JAMES POTTER | JOINT SCHEDULE
request. : Hey can you do some more ice hockey player James imagines? I love them sm! â@prongsbandit
sum. : you booked the university's ice rink to practice your routine for an upcoming competition but so did the university's ice hockey team, whose captain screwed up the timings
g. : fluff ; modern au ; ice hockey player james ; figure skater reader ; shy reader ; university au ; jock james potter ; supportive figure skating coach ; supportive hockey team
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In preparation for an upcoming figure skating competition, you were dedicated to getting in as much practice as possible. Thankfully, you were able to book the university ice rink for two months in the lead up to the competition. Your regular practice sessions were every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday for five in the late afternoon until seven. It was a bit excessive but you wanted to win. Many of your friends view you as someone sweet and docile but also hard working and quite the perfectionist. What they donât realise is how competitive you can be behind the scenes. Everytime you cancel plans, you usually excuse yourself with the âIâm busyâ reasoning that your close friends readily accept, believing that you were working through papers and research articles for uni classes when, in actuality, you were spending time in the rink.Â
Today, you had brought with you your portable stereo to go through the routine with the music over and over again, gradually perfecting the appearance of your more grandiose moves as well as the sequence of your steps on the ice. It felt good being at this stage of your development, the entirety of your routine has been choreographed already and had been revised by your coach, who suggested some minor changes but approved it overall â you knew what you were doing, it was just the case of perfecting things now, something you were talented at and even enjoyed.Â
The main focus for todayâs session was the polishing of the big jumps and ambitious spins of your routine. It was a little tiresome and you donât believe youâd be able to cover all of them for this session but you never really expected to in the first place. Your only saving grace was that you had some time to apply light makeup earlier in celebration for the new figure skating set you were gifted by your parents. It was an all black set that paired a sleek skort with a long sleeved turtle neck top that had lacing to decorate the open back and thumb holes in the sleeves as the hem reached half way up your palms. You liked feeling pretty in practices, it always helped to encourage your self-confidence so there was always a little spike in your performance. The praises of your supervising coach was all you needed to confirm this fact.Â
âBrilliant, my girl! Again!â Vera sang her high praises from the stands and helped you control the music whenever you wanted to repeat a particular part of the choreo. For this routine, you had settled for something more elegant and based the choreography around the âWaltz of the Flowersâ by Tchaikovsky. The soundtrack made you miss the time you did ballet until you were fifteen before eventually falling in love with figure skating. A lot of your routines tend to be based around the elegance of ballet in addition to the complicated turns, spins and jumps that encompassed figure skating; your coach, Vera, loved how you were able to combine both sports in such a seamless way.Â
The music kept playing even after you had repeated the skid spiral so you naturally flowed into rehearsing more of your choreo, allowing muscle memory and the music to guide you over the ice as you subconsciously waited for Vera to pause the music and ask you to repeat something that didnât look quite right. Polishing up the routine was filled with more critiques than any stage of creating your final performance so your anticipation for Vera to pause the music, repeat a move and provide additional tips lingered in the back of your mind as you flawlessly spiralled into one of your most difficult spins â a one-handed beillman.Â
âBeautiful Beautiful!â Vera praised, clapping as you gradually spun out of the position before abandoning the routine and grinning widely to yourself, proud and giddy for finally nailing the transition and spin.Â
âVera!â you shout across the ice and over the music, cheering with your fists raised to the air in victory, âI did it!â It was then when you realised that Veraâs clapping was accompanied with an entire audience of applause and your panicked eyes fell upon a grinning hockey player standing beside your coach, behind them was a team of hockey players, some whistling and whooping in between their applause.Â
As you tried to catch your breath and suppress your bashfulness, you gathered that Vera had neglected to reply to the soundtrack to discuss something with the hockey player, and so, it seems that the entire hockey team just saw a glimpse of your routine. Eventually, Vera paused the music and motioned you over, looking to discuss something.Â
âWh-whatâs wrong?â you ask upon reaching the sidelines, fiddling with the hem of your sleeves as you avoided the hockey playerâs eyes. He was dressed in most of his equipment, only missing his headgear, and was sporting the dopiest grin on his face.
