#vgk imagine

[sundriedmilano]

pretty boy

[dogwittaablog]

Casually just thinking about nolpats, and how his team won the Stanley cup… without him… and he didn’t play enough games for his name to be engraved on the cup 🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂🙂

I just die a bit because I could literally picture this man’s with his little happy winning the cup insta post… his families posts about it… him drunk off his ass from the celebrations… bringing the cup back to his hometown for all his friends and family… but nope… bye! like bye!!

[out--of--ordinary]

When are the flyers going to stop giving our players away for nothing omg

[letstrywritingmaybe]

I complained on my main blog already but I’m gonna complain here too. I’m trying to read more book books cause I do miss the days when I was reading one a day. I still read everyday cause of fics, but it’s not quite the same. But man is Great Expectations hard for me to get through. I literally do not care! I should’ve started with a different book of his. But I’m in it now and I’ll finish it but I’m so indifferent I’m reading it super slowly. I only like nice characters okay, so when I’m presented with an annoying character who looks down on others I mentally check out. Being smart and rich now doesn’t make it alright for you to be an asshole, you’re not entitled to anything. And I get he’s a teenager and all and doesn’t know any better but I wish he stayed naive and kind hearted and childish. I’m not far enough into the book yet and I really can’t be bothered but I’m gonna finish this so I can ready other Agatha Christie book <3

Writing wise, I’ve drafted the next part of the fake dating fic. I think I should update the sibling verse at some point too… I do have chapter 11 done but I’ve not finished chapter 12… I should also finish writing Vigilante Shit for midnights, and that’s about it as far as my ongoing WIPs go. I’ve not started the next chapter of the powers verse yet but I know I need to. See I start a bunch of things and then I get distracted by more verses. It’s why I have to be kept accountable by either collabing or gifting a fic or else I’ll literally put it off and go at my own pace which could take forever. There’s like a million more things I think about, but I don’t have the time/motivation to write all of them. Isn’t it enough that it lives in my head? Must I actually write them?

[stromer]

imagine getting tag teamed by 'Work Wives But It's Kinda Complicated' personified... ★ canucks @ vgk 4.02.24

[himbeaux-on-ice]

what's reilly smith like? (now a penguin)

alright i'm a bit busy so you're mainly getting screenshots from where i just had this same conversation on discord:

to add on a little:

you are getting 1/3 (the most underrated third) of a trio that has been as central to the VGK's identity and success in their franchise history as the Pens trio has been during their era. and you are getting him for a 3rd round pick (which belonged to Vegas originally, it's the one they gave the Pens in the Blueger trade). the ONLY reason i can imagine Vegas is making this move is because they are bulldozing cap space for their annual batshit crazy big game hunting move, they would never move on from this guy otherwise.

Smith is exactly the kind of player the Penguins need more of - a hardworking complementary piece who has a flexible and underratedly robust skillset, a great easygoing personality that coaches rave about, and a loveable smile.

as a VGK fan: I am a wee bit heartbroken to see him leaving the city and his two boyfriends longtime lineys, but i'm glad he won a Cup first and he'll be a beloved legend in Las Vegas forever who helped make that team what it is. bittersweet, and a little baffling they didnt get more for him, but then again we've seen how this management operates so, welp. that said he does only have a partial NMC so presumably he's not *completely* dead set against Pittsburgh and is willing to go, so there's that.

as a Pens fan: god I'm SO fucking glad for the Pens sake that Brendan Shanahan is an idiot. this move is a fantastic weaponization of one of the Pens' few assets (cap space) to take advantage of a team that's shedding salary for god knows why. let's go Kyle, let's fuckin go.

Pens fans, honestly? I think you're gonna love this guy

[tsyplakov]

idk enough about hockey to do anything serious with the idea but if auston matthews was born a week earlier, then of course the 2015 draft has an extra guy. and you know what that means. #16 -> #17 and #28 -> #29

now what we know about Mathew Barzal is 2017-18 was a really good season for him, and of course since he is now a Winnipeg Jet, he would also be on a pretty deep playoff team. Maybe he even makes them so much better that Winnipeg wins the Pres. Trophy instead of Nashville. Maybe if the playoffs were seeded just a liiiiitle differently, the VGK WPG conference final could have gone in their favor

as for the SCF I could not really say. I mean it's the capitals. it's Ovi.

anyway is Matthew Barzal doomed to lose in the conference finals in every timeline? but imagine he was stuck in Manitoba and wasn't drafted to the same team as his friend. What would he even be like without Tito? Would he have another bestie? Would his hockey actually be better? Who knows...

