#rotalks: Luke Hughes night

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Luke pulls a baddie and his bros are just in shocked

Bombshell baby ❧

Luke had always been the more awkward of the brothers, Quinn was quiet and reserved making people believe he was some mysterious guy, and Jack was a wildcard of emotions meaning that he was like some chick magnet.

And Luke was just there.

Until his university days, when he was given a chance to make a name for himself, growing outside of the confinements of Hughes' family name.

That’s when he met Y/n.

Y/n was some bombshell, a chemical engineering major who was too smart and bold for her own good.

She had run into Luke at some random party in September, asking if he could help her with her sorority initiation. Y/n approached him very seriously, asking for no judgement before she asked if he would take a body shot from between her boobs.

He was mortified but obliged as she made these doe eyes up at him.

She asked him out a week later when she ran into him in the physical sciences building, he was red in the face as he gave her his number.

Jack and Quinn were left in the dark at the news of the new girl in their little brother's life. But at around four months into the relationship, he was ready to announce it to not only them but also his other friends and family, opting for a little Instagram story of them at dinner together and tagging her.

Later that night Luke got some very lovely messages followed by a Group FaceTime from his brothers, sly grins on the faces as they chirped their brother for somehow managing to pull a girl who was way out of his league.

He was less appreciative of the text he received from Trevor with a simple “If she's interested in a real man let her that the Trevor Zegras is always available for her 😉” followed by his phone number. And let’s just say Luke did not allow Trevor and Y/n’s trips to the lake house overlap during the off-season, just a precaution:)

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Luke buys his gf a promise ring

A promise ❧

It was a week before frozen four, tensions were high as Luke stress-packed his entire suitcase and two hockey bags.

He mentally checked off all the boxes in his head as he dug through his bags full of skates, tapes, and gear.

His girlfriend sat prettily on the edge of his bed, hair wrapped up in a towel as she applied some lip balm, finally ready for bed, now just to get Luke to calm down enough to crawl into bed.

The defenseman dug through his bag, searching for something that he'd been meaning to give to the girl, his eyes flickered up to see her sitting with rosy cheeks and a soft smile. His heart trying not to burst in his chest as he looked down at her attire, one of his old Michigan shirts and no pants, her bare thighs on display which made him slightly breathless.

“What are you looking for Lu?” The girl asked, moving from the bed to floor right next to him, she’d been clinging to whom for the past few days, trying to soak up her remaining moments with him.

Luke sighed as he looked at her, brows furrowed as he gave up, “I had something or give you, meant to do it long ago but all the guys told me it was lame so I never got around to giving it to you,” he shrugged as his hands went back to digging threw his second hockey bag.

“What is it?” She mumbled as she leaned in closer to him, cheek pressed up against his arm.

“Found it!” he celebrated as he pulled out the tiny box from deep in his bag, “it might be lame, but I want you to have it anyways.”

He opened the tiny box to be met with a tiny ring, a gold band with a tiny pearl, her birthstone. She gasped as her eyes switched between the box and his face, he blushed as her hands found the side of his face, placing kisses all over his face.

“It’s beautiful,” she said softly as he slipped it onto her finger, “why are you giving this to me?”

“It was supposed to be a promise ring, but that felt cliche, you’re too good for cliche,” he shrugged as he took the hand the ring was on his to his hand, lips brushing against the jewellery as he placed a kiss to her knuckles.

She shook her head, “I love cliche, I love you,” she grinned as she stared up at him, her eyes full of love as Luke’s hands found her waist and pulled her into him, her lips placing a sloppy, opened mouth kiss to his shoulders

Her eyes watered as her hands travelled up his back and settled in his hair, her fingers playing with his curls as she held him closer, “I’m gonna miss you, so fucking much,” she whispered against his skin.

“You have no idea how badly I’m dreading leaving you,” he said, voice trembling as the tears started, “consider the ring a promise though, one day we will be together happily living out our dreams beside each other,” she nodded as his arms tightened around her.

She maneuvered herself so her forehead was pressed up against his, “I love you,” she said, hands cupping his face as she smashed her lips into his.

“I love you too,” he said in between kisses as his hand moved down to squeeze her thighs, a laugh leaving his lips as she gasped into his mouth at the unexpected action.

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we need some Luke angst

His biggest regret ❧

Luke Hughes x childhood best friend… but make it angsty

Part two!!

Luke is in his freshman year of university, and his best friend Y/n also attends Umich with him, she is basically an honorary Hughes.

He meets this new girl from one of the sororities affiliated with the hockey team, thinks she’s amazing and is head over heels for her. She’s not a fan of Y/n whatsoever, so she’s slowly wedging herself in between Luke and his best friend.

Here is the kicker, Y/n is in love with Luke, always has been and probably always will be. She just wishes he would open his eyes for once and see how bad she has it for him.

They were practically raised together so she gets that he sees her as family, but there had been a few drunken nights of none platonic moments that gave her a little hope.

Summer rolls around, and y/n is devastated, Luke has not talked to her in a little over a month, and didn’t invite her to the lake housd.

Quinn and Ellen are making lunches one day and it all felt so wrong, there is no summer without y/n. So the two eldest sons both hop in Ellen’s car and kidnap Y/n from her house and drag her to the lake house. “You’re not with Luke?” “He didn’t invite me,” she sighed as Jack rummaged around her closet for clothes to pack, forcing her to get in the car. “You don’t need an invite Y/n/n, you’re family,” Jack said softly as he tackled her in a hug. “Your brother’s girlfriend has a distaste for me, so I decided it probably not best I’m there” Both the boys gave her a knowing look at that comment.

Quinn and Jack had always known about her liking for Luke, they were also pretty sure Luke reciprocated the feelings, but he’s an idiot when it came to love. They wanted to interfere a few times but decided it was probably best to let them figure it out on their own.

Anyways! Back at the Lake house, Luke is shell shocked the moment Quinn piggybacks a bathing suit clad y/n down the stairs and onto the boat with Jack trailing behind them.

He was very much jealous, but he was confused by what exactly making him jealous. He couldn't decide if he was pissed that his best friend was now best friends with his brothers rather than him, or that he was jealousy was deeper than that, that he was missing a summer full of Y/n and her smiles and her pretty bathing suits, and perfect everything.

So he decided he was just jealous of her and his brother's friendship.

Luke’s girlfriend is not happy at all that Y/n has shown up, when the two of them are in a room together people swear the air gets cold and joy is drained from the world, so they keep a distance.

That’s up until Trevor makes an appearance, the girlfriend had taken a liking to him right away. Something about it threw both Quinn and Y/n off, the two of them keeping a close eye on her advances as Trevor repeatedly brushed her off.

Luke was at a breaking point, he was less paying attention to his girlfriend who was making it painfully obvious that she was sneaking around behind his back, and more to his brother and best friend who had grown closer and closer as the days went on.

Until he finally snapped, “are you fucking Quinn?”

Y/n nearly spat her cooler out of her mouth as she stared wide-eyed at the boy, “Ew no?” “Don’t lie!” “I’m not Luke! Quinn is my brother, and even if we are you are my best friend, you have no room to dictate who I sleep with” she scoffed, “at this point, you're barely my friend!”

“I didn’t even do anything!” “You did so much, and you don’t even care to notice the hurt you cause, fuck Luke it baffles me to think that I loved you, let alone the fact that we were best friends!”

Loved?

“Don’t talk to me for my last night here, I’ll be out of your hair tomorrow morning,” she smiled before grabbing a cooler and slamming the back door shut

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Luke takes girl ice skating as a date, assumed she didn’t know how to skate. “Tried” teaching her, the girl went along with it until she showed him a few figure skating tricks.

The perfect teacher ❧

She was grinning as he tied up the laces of her figure skates, a soft smile on her face as he asked her if they were tight enough. "Yeah, they are perfect," she said as he looked up at her with blushing cheeks.

Her hands moved forward to fix the hat sitting on his head, removing it from his head to fluff up his crushed curls before placing it back on his head, his eyes caught hers before she leaned forward and kissed him on the forehead. "ready?" he asked, as she placed her gloved hand in his, he was so gentle with her as he helped her up onto her feet, delcatly squeezing her hand as he played with her scarf before kissing her softly on the mouth.

Luke took her by the hand and led her from the dressing room to the ice, a smile finding solace on her face as she listened to his promises of keeping her safe, nodding along quietly as he went on about holding her hand.

She placed her foot on the ice, her brows pulled into a look of amusement as he attempted to teach her how to skate, "you're a natural," he mused as she feigned innocence, as she thanked him, "you want to try it without my help?" A laugh left her lips, "I guess," she shrugged as she dropped his hand, the hand holding her hip let go as she let out a fake deep breath.

