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YOU WRITE ICEBREAKER FANFIC OMG BEST NEWS EVER!!!! also lol fo you have any other family headcannons your enjoying cureently its no big deal if you dont!
I DO!!! my user on ao3 is imdeadsirius and i’m dedicated to exclusively icebreaker fics :)) got my first little au almost finished and should be up this month! soooo excited for yall to see this one !!
Now here’s some headcanons ! I’ll share some more in the future if that’s what yall want
I’ve made a post of this before but Mickey wears a necklace with a “J” charm because he can tells everyone it stands for “James” but the real ones know it’s for “Jaysen”
Whenever Nova + Mickey don’t like someone they call them a “3-in-one” (calling them unhygienic; a user of 3-in-1 soap) ex. some asshole: “I agree with the All Lives Matter movement.” *walks away* Mickey and Nova: “what a fuckin 3-in-one”
Dorian doesn’t wet his toothbrush before brushing his teeth. he says the saliva in his mouth is enough. diabolical.
I touched on this briefly in a fic, but Cauler is a naturally good artist. He’s got doodles for days and they’re all surprisingly lovely. Sometimes he draws in the corner of the page of Mickey’s homework when he’s not looking and Mickey finds it and secretly thinks it’s so fucking cool how genuinely talented he is without even having to try
Novas a huge swiftie. Like. Huge. I mean this chick is a straight white girl with a thing for hockey boys and a canonical ao3 addiction. There’s no way around it.
^ Cauler absolutely hates Taylor Swift. Like. Rolls his eyes whenever the name is uttered. Is visibly disgusted when her music plays in a public facility. The second someone outs themself as a swiftie he’s putting at least 8 feet of space between the two of them and sanitizing his hands in fear
Mickey’s shoe size is legitimately oddly small. Like when Barbie joked that he had fetus feet he was borderline right. Bro’s a men’s 8 on a good day
Mickey falls asleep during class alllll the time but when he does in their public speaking class Celeste and Nathaniel make a game out of stuffing as many pens in the hood of his sweater as they can before he wakes up and then letting him walk around all day with pens falling out of his hood and internally confusing the fuck out of him as he wonders which of his pockets he has pens falling out of unknowingly
^ when his teammates pick up on this they start to do it during the team study sessions except instead of pens it’s like tupperware containers and tissue boxes and stress balls and instead of in his hood it’s them balancing random shit on his body so Mickey’s eventually just like got his head resting on his arm snoozin with everyone’s stuff stacked on the back of his head in a giant tower on the verge of toppling
Delilah is obsessed with asmr and it annoys the shit out of everyone because she’ll just be sitting in the corner listening to *tappy tap tap* when ppl are trying to sleep
Mickey’s mom used to tend to his hair when he was little and it now brings him so much comfort when people play with his hair. Sometimes when he’s chilling with his sisters they’ll sit behind him and take out a comb and brush it out of his face and he’s like falling asleep. The first time Cauler runs his fingers through his hair he absolutely fuckin melts. (Cauler does it a whole lot more after noticing how much he likes it.)
#icebreaker#icebreaker al graziadei#al graziadei#mickey james iii#jaysen caulfield#micksen#dorian hidalgo#in repair
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Icebreaker was such a fun read!
#icebreaker#jaysen caulfield#mickey james iii#al graziadei#booktok#book fanart#ya fiction#hockey#gay#cauler and terzo#my art#seaglasssorcery
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Wasn’t ready to get CALLED OUT like this
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“Mickey scowls. He always seems to be on the verge of scowling. “I’m only going to see Cauler do his impressions and then I’m leaving.”
awwwww i've just started reading In Repair and mickey is just a grumpy chihuahua🥺🥹🤲😽太萌了宝宝,女神还给我产品售后🥰谁又幸福了被我一口亲死
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The Talk part 3/3
Part 1: https://www.tumblr.com/perfectbananaglitter/701297777559355392/the-talk-part1?source=share
Part 2: https://www.tumblr.com/perfectbananaglitter/703470832957210624/the-talk-part2?source=share
“-I’m sorry, they did what? Do you want me to beat someone up?”
