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I think the new jack fic deserves a part 2🫣

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- Jack takes Kennedy on a date

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- 1.7k

Kᴇɴɴᴇᴅʏ Dᴏᴡɴs

(ken-nuh-dee duh-ouns)

"Y'all", I hummed as I set my camera up.

I took a step back to show my full body.

"So I got asked out on a date", I said then clapped my hands together and looked at the camera.

"I hope I didn't underdress", I hummed as I ran my hands over my shirt. "I feel like it's a luh calm fit. Can never go wrong with cargo pants and some fours."

"Anyways I'm supposed to be meeting Jack at two. And it's currently", I started as I checked my phone. "Oh lawd it's one forty-five. I'll see y'all in the car."

.☆.

"He told me he like three minutes away so I'm just waiting for him. I left late and still made it before him", I said and shook my head. "Thats a shame."

A knock came from my window and I jumped. I furrowed my brows and turned to look.

I let my window down and side eyed him.

"Why would you scare me like that?", I asked.

"My bad", Jack chuckled. "You ready to go in?"

"Yeah let me grab my purse", I said before I let my window back up and he opened my door for me.

"Thank you", I told him after I got out the car and he closed the door.

"You're welcome", he said as I put my purse on my shoulder then locked my car.

"Say hey to the camera", I said as I turned the camera to face both of us.

He gave me a hug before waving at the camera.

"Hey", he said with a smile.

"So what they got in here?", I asked as we started walking towards the building.

"All types of games. Good food and drinks. Trust me you'll enjoy yourself", he hummed.

.☆.

"Alright so while we waiting for the lady to come back imma show y'all his outfit since y'all seen mine", I said before turning the camera around to Jack.

I zoomed it out to get his full fit. "Okay. He looking real clean, real fresh. You know per usual."

"Gotta make sure I'm looking good for the ladies always", he said and licked his lips.

"You can't be taking me on a date and tryna please the ladies at the same time", I said turning the camera to me.

"I'm kidding", he chuckled.

"Mmhm", I hummed and playfully rolled my eyes.

"If you two could follow me please", the receptionist said as she grabbed two menus before walking off.

I walked beside Jack as we followed her around the arcade.

My hand accidentally brushed against his a few times before he grabbed ahold of it.

I turned the camera down and showed him holding my hand before turning it back to my face.

I'm literally screaming on the inside right now.

"Alright. This will be your area. If you need food, drinks or anything just push this button and a waiter will be with you as soon as they can. All the games have unlimited play for three hours since you got the premium package", she said as she set our menus on the table. "Lastly if you have any problems don't be afraid to come to the front and tell me."

"Thank you", I said sweetly before she walked away.

.☆.

I set my camera up and pointed it towards the basketball game.

He tapped the card on the scanner.

"Three, two, one. Go!", the machine said before letting the balls out.

I quickly grabbed a ball and started shooting back to back. I looked over and saw Jack had a higher score.

I reached over, trying to block him for shooting.

"Kennedy come on you're cheating", he laughed as he moved back from me.

I laughed and stopped messing with him and shoot another ball.

"Player two wins!", the machine chimes.

"You tried to cheat and still lost", he chuckled.

"Not too much."

.☆.

"We found a baseball game", I said after I set my camera up.

I walked to the tablet and typed in our names.

"Okay what stadium we doing", I asked as I swiped through the different fields.

"Uh Tampa Bay."

I swiped through them then selected it.

"Imma put you up first."

"Wait you go first. You played softball, you got more experience than me", he said.

"That was in tenth grade", I chuckled.

"Still."

I playfully rolled my eyes and grabbed one of the bats before going into the batting cage.

I pressed my foot on the base and got in swinging position.

Pitching in three.. two.. one.

The ball shoot out the floor and I swung the bat but missed the ball. I turned back and looked at Jack.

"That was just a test swing", I hummed before turning back around.

"I'm not gone say anything", he chuckled.

Another ball shot out the floor, I swung the bat and hit the ball.

I ended up hitting fifteen of twenty balls.

"Let's see if you can beat that", I said as I put my bat back on the rack.

He walked in as I was walking out.

"Alright let's see if you can hit a home run", I said. "We aiming for a homer!"

He looked at me as he grabbed his bat. "A home run?"

"Yeah. Bring it home, bring it home."

He stepped on the home base and got ready to swing his bat.

The ball shot out the thing and he swung at it.

"Out the park", the game said.

"That's alright. I missed the ball completely the first time", I chuckled.

He shook his head and stepped on the base again.

He ended up hitting seven out of twenty.

"Y'all I won and he hating on me", I chuckled before he gently moved me out the way.

"She won by eight."

"I still won", I said pushing my way in front of him.

"Whatever."

.☆.

"The way it's looking I'm finna order everything on this menu", I said making Jack chuckle.

"Hot wings", he hummed before he chuckled. "That reminds me. You know I watched your last video?"

"You did?!", I said as I looked up at him again and my voice went up an octave. "You watched the whole thing? Beginning, middle and end?"

"The entire thirty minutes."

I looked away from him and back at the menu.

"You ready to order?", I asked changing the topic.

He chuckled. "Yeah."

.☆.

"So I just ordered some fries. They had good stuff on the menu but I didn't know if I'd eat it for real", I said and showed my food on the camera.

I moved the camera and showed Jack's food.

"He got tacos and hot wings. They look so good", I said and zoomed in on his plates.

I set my camera up to show both of us.

"You sure you don't want nothing else", he asked.

"I'm good", I hummed.

I started eating my fries and I could see Jack side eyeing me.

"Why you keep side eyeing me?", I asked turning to him.

"You eating dry fries Kenn."

"Ok and what about it? You know ion dip my fries in no condiments", I chuckled as he just stared at me.

"You gone be starving", he said and shook his head as he continued eating.

Can't lie I was looking over at his plates, his food looked so good.

"Can I have one of your tacos?", I asked and he smirked at me.

"I thought you didn't want anything else", he said, moving his plate over to me.

"I didn't. Them tacos just look good as hell", I said as I grabbed one.

I hummed in delight as I ate it. Taco was delicious.

"Let me get like two wings too", I said and he just laughed.

He slide the plate of wings between us.

"Why you laughing?", I asked while grabbing three flats of the plate.

"I thought you was good with just your fries", he chuckled before sipping on his drink.

"I am. I just wanted to try your food cause it looked good."

"Right", he chuckled.

.☆.

"Don't drop my camera", I warned him as we stood in the checkout line in the store inside the arcade.

"I'm not going to drop your camera calm down", he said as he checked hisself out in the veiwfinder.

"I'm cutting all yo footage out cause they don't want you all in they face like that", I chuckled. "Anyways.. show them the stuffed animal you picked out for me."

He turned the camera around and showed me smiling as I held up the stuffed animal.

"So cute", he hummed quietly.

"He said I couldn't leave empty handed so he said he'll get me this."

He turned the camera back to himself. "She said I could take her on another date. So, win win."

.☆.

"Be safe and text me when you make it home", he said as I started my car.

"I will. You be safe too", I hummed after fastening my seatbelt.

"Alright. Bye Kenn."

"Bye Jack", I said before he closed my door.

I bit my lip as I watched him walk to his car before looking at my camera.

"He know he- chile let me go home", I chuckled before putting my car in drive.

.☆.

"So as y'all can see I got my bonnet and sleeping clothes on and about to get in the bed. I'm just trying to a finish editing this video first."

I showed my laptop before putting it back down.

"Um I just wanted to say I had a nice lil date with Jack. Ian gone lie that's the most fun I done had in a while", I said with a smile. "I didn't really record everything cause I still wanted us to enjoy our time privately."

"But ion wanna say too much cause he already told me he watched the last vid. Ian say nothing too crazy but still", I chuckled. "Anyways I'll just use this as an outro while I'm here."

"Thanks for watching. Like, Comment and Subscribe. Road to three mill baby. And until next time, I love you guys. Byeeeee."

.★.

