#how can you not love this DILFy team

[magnusstan]

Cute smiles, gentle bullying and blushing 😊

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[malk1ns]

A prompt if this sings to you... established relationship mid-30s sidgeno taking in a rookie to live with them? Maybe a Russian? Maybe not! Maybe it's ABO and the baby alpha is overwhelmed by milfy Sid/baby omega is overwhelmed by dilfy Geno? Maybe not! IDK I just want to see an awkward 18 year old being completely rabbit in the headlights witnessing these two icons and heroes being dorky and frisky and middle-aged at home.

Ooooh I love this!

This isn't my best work, but I haven't written in ages and I'm rusty, so—you get what you get, haha. But this is such a fun concept and I had a lot of fun thinking about it!!! That's part of why it's so disjointed I think, I had so many ideas about how this could look and what it could involve and I wanted to cram everything in. Maybe I'll revisit this when I can actually properly use the English language again and clean it up!

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Mack doesn't get a choice about where he lives his rookie year.

Not a lot of guys do, really—if they're bouncing between the A and the big club, they get real familiar with a few specific hotels, and if they make the show right away the team usually encourages them to look for something in a particular neighborhood—but Mack, after the excitement of the draft was over and the contract negotiations began in earnest, didn't even get that much leeway.

He's a first overall pick. He's an omega. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Penguins. Of course he'll be living with Sidney Crosby and his mate.

Crosby—call me Sid he'd said, backstage after Mack stumbled his way onstage and held up his jersey and smiled so hard his face hurt—sends him and his parents an email in late summer, offering up a suite in his house in one of Pittsburgh's suburbs. He'll have a bedroom, a bathroom, and a living area to himself, along with a small fridge, and Sid says he'll help Mack get a car, too, if he doesn't already have one.

Mack's agent is copied on the email, along with four names from the Penguins organization that Mack doesn't recognize. It's not really an offer, after all.

Mack's parents are overjoyed. They're both betas, and when Mack presented his mom had practically lost her mind trying to figure out how to parent him appropriately, and they'd both been desperately worried about him living on his own. As if that had been an option; every interview at the combine included some discussion about where he'd stay, and it seemed like every team had a plan, no input from Mack required.

His dad's more focused on what he'll get out of living with Hall of Famers. "Watch how they spend their time off," he says to Mack as they're standing at Pittsburgh International. They'd all driven down in Mack's new car together, and spent the last two days getting him settled in and seeing the sights, and now his parents are flying back to Vancouver. "You're never going to have a better example than Malkin and Crosby. Pay attention to them, and you'll be fine."

Mack's not sure that this is quite what his parents had in mind.

Sid's amazing, of course. He knows what it's like to be an omega in the league—for all there are more now than when Sid was drafted, they're still an extreme minority, and going first overall, over all the alphas eligible, has only happened twice. Well, three times now. He walks Mack through the accommodations at the rink, connects him with the dynamics counselors and heat coordinators, and he spends a lot of time just listening to Mack, sharing his own experiences and talking him through his panic and nerves. Mack's lucky, and all the guys from BU are jealous as hell, constantly blowing up the GC with questions that Mack's not gonna answer in a million years.

Geno, though?

Mack's been around alphas his whole life. Sports at a higher level are riddled with them, obviously, and omegas aren't cloistered away anymore—he's not required to cross the street if he approaches an alpha, and North America has been totally integrated for decades.

There's getting in board battles with alphas his own age, though, or interacting with random people out in the world, and living with an alpha in his 30s, in the space he's marked as his.

Geno's not nervous around him. Which, obviously, why would he be, but Mack's used to the guys his age being a little on edge, a little anxious, a little fumbling in the presence of Mack's pheromones. Geno's a whole-ass adult, though, and he's been mated to Sid for as long as Mack can remember, so of course he wouldn't give a shit about some 18-year-old kid.

