#fic: mikey mcleod

[rouzys]

the 5th most kudosed fic in there is mikey mcleod/nate bastian they can’t keep getting away with this

guys what’s happening in the kraken ensemble tag why is it so fucking bare bones

[grittyreadsfic]

haha welcome to my newest rec list, what a run we had tho, a collection of all of my favorite nate bastian/mikey mcleod fics. rip superbuddies, they're not dead, nate's just in fuckin SEATTLE

the only hard part of making this list was not just listing out every fic ao3 user lotts has for the pairing which i did consider doing. so.

all that by lotts

summary: If Mikey gets a soulmate soon, he’ll have to explain the whole Nate situation.

Not– not that there's a real Nate situation, per se, but it’s just– Mikey has Nate, and it’s kind of a thing.

(Or: there very much is a Nate situation. There's also a Mikey situation. Eventually, they realize this.)

why i love it: to me, this is the superbuddies fic-it’s got the perfect pacing from friends to lovers with just the right around of blurred lines between what’s normal for friends and what’s something more, and their characterizations are just *chef’s kiss* it’s also such a great take on soulmates, and it really covers the different ways people can feel about their soulmates/the concept in general

kiss the night air by clementiae

summary: Jersey, Jersey. Whispered into the warmth of their laced fingers like a prayer.

It was a stupid dream. Mikey wanted it to last.

why i love it: never has under 1.3k words made me want to cry as much as this fic has. the way talking about their dream of playing together evolved, the narrative structure that builds? absolutely hits, very good if you want to cry about the expansion draft

sure thing by bitter_leaf

summary: In the history of hockey, there’s no way something like Nate suggested has never happened before and Mikey feels out of control following that thought down the rabbit hole, how he’d be powerless to stop it if it did, and that’s if he’d even want to stop it. The terrifying thing is that even though he can’t see it happening—they’re both straight, this whole fucking thing is just a thought experiment, pretend—now that Nate’s painted the picture for him, he can’t stop thinking about it—whether he’d even notice the signs until it was too late.

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Sick of their teammates chirping them, Mikey and Nate pretend to date.

why i love it: i’m SUCH a sucker for fake dating aus, and this one does it so well. It really leans into the messy and complicated feelings part of fake relationships that i don’t think gets explored enough, and it handles it so, so, so well.

you let him wonder but you never let him sink in his teeth by anonymous

summary: Mikey didn’t really pay attention much in biology— didn’t have to, not really— but he vaguely remembers something about doing heat by yourself in a pinch. There were lots of warnings about it.

“You can’t just be alone,” he says and Nate lets out something that sounds like laughing.

Mikey is just trying to be helpful, and Nate is just trying to get through it.

why i love it: i really love omegaverse fics that invert the usual takes on the tropes (and this is one of them!) and it just really is a great look at their dynamic. i really like this take on mikey and nate as a whole, as well

though far away, we’re still the same by rathands

summary: Mikey wishes he wasn’t in love with Nate, because everyone knows that juniors shit—it doesn’t work out. Like Dylan and Mitch.

why i love it: lots of fun bad communication between nate and mikey, and i think this one really handles the emotion of it all so well. absolutely peak idiots to lovers, and i really love that it gives us both of their point of views

so i don’t have to keep imagining by preciousthings

summary: “It was a mistake. That’s— I didn’t mean that, and that’s it.” Mikey says, but he can’t quite meet Nate’s eyes. “That’s where I’m at, I guess.”

“That’s what I thought. So, we’re on the same page.” Nate nods.

(or: lost gold medals, ill-advised snapchats, love confessions, meddling teammates, and a whole lot of miscommunication.)

why i love it: i just think the premise of this works so, so, so well for them-it’s another great idiots to lovers vibe for nate and mikey, and the whole concept of drunkenly telling your crush you love them via snapchap? yes, good, correct

there is a bridge over a river, and some days it is lovely by lotts

summary: “What are you doing here?” Mikey asks, trying and failing not to stare, but Nate’s staring right back, like he’s also not sure what’s going on.

“I figured I’d meet you here,” Nate says. “Put a familiar face on the Binghamton welcoming committee.”