[sergeifyodorov]

VGK v Edmonton Game 1 even more narratively satisfying than I could have ever imagined...Jack Eichel stealing the puck from CMD97 and getting the empty netter to seal the deal....where are the script writers I need to thank them

no Way.... plus leon "suffered more than jesus" draisaitl getting a dick trick and still losing... i love this

[sundriedmilano]

pretty boy

[larsnicklas]

hellloooo!!

💣 Blow it up: pick one NHL team. Change its name, mascot, logo/colors. Tell me why you chose the new elements.

🌟 What are your five favorite things about yourself? Come on, don’t be shy. Give me 5.

🪽 Name a NHL player whom you would: Sacrifice to the Gods, Do Hard Crimes With, and Save the World With.

🏛️ Here, have a soap box. What is one thing you feel really strongly about that you think everyone should know?

🎶 What would your goal song be and why?

💣 Blow it up: pick one NHL team. Change its name, mascot, logo/colors. Tell me why you chose the new elements. i just rebranded the b.lackhawks! but i'll do it again. it's the windy city! chicago's team is now the chicago zephyr! this time we'll do a full rebrand, colors and jerseys and all. i like the idea of the guys in black. black is such an Intimidating color you know... i think it makes guys look bigger, more imposing. so let's do black and light gray and light aqua blue. gray and blue being vaguely... wind colors. i'm imagining the blue accents being glittery like lak and vgk glittery silver and gold accents respectively. i think the logo is like a simplified swirl type thing. :)

🌟 What are your five favorite things about yourself? Come on, don’t be shy. Give me 5. hehe ok. i make good friends and hopefully am a good friend also <3, i am really hard to stress out — i'm very level headed! i have a good eye for graphic design and also i'm a good graphic designer. i cook well and love doing it! and also my hair is nice.

🪽 Name a NHL player whom you would: Sacrifice to the Gods, Do Hard Crimes With, and Save the World With. sacrifice to the gods: i know i said i wasn't going to sacrifice anyone last time i answered this. but now i'm watching caps pens. so i'm a different person. goodbye sid you had a good run. do hard crimes: ok i think. i would like to go on a crime spree with nikita kucherov. i think it would be fun. AND i think we would get away with it. save the world with: come along tj oshie. we have a world to save. (we'd do it. it'd be kind of like..... touch and go. but we'd do it. and morale would NEVER waver.)

🏛️ Here, have a soap box. What is one thing you feel really strongly about that you think everyone should know? thought about talking about nicklas but i talk about him so much already i guess i'll switch it up!!! do you people know that matthew tkachuk is really genuinely one of the best playmakers in the league. like he is really good at hockey lol. i don't think the tumblr/twt fandom perception of him is like... correct! like for instance i feel like i see people act like b.rady is the de facto better player and at this point in their careers.... that's just not correct. he's bigger! he's got a better shot. but matthew is craftier, a better playmaker, a better passer. and this is likely partly a product of being older and b.rady will grow into this too, but rn matthew walks the line of antagonizing the other team without going too far really well. he stirs things up and then skates away and picks up an assist on the power play. he's the best american winger in the game right now and i mean it!

🎶 What would your goal song be and why? hehe i previously said glory and gore by lorde BUT i'll throw in hooked on a feeling by blue suede. i think she'd get the crowd GOIN

[tapedsleeves]

📕📗

Hiiiiiiiii K. This one is special for you. This is my outline for the follow up to Tripped And Fell on You (the 6167 hookups to enemies to lovers)

As you can imagine, this is the enemies part.

I think it's only gonna be 2 chapters. 1 from Mark's POV & One from Max's.

Ch 1 Is mark, & it covers the immediate aftermath of their hookup (draft day was like a week later) and then Mark's last 2 szns with the Wheat Kings, his time with the Binghamton Senators and then his first couple of NHL games.

The time he got into a scuffle and got his 1st penalty against Montreal, and then Max scored on the powerplay.

All the little ways in which Max shows that he might not be interested in Mark, now and how that makes Mark. Not necessarily bitter, but wary.

He's still got Max's number if he hasn't changed it.

Then Ch 2 from Max's POV, Max getting named captain, how proud he is of that, then the 2017 Habs v Sens playoff series, the whole wrist stuff with Mark from Max's POV. Then the slow communication and trust breakdown that caused Max to get a new agent and get traded to VGK in the off season in 2019.

