#parse/zimms

[cherrymoonvol6]

the mythology of the parse update in year 4 haunts me to this day man. how this is not by any means closure, but kent still wants some semblance of it in his life. how the real threshold is to have a conversation with jack but he's tried in the past and has always ended in catastrophe - and so jack's college boyfriend will have to do. how talking to bitty allows kent enough distance to still treat jack as a friend and atone for some of his mistakes, which is something he might still be unable to do in front of jack himself. how this is the first step, and by no means the last (!!!)

[freebooter4ever]

kenny p is losing his mind over this one

[aristocrating]

Parse Bingo - "Media Disaster"

Stanley Cup Final 2019

One coming out, one engagement and one breakup later.

Final minute, slapshot, goal.

Jack hoists the Cup, touches it for the second time on this ice.

He looks straight into the camera as he says, “Marry me, Kent Parson.”

All heads turn: Kent sits at the edge of the crowd, frozen, staring.

He frowns, stands up.

“The fuck, Zimms? Are you for real?”

Jack nods, nervous now. Blush across his face. From the game, the question.

“What the hell,” Kent says. He shrugs. “Sure.”

The crowd erupts.

Reporters run. Cameras pan over.

Summer 2020: A wedding.

This is my drabble for one of my @parsebingo prompts! Based on the silly scenarios that were discussed in the chat.

[softkent]

to the person on ao3 that's going through all my parse/zimms fics, ily

[decaflondonfog]

growing pains

(bitty/parse, rated E, posting weekly)

Maybe moving to Las Vegas right after his breakup with Jack wasn’t the best move for Bitty, but here he is: lonely and sad, and not really sure what to do with his life. Luckily, there is someone who knows everything there is to know about being heartbroken, lonely and sad in Vegas.

or, as i like to call it: “lmao this kid gets his heart broken by Zimms then moves to Vegas and has the audacity to tell me idk what I’m talking about? baby, been there done that!!!!! shut your pretty mouth and lemme help you” - kent parson, probably

featuring: a heavy zimbits breakup :(, lardo & bitty being besties, slow burn falling in love, kent parson and his million snapbacks, the las vegas aces being a bunch of good eggs, excessive texting, lots of vegan baked goods, kent parson's cat (whatever you call her), a little hockey violence, and an eventual happily ever after

i have 5 out of a total of 8 chapters written and ready to go and i’m steadily working on the final 3, so while this fic is not finished, i intend to update every tuesday, meaning we’ll be all done just in time for kenny’s birthday!! here we gooooooooo:

chapter one: an oat latte and a carrot cupcake to go

[jackzmms]

thinking about parse being the only one to call jack “zimms”

[willdexpoindexter]

Tourniquet

When there’s nothing left to do I will pull you close and wrap my arms around you No, I won't let you slip, I'll be your tourniquet - Tourniquet, jeremy messersmith

Jack said he was okay but Kent knew he wasn’t.

He watched him and saw when he zoned out, saw when he panicked, saw when he couldn’t breathe.

The draft was only a couple of months away and Kent was sure that was what caused Jack to freak out. But whenever he tried to talk about it, Jack shut him down.

So Kent decided to love him silently and hold him together even though Jack denied he needed it.

When Jack spaced out at a party, Kent distracted him with a bathroom makeout session.

When Jack got that panicked look in conversation, Kent changed the topic to something safer.

When Jack couldn’t breathe, Kent got his anxiety medication.

It worked — until it didn’t.

Until Jack slipped away and took too many.

Until Jack was on the floor and he wasn’t breathing at  all and Kent had to call an ambulance and they wouldn’t even let him in.

And then Jack wouldn’t let him in.

Kent didn’t blame him, though. He had promised — if only to himself — to keep Jack together and he had failed.

Kent let go.

(read on ao3)

[karin848]

I made a Parse/Zimms mix

It’s not exactly a shipping mix, it’s pretty canon-compliant from what we know about their past relationship in the comic, but I’m pretty proud of this mix so give it a listen if you’d like! 

[Link to 8tracks]

[Link to Spotify]

Song list under the cut

1) Teenager In Love by Neon Trees

I don't wanna go out I just wanna sit inside my bedroom And obsess over everything I say to you Young love is like a roller coaster You couldn't pay me to ride if you tried Teenager, teenager, t-t-t-teenager

2) Daft Pretty Boys by Bad Suns 

There's one thing about me that you should know That I can't help from speaking my mind I don’t like you You look so pretty from afar I despise you Why are you so fucking perfect on the outside?