I was expecting this reaction when I decided to tell my sisters about the bet. What I wasn’t expecting, however, was Jade threatening my teammates with her 50 kg on a good day.
I gaze at my sisters, who seem to be in a silent conversation.
Jade turns to Bailey, “Sidney and Karim will help me, right? They wouldn’t miss the chance to mess with the hockey guys. How dare they? That’s so insensitive of them. Who do they think they are? They’re supposed to have your back!” Delilah drops her hand on her thigh, trying to calm her down even a little.
“I just felt so betrayed, not even mad. It didn’t cross my mind they could do something like that. I wasn’t expecting to be welcomed with open arms like we’re heroes. I was worried they would be homophobic assholes. But I didn’t think they would have held a bet on a potential relationship months ago. They didn't even bet to know if we were together or not; No! That was a given. They bet on whether we were going to expose our relationship. Nobody doubts that at one point we’ll sleep together. The question was when, where, and how we’ll say something.
“I mean, it was insensitive of them. They shouldn’t have, and you and Jensen have every right to be mad at them and feel betrayed. But at least, now you can be all mushy with your boyfriend. You need to look at the bright side. You’ll be able to cuddle up on the bus. No more having to twist your shoulder at a weird angle to hold his hand while he’s sitting behind you. And the team won’t think you’re going to tear each other's heads off every five minutes.” Bailey tries to reassure me. She has always been the rational one.
“No, they’ll have to worry about them jumping each other every chance they get…” Jade says with a smirk.
Both my sisters make disgusted faces at the idea of their baby brother having a sex life. And I get it; I don’t want to know what any of my sisters are doing with their partners. I shake my head, trying to get rid of those terrifying images that are unfortunately forming in my mind.
I’m so lost in my fight against those ideas that I don’t realize Cauler is joining us until he’s sitting next to me, his hand on my knee, his voice whispering a hello in my ear.
I freeze for a moment, not expecting him to be here. I turn to face him, my sisters' words still ringing in my head. Cauler looks at me with concern, noticing my hesitation. "Is everything okay?" he asks, his hand still on my knee. “Nobody can see us.” I take a deep breath and nod, trying to push away the anxiety of being in public. "Yeah, everything's fine," I say, hoping to sound convincing. I smile at him and intertwine our fingers.
Cauler looks at me for a moment longer, trying to analyze my face. I can see his brain going miles an hour, trying to know if I’m lying to him. But he nods and squeezes my hand before turning to my sisters and Jade and saying hello to them.
As I watch him asking Jade questions about her latest art project, I can't help but feel grateful for Jaysen��s presence. He always knows when something's wrong and tries his best to make me feel better. I take a deep breath, trying to forget about the bet and our teammates for a while. Maybe a good meal and some company will help me clear my head. For once, I feel hungry and like I could eat the whole menu, so when the waitress arrives to take our orders, I don’t stop myself from ordering everything my heart desires.
But when Bailey asks him how he’s feeling after the bet, the previously light and nice atmosphere switches to something heavy and uncomfortable.
“Hum… I’m… Okay, I guess. It wasn’t nice of them. Terzo was really upset. I get why he was, though. They really betrayed his trust, and he doesn’t give it easily.”
My sisters share a look.
“His trust? Do you mean ‘our’ trust?”
“Hum… I guess?”
“Jaysen, darling, you do realize you were betrayed too? You don’t have to be used, but you’re allowed to. You gave the team your trust, and they broke it too. My brother is a little shit with too many feelings he doesn’t know how to deal with. So he’s a bit overdramatic. But you’re also a victim here. And I need you to tell me you realize that.”
He’s frowning, his eyebrows drawn together. His eyes are fixed on his plate, but I can’t tell he’s not really seeing it.
“Oh.”
Oh. He didn’t. He was so upset on my behalf that he couldn’t be on his own.
His face turns sad as reality hits him. I can only watch emotions crossing his features. I squeeze his hand, trying to bring him an ounce of comfort. But it’s all I can do. Knowing my boyfriend, he needs to process this new information on his own. So for the rest of the meal, he just picks at his food, smiling only when someone talks directly to him. And even then, he often asks them to repeat. He’s so lost in his own head, I can’t help but ache for him, knowing very well what he’s going through.
