#tanger/karlsson

[coffee-at-annies]

For the fic mashup, 94 and 41.

Love your stuff, Annie!!

94. Hair Brushing/Braiding + 41. First Kiss

You didn’t specify a pairing so please have some very quick aus based on what’s been knocking around my head lately.

First up, @prettyhockey and I have been talking about girl!SidGeno. Idk I’ve been in the mood for ladies and I don’t quite know any of the woho players or teams well enough to write about them.

The setup for this one is Gena promising to do Sid’s hair for idk pregame or whatever. She swears that she’s done it before, Gonch’s kids let her do it all the time. So she’s doing Sid’s hair. Sid spends the whole time chirping her about her skills and Gena chirps back about Sid fidgeting and messing up her work. Gena does know how to braid but it’s definitely wonky and not the easy basic braid Sid’s been putting her hair in since she was in mites. At the end of it Sid looks in the mirror, sees her objectively kinda terrible braid and the smug/fond look on Gena’s face and needs to kiss that look off her. Needless to say Gena ruins her hard work when Sid kisses her a second third fourth and fifth time and Gena runs her fingers through Sid’s hair in response.

Next up is SidFlowerVero cause I’m always thinking about both Sid and Flower and Flower hit a milestone tonight.

The setup for this one is Uncle Sid braiding Estelle’s hair ahead of her first big hockey game. He learned how to do it for Taylor when she was younger and used to do it for the Lemieux kids. She asked for an extra special braid from her favorite uncle and both Sid and Flower are weak to her puppy dog eyes. So here Sid is, on a rare afternoon off, helping Flower and his daughter get ready for hockey. I think the conversation to go from Flower+Vero to Flower+Vero+Sid is like a couple days old and they’re still getting a feel for what the new dynamic might mean. Idk if they’ve told the kids yet or if Sid is here in favored uncle status rather than potential new dad status.

Either way Flower comes across Sid very earnestly braiding her hair and telling her how amazing she’s going to be and after he finishes and she runs off to show her mom, Flower has to swoop in and kiss Sid. Just cause. Cause he loves him. Cause he’s so great with his kids. Cause he can now. He gets to have this. They had the adult feelings conversation and all three of them said yes. There’s something about kissing Sid for the first time that has him giddy and it’s not just the memories he’s about to make with his daughter- their daughter. It’s about the way Sid’s eyes scrunch up and how he wants to keep him forever.

Finally @podcasts-8-my-heart challenged me to do EK/Tanger and I’ve been talking about it with @carpehistoryandthepens so have some soft 6558.

The setup for this fic is both of them hanging out after a road game and drinks with the team in EK’s hotel room. They started out talking and watching tv and have migrated to sharing the same bed because it’s nice and both of them are hockey players and thus are conditioned to seek out touch. Tanger sprawls out on the bed and somehow his head ends up laying on EK’s thigh. Erik started out playing with Kris’s hair, twirling it between his fingers and lightly scratching his scalp. As the random hgtv show (because what else is on in hotel room tvs) they were half watching gets to the mid point of the episode, EK moves on from twirling it and started braiding Tanger’s hair. Little short braids the kind kids do at slumber parties or when they’re learning and messing around with their own hair. Nothing big, nothing fancy, nothing permanent, though Erik still has a stash of hair ties in his suitcase from when his hair was long that he could break out if he needed it. Kris’s hair isn’t quite long enough to warrant that and also he wouldn’t get them cause that would mean disturbing Kris. Kris of course is very content and is trying not to fall asleep on top of Erik but he skated 25 minutes tonight and while his conditioning is good, he’s adjusting to a time zone difference on top of everything else. He didn’t want to say goodnight earlier when they first went to Erik’s room but he also doesn’t want to fall asleep there.

This goes on for another twenty minutes probably. They’re not really talking or watching the tv but it’s providing just enough for plausible deniability and to keep them from falling asleep completely. After about twenty minutes one of their phones goes off or there’s noises from the hallway of other players returning that prompts them to groan and break apart. As much as neither of them want the night to end, Kris really doesn’t want to sleep in Erik’s room. He needs to do his nightly routine, change out of his jeans, and really he just needs to go. Erik walks Kris to the door of the hotel room, Kris swaying a little cause he’s tired prompting a balance/skating joke and one about old man legs. At the door Kris turns around to say goodbye, silly little braids still in his hair and Erik can’t help but smile fondly at him. Kris smiles back a little helplessly. He sways forward into Erik’s space where he’s leaning against the door and presses a gentle kiss to somewhere in the face/mouth vicinity before turning around and heading for his hotel room down the hall. It takes a moment for the kiss to register with Erik and all he does is watch Kris walk away towards his hotel room. When Kris is out of sight, he peels himself off the doorframe and goes to brush his teeth and get ready for bed.