Mikey looks around. “There’s no one else here.”

“Well, it was either a familiar face or no face,” Nate says with an uncertain smile, like he’s not quite sure he’s allowed to make a joke.

why i love it: perhaps i love it because i like to hurt my own feelings, but this is really just a well done fic that really just hits. it’s honest and emotional and you can feel the weight of that throughout it, but it does have a pretty light hearted ending that is good and hopeful. bonus points for being one of my favorite break up make up fics ever and currently my most read fic of 2021

a catch in the curse by aliquis

summary: Mikey McLeod is gifted — or cursed — with the power of psychic persuasion. With the ability to bend people’s ears to his will, Mikey is well aware of how dangerous a power he wields, and the responsibility he bears to not abuse it.

Though he rarely uses his gifts, new developments in his friendship with Nate Bastian may threaten his control. Mikey would do anything to protect his best friend, including finding a way to get rid of his powers for good. Luckily, Newark’s own witch in the woods may be able to help.

why i love it: magic au!!!! i cannot stress how fantastic the world building is in this series (you don’t have to read the tknp fic that’s first to follow what’s happening, but it is worth the read) and mikey’s feelings towards nate and his own struggle is just!!!! honestly i’m just a series of exclamation points about it all

Invisible string by philatoi

summary: Mikey has known he’s liked guys since the first time Nathan Bastian smiled at him. That’s the thing, almost everything about Mikey’s sexuality has involved Nate — which isn’t necessarily bad. In Mikey’s humble opinion, Nate is the perfect person to fall in love with. Highly recommended. Mikey doesn’t regret putting all his eggs in that basket for the last six years.

why i love it: the pining in this, the emotions of it all-just absolutely top notch all the way around, and really just what i wanted out of a superbuddies fic. it really just feels so right for nate and mikey, and i just love it

you are a diamond and i’m just coal by hannah_baker

summary: When Mikey learns his roommate Nate isn't going home for Christmas, he drags Nate back home with him for break.

Or, the one where Mikey thinks all of his feelings for his roommate are platonic, and everyone laughs at him for it.

why i love it: me picking between this and hannah_baker’s other christmas centric superbuddies fic was like picking a favorite child. this is one of my all time favorite takes on mikey in any fic, and i always love a good college roommates au. just such a wonderful fic

turn the lights off, i’m in love by awoogah123

summary: “I can’t go to sleep yet,” Mikey murmured against Nate’s mouth, “I’m not tired.”

Nate knew this couldn’t be true, his and Mikey’s season had just finished and they were both exhausted. Still, Nate knew what Mikey meant when he said he couldn’t go to sleep yet, that he was too wired up, because he felt exactly the same way.

“I think I’ve got a way to make you more relaxed,” Nate said, mouth curving into a smirk as he brushed a hand over Mikey’s cheek. Mikey’s mouth smiled against his own.

***

Nate and Mikey are there for each other when the Devils don't make the playoffs.

why i love it: do you ever just need some soft comfort to cope? yeah me too! this fic is that and i was very 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺 about it when i read it

[bigbrotherlouis]

nate's back: a 2021 superbuddies primer

aka what the fuck happened over thanksgiving weekend aka love is real aka nate bastian is back home where he belongs

for some reason tumblr won't let me put more than 10 photos in any type of post so i had to put this primer on ao3 but here you goooo

[ryangravytrain]

I took part in this years pucking rare! Fest! Here is mine : Hiding in Plain Sight

Check it out and lmk what you think!!

[hannah-bakerr]

You Are a Diamond, and I’m Just Coal by hannah_baker 

Nathan Bastian/Mikey McLeod

College AU, Friends to Lovers, 22k, complete

When Mikey learns his roommate Nate isn't going home for Christmas, he drags Nate back home with him for break.

Or, the one where Mikey thinks all of his feelings for his roommate are platonic, and everyone laughs at him for it.