She began the beginning of the routine she was working on for her upcoming competition, Luke's eyes widened as he covered his face with his hands. "You didn't tell me you were a figure skater!" he called out as she continued twirling across the ice. "You never asked!" she yelled back, as she halted her movements and skated over next to her boyfriend, "besides it was kind of cute to see you trying to play teacher," she grabbed his face and kissed him on the cold cheek, his skin nipped pink from the chilly air.

Luke shook his head and looked at the roof, severely uncomfortable with how stupid he looked at this moment, "oh I'm embarrassed," she shook her head and laughed as she placed more kisses around his face. "No need to be embarrassed, I enjoyed it thoroughly," she said as she pulled Luke in for a hug, "now let me teach you a few tricks," she said as he stopped his sulking and nodded, kissing her on the mouth quickly before following after her.

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Luke brings home a girl to meet his family. Gave her a tour the lake house. Didn’t know she a piano prodigy. Just in awe of her. (Inspired by https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Z75QuC9TuHY&pp=ygUbTGFkdCBzb25nIG1pbGV5IHBsYXlzIHBpYW5v )

The prodigy ❧

He’d only met her a few weeks prior to inviting her over for dinner with his family.

She had run into him while at the beach, the girl's younger brother threw his beach ball right at Luke’s head while she was trying to teach him how the game of volleyball works. The girl apologized repeatedly, her face flush with embarrassment as he brushed off her sorries, “I’ll accept your apology if you accept my invitation to dinner,” he grinned as the girl agreed to his terms.

That was a little over a month ago after finding out that the girl was a New York native and going to university at Rutgers Luke knew that he could make this work, so he decided what better way to see how well this plays out than to introduce her to the most important people in his life.

She was nervous but excited, she’d heard amazing things about the Hughes’, his entire friend group raved about Ellen and Jim’s kindness and his brother's way of making everyone feel like family, so she wasn’t surprised when they had met her expectations the moment she stepped foot into their lake house.

Ellen was in the kitchen finishing up dinner when Luke ushered her to meet his mom, “it’s lovely to finally put a face to the girl my son has been talking so highly of,” the woman smiled as she pulled the young girl into her arms. “Luke you show her around and I’ll finish up dinner,” she said as she pushed her son out of the kitchen so she could concentrate.

Luke gave her the grand tour, starting the tour in his room which he had finally cleaned, wanting to impress her. They ran into Jack in the basement who seemed a little too excited to meet Luke’s new girl, a smirk on his lips as Luke cut their chat short before his brother could say anything embarrassing. And finally, they ended up in the living room, her eyes lighting up at the antique upright piano in the corner of the room, some random sheet music on the music shelf, a large oil painting sitting on top of it along with a few hanging plants.

“Who can play piano?” “It was my great grandmothers, the best I can do is a lovely rendition of ‘Mary Had a Little Lamb’,” he mused as she looked up at him with these questioning eyes, almost asking for permission for her to play, “Do you want to play it, mom got it tuned in April.”

She nodded slowly and walked over to it, taking a seat as she ushered for Luke to come closer. She delicately placed her fingers on the keys and started to play ‘Une Barque Sur L’océan’ her brows pulled into a concentrated look as her hands danced over the keys. Luke sat in awe, his heart loudly beating in his chest as he watched the emotions pour out of her into the music.

“Who’s playing that?” Jim asked as he and Quinn entered the living room, he was met with a ‘shush’ from his youngest son who was sitting on the couch watching the girl play beautifully.

As the song came to an end the girl came out of her trance and looked around the room at all of the Hughes family members standing in the entrances of the living room watching her.

“Did I mention I almost went to Julliard?” She asked shyly as she looked to Luke whose lips were slightly parted, eyes full of hearts as he watched the blush on her face start to form from all the attention she was gaining. “No, you didn’t.” “I decided to go the more practical route and studied education instead,” she grinned at the boy who was slowly coming out of his love-infused trance.

“You’re perfect did you know that?” he questioned as his lips met the side of her face.

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i kinda love this!!!

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a part two to the luke angst?

His biggest regret ❧

Part one

Luke had been beside himself for the last two weeks of the summer, just as she promised Y/n had left the morning after their fight, leaving him alone with his thoughts. He broke it off with his girlfriend the second his best friend left the lake house, knowing that if he intended to fix his wrongs the now ex-girlfriend was not a part of the solution.