As we leave my sisters to walk to my room, I can sense the weight of the situation on Cauler's shoulders. Still in his own head, I guide Jaysen to the dorm where we will be able to talk if it’s what he needs. I know he's trying to process everything that's happened, and I want to be there for him. But at the same time, I'm not sure how to help him.
The walk is short. I close the bedroom door as he sits on my bed. "Hey," I say, breaking the silence between us. "I know this is all really overwhelming for you right now, but I want you to know that I'm here for you. We'll get through this together." I sit next to him, draping my arm around his waist.
Cauler looks at me, and I can see the pain and confusion in his eyes. "I just can't believe they would do something like that," he says, his voice barely above a whisper. He drops his head on my shoulder, resting his forehead, hugging me."I thought we were all friends, you know? And now I feel like I can't trust anyone. And I can’t believe I didn’t realise that. How oblivious am I ?"
"I know," I raise my hand to the back of his neck, embracing him.
Cauler, sigh and we continue sitting in silence. I can feel his sadness and frustration, and I wish there was something I could do to make it all go away. But I know that healing takes time, and all I can do is be there for him, no matter what. My therapist would be proud of me.
"I'm sorry," Cauler says, breaking the silence. "I know I'm a mess”
"Don't apologize," I say, putting my arm around his shoulder. "You have every right to feel the way you do. And I'm here for you, no matter what. And if anyone of us is a mess, we both know it’s me"
This answer does make him laugh at least a little, easing a bit of tension from this situation.
After a few minutes, Cauler lifts his head and looks at me. "Do you think we'll be able to trust them again?" he asks, his voice laced with uncertainty.
"With time, I do think so," I say, being honest with him. "They’re our friends, they’ve done something stupid and insensitive. But they didn’t mean to hurt us. And they regret it, so much. Have you talked to Zero?"
"No, I haven’t seen any of the guys, not yet.”
"You should, when you’re ready and not a second before.” I drop a kiss on his head. “I talk with Dori, it was hard, but I think it was the best thing to do.”
He nods but doesn’t move. I pull him so we can lie down together. We stay there bathing each other. We’re alone, and that’s exactly what we need. Some alone time to process what happened. And if I get to cuddle my hot as fuck boyfriend, that’s not so bad.
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You know it’s a good book when it makes you wet 💦 and then it makes you wet 😭
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NON-SPOILER REVIEW: ICEBREAKER by A.L. GRAZIADEI
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icebreaker headcanons story things idk what to call these pt 3
Mickey likes nice big oversized hoodies. This leads to him consistently stealing Jaysen's hoodies whenever Jaysen leaves them in his vicinity or dorm. So once Jaysen went to visit his family Mickey didn't have any hoodies that smelt like him or were nice and oversized since Jaysen stole them back to do laundry. So Dorian just ended up lending him one of his. So when Jaysen came back he was just so confused. Like why is my boyfriend wearing your hoodie?!?! Dorian was like "why are you beefing with me rn my bro was cold???" Jaysen since then has consistently given Mickey his hoodies so it won't happen again. Mickeys is quite happy with this but he also only accepts Jaysen hoodie's if they smell like him. However obviously if it's one of his friends like Dorian he doesn't care just as long as it's oversized.
#me and my friends share clothes alot so i think dorian and mickey would to.#Jaysen: Dorian.... why is MY bf wearing your hoodie??#dorian: he was cold man.#mickey james iii#jaysen caulfield#micksen#Dorian Hidalgo#icebreaker al graziadei#def not me just spewing fun headcannons of my fave book
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Icebreaker is giving me the fanfic squee, out here kicking my feet at the cuteness
#theyre so cute!#and no its not the one by hannah grace#its the one by al graziadei#i cant resist a rivals to lovers#and romance is the only place i enjoy sports#its rare that i get the fanfic feel from a book but im dying here#ahhh#icebreaker#a.l. graziadei#bookblr#booktok#books#reading#fic#fanfic#fanfiction
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hi guys you should read my fanfic abour gay hockey players
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don’t mind me. just thinking about the fact that mickey canonically gets a tattoo of a crown for the royals. because they gave him hope for the first time in a long time. and allowed him to find joy in his future finally. and maybe he wants their impact permanently etched into his skin to look at for the rest of his career as a reminder. nope don’t mind me. totally normal about this.