âIt appears as though the university hockey team had booked the rink to practise for a match happening early next week, however, there was some miscommunication over the timings and schedules,â you furrow your brows as Vera explains the situation before shyly glancing up at the hockey player beside her, who had unruly dark curls and glimmering hazel eyes behind a pair of cute glasses. It seems your simple acknowledgement of him was enough to prompt his self introduction.Â
âIâm James,â he reaches out his gloved hand for you to shake, quickly taking it back to rip of his glove off before reaching to shake your hand once again, âJames Potter, Captain of the Hockey team,â behind him the rest of the hockey players wave at you, some with friendly grins and others sporting a mischievous smirk as they regard their captainâs behaviour around you, âVera explained that you were practising for a competition and also booked the rink in advance but since you got here early, weâll put the decision to you,â
You raised a brow and tilted your head slightly, prompting him to continue, âmake a decision on what?â
âOn whether to kick us out and continue your practice or finish your practice early and allow us to have the rink for drills exercises and plays,â James finished, grinning at you with no malice and insinuating that he wouldnât hold any ill-will over either outcome.Â
âOh!â your cheeks heat up under his warm voice, amiable manner, pretty eyes and charming dimples and you couldnât help but stare for a moment before eventually shaking your head and giving him your resolve, âIâd be happy to give you the rink, Iâve covered a lot of ground already so I donât mind,â Jamesâs smile reaches his eyes once more and he nods.Â
âYou heard the lady boys, what do we say?â he shouts back to his team, his voice commanding attention and is as firm as his build, encouraging an ensemble of âthank youâs to sound from behind him, âThank you very much,â James finishes and nods to his boys, signalling them to set up the rink and get ready for practice while you also take the time to shake off your nerves and walk off the ice, where James greets you once more.
âI hope you have a good and productive practice,â you wish him and offer a warm smile, your heart finally settled down to a semi-heightened beat. Heâs really quite handsomeâŚyou think to yourself but quickly look away to, again, keep from staring too long.Â
âThank you and thanks again for letting us have the rink,â James takes your hand and lifts your knuckles to his lips â an act of gratitude that has a dangerous heat creeping up your neck to occupy your cheeks once more, âyouâre very beautiful on the ice, by the way. Iâm sure youâll smash it at the competition, your competitors donât stand a chance,â the two of you share pleasantries and more smiles before you finally make your way to the locker rooms to change with a straighter back and a lighter heart.Â
What an encounter.Â
âShe practises every Monday, Wednesday and Thursday from 5 to 7pm,â Vera says out of nowhere as she approaches James, who stares off to where you had disappeared.Â
âIâm sorry?âÂ
A stone cold look crosses over Veraâs face, âavoid those times at all costs,â she warns, her russian accent suddenly thick and intimidating, âmy student doesnât need any distractions,â the statement makes James raise a brow in question, âher competition is on the 14th November, held in the city community rink, and it starts at noon, donât be late,â
Suffice to say, James wasnât late to your competition, in fact, he was early and he brought the entire hockey team with him to support you. You won second place but felt like a gold medalist when the hockey team hollered the loudest for you at the awarding ceremony and lifted you onto their shoulders with the congratulatory flowers James brought you in your arms and your silver medal around your neck. To return the favour, you attended their next hockey game and made sure to shout the loudest whenever their team scored and eventually when their team won the match.
âWhen do you think our captainâs finally gonna grow some balls and ask out his ice skating ballerina?â Sirius whispers to his taller brunette friend.