@TokyoKuri • 1hr ago

I haven't seen Jack or Kennedy smiling this much since they broke up 🥹

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@twiddledeetwiddledum • 1hr ago

awww Kenn looks so happy and relaxed.. love this for her

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@sexyymama-4758 • 49 min ago

The vibes is definitely vibing ☺️

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@FreeK3-867 • 1hr ago

The part when she showed they was holding hands was so cute 🥺

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@Mentality68 • 23 min ago

When he flipped the camera and showed her smiling with the stuffed animal 🥹

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Clearwater Beach

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‷ watch out , carmelo perez has crash-landed into roswell !! they look twenty-five years old and celebrate their birthday on april twenty-fifth. they are from tampa, florida, reside in moonbeam and are currently working as software engineer. one thing you should know about them is they were imprisoned for hacking‷

childhood: 

was put into foster care system at the age of three

stayed in the system until he was ten was adopted by an older wealthy man who needed help around his estate 

he was carmelo’s only father figure but they were never extremely close

 adolescence:

excelled in school  

graduated valedictorian 

balanced school and social life extremely well 

the smartest guy and the hardest partier 

never held down a relationship  

ivy league colleges reach out to him and he declines every college offer

early adulthood: 

self-taught software engineer 

lands a job as an engineer at the age of nineteen  

never attends college because he hates authority and rules 

adoptive father dies when he is twenty carmelo inherits everything  

the same year his father dies, the same year carmelo gets a girl pregnant 

months after the news, carmelo is sentenced to six months of federal prison for black market hacking 

he never intended to be a father but it easily becomes the most important thing in his life 

carmelo tries to make it work with his daughter’s mother but she ends up leaving them after 

carmelo refused to use his inheritance for them 

carmelo puts 90% of his inheritance into a trust fund for his daughter 

presently:  

carmelo moved to roswell to escape his hometown and his unhinged ex-girlfriend that kept stalking them 

he currently works from home as a software engineer so that he can stay at home raising his daughter who is currently four

personality: 

unprovoked: quiet, reserved, calming, intriguing, romantic, friendly, approachable, warm, idealistic 

provoked: determined, argumentative, aloof, detached, simmering, frazzled 

aesthetics: 

late night bourbons, falling asleep with a good book, king sized beds for one, five hour sleepless nights, tea before coffee, breath work, gentle-parenting classes, ram dass lectures. 

plotting ideas: 

your character knows him from the crashdown cafe because he loves their london fog lattes 

your character sees him in space invader arcade with his daughter frequently and they challenge your character to games 

your character recommends him books whenever they run into each other at out of the world bookstore 

your character has been his babysitter a few times 

your character and your characters’ kid(s) have playdates 

anything! 

[secretlittlerandezvous]

Intimidating - Victor Hedman

Summary: The reader is good friends with Alex Killeen and some of the other players. At a party, she meets Victor Hedman for the first time and immediately feels intimidated by him until he decides to surprise her with the sweetest thing possible.

Notes: I obviously suck at coming up with names for the stories - my apologies 🙈

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“And you, you scare people because you are whole all by yourself.” - Lauren Alex Hooper

Being close friends with a hockey player without a doubt meant many perks. I could go to any game whenever I wanted and it was never a problem for me to bring a friend because Alex got me a seasonal ticket every year and when I needed he’d make sure my company would get good seats as well. I could proudly smile whenever someone (be it in public or in the media) mentioned how good Alex was or that he scored. He liked to bring me to the empty ice rink whenever I was sad or sometimes purely because it was fun, and he loved to teach me how to play hockey. Most importantly it meant being in a good company of his teammates who were all nice and funny guys and one could never be bored with them. They’d randomly come knocking on my door and hang out in the living room and they’d text me to arrive to whatever bar or arcade they were at. Not only Alex but also Sergy, Cirelli, Point, and Erik became some of my closest friends.

There were still players I haven’t met. Usually, the ones who were married with children already and they naturally didn’t have time or interest in partying or playing video games or just hanging out while doing absolutely nothing. But that was about to change as Alex 31st birthday was coming up and everyone (myself included) was invited to the party.

“Happy birthday you old man!” I said cheerfully as I put the gifts on the floor next to me so I could hug Alex.