[stupidsexyseguin]

I’m fairly sure I have you to blame for being obsessed with Tyler/Jamie so would be up for a fic rec for them (though admittedly I’ve read everything in the tag so maybe you just have to produce new content 😏). Or I found you through sid/geno so a fic rec for that would be good too!! OR considering I’ve probably read everything featuring both of those, if you had recs for any other ships I should consider that would be good too. Thanks for everything 🌈🙌😍

i’ve done a jamie/tyler one that i think still stands as my favourites from the archive, and there are some really great sidgeno fics but i’m not feeling it right now. so. i’m calling this list

“pairings you should give a chance because i swear they’re adorable as fuck”

some are tiny ships, some are beginning to rival fandom giants like bennguin and sidgeno, but here’s some of my favourite fics from ships to consider if you’ve run out of fic for your own teams.

all that by LottieAnnamikey/nater. soulmate au. friends to lovers. lots of mutual pining. these two are fucking cute and i fucking love it and you should really give them a go.

and underneath, it should say “i win” by nebuliapaulie/nealer. i think these two were actually the first ship i got into after i started getting into hockey. i love it. anyway- james neal gets a drunk tattoo and it is, unfortunately, a love letter to his best friend.

We wish, we wish, and all we do is wait by MamaWouldBeSoProudmcdraisaitl. leon is in love with his liney. slow burn, pining, happy ending.

Pop them bottles and drink that up, man by Honeymull and arzoensisjoe thornton/tomas hertl. um. so like every fic for these two is kinky as fuck and i love it. please read them all.

Stay by hapakitsunesergei bobrovsky/nick foligno. rule!63 slow burn pining. this pairing is so wholesome and i know this is rule!63 but i love this fic and you should also read all the other fic that exists for them

A Save Situation by oflightsbenntuzzo. okay look, i’m a slut for friends to lovers, i admit it. basically bros in love and pining for each other post bortz’ trade.

I could be wrong, I could be ready by 12ways (yourblues)les gally. fake dating. accidental outing. slowburn pining. gally gets outed and chucky accidentally gets roped into being his fake boyfriend. a pairing i like to call #assholesinlove

The Zoo of Toronto by Bellsastuffphil kessel/carl hagelin. hell yes very wholesome love. this fic is a really interesting concept and this ship has some real gems to read.

must be love on the brain by crispierchipnolan patrick/claude giroux. um. very unhealthy relationship. dubcon. gangbang. i wish this pairing had more wholesome fic, but like, what exists is pretty fucking hot.

out of the blue by Iddaymceichel. assumed identity. in which jack keeps hate fucking connor mcdavid, while falling in love with a guy he met on twitter using an assumed name.

give the game away by somehowunbrokenmarner/strome. um undiscussed bdsm disguised as hate fucking? good shit yo.

while making the most of the night (i’ll love you) by cawlidge_hawkeymcstrome. dylan didn’t expect connor to take him seriously when he said he wanted to fuck. he also didn’t expect it to fuck them up so much.

ever dreamed we even could be by vienna jonesnico/nolan. rookies in love. these two could be so wholesome!!! need me more as they play and grow! 

[leafsbabe]

