#the new toronto 3

[puckpocketed]

7/05/2024 - Salon Visit

Carly Jackson on her father and where her love of hockey comes from

And then he built a rink in our yard, him and our neighbour, they just - I don't know how they got a hold of it, probably like a friend of a friend or something. Somebody in town was like, 'I have an excavator,' and they dug out this rink in our yard in the ground. And then he built this almost plumbing system, so then the rainwater would fill it up, and then he'd just plug the drain, and then it would fill up, and it'd freeze in the winter, and then he ended up putting out boards, and all my friends would come over after school. But I learned to skate actually, on that pond. But it was because of him. And... He's just a beauty, and he loved hockey, so I think I saw him doing it and then I just wanted to be like him, and it came together. Yeah.

[3416]

yeah baby...

[puppyeared]

is this your card? ♦️♣️♥️♠️ it isnt but you dont wanna hurt his feelings

[ohsunnyboy]

never again | yoon keeho ˚₊‧⁺˖

you don't know what's cuter. you're boyfriend, lee keeho, or the delusion that the leafs will win the cup in either of your lifetimes.

TAGS: established relationship, toronto leafs fan!keeho, boston bruins fan!reader, screaming and shouting at a tv screen, fluff, maple leafs hockey is its own tw, drinking games!! keeho is lowk ooc

A/N: based off this iconic video. game 6 changed my brain chemistry and gave me hope until... well iykyk... here's the match recap. this is so niche it's entirely self indulgent sorry in advance lmao

WORDS: ~1000

If you're going to be a hockey fan, you should know the number one rule: don't date within the division.

The notorious ad aside, it's pretty clear, once it gets to playoffs with you two, everything's off the table. Especially if you're throwing couch cushions across the room when you're team can't convert on a power play. Cough, the leafs, cough.

Which made it especially weird when you, a Boston Bruins fan ended up dating Yoon Keeho, a fucking Toronto Maple Leafs fan.

"Oh my god are the refs blind?! That's clearly a holding call!" he cries. Ah, it really doesn't get sweeter than this.

"Shut up, he just boarded Lohrei with that! Penalty for both of them," you snarl out, eyes fixated on the tv screen, watching the play-by-play slo-mo of the hit. Lohrei crumpling against the boards as Holmberg practically folds him. "Look! They're not even calling it. Did you see Carolina yesterday? they were calling everything that breathed wrong."

With a sigh, both you and Keeho take a shot. At this rate, you both could be professional alcoholics with how many missed penalty calls there've been this series. You can already feel the regret in the morning trying to sink in with this drinking game.

Keeho hums beside you, but he's been practically vibrating out his skin the entire game. "That's just Svechnikov no? He's massi—OH MY GOD WILLIAM NYLANDER YOU SWEDISH BEAUTY!"

The screen erupts as Nylander finally opens the scoring for the Leafs. A sea of horrific blue and white exploding into cheers. Idly, you think it's the most lively you've seen Scotiabank Arena in years.

"Ugh, really?" And you just have to flop back into the couch corner as Keeho takes his victory lap around the room. Dressed in, of course, his Nylander jersey.

"Oh yeah baby! I could marry that man," he laughs, before very comically and somehow very seriously turning back to you. "After you, babe. Of course after you, love of my life, angel of my univer-"

You hurl one of your last pillows at him. "Sit back down, idiot." The high flush on his face is pretty adorable, even if his alcohol breath stinks when he curls in next to you on the couch. Both of you are going to be crawling out of bed tomorrow for sure.

From above and below your small apartment you can hear the same screams. With the window propped open, you can even hear horns go off in the streets. Capital of Hockey and all that. Moving here to be with Keeho had been hard to do, but so much more worth it for the hockey. Especially when Boston comes rolling into town: being the only Bruins fan for rows on rows was intimidating but so much sweeter if they won.

"I'm your idiot, idiot," he croons into your neck. Peppering you with cute and sloppy kisses across your skin. You finger's curl idly into his hair as you watch the ads spin by on the tv, signalling the end of the second period. His cold fingertips curl around your waist, idly smoothing circles into it. Curled up like this, it's the cosiest you could ask for - and somehow you don't mind the lack of pillows. You both make up for it with your shared body heat.

Carefully, you extract your phone from under him like he's a jenga tower about to fall, but game-drunk like this, he could probably sleep through the Leafs Stanley cup parade if they did win for once.  