“I’m in a good mood so I’m gonna ignore the fact that you called me an old man.” He chuckled. “Glad you’re here Y/n.”

“Wouldn’t miss this for the world.” I smiled at him.

“Well, the food and drinks are pretty much everywhere as you can see,” he said as he pointed at all the tables in the kitchen as well as in the living room that were full of food, snacks, and all kinds of alcoholic and nonalcoholic drinks. “The boys are in the living room and I asked them to introduce you to the rest throughout the night. So, suit yourself and have fun.” He smiled and ran away just as quickly as he came to me to greet the new quests.

And the boys did exactly what Alex told me they would do. For the first hour and it was just me and the boys hid in the corner or in the kitchen depending on which room was at the moment less crowded and we talked about life, what was new and what stayed the same, we joked around and drank and completely forgot about the rest of the people around us. Later others started to join us or stopped by to say hi and chat for a bit and that was probably the reason why the boys remembered they were supposed to introduce me to the team. And so, I met the entire team of the Tampa Bay Lighting. Or at least I thought.

One man still remained. The man who distanced himself as much as he possibly could, the man who never talked to more than three people at once and even then, he was usually quiet and let the other person talk. Victor Hedman. Of course, I knew who he was, and I adored him for his talent and loved watching him on the ice. From everyone, I knew he was one of the nicest and warmest people out there. But in real life, I felt quite the opposite. He was taller than any man I’ve met in my entire life, taller than anyone else in the room or in the team, generally bigger and stronger than others. Just watching him from the distance I felt smaller and shorter than usual and it didn’t feel nice. His face was beautiful however I couldn’t say if he was more sad or serious or even angry. He looked serious for the most part and when he randomly smiled I for some reason thought it was the saddest smile I’ve ever seen.

“And at least but definitely not last, Victor Hedman,” Sergy announced as he pulled Victor away from the people he was talking to and dragged him to us. “Hedy, this is Y/n, Alex’ friend we’ve been telling you about.”

“Hey,” he said, his voice was deep but still softer than I expected it to be.

“Hi,” I said back as I shook his hand. I felt my cheeks turn red simply from the fact that this man for many reasons felt so intimidating and I didn’t know how to deal with it. His huge figure and serious face made me lose all my confidence. I felt unsure, nervous, and slightly frightened in his presence although he didn’t do anything bad in fact the truly seemed to be nice to people, he knew.

Shortly after the encounter, I went outside to get some fresh air, pick up my confidence, and put myself together so I could return back to the party without being nervous and intimidated by a man who just happened to be as huge as he was but did absolutely nothing wrong. It was irrational and rude of me to get scared and be frightened when there truly was no other reason than his figure to make me feel this way about his. I always tried not to judge people by their looks and I never did for the most part and happily got to know the people before forming a certain opinion on them. But Victor Hedman didn’t make it any easier for me.

“Hi,” a low voice said behind me, making me shrug a little because it caught me off guard and I immediately turned around to see who it was. To my surprise, it was Victor standing a few feet behind me with a nervous look. “Alex started cutting the cake so I thought I would get you a piece before it’s all gone.” He said with a smile and nervously ran his fingers through his hair.

“Oh,” I breathed out from a shock but quickly got my act together and walked closer to him to take the cake from him. “Thank you,” I said smiling back at him.

And so we stood there in silence, in the dark as the warm summer wind gently brushed against our skin. I stood right next to him no longer scared and nervous but rather curious about this man and what he was truly like. From that moment I wanted to get to know him more than anyone else and couldn’t get this huge man out of my mind.

“Where are you going?” He asked with a slight Swedish accent when I turned around and reached for the door.

“Just wanted to get us a drink or something,” I mumbled and, in my mind, cursed myself for thinking it was a good idea to leave without saying a word.

“So, you’ll come back?”

I nodded, my cheeks turning red once again but this time not because he made me feel intimidated but because I took an interest in him and wanted to spend time with him alone. “I will.”

“That’s good,” he reached out for my hand and gently stroked it with his thumb. “I’d like to get to know you more.”

“That’s good,” I repeated after him. “Because I want the exact same thing.” I smiled.