masterlist

all my Joe Burrow fics 

52/52 of 2022

trying to post once a week for a year, 52 posts in 52 weeks

current status: 52/52

1. Ryan Graves - nsfw alphabet

2. Trevor Zegras - boyfriend headcanon

3. Kevin Hayes - breeding kink

4. Nico Hischier - nsfw alphabet

5. Kaapo Kakko - boyfriend headcanon

6. Sam Reinhart - sex headcanon

7. Joe Burrow - nsfw alphabet

8. Chris Kreider - breeding kink

9. Justin Herbert - boyfriend headcanon

10. Justin Herbert - kink list

11. Justin Herbert - nsfw alphabet

12. Jason Robertson - boyfriend headcanon

13. Jason Robertson - sex headcanon

14. Sebastian Aho - nsfw alphabet

15. Leon Draisaitl - breeding kink

16. Thomas Bordeleau - boyfriend headcanon 

17. Mikey McLeod - boyfriend headcanon

18. Alexandar Georgiev - sex headcanon

19. Brock Boeser - breeding kink

20. Matthew Tkachuk - breeding kink

21. Auston Matthews - nsfw alphabet (mlm/neutral)

22. Justin Danforth - boyfriend headcanon

23. Kirill Kaprizov - breeding kink

24. Sebastian Aho - breeding kink

25. Roope Hintz - nsfw alphabet

26. Jonathan Drouin - boyfriend headcanon

27. Andrei Vasilevskiy - sex headcanon

28. Nick Blankenburg - sex headcanon

29. Ross Colton - sex headcanon

30. Nick Blankenburg - boyfriend headcanon

31. Nick Blankenburg - breeding kink 

32. Cole Sillinger - boyfriend headcanon 

33. Owen Power - sex headcanon

34. Owen Power - boyfriend headcanon

35. Kent Johnson - boyfriend headcanon

36. Leon Draisaitl - nsfw alphabet 

37. Quinn Hughes - nsfw alphabet

38. Mikey McLeod - sex headcanon

39. Axel Jonsson-Fjällby - boyfriend headcanon

40. Michael Bunting - sex headcanon

41. Michael Bunting - boyfriend headcanon

42. Sidney Crosby - breeding kink

43. Joe Burrow - smut 

44. Kent Johnson - sex headcanon

45. Cayden Primeau - boyfriend headcanon

46. Jeremy Swayman - sex headcanon

47. Jack Hughes - boyfriend headcanon

48. Justin Herbert - breeding kink

49. Nick Blankenburg - nsfw alphabet

50. Ethan Edwards - sex headcanon

51. Ethan Edwards - boyfriend headcanon

52. Brendan Brisson - sex headcanon

[ariavederci]

ur turn !! superbuddies for the ask game <3

I'm very bad at checking my asks so this is extremely late, sorry, Mina! I very much ship the superbuds, of course 😌.

What made you ship it?

I think I primarily started shipping them when they first showed up in McStrome fic? I thought it was incredibly cute (and also unhinged) that Mikey asked GM Ray Shero to draft Nate. I don't think I went HARD for them until "what a run we had tho" and then I went absolutely batshit when "NJ claims Bastian" happened.

I think, when it comes down to it, my favourite thing about them is just how fucking weird and in love they are with each other? Like, Mika Zibanejad and Chris Kreider are in love and beautiful, but Mikey and Nate? They're WEIRD and also in love. Like has any other hockey talked for three minutes straight about their best friend's extra tooth? Yeah, I didn't think so. That's love, babey.

What are your favorite things about the ship?

In no particular order:

Mikey "loves to be free" McLeod

Nate "let me show off my boyfriend's abs and his yellow shorts" Bastian

Nate's mic'd up

The "friendship" feature

That hot tub pic that will HAUNT ME FOR YEARS

Listening to Nate's interviews about Seattle and replacing New Jersey with Mikey

Is there an unpopular opinion you have on your ship?

I think "unpopular" is perhaps taking it tew far, but I think sometimes Mikey's characterization in fic is entirely based on how we think Nate sees him, whether or not the fic is from Nate's POV? I know of the two of them, Mikey's the unknowable one, so I get totally get it! I think it would be interesting, though, to see other takes of Mikey based on the material we have so far!

[adamlarssin]

There's nothing quite like reading utterly depressing Hallsy angst with a side of rly sad Mikey McLeod..

[grittyreadsfic]

what's up my pals my reading this month was uhhhhhhh unhinged? clearly i'm doing, based on the number of found family fics i have read and the fact that i reread both cut to the feeling and once more with feeling this month, rip 2 me everyone

but anyway, must reads for this month:

-i know i was yours long before you were mine by sensationalshehulk is such a fun little nate bastian/mikey mcleod fic. absolutely love the premise (marriage clause!!!!!) and the vibes and the way the team all tries to help keep these two together even when scattered across the globe, very sweet

-it's hard to be a saint in the city by theaa was a super compelling jack hughes/nolan patrick fic. i loved this characterization of jack so much, and i really think the fic made this ship work, made it compelling and engaging and it's fun read

-tragic ends by trueneutral is an absolutely lovely quinton byfield/alex turcotte ghost/haunted house fic. it takes a certain something for me to enjoy a fic around a ghost, and this has it. really cool world building, the dynamic between quinton and alex is perfect, and i got SO emotional reading it

[neonapologist]

Fic Recs!

@enter-remiges did a recs post awhile back, and it introduced me to the the incredible dystopia AU that swallowed my life for a few days. It was great, and I feel like I owe the world a recs post of my own! So here, months later, are a couple fics in a few different fandoms and ships that I have enjoyed recently.

you should see the things we do by threeturn Fandom: Pod Save America RPF Ship: Tommy Vietor/Jon Lovett Words: 5,461

Look I”m not saying you should be reading PODSA fic, but like, why aren’t you reading PODSA fic? So fun! So funny! So witty, so banter! And the characters (uh, people) are so THEMSELVES, its charming. This fic is a very good version of those things. Its so funny it makes me laugh out loud REGULARLY and it incorporates actual details nicely, and its sweet and perfect. You should read it.

“It was weird because usually Tommy only had gay thoughts about men in uniform and Barack Obama. Tommy darted a look over at Lovett, who was probably the most civilian person he had ever met. He had fallen asleep.”

A Case Study in Non-Traditional Pack Dynamics by 7iris Fandom: Hockey RPF Ship: Carey Price/PK Subban Words: 7,449

PK and Carey are a good ship (RIP!) but this is the best version of them. It is! Carey Price is obviously a werewolf, recalcitrant but good at it. PK is having a great time. The story of the two of them is lovely and has just enough like, animalistic scent nonsense, but more than anything this is just one of my favorite little built worlds ever? I would very much like to go to this conference, and the author does such a good job of making it real and charming and fun. Its gorgeous.

“Carey sighs deeply. "Pernell Karl Subban, will you pretend to be my alternate pack-leader--"

"And mate," Kayla says.

"And mate," Carey repeats dutifully, "at the Greater Pacific Northwest Werewolf Symposium?"

PK grins. "Absolutely."”

puttin' on my shades (to cover up my eyes) by electrumqueen Fandom: Hockey RPF Ship: Adam Henrique/Taylor Hall (but it doesn’t really matter. Taylor Hall/growth and emotional understanding.) Words: 26,844

Honestly, this is just a fic about Taylor Hall being sad in New Jersey. It is a WALLOW. I love it quite a bit.

Eventually he like, learns to love again and that part is cool too but its just so well written and so evocative and like the feelings are so SHARP. It manages to be funny and clever even while its unbearably sad, and watching him pick himself up is…its great. Also, Mikey McLeod. Ok.

Taylor’s puking in the gutter on a Monday night when he runs into the kid. They stare at each other for a second and then Taylor, bent over, hands on his knees like he’s fifteen again, lifts his head to make eye contact. His mouth tastes fucking foul. His stomach hurts.

The kid blinks at him, and then bolts.

What Will Survive Of Us by Ferritin4 Fandom: Hockey RPF Alexander Ovechkin/Nicklas Backstrom Words: 26,093

Oof. OOOoooooffff. No one does Nicky and Ovie like Ferritin does. All their fics are so good, this one is just the newest and its…its….*groaning noises.* Soul bonds, huh. Telepathy and shared emotions and buttoned up careful composed Nicklas Backstrom leaking his feelings all OVER the place.

Also its hot af. Like, telepathic plane blowjob hot *monkey with hands over its mouth emoji*

“They win against the Habs off a classic Ovechkin snipe, and Nicklas looks at him in the locker room and thinks, I’m sorry. He doesn’t know why.

He’s been radiating apologies for a week at least, but now: now, with Alex looking at him, his face a mystery, Nicke can only think it, and hope.

The room feels different, suddenly. Nicklas’s skin feels warm, like sunlight in the wintertime.”

Seven Universes: Remember by quigonejinn Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe/Captain America Ship: uhhhh Words: 1,609

I don’t always want fic to rip my heart out, but when I DO. This is 7 possible ways things could have gone at the end of Winter Soldier and man they are all bad. REAL Bad. As the author’s note says, “This is not a fic about fluffy unicorn puppy cuddles. The first universe involves suicide. Things proceed from there.”