The whole house smells like Geno, a mix of coconut and snow and citrus. It's comforting; Mack's never slept so well in his life, and it just feels safe, knowing that there's an alpha around all the time. Sid's left his mark too, of course, but there's no escaping that an alpha lives in this house, an alpha who's strong, and confident, and sure of himself.

It takes Mack two whole weeks before he can talk to Geno without turning bright red and stuttering. He'd feel more embarrassed by his behavior, the way he reacts to Geno's scent, if he thought Geno noticed for one single second.

Because the thing is, what Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin seem to spend most of their off-hours doing is...each other.

Mack's never walked in on them—they're too thoughtful, and he's seen the way Geno stares down other alphas who look a little too closely at Sid, he's not interested in anyone seeing Sid that way—but he can smell them, all over the house. Geno's got a hand on Sid constantly; at his waist as they move around each other in the kitchen, on his legs when they sit on the couch, cupping the bond-bite on Sid's neck when they think they're alone. He smells like he wants Sid all the time.

And Sid absolutely reciprocates.

Mack can't blame him. If he had an alpha like that— He doesn't let himself go too far down that path, because he has to live with them, and he's too young anyway, he wants to focus on his career for a while, but there's something about how happy Sid looks, the way he teases Geno until they're both pink and smiling, the way he gets this look in his eye when he watches Geno putter around in the kitchen, that makes something in Mack's gut twinge with longing. He wants this, someday—a mate, a home, someone who makes him that happy.

He just wishes they'd do a bit more to hide when they're going off to fuck, though. Mack's cycle is still irregular, and being this close to a mated pair who are having sex practically every night—Mack is shocked they can still do it that much at their age—is gonna push him into early heat one of these days, and then he'll have to ask for a ride to the facilities, and Geno will know, Geno will smell it on him, and they'll both be so nice and understanding and go out of their way to assure him it's normal and make sure he has what he needs, and it will just be the worst, most mortifying thing that's ever happened to him.

Anyway, yeah. Mack's pretty sure his dad had something else in mind, when he was talking about what Mack could pick up from living with Crosby and Malkin.

It's going to be a long year.

[gayferrari]

I love reading your takes & thoughts on topics! Rank or rate (which one is easier ig) these ship of the 2000-10s I completely understand if you ignore this ask because this is insanely long feel free to delete this ask

Webbonso

Sebmark/Martian

Sebson

vettonso

buttonso

butter/markson

princess cake

Brocedes

slagclaren/britlaren

sewis

simi

Ferwis

Kimi/Mark (this is a crack ship I had bc of an edit mentioning kimi & mark as Oscar’s parents)

lol add some pairing to the list if I missed something

THANK YOU I LOVE YAPPING AT PEOPLE ❤️❤️❤️❤️

Ok sorry this has taken A While to put together... putting everything under a cut + Nico/Seb and Michael/Nico that u didn't ask for but Compel Me :3

Seb/Mark: amazing showstopping spectacular. Ship of all time. Their teammate years were so rancid and they both alternated between looking like a wet cat/kicked dog respectively, and talking shit about each other all the time. The way they left such an indelible mark on each other's paths. And the way all that animosity straight up melted, like, 3 months after Mark retired... that's almost as compelling as the animosity to me. What the fuck was this. What was THIS.

Seb/Jenson: doesn't especially compel me, mostly down to Jenson being, like, remarkably well-adjusted for a professional athlete frankly. But they have matching whore energy and some of their podiums together were straight up softcore porn + some really fun banter. They were cute. I wouldn't go digging for sebson content but I happily partake in it when it comes my way.

Seb/Fernando: speaking of matching whore energy! I dig it. They were never each other's biggest rival but they had a constant low-level workplace antagonism sorta vibe that I enjoy immensely and also they're basically Mark's sister wives. We should talk more about the timing of Seb's move to Ferrari and how he pretty much stole the seat from under Nando who was not expecting it and had to scramble when the deal went public. That's very juicy to me :3

Jenson/Fernando: I never considered it before... they occupy separate spheres of my brain. However. I dig it... I can see them slutting it up at some shady Briatore party circa 2005.