Max's POV covers right up until February of 2019, when Mark gets traded to VGK. And Max texting him, saying welcome. That he's got a spare room, and Oh, by the way It's Max.

And Mark says "I know." about max's number and thanks, but he'll find somewhere else to stay. they both agree that a hookup they had almost a decade ago shouldn't dictate their entire lives, right?

Right?

[jsw029]

We wanted to take Lynn’s parents to this bar during a VGK hockey game, but the timing didn’t work out. I gotta imagine it’s a lot of fun.

Fried Pickles and Poutine

When: Dinner Where: @stickstavernnv Who: Lynn, Patty and Larry Burdzy

Amount Spent: $0.00 Amount Spent YTD: $3,108.44

#myterriblediet

https://www.instagram.com/p/C6zU4sjyeKb/

[hugheshugs]

daddy issues au

summary: you've been craving your father's affection for years and after endless heartbreak, his best friend shows you how to be loved.

pairing: dadsbestfriend!thomas x brisson!reader

warnings: major age gap !! thomas is 40. absent father, lots of angst, anxiety, sadness, fear, hurt/comfort, regarding smut: innocence kink and daddy kink. other warnings will be specific to each fic.

playlist

tags

moodboards

series —

for hockey

part one

when your brother and dad are out for practice, you're met with unexpected company in your house.

going grape

part two

you and thomas get close after you meet some of your dad's friends for the first time and he has to reintroduce himself to hide suspicion.

dinner time

part three

you find out something that upsets you and leads you to avoid dinner but thomas comes to find you anyway.

the unknown remedy

part four

thomas shuts himself off from everyone for a couple days, resulting in a surprise from you and his friends. you find out one of his secrets and he gets vulnerable, leading you to reassure him that everything'll be okay.

imagines —

i'm not your dad

when you're in distress and call your dad to come get you, he sends his best friend instead.

force him to love you

after running out of the house because of a fight with your dad, thomas has to find you.

don't call me baby

brendan brings home a girl who makes you cry and he feels the need to defend you.

blurbs —

more blurbs under #dbf!thomas thoughts

teasing him at the dinner table

suggested 18+ but not close to nsfw, use your discretion | thom and y/n teasing each other when bren has him over.

his sounds of pain

dbf!thom taking y/n with him when he gets a new tattoo and she gets turned on by his little grunts and winces.

school supplies

dbf!thom taking you shopping for something you need.

brendan catching you together

suggested 18 + | dbf!thomas about them kissing or doing the devils tango and her dad walking in.

being there for you

part two

on senior night when everyone’s parents are supposed to show up for photos and celebrations, y/n thinks she’s gonna be the only one without someone there until thom shows up.

your first tattoo

dbf!thom being there for your first tattoo.

fights and rainy days

first time sleeping in dbf!thom bed.

cooking class

thom teaching you how to cook since your dad is always so busy with your brother.

pain and promises

thom helping you through your period.

honey butter

you're studying for a big test and you're super stressed so thom offers to help you.

convincing him

thom talks your dad into letting you get a tattoo.

you love him more

you tell your dad he treats you unfairly.

invisible

you have a breakdown in front of thom because you feel alone.

[raysofcrosby]

VEGAS GOLDEN KNIGHTS MASTERLIST

📝 NOLAN PATRICK

○ when you're ready

➤ part one

➤ part two

➤ part three

📝 NOLAN PATRICK

○ reason

[hockeytrashgoblin]

A Tuch of your love ~Alex Tuch

A/N: Hi! so here’s an Alex Tuch imagine. I’m not sure how I feel about it but I get anxious with all my writing so I’m going to post it anyway. I’ve been doing research to try and find how people act so I’ll probably write another one when I know more about how he is as a person and how I can make him into a character also. Also the title is a song name but instead of touch it’s Tuch...Idk I thought of it and couldn’t make it go away so it is what it is and I hope you enjoy.

“Hey good lookin’ what’s cookin’?” I rolled my eyes as I stepped past him into the house.

“How was the filming of the ‘castle’?” I asked Alex puting air quotes on castle. I took off my coat and hung it up by the front door before kicking my shoes off.

“Hey, don’t insult my house.”

“Come on, this isn’t a castle and you know it. You wouldn’t be sleeping in a closet if it was.” I said making him laugh as we walked upstairs to his gaming room.

“Touche.” 

“So what are the plans for today Tuch?”