But its so gorgeous, these heartbreaking chiming possibilities, these explorations of a single moment and the ways that the moments before and after can affect them, the people these characters all get to be, the ideas it explores. It’s so cool. I’ve read it many many times.

“Steve Rogers puts his hand on the Tesseract, and he wishes for the Winter Soldier to remember.

It has the effect that he wants. The Winter Soldier comes to a skidding stop about twenty feet away. He crumples; he goes down on his knees, and he makes long, terrified noises of fear. Steve hesitates, but sees the Winter Soldier yank his mask off and throw it on the floor. There are real tears. There appears to be real anger. Steve steps close, then a little closer; the sight of his old, best, childhood friend on his knees, weeping, feels like a knife in the heart.”

Please to enjoy!

[lottswrites]

The rarest pair you have a wip about? Why them? Do you have that one wip you have had for ages, thought many times of deleting and abandoning totally but occasionally you open the doc, edit a bit or add a sentence or two bit it still never really gets ahead? What is it, how old is it and why do still you keep it around?

oh man i just went back and finished a mitchell stephens/taylor raddysh soulmate au that i started literally last summer? i have a few fics like that tbh... i just don’t like deleting stuff. there’s a comfort in going back and completing old fic, like if i’m *totally* stuck i have something that’s 80% done that’s a little less daunting than like. a full fic, uk? there’s also the auston/zach offseason fic i started last july, a few mitch/auston fics, and the mikey/nate roller disco au that fall into that category.

as for rarest pair? tie between lee/davidson, mcleod/strome, and joseph/cirelli, probably.

[dwstrome]

Taylor Raddysh/Mikey McLeod - A WJ Primer

re : this fic

I feel like I should start off by saying this is not my fault and that I never asked for it and this is entirely this pictures fault. 

Anyway these great kids played together on Canada’s 2017 World Juniors team and where frequently seen standing next to each other in the presentation lines.

[Pictured: everyone else saluting the crowd. Mikey and Taylor having a moment] 

This isn’t the first time they have played together but despite being on seperate OHL teams (Taylor on the Erie Otters and Mikey on the MIssasauga Steelheads) the pair played hockey together with the Toronto Marlboros from atom all the way up to minor midget where got to play along side fellow WJ teammates Dylan Strome and Mitch Stephens.

They knew each other back when Mikeys hair was very un-Mikey (thanks taylor for the great receipts on that one). Anyway they won some trophies, chirped each other on insta and parted ways as they started there Major Junior Careers on seperate teams in different conferences. 

For the next two years they had a lot of near misses both playing fro team canada at the U17 World Hockey challenge except on different teams and then facing off again at the OHL top prospects team. They never really left each others orbit, but they also never really hung again until the 2016 NHL combine.

After the draft World Juniors development camp was in the summer and everyones favourites where there except one noticeable exception that would go on to be invited to training camp come December Taylor Raddysh. Taylor then proceeded to tear it up in the OHL throughout the first 2 months leading the league in scoring which was enough to get him noticed by the Hockey Canada Scouts and win him an invitation to the World Juniors Selection Camp where he roomed with Mikey McLeod.

The pair would then go on to start the tradition of standing next to each other in pretty much every anthem line and simultaneously steal my heart.

They also engaged in the proven Canadian hockey boy flirting method of tagging them in pictures of yourself and replying with equally confusing emoji selections.

However tragically, all good things must come to and end and in the face of the worlds most crushing international defeat we look to mikey mcleod for words of wisdom and/or inspirations to move forward.

luckily for us, their friendship/relationship lives on in near constant Instalive love confessions.

Mikey replied with - “love you T” so thats enough the fuel this ship through until at least next december in my eyes.