Mark/Jenson: this one leaves me a bit cold. I like both buuut together they don't compel me especially / don't have much going on that I can point at and go, yeah, that makes me a bit unhinged. However they really bring a great combined DILFy energy to the paddock these days which is always needed

Jenson/Nico: there's no beating the psychosexual implications of nicknaming a man Britney hit me baby etc when you have made it known that you want to fuck Britney Spears. I'm compelled by, like, the general vibe of their dynamic over the years where Nico was perpetually bothered by something while Jenson breezed through life perpetually unbothered + the fact that they have such completely opposite personalities. IDK. There Is something there. I think Jenson's whole "was always at the scene of the crime but didn't partake" energy + the fact that he was also a Teammate Who Managed to Outscore Lewis Hamilton albeit in vastly different circumstances... it does add spice. I dig it

Lewis/Nico: licherally liferuining. Baby's first RPF ship I read fic for! One day they WILL make a biopic and I will be buying tickets first in line. I love the inherent tragedy of it all. The teenage friendship class divide goes hard. Big fan of how Nico was probably hoping that retiring would also help patch things up but actually closed the door on any possibility of reconciliation. I am still thinking about the Hungary wink 3 weeks on.

Jenson/Lewis: Rotating it in my mind... I'm always thinking about Jenson's quote that when Lewis started blowing up he was like "wdym EYE am no longer the hottest British racing driver property??" I also think their time as teammates was a very formative experience for Lewis whereas Jenson was more IDGAF — this guy came into his team! got all the godwill! beat him!! <- lots of career lessons to be learned for Old Testament Bald Lewis about how to go on during a slump. I also bet their parties were lots of fun. That said, I get the vibe that Jenson never truly grasped (doesn't care for) the scope of Lewis's competitive drive, and that's something I'd be interested in exploring if I was smashing them like dolls. Obligatory: favourite bit of Jenson's book re: Lewis + least favourite bit, which I think also adds another layer to their relationship in those days frankly.

Seb/Lewis: Conflicted about this one actually! I like their dynamic as it is — I think they have a lot of respect for each other both as racing drivers and as people and definitely some kind of friendship on a personal level BUT I also think that fundamentally the current status of their relationship is built on Lewis beating Seb over and over, and I think sometimes the fandom overlooks that. It's definitely something that colours their interactions, especially in the last few years of Seb's career. I feel like their relationship would look different if Seb had won in 2018 — and yes the Merc was goated and Ferrari were occasionally a clown show but there was a fair share of driver's mistakes that chipped away at Seb's championship hopes the couple of years he got closest. I can reasonably see a universe where Seb wins in 2018, and that's an universe where their relationship is fundamentally different, and I think a part of the fandom misses that element of their dynamic. Anyway... I do dig sewis but in general, the average fandom vibe is a bit too fluffy and toothless for my tastes... they're two former criminals we could do more!

Seb/Kimi: I want what they have but also I struggle to see Kimi as anything except really extremely heterosexual so my ship enjoyment is limited... however. I appreciate a self assured Finn who's so used to baring his ass in the sauna and womaninizing around who thinks nothing of holding his male friend's hand on a podium for the whole world to see. They're quite cute to me.

Fernando/Lewis: Thinking of that quote where Lewis said he'd cast Fernando as Prost in the Senna biopic of his life. These days they're like Reformed Criminal x Geriatric Criminal but their 00s dynamic compels me a lot (rookie teammate vs reigning champion!) and I choose to believe baby Lewis was exposed to whorish twink Nando and it was formative for him.

Kimi/Mark. LMAO. They're just Seb's sister wives to me... sorry not many thoughts.