“I have no plans.”

“You invited me over for no reason?” I asked suspicious of my friend.

“Well I mean I wanted company but I didn’t plan anything to do.”

“Classic.” I said falling back onto the futon.

“We could order food and watch a movie?”

“Unoriginal.”

“Ya know what..” he said letting out a laugh. “You’re a nuisance today.”

“I am not!”

“Pick a movie, you brat.” he said with a big smile. “I’m going to go get snacks.”

“Okay. Bring me a blanket too?”

“God you’re so needy.” he said playfully rolling his eyes.

“Shut up you love me.”

“For some unknown reason.” 

“Rude!” I yelled after he left the room, hearing him laugh which made me smile. I really had the biggest crush on Alex. I’d been friends with him since we were teenagers. Our 10th grade english teacher paired us up for a big group project to give him a better chance at getting a good grade. I had already had a crush on him at that point and I figured it would go away but it never did. The big shot hockey player has had my heart for years. He was so goofy and almost flirty with everyone though so it was really hard for me to navigate what was going on so I just never did anything about it. 

“Hey space cadet.” Alex yelled throwing the blanket at my head, breaking me out of my thoughts.

“Asshole.” I mumbled making him laugh again. 

“What’s got you so zoned out?”

“Dumb boys.”

“Oh? Is there finally a boy in (Y/N) life?”

“God no.”

“You’ve never had a boyfriend. You’re like 23 and still single.”

“And your point?”

“Why?”

“Maybe I have my eye on someone.”

“Well what’s taking so long then?”

“He’s super not interested.”

“How do you know?”

“Well it’s been years and nothing sooo that’s pretty clear to me.” I sighed and pushed his shoulder. “Hey why are we talking about this where are my snacks?”

“Here you little gremlin.” he said throwing a bag of Doritos at me.

“Thank you.” I said with a sweet smile.

“Don’t look at me all sweet and innocent like that.” he laughed. “I know better than anyone that you are not either of those things.”

“Um wooow. I am sweet I’ll have you know. Just not to you. Because you don’t deserve it.”

“Brutal.” Shea said laughing in the doorway.

“Shea! Come watch a movie with us?” 

“No this was our hangout time.” Alex said pouting.

“Nonsense Alex, be nice. Come watch with us.”

“If the pretty girl says so.” he said shrugging coming in and sitting on the other side of me.

“Don’t call her that.” Alex said rolling his eyes.

“What are you trying to say there Tuch?” I asked raising an eyebrow at him.

“That isn’t what I meant. Can we just watch the movie please?”

“Okay..” I said quietly pushing play. Alex got off of the futon and turned the lights off before coming back and sitting closer to me. I unfolded the blanket Alex brought me and curled up in it. At least I tried before both boys took an edge and got under the blankets too. “I’m not very cozy anymore.”

“Well sorry, princess.” Alex said sarcastically.

“Come here.” Shea said putting an arm around me. I rested my head against his shoulder as the movie continued. I heard Alex scoff but he just let it be. Half-way into our second movie Shea got up claiming he had to go do something. Almost as soon as Shea left the room Alex scooted closer to me and pulled my body back into his.

“Alex what are you doing?”

“Shea left. Someone has to hold the baby.” he said trying to make a joke out of it.

“But you don’t like touchi-”

“(Y/N) if I didn’t want to touch you I wouldn’t be. Simple as that.” he said interrupting me and pulling me closer.

“If you’re sure..” 

“I am.”

“Okay.” I said quietly pulling the arm that was resting on my hip around me so his hand was up by my head. Doing that made us get into more of a spooning position and I was fine with that. It felt really nice to just be with him in that way. We were quiet for a minute just watching the movie until Alex cuddled more into me and broke the silence.

“I can’t help but notice that this is very different to what you were doing with Shea.”

“Is it a problem?” I asked trying to move away.

“No.” he whined pulling me back. “I was just pointing out that it was different.”

“Shea’s like a brother to me.”

“What and I’m not?”

“Absolutely not.” I said too quick. “I mean yes.”

“No, no, no you don’t just get to back track like that.” he said rolling me over so he could see me. “What do you mean I’m not like a brother to you?”

“I um..I just don’t see you as a brother that’s all.”

“Why not?” he demanded.

“Don’t raise your voice at me like that.” I said quietly.

“I’m not raising my voice, I just want to know why I’m not a brother to you.”

“Alex just leave it please? I really don’t feel like talking about it.”