Twitter's the same as you left it: another TicTacTOmar clip of Lohrei and Holmberg, more Steve Dangle commentary and your Boston moots crowing about how the Leafs will lose it in the third period. Very, very secretly, you don't think they will. Swayman vs Woll as goalies are brilliant – and terribly good looking – but it must be the phase of the moon or something stupid, but Toronto might just win it this game.

Looking down at your sleeping beauty, Keeho is blissfully passed out on your chest. Face semi-flushed, mouth agape and drool leaking out. Yeah, this is going in the camera roll.

A quick snap and a venture into your settings is all it takes to set the glorious picture as your lock screen. And, if you squint, you can see Draisaitl's neon orange Skip ad in the background. Exactly why you're dating him in the first place.

"You really are my idiot, idiot," you murmur and you press a kiss to his hairline, a warm feeling roiling in your stomach.

Stashing your phone away, you ready yourself with a minute on the clock until the third starts. Saying that, you should really wake sleeping beauty up. "Hey... hey, get up. The Leafs lost in overtime again."

His eyes blink blearily as he processes your words. Slowly, then all at once, you can see the panic settle into his eyes as he sees your shit-eating grin. “No they didn't,” he whispers, but it borders on desperate.

You really can't help yourself. "Yup! There was even a line brawl," you sigh dramatically, bringing your hand to your forehead with a flair. "Swayman was even fighting Woll, a whole goalie scrap and you missed it."

"Nope! Not believing it." Keeho finally has the common sense to turn to look at the screen and realise the third's just begun. The stare of disappointment he gives you is cold enough to give Winnipeg a run for its money. "Never again."

You roll your eyes but just pat the space next to you for him to settle down properly on. "C'mon, whoever loses this has to get breakfast."

“You’re so on,” he huffs to agree, taking a bodily effort to sit back against the couch and on your cold feet. There’s a fire in his eyes that makes you regret this already. “I’m so making you drive to Timmy’s.”

Deep in your heart, if you had to choose Boston or Toronto to win the cup, you'd still choose Boston. But no matter how this series ends, you'd still love your boyfriend very, very much.

if this in any way endeared you to hockey come check my sideblog @wannadewar where i lament and fangirl! if you somehow enjoyed this, a like or reblog would be lovely :) ⭒ masterlist

[hearty-an0n]

the pwhl youtube streams of the games are all unlisted so i'm gonna be compiling them in this google doc!! sharing for preservation and so other people can get clips if they want

as of posting this (Jan 16th 1am est) i have all games linked that i can (up to jan 14th new york vs minnesota)!! gonna try to keep this updated as well as i can

[compher]

PWHL team blinkies!!

these are the larger ones ⬇️ they've been sized up to 750x100 for ease of use :3

these are the smaller ones ⬇️ 150x20 like the blinkies of olde

f2u with or without credit!! ask me if you want one that's been slowed down or smthn idk... i might do more someday that say different tihings

[squishy-teeth]

OC SHIP ART PSYCHIC ATTACK! HIIIYAAA!!!!!

Trafficjam and his huge bus wife Halt [: 💜

[trans-hawk]

some art based on this fic by theundiagnosable that im sure everyone and their mom has read… but im getting nervous about mitch’s very real possibilities of penguinship so :)

[mulchmarner]

"They have been playing against one another so long, since 1926, and so often, going on 900 meetings. Just another game? Not quite. It is history speaking out loud at the face-off, tradition in the flesh."

The Original Six written by Lew Freedman

[mitchmarner]

The Leaf: Blueprint S8 E1: Honour

[boudicca]

wilson going to mcgill makes everything about him make sense tbh. that is the face of a man who can suffer any pain (being friends with house) because nothing will ever be worse than living in montreal

[3416]

Auston on Mitch’s ASG Style | Media Availability 02.09.23

[puckpocketed]

my god it was a rough game on both ends. i hope this rivalry turns into something long term, atmosphere was absolutely electric and only escalating with each scrum

[ft-willzz]

I get to meet my best friend of 11 years in person for the first time tomorrow, I’m so excited!! Shoutout to my job needing someone crazy enough to want to drive literally across Canada the whole way

[cloverzbandit]

Toronto is an antagonist lol- guess were he pops up-

[hearty-an0n]

delivering on that pwhl info carrd!! toronto disappointed me so much i put the youtube stream in a different window and worked on this after the first period