Quinn had heavily scolded his youngest brother for days following the departure of Y/no. “You’re an idiot!” "it's not my fault she and my girlfriend don't get along!" “It’s not even about your girlfriend, it’s the fact that you felt the need to dictate her decisions when you basically removed her from your life!” Quinn was at a loss, what wasn't Luke understanding how wrong he is, “You didn’t even invite her to the lake, you’ve been best friends since you were babies!”

Let’s just say Quinn definitely made Luke feel like shit, what was worse was when Ellen, Jack, and even Jim put their two cents in.

Things only got worse for Luke during the school year, sophomore year was expected to be his last season as a Wolverine, and then he’d be headed to New Jersey with Jack, as stated in his plan. But now he was going to be spending this year attempting to make it up to the girl who’d been at his side for years and years.

“Y/n this is Luca,” Ethan introduced them as she smiled shyly. Luke didn’t like that at all, his new teammate practically eye fucking her at parties as she stared at him innocently (let’s be real, she’s only into it cause she knew it would piss off Luke)

Luca had become her target, and he was just as into their little game as she was into pissing off Luke.

They went on study dates and left parties together, it was a no strings attached ordeal that they were both thoroughly enjoying.

Luke watched silently and was extremely annoyed. Biting his tongue not to say anything at practices, or to call her to tell her that he needs it to stop. He wasn’t in charge of her, he knew that now, but it took a lot in him to stay quiet when he watched Luca and her flirting in public, or even just conversing in between classes.

It took a long time to realize but over the course of the four months that they weren’t talking he'd come to the conclusion that maybe he’d been way over his head. The conscious thought that he was in love with her was so overwhelming all of the time, so Luke grew even more antisocial as time went on.

Y/n's world paused the moment Luke ran into the bathroom and slammed the door shut, the boy's chest heaving as he locked the door and hid from some girl who had been chasing after him all night. His heart stopped the moment he turned around to see a wide-eyed Y/n splashing some water in her face.

“Sorry” he apologized as his heart beat against his chest, she continued to stare at him, unable to speak, “I’ll leave” “Don’t go, you’re obviously hiding for a reason,” she finally spoke as she dabbed her face off with a face cloth she found in one of the drawers. “Are you okay?” He asked as he reached forward to feel the blotchy red skin on her cheeks. "I drank too much, don't have you to mediate my liquor intake anymore," she grinned as her hand wrapped around his wrist to lower his hand.

Luke smiled as he maneuvered his hand to hold hers, "am I allowed to speak to you now? I have some things I need to say to you" he mumbled as she nodded and sat down on the edge of the tub.

This was his moment to make it right, no excuses, no bullshit to cover up his mistakes, just an apology and some promises to make it better.

"I've been practicing this speech to you for a while, and I'm just gonna start with a sorry, cause that's all that I really want you to take away from it," her eyes started to tear up as she listened, "I was wrong, you have every right to still be mad cause I put you through a lot last year, and that wasn't fair to you, so I'm sorry, and I'm willing to do everything I can so it can go back to the way it was before."

Y/n nodded as her hand dried to tears that had fallen, he could've apologized months ago and she would've accepted it. His words felt very real, she knew they were, she'd heard from all of the guys how lost he was without her guidance in his life, it was just really nice to finally hear it from his mouth.

"Thank you," she stood up to hug you, "I don't think it can go back to the way it was before though." His smiling expression fell as he unburied his face from her neck, "What?" "In our time apart Luke I realized a lot, in the way that I don't think I can keep loving you in the way I'm used to, I need some time to get over you, cause its not fair to you," she said honestly, drunken word vomit as she watched the relief spread on Luke's face, her expression growing confused.

"What if I don't want you to stop loving me that way?" "that's not fair to me then," she said defensively, not understanding what he was insinuating. Her hands left their spot on his chest as she pulled away, he reached down and pulled her hips closer to him, "let me speak," he laughed as her face softened at the sound, "I love you, I'm so dumb for not realizing it sooner, I think I always have though, I just didn't know how to differentiate the two types, but that's because they are the same to me," his face grew flush as he realized just how lovingly she was staring at him.