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ships that anon missed but I want to yap about:

Michael/Nico: the lore compels me enormously. What if you were a prettyboy from Monaco who tried so hard to Be German when you started F1 and you were supposed to be the German face of the big Mercedes launch except JB said bye I'm outta here and they suddenly lured THE Michael Schumacher out of retirement and you haven't even won a race. and he makes it clear often and abundantly that he vastly prefers the other German twink who's actually winning races and championships, to you. and he talks about you to your race engineer like you're not there. shows off his abs to extert dominance and lowkey gives u a sexuality crisis. whatever the fuck this was. like. and in all this! Nico was beating Michael. often and consistently [and at the time everybody thought it was just Michael being washed rather than Nico holding his own & it wasn't until Lewis came around and Nico consistently gave him trouble that he got more credit]. Anyway EYE think Michael fucking a bit with Nico and negging him a little bit is sexy. We should use that more.

related... Seb/Nico.... this ship exists obviously in the shadow of the psychosexual drama show that was Michael BUT I am also thinking about when Nico retired and iirc his message to Seb was something like "now go win that championship in red!" and their occasional funny presser moments. also this pic. and this bitchfest. IDK, they compel me a lot! I feel like their fandom presence mostly exists in the shadow of Lewis and I get that but they have a lot going on. to me.

[sporticus1234]

I know you done piss someone off with that accurate fact you disguise for an opinion.

Not even going to lie, I did get some messages about it, but I did recognize one of them as someone who was extremely problematic in the fandom when it came to Open Heart, and even Queen B for that matter. Honestly, the energy it takes to be pissed off at everything and anything...

I did end-game romance Ethan in Open Heart, but just seeing Gabe, the comparisons kinda happened, and I just...fell in love with Gabe and how the writing around him was much, much better.

1)Not gonna lie, for being a man in his late 30s, early 40s as the estimate has him, the only way I can describe him is a DILFy snacc. (Excuse the cringe I had).

2) I don't recall Gabe ever yelling at the MC in front of other co-workers, made the MC second guess themselves as a lawyer, or made them cry at all. Yet Ethan managed to do all 3 of those on the MC's first day at the hospital. Not to mention nitpicked the MC's work in the lobby in front of other patients and hospital staff.

3) While Gabe is obviously the type to expect people to do their work, he never failed to compliment a person when it was warranted, even if it was the MC simply doing their job. Getting a compliment out of Ethan was like pulling teeth.

4) When the MC and Ethan clashed in ideas, he got all pissy and passive aggressive. The influencer in Book 2 is a good example. Ethan didn't get his way and made sarcastic, passive-aggressive comments to the MC who was only trying to save their team. When Gabe and the MC clashed, Gabe expressed his opinion, but he did stand by the MC's and put his trust in what they were doing. He never got all pissy because someone had a different method or opinion of doing something.

5) Along the same lines, in Book 3, whenever Leland overruled Ethan's decisions, he brushed off the work onto Harper and the MC, and got up to go outside and throw a tantrum. Don't recall Gabe ever storming out when something didn't go his way to throw a fit.

6) I know a big part of this was for the plot, but Ethan's personal life. Looking back now, I realized how much Ethan emotionally dumped onto the MC and dragged them into their own personal problems, with the MC even going as far to tell Ethan what to do with his own relationship with his mother. That's for him to decide, not the MC You're a grown man. While we do know very little about Gabe's past, he never brought it in and emotionally dumped onto someone about it.

7) I'll put this out here. Gabe really does care about the MC's career. He has all these connections to people, places, clubs, etc., and makes a point to bring the MC to these exclusive clubs and meet top people in the legal field to not only establish MC's own connections, but to help build their career and turn it into a success.

Obviously, I do expect Gabe to get forced like Ethan was in this story because, hey, that always happens in these sequels. The popular love interest gets way more screentime and diamond scenes and the rest suffer for it. But I will say, I've really fallen for Gabe, and I really thank the writers for that. He's easily become one of my top 5 favorite love interests PB has written.