[badangle]

compelling…

[sunshine-gumdrop]

At least some good came from tonight!

Letang malkin hug

Also, sid tanger geno and ek they all were on ice! 😆

[stuckinnet]

CHILLS

[goatisbetheres]

two pretty best friends?

[coffee-at-annies]

Yes very much yes. Me being me I’d want it to end in OT4 goodness/Tanger has two hands because why should Kris have to give up his relationship with Sid and Geno and part of the miscommunication comes from that (and the fact that S+G don’t want him to go but do want him to be happy). Anyway I think halfway through the season Tanger has a big breakup with S+G that is totally not staged so EK will know he’s on the market. (I’m not sure who suggests the breakup but my brain says it’s the result an unholy mixture of Jakenbake and PO - who’s living with Tanger. It’s not a smart idea. It shouldn’t work. Tanger is mad that it worked). Unfortunately EK thinks Tanger is looking for a rebound/they have rebound sex and is like existential crisis mode, meanwhile Tanger is like I can never let the children know that the breakup thing worked.

Maybe after the breakup/before anything happens there’s like protectiveness from EK and Graves who’re like S+G broke Tanger’s heart we must defend him. All the people from last year are like that’s just Geno he has a big dramatic breakup once a year with everyone, usually Sid or one of his wingers, weird that it’s Tanger this time and he got Sid involved. Tanger after like two days of being sullen is having a hard time remembering he’s supposed to be mad at either of them. I’m trying to figure out who ends up clueing EK into the fact that it’s all a show and yes Tanger desperately wants him back. I don’t think POJ is savvy enough to pick up on the pining but I do think he is the trusted Tanger informant. POJ and Jars. Goalies see all. There’s a goalies gc and a new pens gc and Ned accidentally messages the wrong one and then Jars has the weird experience of trying to hook up someone who isn’t his work dad but definitely tried to be his work dad before he was like pls stop. (Tanger is POJ’s work dad the way Sid is Jake’s, hence why i think breakup subplot came from them).

i wanna fic where its established! sid/geno + Tanger on occasion. But its never serious or permanent. Tanger just is looking for a soulmate like sid and Geno are together. And while sid and Geno would love to have him permanently as a third, they know he's still going to be looking.

then EK gets traded to the pens, and Tanger is like !!! HIM. that's my HOCKEY SOULMATE. So Sid/geno are like ;-; but ok. we understand we gotcha boo. ;)

Geno starts talking his Legend up. Sid starts fighting for Tanger's honor in the preseason. all to make sure that EK notices Tanger. cue lots of pining from tanger.

Meanwhile. EK is dying inside because he was also like !!!! HIM. to tanger, but thinks that tanger in a permanent relationship with sid and/or geno. They keep talking to ek about tanger and it makes things worse because its clear that he has no chance with him.

Shenanigans and miscommunications ensue. The rest of the team watches this with stunned awe.

[karlkapri]

I need karlsson and letang to fuck on center ice. thank u

i want them to be so bizarre and strange. i want prolonged eyecontact. i want the most ridiculous game of one upmanship the world has ever seen. i want scent marking. biting. fighting. clawing. i want tanger to become the strangest, hairiest, most creature-like version of himself. and yea I also want them to fuck at centre ice.

[ehghtyseven]

I hope Tanger and Karlsson (and maybe some other guys in the room) do a hair grow bet again. Gimme the nice flow!

ahhhhh anon, I would LOVE for both tanger and karlsson to achieve maximum flow status once again!

tanger’s not actually that far off at the moment to be honest - I am living for the day that we see him with the messy bun again 👌 - and don’t forget gravy! erik has some catching up to do though.