"You are my best friend, always will be, but you're my best friend in the way that I don't think I'd last another day without you in my life, and in the way that I want to kiss you pretty and then go to sleep with you in my clothes, and the way that my family views you as one of us, there are so many things that make you my best friend, but in the same way that I want you to be a forever type of thing."

Y/n stared at him in shock as he took a deep breath, her hands finding the side of his face as she smirked at him, "I'm glad we're on the same page," she whispered before her hand found the collar of his shirt and slammed his lips onto hers.

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how do you think each Hughes brother react to their girl getting hit on?

All three of them would have such different reactions!!

Quinn—

Quinn would be a bit quieter about it than his brothers, he's a little less hot-headed and a lot calmer so he's not gonna start an altercation. He trusts his girlfriend, so he watches from afar just to make sure that nothing sketchy is going on, and to make sure she's safe, but he is just a silent observer. At the end of the day, his girl is getting into his bed and not said man hitting on her so he's just smugly staring. As soon as his girlfriend is back in his arms he's showing her off, he is normally is not big on PDA, but in that moment he is not holding back as he's making out with her in front of all of the wandering eyes in the bar.

Luke—

Luke is in the middle of being unbothered and being the biggest asshole to any guy who even dares to look at his girl. There aren't many moments where his girlfriend isn't tucked under his arm so it doesn't happen often, but if a guy were to approach her while Luke was not directly next to her, he's definitely the guy to make his way over to her and wrap an arm around her, a silent way of telling the other guy to back off without starting an issue.

Jack—

Jack has no chill whatsoever especially when he's drinking, whereas his brothers are reserved, he never knows when to shut up. I feel like this causes a lot of issues for him, but in the sense of a guy hitting on his girlfriend, he'd have no issue putting said guy into place. A short, "nice try, she's not interested," always gets the job done, but sometimes he gets a little lippy and mouths off a bit which causes a few more arguments than he'd like, but at the end of the day, he's just making sure people know that his girlfriend is very much his and he's not a fan of sharing.

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what would be each brothers favorite physical feature of their girl?

This gets a little suggestive… sorry 🫣

Quinn would love your lips—

He is a slight romantic, loves your smile, loves kissing you, loves the way they feel against his skin. Big hater of when you pick at them or bit the skin, he would do that hot thing where he would unstuck you bottom lip with his thumb and then stare at your lips for a second before capturing them in a slow kiss.

Luke is a thighs man—

He loves your thighs. A firm believer in the notion that “thick thighs save lives,” he loves holding them, resting his head on them, and pressing kisses to them!! He loves how soft they are, loves how they feel wrapped around his head, hed happily die under the weight of your thighs

Jack is a boobs guy—

It was a struggle to pick between ass and boobs, but that man likes tits (who doesn't). There isn't much that goes into this, boobs are just great, and he's mesmerized by them. They are so soft, have great pillows, a great source of warmth for when his hands get cold at night, he's a freak for tits and I respect it!!

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How about each of the boys when they’re sick. Seems like there’s a lot of sickness going on everywhere with our lukey being the latest victim😣😣

Quinn—

When Quinn is sick, don't even think about continuing on with your life until he's better… that man is the biggest baby and is so clingy!! Will literally not let you out of his sight. If he's in bed sleep, you are too. If you're making a snack or soup, he's sitting at the kitchen island. And if you've ordered him to take a shower, you better know you're in there with him, washing his hair. It’s a little overbearing, but he just wants to be babied!

Jack—

Jack never gets sick, but the off time he does it's like he's dying. You can never tell if he's just being dramatic or if he is genuinely not okay. He’s dramatic… He’ll always forget that he's all gross and ill and trying to kiss you, you have to fight off his love to stop him from getting you both ill. But he's just like his older brother, a big baby, but a little less clingy.

Luke—

Luke hates being sick, so for the period that he's ill he's grumpy and as far away from you as possible. You are trying to help him, and he will not let you, he doesn't want you to get sick aswell, which would have the possibility of getting him sick once again and the whole cycle. He loves the gestures of you trying to help him, but he even takes it as far as sleeping in the couch to not get you sick. He definitely makes it up to you once he's better, love on you for days to make up for lost time!!

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Would you want it in like individual little thoughts for each brother or like a specific brother and like a larger blurb??

individual thought for each brother please🙏🙏

Request: could you write a fic/blurb for the hughes brothers and how they would take care of their gf who’s overstimulated and has gone non-verbal (and i don’t think you would take this the wrong way but some people have when i haven’t specified) (not in the sexy way)

I tried to be as general as possible, just cause I don't want to be insensitive to anyones triggers or to any personal experiences!!