[stupidsexyseguin]

fic recs: what do you think is a super underrated fic? there's a ton of authors with expansive universes and drabbles and stuff, but what do you think is a good fic that's amazing but doesn't get a ton of attention? (she asks, not at all because she's already read all of the big fics and is hungrily searching for more)

hahaha, i honestly usually choose a pairing, set filter to complete, and read anything that catches my eye as i work my way through every single page. so i really do need more specific parameters to tell you fics you might like, i’ve just read so many. like what pairings have you tried and would you be open to trying? or are you like me and have literally read almost anything if it looks like a decent fic?

also, like, what makes something underrated? like, is there a certain amount of comments/kudos/hits under which something becomes labeled as unappreciated?

maybe try:

Stop Making Sense by Vidrianawilliam nylander/kasperi kapanen. willy needs a fake boyfriend for christmas

keep you time, keep your mind, keep humble by backcheckdylan strome/connor mcdavid. rule63 f/f.

tear the world by LottieAnnamikey mcleod/nathan bastian, mitch marner/auston matthews. series. soulmates

Where I Want To Go by jamesbondphil kessel/carl hagelin. soulbonds

Can’t Do Without You by thismuchmorecam atkinson/ryan johansen. friends to lovers. 

Fear of Flying by myrthrilmercuryphil kessel/carl hagelin. phil kessel had no intention of taking the cup to toronto. carl hagelin has other ideas.

okay, look, controversial answer under the cut (like. very controversial. i am very aware. please don’t @ me about it)

if you’re like me and read literally anything, and are looking for something a bit different with substantial content to browse: have you gone through the kane/toews archive on ao3? because like, there are some really amazing fics there- most written pre2015- that will never get proper recognition because you know, kane is a scumbag and toews is problematic.

again, i don’t support the players, and i read the characters in the fic as fictional and separate from the real life counter parts, but honestly some of them are really beautifully written?

some i found interesting (and long):

Dress for the Weather by electrumqueen+sidney crosby/jack johnson. feat a team with women on the roster, coach crosby, and kazer exes in the office after neither of them made the big show

You and Me of the 10,000 Wars by sahiyapost retirement. angsty af. johnny isn’t ready to deal with hockey again by Pat has been asked to GM the oilers

I have as much soul as you (and full as much heart) by Mayhem10magical realism. soulmates. johnny was born with half a heart.

[stevenstamkos]

How Alex dealt with Mikey & Nater must be from growing up with William eh?

Omg I started a fic about Alex Dealing with Mikey and Nater and idk if I’ll ever finish it bc I have zero (0) plot in mind, but some of my favorite lines:

Alex can tolerate a lot of bullshit. No seriously, he’s been doing it his whole life. There are plenty of guys he knows who say they’re mentally tough, but Alex has been living with Mikey McLeod and Nate Bastian for like, a whole year. That takes resilience.

Not that there’s anything like wrong with Mikey and Nate. He loves them, much as any good teammate loves their lineys. And they’re good friends. They’re just, you know, Mikey and Nate.

“What does that even mean?” Willy asks, when Alex complains about it.

“It’s like - you’ve seen them before, they do that thing!” Alex says, because it should be obvious.

“Use your words, Alex. I know Swedish is a better language, but English isn’t that hard - ”

Which is totally missing the point. Willy’s being deliberately thick. William, Alex decides, is an asshole.

Oh and of course lmao this part

Nate would probably get mad at the girl currently macking on Mikey. Alex can’t really blame her, Mikey’s got the whole blond hair blue eyes thing that people seem to love. Plus, he looks like a nice boy who’d treat you right.

“I love your eyebrows,” the girl says. Okay that’s a little weird.

Mikey thanks her, because he’s a nice boy who treats people right.

Nate magically materializes over Mikey’s shoulder, which isn’t really a surprise because Nater has like Mikey Radar Extra Sensitive. People keep talking about Mikey’s speed and how explosively fast he is. They’ve probably never seen Nate move when he spots someone hitting on Mikey though.

[marns16]

McLeod/Bastian, 3k, No Archive Warnings Apply. 

Summary:

The thing no one tells you about falling for your best friend is that despite all attempts to make sure nothing changes, things will change. And once they do, you can’t stop them from changing either.

(or: Nate isn’t exactly sure when he fell in love with Mikey.)

Notes: 

I finally finished a hockey fic, y’all. Thanks to Nicole for reading this over!