I am also now trying to imagine jake or rusty with a flow and… I can’t lmao 🤣

[tangerisms]

i made this a while ago but i feel like it would appeal to a niche group of pens fans SO

here are pittsburgh penguins players according to my spotify wrapped top 100 (there is definitely A Vibe going on here)

these are all based on corresponding player numbers nd does not reflect any recent roster changes (sorry jesse puljujarvi and New Guy)

the players in question:

2 - chad ruhwedel - need 2 - pinegrove 5 - ryan shea - something in the orange - zach bryan 7 - john ludvig - not allowed - tv girl 10 - drew o-connor - northern attitude - noah kahan 13 - vinnie hinostroza - skinny love - bon iver 17 - bryan rust - exeunt - the oh hellos 19 - reilly smith - lake missoula - richy mitch and the coal miners 20 - lars eller - wasteland, baby! - hozier 27 - ryan graves - sage - richy mitch and the coal miners 28 - marcus pettersson - tongues and teeth - the crane wives 35 - tristan jarry - worldstar money (interlude) - joji 39 - alex nedeljkovic - gimmie love - joji 43 - jansen harkins - dog days are over - florence and the machine 48 - valterri puustinen - talk - hozier 55 - noel acciari - everything is scary - german error message 58 - kris letang - kiss with a fist - florence and the machine 59 - jake guentzel - gtg - freddie dredd 63 - radim zohorna - exit music (for a film) - radiohead 65 - erik karlsson - roses are falling - orville peck 67 - rickard rakell - in the woods somewhere - hozier 71 - evgeni malkin - jackie and wilson - hozier 73 - pierre-olivier joseph - gooey - glass animals 77 - jeff carter - pumpkin man - mage tears 83 - matt nieto - growing sideways - noah kahan 87 - sidney crosby - i havent gotten around to telling you - scruffpuppie

do with this what you will

[coffee-at-annies]

Pens dropped their Valentines

[butterflyintochains]

@tylerpitlicktruther

circus escapee

[intheupside]

who would survive on a deserted island (dkpitt)

Bryan Rust: I feel like Harkins probably could. He seems like a guy who would be climbing trees and cutting them down with his bare hands, maybe even chewing them down. I think he would do well.

Reilly Smith: I wouldn't say any of us! No, you know what? Harks. Harks could survive. He can probably find weird things to eat. He'd be sufficient at just getting by.

Jansen Harkins: Ned. He just seems resourceful, and I feel like he could just chill. I don't think he needs too much.

Alex Nedeljkovic: Jars. He seems like an outdoorsy guy. Survivalist? I don't know if that's a real word.

P.O Joseph. Not Ned! I'm going to say Gravy. He's from the Maritimes, I feel like they know a little about the outdoors is my guess. On a serious note, I think Ned would definitely be someone that would be good at it, just his capacity of adjusting in places. He would be good at it.

Lars Eller: Sid. He seems to be going different ways about things, about a lot of things. He doesn't rely too much on new technology, let's just say that.

Jake Guentzel: Sid. He's just an outdoorsman, that's kind of his vibe. I'm sure he could find something to live off of.

Chad Ruhwedel: Sid or Carts, or myself. They seem like they could handle themselves in a tough situation. I think I would do OK.

Kris Letang: Sid, he lives in the middle of the woods.

Erik Karlsson: Sid. I just feel like he would be very creative and would probably figure out a way to sustain himself for as long as he needed.

Valtteri Puustinen: I would say Kopi (Joona Koppanen). He's the smartest guy, I think. He knows what he's doing. I think if I went with myself? I'm dying. But he's a smart guy.

Joona Koppanen: I'll take Carts. He has the wisdom and the dad strength.

Colin White: John Ludvig. I feel like he's pretty handy, he'd like the outdoors like that.

Drew O'Connor: Luds, probably. He seems like he would. Look at him! He seems like an animal, don't you think?

John Ludvig: I'm going to say Cookie (Noel Acciari). Cookie's a burly man, he can handle himself. I'm pretty sure he'd find a way to survive wherever he was. I'll go with him.

Noel Acciari: Rudy (Chad Ruhwedel). He has a military background with his dad, he just seems handy.

Marcus Pettersson: Rudy. I think he's pretty handy, he could make something out of nothing, make himself a good shelter. That's big, I think he could build a shelter. Raks is a good fisherman, but the problem is he's alone on that island. He doesn't touch the fish, he hates touching the fish. He doesn't do it. So it'd be a problem, he'd need somebody with him.