“How am I just supposed to leave it and ignore that?” 

“Alex..”

“All I’ve ever tried to do is make you feel safe and happy and have you know that you’ve always got someone around who cares about you a lot. I just don’t understand.”

“You do all of those things. Every single one of them and more.”

“Then why is Shea someone you consider to be so close to you and I’m not?” he yelled standing up.

“Listen up Tuch. You mean more to me than Shea does. You both mean something to me in very different ways.” I tried to explain getting mad.

“Then what way am I important? Hmm? Because I don’t feel very important tonight.”

“For fuck sakes Alex, I don’t see you as a brother because I’m in love with you, you dumbass. It’d be kinda weird to be in love with someone you thought of as your brother.” I didn’t realize what I said until it was too late and I just shut my mouth and looked down away from his face. Which was probably for the best honestly since he just left the room. I panicked and went downstairs to get my stuff and get out of there as fast as I could but I was stopped by a pair of very large arms.

“(Y/N) you can’t go yet.” Shea said while I was struggling to break free.

“Shea you don’t understand. I just embarrassed myself more than I ever have in my life I need to leave.” 

“You can’t leave right now.”

“Yes I can.”

“Not until this is fixed.”

“Does he want to talk to me Shea?”

“Well I mean-”

“Does he want to talk to me?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Then I will be leaving.”

“I don’t think he wants that either.”

“Shea this is what he does. I’ve watched him do this for years. He gets admissions from people he doesn’t want them from and he never fucking speaks to them again. He just disappears. This isn’t going to be any different.”

“(Y/N) this doesn’t make sense, please just stay and try to deal with this.” he let me go and when he did, I ran. Once I was outside I just sat down angry at myself. I kicked over a flower pot but then quickly picking it back up and fixing the flowers. Soon my anger towards myself became anger towards him. I hated the feeling I had. The anger powered me to go back into the house. Shea saw that I was on a mission and just nodded while moving out of my way. I opened the door to his room and found him lying on his bed.

“Can I fucking help you?” he asked taking his headphones out.

“Yeah. We’re fucking talking about this.” I said sitting down on the end of the bed. “I’m not leaving here until we do.”

“This is stupid.” he said rolling his eyes.

“Talk to me, asshole.”

“I don’t know what you want me to say. Sorry you have feelings?”

“You’re fucking stupid.” I said scoffing. 

“You had the right idea to just leave before.”

“Why? So you could just cut me off and never speak to me again in your life?”

“What no? Why would you say that?”

“I’ve watched you do it to sooo many girls. They speak up and you disappear. Never to be heard from again. The great fucking Houdini.”

“I wouldn’t do that to you. You’re my best friend.”

“An easy to lose one apparently.”

“You’d never be easy to lose, don’t fucking start.”

“But you’re willing to do it.” he was quiet and I knew I had him. “So that was just going to be it? Because I have a stupid crush on you, you were just going to pretend I never existed in your life? Why?”

“I don’t want to talk about it.”

“Too bad.”

“Why are you doing this?”

“I’m not letting you throw away 6 years of friendship because you don’t want to deal with feelings.”

“I don’t want to talk about feelings. I’ve never been about feelings and you know that.”

“Then just say that you don’t like me back so I can start to move on and this can just become some stupid joke that we laugh about while drunk at parties.” I said laying back on the bed. I needed a break from looking at him.

“I can’t tell you that.” he said making me sit straight back up.

“What? Why?” 

“Because it isn’t true.”

“Then what the fuck is all this for then?”

“I can’t be what you need me to be. You know how I am and who I am. I can’t be what you want me to be.”

“You have no idea who or what I want you to be. All you know is I have feelings for you.”

“I can’t be the perfect loving boyfriend you deserve to have.”

“Uh yeah I know.”

“Um wow rude.” he said cracking a small smile.

“The fact that you think I don’t know how you are and that I’m liking you blindly is fucking hilarious to me. I know you aren’t perfect, idiot.” I said smiling kicking his leg.

“Why would you bring it up now? It’s been so long.”

“I just got upset and it had been bubbling to the surface for a while now. I would’ve been content just sitting around on these feelings and never letting them out but here we are.”

“Here we are.” he repeated. He was quiet for a minute before he added, “I don’t know what to do here.”

“Me neither. I always thought you would react bad but I never thought you wouldn’t be able to tell me it was one sided. I don’t know what to do with that honestly.”

“I didn’t think you’d ever have feelings for me knowing me as well as you do.”

“You’re not that bad of a person to know.” I said rolling my eyes.

“I have a bad temper, I don’t trust easily, I overreact all the time.”

“Trust me I know all of these things.” I rolled my eyes and crawled up the bed to sit beside him. “But you trust me already so there’s that.”

“I guess there is that. But trusting you as a friend and trusting you as something more are two different things.”

“But why? Just leave things how they are but more.”

“What do you mean?” he asked bumping his leg with mine.

“I mean treat me like you always have just with like, touching and stuff.”

“Wouldn’t that just be friends with benefits then?”

“If that’s what you wanted it to be I guess.”

“I don’t want that.”

“Ouch okay.” I said laughing.

“I didn’t mean that I don’t want to fuck you.” he said bluntly sighing making me burst out into laughter. “What is so funny?”

“Just the way you said it. I’m sorry. What were you saying, Tuch?”

“I was just saying that you deserve better than friends with benefits.”

“Then be better than friends with benefits.” I said shrugging and looking at him.

“I don’t know how.” he said quietly. “I’ve only ever had friends with benefits.”

“Then let’s figure it out together, Alex.” I said putting my hand to the back of his head. He closed his eyes and I gave him lots of time to pull away before I closed the distance and pressed my lips to his. He kissed back right away and it was intense to say the least. He licked my bottom lip asking for entrance almost immediately and when I let him in he really destroyed any ability I had to come up with a coherent thought. It really felt like I had been hit by a train. I felt the kiss in my entire body and when he pulled away I whined making him laugh and me blush.

“Needy.” he said brushing his thumb against my bottom lip with a smile.

“God everyone knows I’m needy, Tuch. You’re not original.” 

“My needy girl?” he asked softly.

“Yeah.”

“(Y/N) I’m really not good at this. It’s hard for me to let my guard down and I shut people out in these kinds of situations. I don’t want you to get into something you weren’t expecting and then leave me.”

“I’m not going anywhere. You’re not nearly as hard to love as you think you are.” I said hugging him.

“I’m willing to give us a shot if it’s what you really think you want.”

“It’s what I really know I want Alex.”

“I’m just so afraid you’re going to see me in a light that you don’t like.” he said resting his head on top of mine.

“I’ve seen you in every light. There’s nothing there that’s going to make me want to leave you. Let me prove it to you that not everyone is just trying to leave.”

“Okay.”

“Let’s just give it a try. That’s all I’m asking. We both have feelings, we might as well give it a shot. We kind of owe it to ourselves.”

“You’ve got a point.” I he smiling and pulling back to give me another kiss. “Plus turns out I really like doing that.”

“Me too.”

“This is the most you’ve ever agreed with me in one sitting. The baby just needed attention to cooperate is that it?”

“God shut up, asshole.” I said laughing before pressing another kiss to his lips.

[queeniewriteshockey]

Alex is a low key softie lol maybe something like catching him getting hair done by his daughter or maybe playing dress up and having a tea party

So I was feeling super fluffy this morning and decided to tackle this. I went a little different but I hope you like it nonnie. 

You sit on the couch, eyes closed, mind dozing. You’re absolutely exhausted. It comes with the territory of having a newborn, but you wouldn’t change it for the life of you. Yes, it’s brought you to tears a few times and you’ve never actually known what being tired was until you were blessed with your princess, but it’s still so worth it. 

You’re almost asleep when someone speaks. “Okay, I think she’s asleep,” you hear him say. It takes you a moment too long to understand the words and even longer to realize that the voice belongs to your husband. You’re that tired. 

You open your eyes after what feels like a lifetime, body shaking slightly at being woken up when it wasn’t ready. You’re met with an image of your husband looking as disheveled as you feel in his boxers. Alex’s hair is sticking up in directions you didn’t know were possible. He’s got what was a five o'clock shadow five days ago and his eyes are red-rimmed and heavy-lidded. 

“I want a shower so bad,” he says as he joins you on the couch, “but sleep..” he trails off, laying his head in your lap. 

You hum softly, eyes closing again. Your fingers slid through his hair for a moment and you understand why he wants a shower. When was the last time either of you got to take one? Probably the day you came home from the hospital. 

Words don’t seem to be something you’re capable of and for that matter, Alex has fallen silent as well. The both of you find yourself sinking into the couch, the peace of the house settling over you while your five-day-old little girl sleeps peacefully for the moment in her crib. A shower and anything else can wait.