Quinn—

Being captain means that Quinn has to attend these bigger events and be as present as he possibly can be for them. But if and when his girlfriend needs his help, his captain duties get pushed to the side until he knows she is safe and okay. They attend an event together and it gets a little busier than she expected she tries to stick it out, but by the sixth random person that had come up to ask her questions about Quinn and the charities that the two of them had been working with during this season, she is just completely out of her comfort zone and so overwhelmed Quinn noticed right away from her body language, watching her whole body tense up, and by the way her face looked blank with wide eyes as she tried to find the nearest exit. He's immediately trailing behind her and into the hallway of the banquet hall, finding her curled up in a ball, her pretty dress pooled around her as she hid her face in her hands. “Hey hey,” he mumbled, trying to get her to stop panicking, pulling her hands away from her face to make her look at him, “let's try those breathing exercises that you taught me” She's struggling to comprehend, but he is persistent and gets her to a state of calm in a few minutes. Her head rests against his shoulder as he creates a game plan in his head to get their things and get them out to the car without a soul noticing, and without being bombarded by people wanting to chat with him. At the end of the day, she is his number one priority, his leadership means a lot but she means a lot more to him than some tabloids that paint him out to be the saving grace of the canucks.

Jack—

Jack is known for being a carefree soul, he's go with the flow and has a bubbly or joking demeanour. But the second she needs him, all of his attention goes straight to her. The bar they were at had strobe lights, she had never experienced something like this, but the flashing, mixed with the music and loud chatter had her head spinning. She sat awkwardly in the corner of the bar, nursing a tall glass of ice water that she had managed to order herself before she completely shut down. So now she just sitting in silence in some dimly lit booth in the back, twiddling her thumbs in her lap as she focused on her breathing. Jack searched the crowd for her the second he came to realize that she was no longer by his side, his conversation with Dylan Larkin going a bit longer than intended which led to him becoming lost in their conversations about his upcoming wedding. His eyes found her from across the room, and within a second he was maneuvering his way around the room to get to her. "Oh baby," he said as she looked at him tiredly, slowly blinking at him which let him know just where her energy level was at, "I'll call Luke to come and get us now," he said sitting down next to her, careful not to touch her or move her around too much and make her feel even worse. "Is there anything I can do to make you more comfortable while we wait?" with a slight shake of her head Jack watched as she mentally counted the seconds in between her breaths, "would some fresh air maybe help, get you away from the noise?" she looked at him again and nodded, her lips turning up into a smile as she reached out to squeeze his hand. A little notion to tell him. that she was okay when she could verbally express it.

Luke—

Luke's girlfriend hated parties, but this was the boys' last big college party before they headed to Tampa for the Frozen Four, and then Luke to Jersey, so she wanted to be there in support of him, and as a nice send-off. But it was a lot, a lot of people, a lot of music, and the awful smell of alcohol. An episode hadn't happened in a while once she realized that it was the parties and the environment that were causing them, but she wanted to surprise Luke and be there for his final hurrah. But the second she stepped in she was quickly anxious, she hadn't left her boyfriend's side the entire night, her hands gripping him to make sure not to lose him in the chair that was the hockey house. She squeezed his side the second someone accidentally bumped into her, her face growing red as she silently let tears roll down her cheeks, too out of it to wipe them off. He felt her touch and saw the look on her face, he quickly whisked her away and brought her into an empty bathroom on the second floor of the house. He felt a little panicked as he watched her just blankly stare at her feet, heavy breathing before he remembered the thing about pressure and relieving her nervous system of any stressors that his mental coach taught him about a few months before. "I'm gonna try something okay?" he mumbled as his arms wrapped around her, pulling her into his chest and squeezing her as tight as he could. they stood like that for a few minutes, his arms applying continuous pressure to her as her breaths steadied. "feel better?" she nodded slowly as her hands gripped the soft cotton of his shirt, feeling the soft material between her fingertips before tapping him to let him know that she was okay. he pulled away, holding her a good length away to examine her state, her eyes tired as she wiped away the tear streaks that had remained on her face, "let's go lay down in my room, let you decompress before bed," he said brushing the hair from her face and away from her neck as she weakly smiled and nodded at him

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