Jonathan Gruden: I feel like Petey (Marcus Pettersson) would be good, just being around him for a little bit. He's pretty good, he could work his way around it and survive. Not OC. But P.O could maybe survive too. (Me: Half the team picked P.O for who couldn't survive.) I've got P.O's back! Maybe he's fooling me.

Magnus Hellberg: Can I pick myself? I'm really big into the outdoors and hiking, hunting, fishing. I think I've watched every season of Alone and all those survival shows. I like to be out in nature. When I think about all the guys, I feel like I'm the most nerdy with that stuff, spend a lot of time on the water. I would say myself, but in a humble way.

Rickard Rakell: I think Sid would do pretty well. I feel like he lives out in nowhere over the summer.

Sidney Crosby: I think I'd say Ricky (Rakell). He's pretty chill, I think he's got some survival instincts. He's got the tools.

Ryan Graves: Maybe Jars, I feel like he's outdoorsy.

Jesse Puljujarvi: Maybe Jarry. I heard he stays on a farm? So that's why.

Tristan Jarry: Tanger. He'd find someone to come pick him up.

[icedbatik]

My favorite answers from Taylor's latest survey ...

CCM

Sidney Crosby fishing

Which Penguins player could survive on a desert island?

Reilly Smith: I wouldn't say any of us!

P.O Joseph: Not Ned! I'm going to say Gravy. He's from the Maritimes, I feel like they know a little about the outdoors is my guess.

Lars Eller: Sid. He seems to be going different ways about things, about a lot of things. He doesn't rely too much on new technology, let's just say that.

Jake Guentzel: Sid. He's just an outdoorsman, that's kind of his vibe. I'm sure he could find something to live off of.

Chad Ruhwedel: Sid or Carts, or myself. They seem like they could handle themselves in a tough situation. I think I would do OK.

Kris Letang: Sid, he lives in the middle of the woods.

Erik Karlsson: Sid. I just feel like he would be very creative and would probably figure out a way to sustain himself for as long as he needed.

Marcus Pettersson: Raks is a good fisherman, but the problem is he's alone on that island. He doesn't touch the fish, he hates touching the fish. He doesn't do it. So it'd be a problem, he'd need somebody with him.

Rickard Rakell: I think Sid would do pretty well. I feel like he lives out in nowhere over the summer.

Sidney Crosby: I think I'd say Ricky (Rakell). He's pretty chill, I think he's got some survival instincts. He's got the tools.

Tristan Jarry: Tanger. He'd find someone to come pick him up.

[carnagechicken]

the Florida Panthers won the Stanley cup

and with that I have officially watched my first season of hockey.

I started as a fan of the penguins with an affection towards Flower as well. Now I’m ending the season a kraken fan, pens fan, flower fan and with more mattdrai interest than I expected.

The kraken stuff happened in mid April really suddenly, but ever since I started dabbling in hockey fandom in late 2021 I knew that becoming a kraken fan was going to happen eventually, a matter of when not if. Those beautiful jerseys, my love of cephalopods, and the team’s newness were strong draws but I still needed to have a special little guy to seal the deal. I discovered Adam Larsson in late march (thanks @angry-geno-is-score your fics* are brilliant<3) and what do you know that’s kraken hockey baby!

They’re probably going to be my main team next season. Still love the pens, their narratives are exquisite, but my brain wants kraken more.

(The mattdrai is a playoffs discovery that I fear I’ll never recover from. Leon’s disdain for the media and Matthew’s understanding that hockey is supposed to be theatre entertainment is *chef’s kiss*)

And with that here is a list, in no particular order, of some of notable things I saw this season,

: Tristan Jarry goalie goal!!! There was so much to like about this, the bench reaction, EK shaking Jars vigorously, Lars Eller going for a head boop and missing and then going for another one with more force, Ned trying to get Jars to skate over to do a fist bump line at the bench, Jars looking so bashful at the attention. :When Bryan Rust had that mustache and it was….kinda working. : Jeff Carter, the team Old Man that season, scoring like 3 breakaways and 2 short handed goals. : that shootout that went for 12 rounds (thank you Ned). : when Tanger got on all fours and started rocking back and forth in the locker room during Sully’s pre game speech (seriously wtf). : when Rusty scored in OT, had it waved off, and like ten seconds later scored again in a cooler way. : Sully becoming a grandpa<3. : when Jeff was a healthy scratch (the only time) and when he was asked about it was basically like ‘whatever, it doesn’t bother me, I just work here’. This was when I really started to like him btw. : Flower getting to 1000 games!! : Flower reaching the most wins!!! : kreider pulling out Matthew Tkachuk’s mouth guard and failing to throw it over the glass. : Florida beating Boston *again*. : that game were Sid got so pissed he screamed ‘no! No!’ at a ref so loud you could hear him over the crowd. He then proceeded to tell the ref ‘you fucked up’ :when Erik Karlsson made a mistake that sent the game to ot, scored in ot and then fell to his knees in relief. : that 10 to 2 victory over the sharks that was also Sid’s 1200 game. : sid scoring a goal off his ass. It had to happen one day : the pens ot win against vancouver back in Feb. The notable thing was that I was there with my dad and sisters <3