âLet them take their time,â Remus replies, the two staring as James throws his arm over your shoulders and you wrap your own around the back of his waist, âeveryone already thinks their dating anyway so theyâll get it eventually,â
âWait! So theyâre not actually dating yet?â Peter asks with a surprised face as the other two laugh, âBut I swear I saw them kissing by the locker rooms before the game earlier!â
a/n : i know nothing about ice skating or ice hockey but i tried my best! i'm sorry if this is not very realistic. i also hope that the request was fulfilled to a satisfactory standard despite the long wait, i'm really sorry for that by the way (âłĐâł) nevertheless, i tried my best and i hope this made you happy, darling, thank you for the cute request (ÉË Âł(ËâŁËc)
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Banana Fish AU
OKAY SO I DO NOT SEE ENOUGH PROFESSOR CALLENREESE AUs ON HERE SOOOO HERE YOU GO
youâre welcome
so a little bit of backstory:
itâs been about 14 years after the events of banana fish (everyoneâs alive okay-)
ash came up with some documents stating he was homeschooled and stuff
he went to college, got his B.Ed (bachelor of education) and started teaching elementary school kids and middle-schoolers, and he enjoyed it, but it just didnât feel right.Â
so he tried teaching high-schoolers and he realised he enjoyed that a lot more bc he could really connect to his kids and stuff. but then he realised that he didnât get to teach the subjects he really wanted to teach.
so he went and got his masterâs degree aaaaand
BAM.
MANS IS NOW A COLLEGE PROFESSOR
donât imagine eiji straightening his tie every damn day before ash heads off to work
btw ash and eiji got married when ash was 21 and eiji was 23 (they had such a FUCKING gorgeous wedding omg)
eijiâs a photographer/journalist, he has his own galleries all around the country
they also had two babies (adopted or surrogacy, you choose) who will be showing up later on
shorter and nadia co-own chang dai and they babysit asheijiâs kidsÂ
(omg now donât imagine shorter styling their hair with gel to make it look like they have mohawks)
(definitely donât imagine them always snatching his glasses so he gets a bite-sized pair for each of them and they practically never take them off)
BACK TO THE STORY
ash would be a geopolitics prof who also dabbles in biochemistry (who am i kidding here, mans âdabblesâ in everything under the sun smh)
heâs the youngest professor there and all the âold geezersâ (quoting the man himself here) always look down on him and theyâre always like âyOuRe pRaCtIcAlLy A cHiLd, hOw cOuLd yOu pOsSiBlY bE a pRoFeSsOrâ and all that bs
and ash being ash SCHOOLS them in their own subjects
all the kids love him bc he is a genuinely good teacher, heâs modern and accepting, doesnât stand for bullshit, etc etc
he makes his classes informative and easy, and if anyone has a hard time understanding something, he will personally come over and explain it to you as many times as you need it
ALSO like iâve said in a previous reblog, he even lets them bitch about the shitty professors lmfao
now going back to ash schooling the other professors in their own subjects- after his students give him the tea, this fella will literally walk out of the classroom, walk into some old batâs classroom (who his students were cribbing about), stare at the board, and point out that theyâre doing something wrong and then correct it and leave (and the actual professor is like âprof. callenreese what are you doing in my classroom?â but ash just ignores them lmfao)
and ash gets back to his classroom and just proceeds with the lecture as if nothing happened whilst all his students are like â???wtf???â bc he KNOWS that news of his badassing is going to spread like wildfire. the whole campus will probably know about it before lunch lmao
iâm just now realising that this is LOOOONG and i rambled like an idiot lmaoo
if you want a part 2, lmk
i already have a cute asheiji adventure ft. the babies AND ash going all soft bc of eiji when heâs supposed to be teaching
WAIT WAIT WAIT BEFORE I GO-
DOES ASH GO BY ASLAN CALLENREESE OR ASLAN OKUMURA??
WHOSE NAME BECAME THE SURNAME??
OR DID THEY COMBINE THEIR NAMES??
YOU DECIDE
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