3) Don’t Take the Money by Bleachers 

Will we fight, stay up late? In my dreams I'm to blame Different sides of the bed Roll your eyes, shave my head Now we're stuck in the storm We were born to ignore And all I got is a chance to just sit (I'm in love and you've got me, runaway)

4) Glory and Gore by Lorde 

You've been drinking like the world was gonna end (it didn't) Took a shiner from the fist of your best friend (go figure) It's clear that someone's gotta go We mean it, but I promise we're not mean

And the cry goes out (ha) They lose their minds for us, and how it plays out (ha) Now we're in the ring and we're coming for blood

5) Run Run Run by Celeste Buckingham 

All is fair in love and war but all I do is love you more. Our love is crazy, unhealthy but I can't keep from you baby. So you said: "Why even bother?"

Set this love, set me on fire how I wish. You'd be the victim So you'd see

Just how I'm feelin

6) Poison by Beyonce 

You ain't right, take me high Then that high it subsides and my body flat-lines Then you come to revive; wait, wait, wait, I'm alive But how long will it last? Will it all come crashing down? How many doses am I needing now? What's the prognosis? Will you be around? Or am I just another victim of an assassin that broke my heart down

7) Hoodie by Hey Violet 

I used to put my hand in your pockets (holding on) The smell of your cologne is still on it (but you're still gone) Slip it on over my shoulders Someone I'll never get over Makes me feel a little bit closer to you

8) Hate That You Know Me by Bleachers 

So I keep talking about eighteen 'Cause I can't let go of the same dream Rubber band in my past time And you know what? I hate it!Sometimes I hate that you know me so well (so well) Sometimes I, I hate that you know me so well (and I hate ya) Some days I, I wish that I wasn't myself (No) No luck! (No) And I hate that you know me so well

9) Break My Heart by Hey Violet 

It's like a drug, I can't say no (break my heart) On paradise, I overdose (break my heart) I'm curious to live and learn (break my heart) So light me up and let me burn

Tell me you've never loved me Tell me that it wasn't real Just say you've found somebody else I wanna know the way it feels (break my heart) Tell me you've never loved me Tell me it was just a lie I wanna feel the pain I wanna see the light

10) All Falls Down by Alan Walker, Noah Cyrus 

What's the point in saying that when you know how I'll react? You think you can just take it back, but shit just don't work like that You're the drug that I'm addicted to, and I want you so bad Guess I'm stuck with you, and that's that

[fanartshmanart]

I'd like to wish a special good morning to the people who write Jack/Kent

[cricketnationrise]

post seven sentences from your current wip and then tag seven others.

I was tagged by @gaydereknurse (thanks jo) and this is from the next chapter of my Guernsey au How Delightful If That Were True

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(email from Jack to Tater)

PS: Kent doesn’t write emails. He calls because he’s as stubborn as the day is long and refuses to believe that in this day and age there is somewhere in America that doesn’t actually get at least decent cell service. 

So inevitably he calls and we shout back and forth at each other with about 70% of the conversations being “WHAT?” and “DID YOU HEAR ME?” 

The other 30% is all the same: I should come back home and marry him. I politely disagree. In writing.

I am much less upset about it than I would have been a month ago.

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I'm tagging anyone with a WIP who wants to because its fun but specifically @sincerelyreidburke because I'm nosy about the crickets literally always

[zimbittle]

Jack & Kenny

Drive by Halsey

[aristocrating]

go on and hit me in the heart

Kent Parson at age 33 is faced with several thrilling questions: Is there a life after hockey? Will he ever come out? Will he ever get over Zimms? What's going on with him and Swoops? Wait, is Zimms kind of flirting with him right now? Isn't he married? Hey, hang on, he was definitely flirting there- And many more.

Jack/Parse | Trauma, Addiction, Finding Back Together | 57k words | read it on ao3

[merlinisnotover]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kent "Parse" Parson/Jack Zimmermann, Alexei "Tater" Mashkov/Kent "Parse" Parson Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Jack Zimmermann, Kent Parson's Mom, Alexei "Tater" Mashkov Additional Tags: Trans Character, Trans Male Character, trans!kent parson, Ficlet, One Shot, Gay Male Character, Canon Gay Character, Gay, Everyone Is Gay, Time Skips, supportive parents, parsepositive Summary:

He’s 9 years old when he first says his name. “Mom?” “Hmm?” “What was my name gonna be? If I was a boy?” “Kent. Why do you ask, honey?” His mom replies, her back to him at the stove. “Kent?” He says, wrinkling his nose. “That’s an old person name.” “We were gonna call you Kenny until you grew into it, honey.” His mom smiled, turning around to face him at the kitchen table. “I can live with Kenny,” Kent says, returning to his homework.

[ladyeternal178]

Seeking a video

I was going through somebody’s Check Please tag a while back and I ran across a reblog of a beautiful video someone had posted of two men dancing, one blond one brunet.  Someone had reblogged it because the dance was so fluid and so beautiful and the song was about a relationship falling apart and it could’ve been Jack and Kent dancing together it was so emotive.  But I apparently only liked it because I can’t find it now?  Can anyone help?

[thegirlwhocriedsass]

i commissioned this from @littlestpersimmon and it makes my heart so happy 

I asked for kent comforting jack after a loss back when they played together