AU where instead of going to Samwell, Jack starts a widely successful Publicly Broadcast show for children.
Jack learns that he is great with kids after coaching them for a little over two years. