30 Points Lift Cal to 81-75 Victory

BERKELEY – Just two days after a heartbreaking loss at the buzzer to the Washington Huskies, California bounced back in a resounding win that re-energized the squad going into this weekend's contest with arch rival Stanford.

Jaylon Tyson tied a career-high with 30 points, Fardaws Aimaq posted his 12th double-double of the season and the California men's basketball team led for the duration of overtime to beat Washington State 81-75 in Haas Pavilion on Saturday.

Less than 48 hours after the Golden Bears suffered a buzzer-beating loss, the Bears had a nauseating sense of deja-vu when the Cougars' Myles Rice buried a 3-pointer as time expired to knot the game at 68 and force overtime. But Jalen Celestine's 3-pointer gave the Bears a 71-68 lead in the extra period and they maintained the lead the rest of the way.

"Man, we needed it. Losing close ones is obviously always tough," Aimaq said. "We've been in this situation before. Just to see that we're growing from previous games and mistakes we made in the past is huge. It's the right steps that we're taking."

Rice's jumper with 2:03 remaining in regulation gave the Cougars a 65-58 lead before Cal went on a 10-0 run, fueled by a 3-pointer and layup from Tyson.

The Bears owned a 36-29 halftime advantage, but fell behind by as many as seven points as they opened the second half on a 2-for-17 shooting stretch.

Aimaq finished with 18 points and 14 boards, while Tyson tallied nine rebounds and five assists to go along with his 30-point performance. Jalen Cone added 15 points with three 3-pointers. Aimaq, Cone and Tyson combined for 63 of Cal's 81 points.

It was the second time in less than 10 days that Tyson – the Pac-12's leading scorer (21.0 points per game – has scored 30 points or more.

#Go Bears #UC Berkeley #This Is Bear Territory #Cal sports

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Elimination Round Group 2

This is the first of two elimination polls that I'll post today. The top three scorers in this group of 10 will get the three spots left in Group 2 of the bracket! This poll only goes one day, so vote quick!

Endorsement/blurbs under the readmore!

Vala Mal Doran, Stargate: Best thief in two galaxies? No in all seriousness people treat her like a joke but that’s how she protects herself. She was taken as a goa’uld host, forced to live with that trauma and rather than lying down she forged a life for herself which included saving the Galaxy a few times. Smart, good at reading people, good at adapting accordingly. She can fight, she can use and modify alien tech. More street smarts than book smarts but when people underestimate her she uses that too.

Erica Ortegas, Star Trek: They are a pilot. They have flown manually through asteroids and nebulas, without sensors. They have skimmed off black holes to slingshot. If they didn’t do evasive manoeuvres right everyone would die. They are driving the ship. That’s pretty critical. Bonus mention for sword skills in that fantasy nebula.

Dr. Julia Ogden, Murdoch Mysteries: She's Toronto's coroner in 1895, and helps solve many many murders. She also becomes a psychologist and a surgeon, and helps the suffragettes. As a woman, at the turn of the 20th century. She also learns to fight in many layers of dress

Naomi Nagata, The Expanse: There is nothing that this woman can't build, fix, or frankenstein. Also, she survived being thrown out of an airlock by knowing (better than the person who threw her out) what to do in the vacuum of space. She fights with all that she has, and leaves no one behind, and has the biggest heart and heaviest conscience of them all.

Garnet, Steven Universe: Garnet can see into the future! She leads the whole team! She can punch anything into submission AND throw in one-liners when you least expect them!

Death of the Endless, The Sandman: Death of the Endless is the anthropomorphic personification of the concept of death, and she is literally the best at her job, i.e. carrying, ferrying or otherwise welcoming souls of the dead to their chosen afterlife, colloquially known in Sandmanverse as the Sunless Lands. Her duty is everything to her and about her, though Death also adores her siblings equally, even if she's very busy all the time; as she put it most poetically, "When the first living thing existed, I was there waiting. When the last living thing dies, my job will be finished. I'll put the chairs on the tables, turn out the lights and lock the universe behind me when I leave." And her vibes are SO. FRICKIN. FUN.

Zari Tarazi, DC: Zari doesn’t need a superpower or combat training for success because she has social skills that rival next to none. She knows her femininity can cause people to underestimate her so she uses it to influence her way in to places most other heroes would need force to access. Her deep understanding of people has helped save the world more than once while running a successful business besides.

Allison Blake, A Town Called EUReKA: Allison was a Department of Defense agent working as a government liaison between Eureka and the Pentagon. She was once a medical doctor and has 2 PhDs. At one point she oversees the main laboratories of Eureka, at another she's Director of Operations for Global Dynamics.

Bad Wolf, Doctor Who: Controls all of time and space, makes Jack immortal, disintegrates the Dalek fleet, is the intelligence of The Moment and is always protecting the Doctor.

#bracket prep #elimination round #1 day poll #poll #group 2 #fuck yeah competent women #fyeahcompetentwomen

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SEATTLE KRAKEN PLAYER PRIMER

I promised the beautiful @madroxed a Seattle Kraken current player primer so she can get into a West Coast (best coast) NHL team and then I went mad so it ended up too long for ask box without a read more. So here it is for your enjoyment, babe. 🦑

IMPORTANT THINGS TO KNOW:

1. When Kraken started playing their first season in 2021, there was a lot of discussion about the expansion plan, how many years they would take to become as successful as other expansion teams (cough VGK). That plan… has not fully panned out. So even though they made it to the playoffs last year, they're not super successful this season and likely won't squeeze their way into a wild card spot. This is okay because the Kraken are full of love.

2. This is important enough to say twice: THE KRAKEN PLAYERS ARE FULL OF LOVE. They don't need to be good if they're having fun and being friends! And they are!

3. Kraken has no captain right now, just four As. Democracy, baby! Every game there is tons of talk on reddit about how it's a good thing because it's made the guys closer, or how it's a bad thing because they don't have a leader and they keep losing. IDK, it's just our thing. There will be a C eventually.

4. There's a joke on tiktok that Kraken is a team of beautiful shy horses, treated badly on their last teams and now learning to love again. Keep this in mind when you see them interacting with Coach Hakstol. They all deserve to have their hooves (skates) farrier-ed gently, ribbons braided into their manes and to be tenderly fed sugar cubes. Anyways.

5. Haha, Seattle runs on love and tentacles.

THE OLDIES:

- Jordan Eberle (Jordy, Ebby, Ebs, Ebber) - Ebs was MY MAN for the longest time because I was soooo fond of him and the mid aughts pre-McDavid Oiler rookie crew. Now he's 33 years old, everyone calls him dad, and just had his 1000th game ceremony. It makes me verklempt.

He just signed a 2-yr contract this month, which people agree is mostly because of his role on the team and less because of his points (which are just okay).

He is also a noted Nickleback fan :(

Also, Jordan Eberle... naked... singing.

- Jared McCann (Canner, also Jordan's on-ice wife) - Kraken's lead scorer right now. Has the saddest backstory ever (he's had troubles with his teams since draft) but the Kraken team loves him. I love him too. Jordan was in his wedding party! Fun fact: Canner is the one who KISSED Ebs' head after an OT win this year, the organization framed & posted the picture, and it's the most romantic thing that has ever happened on Kraken ice. Recognized PC gamer boy. He also wears really really ugly hats with his game day suits.

- Philipp Grubauer (Grubi, The German Gentleman) - Gruuuuu. The more experienced goalie on the team. Noted horse girl (loves horses, there's a video all about his volunteer efforts with them). Gets a lot of undeserved shit from dude fans for being a conservative goalie, the man is NOT gonna move. He straight up close lined a player yesterday because they got too close to his crease lol.

- Vince Dunn - You already know this guy. Feral, but also submissive and breedable. I sent you the "screaming with a bloody face" vid but here's one where he drop gloves for a Matty hit and another from Juniors where he fights OFF ICE. His nickname is Dunner but because he's a pretty princess, he also goes by "Vincess" in hrpf. He's very popular this season both for his looks and his performance this season. Unfortunately injured right now due to a bad hit. Noted "gamer (fornite) boy" lol.

- Adam Larsson - You also know this guy. Big Cat. Quiet but a leader to the D rookies. Surprisingly funny - he's a silent prankster and the custom t-shirts this season with his face on it were a hit. Outside the hrpf space, he's engaged to a beautiful blonde Swede and about to be a dad this month.

- Jaden Schwartz (Schwartzy) - Peak millennial. Is it wrong that I think Schwartzy is the hottest Kraken after Vince? Because I don't care. He gives hot dad, with two dogs with girl names.

He changed his hockey number to match his sister's who died of cancer :'( Has been injured a lot this season and we miss him :'(

- Yanni Gourde (Gourdo) - FERAL!! FRENCH (CANADIAN)!!!! A tiktok star, sassy, charming, and also part of the team leadership.

Married and dad to little girls, who he has allowed Matty to babysit, if you can believe it. There was a super cute vid of them at the pumpkin patch this year. I'm a proud member of the GOURDO IS HOT club but even people with bad eyes and no love for goofy faces love Yanni.

- Andre Burakovsky (Burky) - You might remember him from his Cap or Av days. He's a beautiful little bird who is so good at scoring but so broken. The man has two Stanley Cups but he's played like 2 games for Kraken where he was both healthy & productive lol. People ship him with Gru sometimes in hrpf because they have cute nicknames for each other and also vacation together. He also just had a baby like two months ago so my sisters and I call him a teen mom even though he's like 29, lmaoo.

- Pierre-Edouard Bellemare (Belly) - His shirt is always off in every video I have ever seen him in. Handsome. Beard. French, like literally from France, but we won't hold it against him. He's an older guy who was brought in to help the team with offense (which we badly need).

- Oliver Bjorkstrand (Bjorky) - I always describe Bjorky as like a less handsome Dylan O'Brien if he played hockey. A chill, smiley dude who cares a lot. He played in Portland for the Winterhawks back in Juniors and I saw him a lot there! He's playing super well this year, he even was at the ASG!

THE YOUNG ONES:

- Matty Beniers (Matty, Benny) - OUR BEAUTIFUL FIRST DRAFT EVER. A baby boy. Ebs and Canner are his mom and dad. If you're on tiktok, he made that viral "Yes, Yes, Nope, Nope" sound while mic'd up.

He's growing up :') but also is having kind of a bad season :'( Part of the planned growth of the Kraken team though!

- Will Borgen (Borgy) - One of the baby D. He kinda looks like Canner but more frog. Matty and Borgy are roommates & pretty much BEST FRIENDS during the season. There's a lot of good locker room videos of them giving each other shit. He has also bullied Karts lol. Self describes himself as a little deer.

- Joey Daccord (Joey, Dacs) - Baby goalie. Gives the F1 recaps on tiktok. One of the biggest joys of my year so far was chanting "Joey" in the crowd after his shutout in the Winter Classic. Sometimes he strays too far from the net and makes boo boos. We love & cherish him.

- Kailer Yamamoto (Yamo, Yams, Yammer) - Little man. So little. Great at shootouts & stealing teammate's jerseys. He's the only Washingtonian on the team. Was a Oilers rookie and I've heard he featured in the whole Draisital hrpf narrative thing (idk I'm not an Oilers fan rn lol). Has a terrible goatee right now.

There's a funny af tweet about a reporter seeing a huge cheering section for him at a game and assumed it was friends & family but went over and it was just random people rooting for Yamo purely because he's short.

- Ryker Evans - The newest baby D. Has the deadest eyes you will ever see but he also spent an entire Firebirds youtube interview series just hanging out in a child's pool. He's played great since being called up from the Firebirds and we love him. So new he doesn't have a Breaking the Ice sheet yet :( Also his middle name is GARTH!

- Tye Kartye (Karts) - It's important that you know his last name is pronounced like "Cart-che" but even the announcers say "Car-ti-eh" like the jewelry brand. A quiet-ish sweetheart but also kind of spicy while playing. Rooms with Ryker. They're flirty and have been since the Firebirds. Scored his first NHL goal in his first NHL game, during the Kraken's first ever playoffs!

- Cale (& Haydn) Fleury - REAL LIFE BROTHERS. Not actually related to Flower. Haydn is on the Lightning now and we miss him. Cale mostly plays for the Firebirds but he's developing well and has gotten called up several times this season.

- Ryan Winterton (Wints) - A goofy little baby. He's still playing mostly with the Firebirds but he had his NHL debut this season.

- Shane Wright - I don't actually know his nickname. (EDIT: I have been informed it is Shaner or Wrighter!) Big boy. Our SECOND DRAFT EVER. Playing with the minor leagues right now. We'll see him playing a line on Kraken next season or so, probably (?). If Coach Dave is willing.

THE OTHERS (THAT I OFTEN FORGET ABOUT):

- Brandon Tanev - Turbo. He's fast. Has beautiful long hair. Keeps getting hit by pucks because he's in the way. Fun fact: he helped start the 'Kraken are horses' thing because there was a video on Tiktok where an equipment manager was adjusting his skates and they used a hoof care video sound and it went viral. We might lose him when he's a free agent and that's fine.

- Jamie Oleksiak - Big Rig, Riggy. In my shit list right now because he's playing bad and I hate his stupid credit card commercial that they always play during games. Member of the 'my sister is prettier and a better athlete than me' club. People speculate there's a chance we might lose him over the summer when his no-trade clause opens up as well. He's often Borgy's d-partner, and he and Borgy are very very sweet though.

- Tomas Tatar - Tuna, he's fun and nice. I like his accent. Sometimes I forget he exists.

- Eeli Tolvanen - Tolvy. I also sometimes forget about him. Sorry. He's a buddy to everyone on the team though.

- Justin Shultz - Shultzy, he's fine. Gets injured a lot. Not the best player. I think we're gonna lose him eventually too.

- Brian Dumoulin - Dumo, he's also fine. He's won a couple Stanley Cups. Cute baby face for an older player but he gives a kinda empty brain, 'there's not a thought behind those eyes' feeling lol.

HOPE THIS HELPS. I ALSO HOPE THEY DON'T CRUSH THIS PRIMER OVER THE OFF SEASON WITH TRADES LOL but who knows. Whatever happens, happens. Just remember this team runs on love (and tentacles).

#hockey

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nikkeisimmer · 5 months

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54 Years of Pain (Part 1)

Yeah, there's good parts of this long trek with the Vancouver Canucks

...however...

Most of that trek has been filled with viewings of inconsistency and lack of motivation from the players that have come through here. Certainly there were bright spots - the Canucks had three of them, the 1982 Run (when I was 11 turning 12), 1994 Run (23 turning 24); and the 2011 Run (40 turning 41). Of course the fact that both the 1994 and 2011 runs were punctuated by riots was not a highlight, in fact, it was an absolute embarrassment not only to the City of Vancouver but to its fanbase.

Now as a 53 year old male (turning 54 in another year) this is definitely not a player-simp blog (Oh, god, here I am using millennial speak) - but hey most of the people writing on Tumblr are millennials. There's very few of us Gen X'rs or Boomers writing on social media - they either mostly stick to Facebook - which has become unpopular as a result. I'm one of probably very few Gen X'rs who actually take the time to have a Tumblr blog.

So what I'm going to do here is give you a synopsis of my experience with the Vancouver Canucks as a long-time fan and let you appreciate some of my memories of being a long-standing fan of this franchise. Yes, I'm freakin' old.

The Big Irishman - good ol' Pat Quinn #3 playing versus the LA Kings.

So my journey with the Canucks (equal in age) has been from the time of my birth, where I was living in what would in 1978 become the heart of the enemy (when the Edmonton Oilers came to town). Back when I was born and for the first seven years, Edmonton did not have an NHL hockey team. So my search took me to the West Coast or Vancouver where the Canucks had been granted an NHL franchise. Of course for the first two years of my life, I was blissfully unaware of NHL hockey, since I was in diapers. But eventually, I would stumble across hockey and sit enthralled in front of a TV that my dad had bought. During the course of the news in which snippets of the war in Viet Nam (the dying years of the war leading up to the withdrawal of US forces from Saigon).

Orland Kurtenbach was our first captain of the Vancouver Canucks.

and here he was with our former Captain Bo Horvat which we traded to the New York Islanders. He's standing to the right and I'm glad after 54 years, he's still with us.

In '76, I moved from what would two years later be Oiler...hell... to Maple Ridge in British Columbia, smack dab in the heart of Canucks territory. And well...I was school-age (6 years old and in grade one). My former classmates at St. Timothy Elementary School are probably die-hard Edmonton Oilers fans. Sorry, classmates... I hate the Oilers. Canucks fan through and through.

Good ol' Harold Snepts was one of the members of the Vancouver Canucks when I moved to Canuck fandom territory in 76. and yeah, he didn't have that famous brush mustache of his that he would later sport in years since.

Harold was clean-shaven. And one of our toughest defenseman. He could sure throw that body around. We miss guys like that and hope that we got someone like that in our newest d-man Nikita Zadorov.

Harold as we would later know him. The big mustache.

Harold now, in Canucks in Cars with our now current captain Quinn Hughes. Still got the mustache but it's sprinkled with grey.

Our goalie was Cesare Maniago.

Our top goal scorer was a guy named Rick Blight.

And man did I love those away uniforms (the old stick in rink). And yes. nowadays, the dark colored jerseys are the home jerseys, but back in those days, they were the away jerseys. I'm glad they made the switch.

One of the other guys who hit the 20+ goal mark was Don Lever who became captain in 1977 taking over from Chris Oddleifsson who only held the position for an year in '76-77 and Andre Boudrias who held it during 75-76.

Kevin McCarthy would take over from him in 79-80.

But Don would be captain during the change over from the stick-in-rink to the Hallowe'en V's. God, they were goddawful.

But they still hold a special place in my heart, just for the jersey's sheer ugliness.

The were absolutely goddawful.

Tony Tanti, one of our Vancouver favourites would wear this jersey in 1980.

He would be one of those long-time Canucks from 1980 all the way to 1989 when he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

The Canucks first bright spot in this long, painful growth process was the Cinderella year of 1982. Back then the play-off format was a best of five, not the familiar best of 7 that we now have.

Vancouver swept Calgary in 3 games, then went onto play the LA Kings which they beat 4 games to 1. In the Campbell Conference finals they would meet the Chicago Blackhawks which were headlined by Denis Savard, Daryl Sutter, and Tony Esposito - so Chicago was a powerhouse back then. Yet, the Canucks seemingly on a roll steamrolled the Blackhawks 4-1. The wheels came off the wagon when they came up against the New York Islanders and Mike Bossy. The Canucks were swept in four and the New York Islanders one their second of 4 straight Stanley Cups. It was a heart-breaking loss for the Canucks as well as this fan who had hoped that the Canucks would at least give the New York Islanders some push-back.

It would be a long 12 years before the Canucks got a look at the Stanley Cup again.

The 1982 Stanley Cup Finals would be the swan-song for Canucks Captain Kevin McCarthy which would be watched from the pressbox as McCarthy broke his ankle late in the season and would relinquish his captaincy to Stan Smyl who would captain the team to the Cup finals.

McCarthy would later be dealt to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Stan Smyl would be the first to have his jersey retired as he became one of the longest running captains of the Vancouver Canucks.

Steamer as he was affectionately known would go on to wear most of the jersey changes that happened during the 80s the way up to his retirement.

The next captain of the Canucks, Trevor Linden who was drafted in 1988 at number 2 and became the captain in 1990 (the youngest Canucks Captain to ever receive the captaincy) also wore the jersey with the V on the shoulders.

He also wore the orange spaghetti plate (downwards skate)

When he became captain the jerseys changed to yellow, red and white or yellow, red and black.

In 1989 they would draft in the sixth round a young Russian phenom named Pavel Bure. But their first round draft pick Jason Herter ended up only playing 1 game in the NHL after he was traded to the New York Islanders and became a career IHL'r

Evidently the draft pick was a complete bust. But at least he had a career in the minors and later a career coaching at Western Michigan.

The yellow/red/black/white were the jerseys that they wore during the 1994 Stanley Cup run. Again they would fall short after beating Calgary who had beaten them the year before being forced into a 7 game series which they won 4 games to 3, going into the Conference semifinals exhausted where they would meet up with the Dallas Stars which they would beat 4-1. In this there was a nasty altercation between Pavel Bure and Shane Churla where the former viciously elbowed Churla after Churla dogged him all throughout the series tying him up and ragdolling him. Finally Bure got sick and tired of it and cold-cocked him knocking Churla unconscious.

Vancouver was on a roll and they went on to steamroll Toronto 4-1 as well. Greg Adams would score the winning goal in Game 5 and the stage was set for the Stanley Cup finals where they would meet the Messier-led Rangers.

(to be continued in Part 2)

#Vancouver Canucks #Canucks #Canucks fan #54 years of waiting #non-sims #Nuckleheads

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Calor (Ona Batlle x Reader)

Combined 2 prompts for this one; R’s first Spain camp, and R passing out at training.

You had never thought you would ever get to play for the Spanish national team. You were born in Spain, but your parents, who were in Spain for aid work, had moved you to the USA when you were 3 months old. This meant you had dual nationalities. You had been in the USA youth system, but it was too much for your parents to keep up so you eventually fell off the national teams radar.

When you had finished university after playing all 4 years, and being an all-American every year you deiced you wanted to play in Europe. You ended up signing with Manchester United during their first run in the top league. You lead the league as top goal scorer and they wanted you back for the next season and thats when you met the love of your live.

Ona signed with the team and you were immediately smitten. It didn’t take long before the Spaniard became your favourite person. She was just as smitten as you were. She loved that you wanted to learn all about your birth country and took every opportunity to teach you about it. You were slowly learning Spanish from her.

The first international break she tried to convince you to come back to Spain with her, but you had promised your parents you would come back to the USA to visit them. You hated spending almost 3 weeks apart but you knew you wanted her to shine. You both called and FaceTimed alot during the separation, but you got to see Spain from her screen, and meet her teammates. You were just happy to watch your girl thrive.

It was an off year for international competitions, so when the next international break rolled around you were very surprised when you got a call from the Spanish coach.

“Is this Y/N Y/L/N?” he asked when you picked up.

You were cuddled on the couch with Ona, but the question made you immediately sit up “Yes, who is this?”

He responded immediately “Hola Y/N, its Jorge Vilda, Spains national team coach” you immediately gestured to Ona to be quiet and you put the phone on speaker.

“what can I do for you sir?” you ask him.

“I would like to invite you to come to the national team camp in 2 weeks. From what I understand, you were born in Spain and can still play with us if you choose. I think you would be the perfect fit with our current squad” as he says this Ona has jumped up and been cheering silently for you.

“Wow, it would be an honour sir, thank you!” you tell him immediately with a smile.

“Perfect, a staff member will be in touch to organise flights and stuff, we will see you soon Y/N” he says and hangs up.

You sit there in a state of shock when Ona jumps on you and pushes you back onto the couch as she crushes you in a hug “Im so excited for you hermosa”

She immediately pulls you into a deep kiss and you cant help but get swept up in her excitement, you immediately pull her closer and deepen the kiss. You pull back and say “should we move this celebration to the bedroom?”

She pulls you off the couch and guides you to her room, she spends the rest of the night showing you how excited she is for you.

You are on the plane sitting beside Ona freaking out. You cant believe you are even in the same world as some of the Spain players. You saw the camp list and you know that Alexia Putellas, Jenni Hermoso, and Mapi Leon were all going to there. You knew you would never be able to compete with them.

Ona reaches over and grabs your hand and says “hermosa, you need to breath”

You don’t realise you have been having a panic attack, until she’s in your line of sight and trying to get your breathing back under control.

“Baby, follow my breathing, in and out. Breath in and hold it for 3 …2 …1, and blow it out 3 .. 2… 1.” She repeats this until you finally have settled down. You look around and notice no one else on the flight noticed your panic.

“Baby, what’s going on?” she asks you as she grips both your hands.

You shake your head and can feel the tears at the corners of your eyes “How am I supposed to compete with these players? They’re so good, and they’re going to think i’m terrible”

She laughs, and you glare at her. “Hermosa, you realise you are the leading goal scorer in a league with players who are just as good as them. You are ones of those players that other players looks up to. I guarantee that they don’t see you as below them. Honestly, not one of them has ever treated me badly and I know they’re better than me too.”

She leans forward and presses her lips to your forehead, and pulls your head down on to her shoulder. You press a kiss to her neck and whisper “Thank you baby, Im not sure I could do this without you”

She presses another kiss to the top of your head and whispers “You can do anything you set your mind to hermosa. I am just glad to be here to experience this with you”

You pull back look her in the eyes and say “I love you Ona” and press your lips gently to hers. She has to pull back because she’s smiling too much.

“Yeah?” she asks you. You immediately nod and she responds back “Te amo mi amor” and presses her lips to yours again.

Your nerves were calmed after the plane ride, but stepping into the team hotel you can feel your anxiety spike again. You're dragging your bag and following behind Ona into the cheek in area, while trying to breath in and out deeply. You are quiet and let Ona take the lead to get you both sorted.

She turns to you, and hands you a room key and a welcome packet “We aren’t roomed together, but your right across the hall from me” she says with a smile. “Come on we can drop our stuff off and get changed then come down for dinner”

You still remain quiet as you follow her to the elevators. Once the doors close and your alone she pulls you into her arms. She rubs her hands up and down your sides, since your backpack was in the way, and says “baby, breathe, I promise everything will be okay” and she presses another kiss to your forehead.

You hear the elevator beep and the doors start to open, you both pull back and you follow her down the hall to your rooms. You pause outside her door, and grab her arm and press your lips to hers one more time and whisper “for luck” as you pull back.

She laughs and says "Ill come get you in 10 minutes babe”

You continue to your door and put the key in the lock, you see that someone has kicked their shoes off already so you know someone is here. You walk further in and see Alexia Putellas lounging on the bed near the window. You cant believe you get to share a room with the best player in the world.

She jumps up when she sees you and walks over and says “Hola, Im Alexia” with her hand stuck out.

You respond by grabbing her hand and saying “Hi, Im Y/N, but I already know who you are” with a blush.

She laughs and says “Well I feel like I know you since Ona doesn’t stop talking about you”

You blush a deeper shade of red and say “Im sorry, Im just a little nervous.”

“I promise there’s nothing to worry about, none of us bite. Well maybe Ona does, but thats between you two” she says with a wink.

You laugh and can feel the tension easing slightly. She then goes through the agenda with you for the night and next day, and shows you the bag with your new Spain gear. You still have trouble believing that you are here. When there’s a knock on the door, she goes and opens it to reveal your girlfriend and a few teammates. They barge their way into the room.

“Hola, Im Mapi” you shake her hand, and she gets shoved out of the way for the next person to meet you. “Watch it” Mapi says with a laugh.

“Sorry, but Im the important one here and wanted to meet my new forward partner, Im Jenni” She says quickly with a laugh ignoring her offended teammates.

“My turn Jenni” the next one bumps her out of the way with her hip and says “hola, Im Leila. Im Ona’s roommate for this camp so you’ll be seeing lots of me” she says with a smirk.

You have stood there the whole time with a small smile on your face, but your girlfriend can tell you are starting to get overwhelmed so she says “Oi, lets go down for dinner”

Alexia also notices your tension, so she pushes the other three out of the room with a “Im hungry, we can talk to Y/N over food”

Ona walks up and grabs your hand and asks “are you okay?”

“Im great, its just a lot at once” you say with a shake of your head and a small smile.

She laughs and says “they have that effect on people. Come on lets get this over with, once you meet everyone you’ll be fine”

Dinner goes smoothly, everyone was so nice and relaxed. You weren’t sure why you were worried. They all love to tease your girlfriend but she hasn’t left your side all night. You also notice that Alexia has been very good and is keeping you comfortable, and will often change the subject when she would feel you become uncomfortable. You know you have at least two people on your side.

***

The next day is a hot Spanish day, with high heat and humidity. After living in England for the last few years this was a change for you. Training was gruelling in the heat, you seemed to be the only one struggling though. Of course being the only player, other than Ona, who didn’t play in Spain didn’t help with the acclimatisation.

The team was practicing long balls from the midfield to the strikers to run on to, you are up next to go and start to feel a little light headed but you shake it off as being tired, as training was almost over.

The whistle blows and you see Alexia receive the ball and your off running looking for a long ball from her. The ball comes in and you look up to tracking it when you feel lightheaded and see stars behind your eyes.

Next thing you know you have water splashed on your face and your looking at the sky, your girlfriends worried face, and Alexia’s worried face.

“Oh my god Y/N! There you are, look at me” your girlfriend says to you.

A trainer arrived at this point and helps you sit up, they hand you a water and and electrolyte drink. You can feel the embarrassed flush up the back of your neck and on your cheeks. You cant believe you passed out at your first training session.

Alexia reaches a hand down to help you up and you take it as she pulls you up. You wobble but steady when you feel Ona’s arm wrap around your waist. “Im okay” you tell them.

The trainer shines a light in your eyes and asks you “What happened”

“I was feeling light headed before I started my run, but when I looked up for the ball I just saw stars. Then I woke up looking at the sky and these two” you say.

Ona squeezes your waist at this but stays quiet. The trainer continues the exam and decides you just need some more water and hydration and sit in the shade for a bit.

You go to protest that your fine but Alexia interrupts before you can start “Y/N you’ll listen to the trainer. We want you to be ready for the rest of camps and more to come. I can already tell you’ll fit right in with us, but you need to take care of your self first.”

“okay, Im sorry to interrupt training” you say.

They both laugh, and Ona says “Babe you are not the first player to pass out in the Spanish heat.”

“Yeah, You actually just won me a bit of money in the bet pool” Alexia adds on with a laugh.

You look over confused and she says “We always bet on how long the new players will last before they pass out in the heat, Ona was the only one who said you wouldn’t”

You shake your head but feel like you’ve now been welcomed to the team. As you head over to sit in the shade, you think about how lucky you feel to be here. But also how fate always seems to have a funny way of working out.

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