It's the little things that make hockey so fun!

Here's to a wonderful 24/25 season!

(*Seriously, if you haven't already, read Serenity in Those Deep Waters by @angry-geno-is-score on ao3, it's *fabulously* emotional and I can't recommend it enough)

[naanima]

Guys, guys, guys. I'm so excited about the upcoming season for the Pens. I can't even articulate the joy I feel, sure, there is a component of "THIS COULD THE FUNNIEST HOT MESS" to ever happen, but mostly it is giddy excitement bcos we are going ALL-IN. Do or die, we are COMMITTED. And there is something about swinging big, even if we fail, that's freeing.

We got our vampire d-core (thank you to the person who used it in the tags. But like it is more a werewolf, a vampire and a pirate walk into a bar type of scenario. I'm still trying to figure out what our sweet summer child POJ is - the innocent human? The fae? WHAT OTHER SUPERNATURL CREATURE I CAN US TO KEEP ON DRIVING THIS THEME TILL IT IS DEAD & BURIED?!).

Our still performing old me (SIDGENOKRIS) - Sid was so CLOSE to snapping last season. He was so feral. Will he EMBRACE his INNER SELF & let the hockey robot persona die in a blaze of glory?! We can only hope.

Sully finally being able to pursue his insane strategy of offensive forechecking and ... Um. Yes.

Our one million backup goalies led by Fragile Omega Princess Tristan Jarry.

The Witch Dubas & his hot front office - POC AND A WOMAN? Wild.

BUT THE THING THAT HAS ME EXCITED!THINK OF THE COMBINATIONS!

I admit I sort of want Karlsson to be out there with the Carter line. Let the pirate lead, let him make the calls and see what befalls us! (We bitch about Carter but like he was honestly one of the best bast off options we had last season. It is just that everything else is... Yeah. So! Maybe the pirate will help?!?).

What about Geno line and Karlsson?! Will they click or will they implode as Geno sniff disdainfully at the NEW BLOOD. WILL HE EVEN REMEMBER KARLSSON'S NAME OR JUST REFER TO HIM BY HIS NUMBER?!

Sid line & Karlsson?! Will Karlsson scream in frustration at the CONSTANT YAPPING and decide to go complete crazy and just shoot the puck all by himself??

Will Kris & EK be the new besties ok ice terrorising all opposing teams but being offensive and NOT defensive? Will they have MORE AMAZING "TANGER" GAMES?! WILL THEY GIGGLE INTO EACH OTHER'S NECKS?!?

What about our TALL Puppy Victorian Vampire? Is he the wildcard? I DON'T KNOW!

AND ALL THE NEW BITS WE GOT WHO MAKES US MORE OFFENSIVE! (defense is what it is. We accept).

I JUST WANT TO BE ENTERTAINED. And the Pens will for sure deliver. But will the rest of the NHL & it's fandoms UNDERSTAND out INSANE FERAL JOY AT THE POSSIBILITY OF MANY AJ EXPLOSION?!

(ETA: I just feel the rest of the NHL does NOT understand how close we are to snapping, like going full feral cartwheeling cats wanting to scratch everybody's face off and like then eat their hearts?! Like, HOW DO YOU NOT LOVE THIS POTENTIAL?!).

[karlkapri]

Bestie share ur Tanger Karlsson thoughts maybe the universe will answer you 🎤

I DONT KNOW THIS MAN BUT WHERES THAT TWEET THATS LIKE NONE OF THIS TOP BOTTOM SHIT WE FUCK LIKE TWO DOGS TRYING TO KILL EACH OTHER THATS WHAT I WANT