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October 2023 Reads
Time to Shine - Rachel Reid
Pride and Prejudice and Pittsburgh - Rachael Lippincott
Jane & Edward - Melodie Edwards
10 Things That Never Happened - Alexis Hall
The Wake-Up Call - Beth O'Leary
Something Fabulous - Alexis Hall
Iris Kelly Doesn't Date - Ashley Herring Blake
Divine Rivals - Rebecca Ross
You, Again - Kate Goldbeck
Stars in Your Eyes - Kacen Callender
Icebreaker - A.L. Graziadei
Thin Air - Kellie M. Parker
Lock Every Door - Riley Sager
The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi - Shannon Chakraborty
Are You Listening? - Tillie Walden
I Must Be Dreaming - Roz Chast
The Best of the Rejection Collection - Matthew Differ
Why Cats are Assholes - Liz Miele
Some Very Interesting Cats Perhaps You Weren't Aware Of - Doogie Horner
In the Form of a Question - Amy Schneider
Pageboy - Elliot Page
Leslie F*cking Jones - Leslie Jones
Soul Boom - Rainn Wilson
You're Gonna Die Alone - Devrie Donalson
The Other Family Doctor - Karen Fine
Misfit - Gary Gulman
Wordslut - Amanda Montell
Unruly - David Mitchell
Poverty by America - Matthew Desmond
Milk Street: Tuesday Nights Mediterranean - Christopher Kimball
Bold = Highly Recommend Italics = Worth It Crossed out = Nope
Thoughts:
Bit of a lackluster month with few standouts and several disappointments.
Goodreads Goal: 354/400
2017 Reads | 2018 Reads | 2019 Reads | 2020 Reads | 2021 Reads|
2022 Reads | 2023 Reads
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books read in 2023
january
sweep in peace by ilona andrews
one fell sweep by ilona andrews
a court of mist and fury by sarah j. maas
sweep of the blade by ilona andrews
sweep with me by ilona andrews
my best friend’s exorcism by grady hendrix
kiss her once for me by alison cochrun
the seven husbands of evelyn hugo by taylor jenkins reid
i’m glad my mom died by jennette mccurdy
love and other words by christina lauren
sweep of the heart by ilona andrews
the only living girl on earth by charles yu
witches get stuff done by molly harper
you had me at hola by alexis daria
her vigilante by lillian lark
inconvenient daughter by lauren j. sharkey
anon pls. by deuxmoi
you are eating an orange. you are naked. by sheung-king
legends & lattes by travis baldree
bad vibes only (and other things i bring to the table) by nora mcinerny
signs of cupidity by raven kennedy
bonds of cupidity by raven kennedy
crimes of cupidity by raven kennedy
read: 23
february
exciting times by naoise dolan
sweethand by n.g. peltier
you made a fool of death with your beauty by akwaeke emezi
something wilder by christina lauren
highly suspicious and unfairly cute by talia hibbert
you deserve each other by sarah hogle
this is how you lose the time war by amal el-mohtar and max goldstone
would you rather by allison ashley
read: 8
march
meet me in the margins by melissa ferguson
king of battle and blood by scarlett st. clair
the exotic by hampton sides
river of shadows by karina halle
alone with you in the ether by olivie blake
lovelight farms by b.k. borison
the soulmate equation by christina lauren
before i let go by kennedy ryan
haunting adeline by h.d. carlson
the lies i tell by julie clark
one jump at a time by nathan chen
our wives under the sea by julia armfield
all systems red (the murderbot diaries #1) by martha wells
before the coffee gets cold by toshikazu kawaguchi
read: 14
april
funny you should ask by elissa sussman
make a scene by mimi grace
sweeter than chocolate by lizzie shane
the kiss quotient by helen hoang
my favorite half-night stand by christina lauren
romantic comedy by curtis sittenfeld
icebreaker by a.l. graziadei
the wedding proposal by john swansiger
circling back to you by julie tieu
by the book by amanda sellet
a lady’s guide to mischief and mayhem by manda collins
love in the time of serial killers by alicia thompson
if the shoe fits by julie murphy
whispers of you by catherine cowles
the kiss curse by erin sterling
by the book by jasmine guillory
honey & spice by bolu babalola
one night on the island by josie silver
the bodyguard by katherine center
the reunion by kayla olson
the neighbor favor by kristina forest
crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo
do i know you? by emily wibberley & austin siegemund-broka
just my type by falon ballard
delilah green doesn’t care by ashley herring blake
happy place by emily henry
dating dr. dil by nisha sharma
icebreaker by hannah grace
count your lucky stars by alexandria bellefleur
stone cold fox by rachel koller croft
fake it till you bake it by jamie wesley
read: 31
may
the dead romantics
motherthing by ainslie hogarth
the woman in the library by sulari gentill
artificial condition (the murderbot diaries #2) by martha wells
the last word by taylor adams
you shouldn’t have come here by jeneva rose
read: 6
june
fourth wing (the empyrean #1) by rebecca yarros
the very secret society of irregular witches by sangu mandanna
love, theoretically by ali hazelwood
read: 3
july
the traitor queen (the bridge kingdom #2) by danielle l. jensen
the beast by katee robert
baldur's gate: descent into avernus by by james introcaso et. al
forget me not by julie soto
the wishing game by meg shaffer
read: 5
august
the true love experiment by christina lauren
pachinko by min jin lee
almond by sohn won-pyung, translated by joosun lee
hook, line, and sinker by tessa bailey
read: 4
september
hey, u up? (for a serious relationship): how to turn your booty call into your emergency contact by emily axford & brian murphy
everyone knows your mother is a witch by rivka galchen
fangs by sarah andersen
a room with a view by e.m. forster
juniper bean resorts to murder by gracie ruth mitchell
one's company by ashley hutson
the mysterious affair at styles by agatha christie
solita: a gothic romance by vivien rainn
you, again by kate goldbeck
the undertaking of hart and mercy by megan bannen
my roommate is a vampire by jenna levine
the picture of dorian gray by oscar wilde
the vampires of el norte by isabel cañas
her body and other parties by carmen maria machado
evil eye by etaf rum
the seven year slip by ashley poston
read: 17
october
keeper of enchanted rooms by charlie n. holmberg
the serpent and the wings of night by carissa broadbent
shy by max porter
down comes the night by allison saft
the unfortunate side effects of heartbreak and magic by breanne randall
the hurricane wars by thea guanzon
read: 6
november
a witch's guide to fake dating a demon by sarah hawley
the wake-up call by beth o'leary
when in rome by sarah adams
the view was exhausting by mikaella clements and onjuli datta
hello stranger by katherine center
practice makes perfect by sarah adams
do your worst by rosie danan
read: 7
december
bookshops & bonedust by travis baldree
the fake mate by lana ferguson
read: 2
final count: 127/100
#kate’s reading log#read in 2023*#a little late but i wanted to get this up here !!#i’ll update as i go so if you don’t want to see this just blacklist kate’s reading log :)#we hit character limit so i had to reformat lol
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just opened up icebreaker by al graziadei for the first time and started tearing up at the dedication “to everyone who’s had to tuck away a bit of themselves every time they laced up their skates”
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HI OHMYGOSH I'm the person who asked for ya about boys who are stupid, sports-playing bisexual himbos, I've come back to say THANK YOU OHMYGOD!! first off, I think icebreaker is my favorite thing I've read this year (the mental health rep,,,I'm gonna chew bricks, this is good i swear) but tbf I've just been having a delightful time with reading in general. Read running with lions, ADORED IT, decided to pick up the summer of everything bc I wanted more of Julian Winters' sunshiney happy queer writing, and WOW one of my new favorite authors, he just nails teenage pining with strong friend groups so well I'm physically unwell. anyways I'm off to think about icebreaker again until my brain explodes and then read another banger by Mr Winters, THANK YOU <3
Aw yaaaaay, I love when people find new faves, and AL Graziadei has another book coming up, so hopefully you’ll enjoy that one too! And yes, Julian is the best! Not sure where he’s up to on it, but FYI he also has another book slated for the next year or two! https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/67990363-prince-of-the-palisades?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=B7JC4zH7P8&rank=6
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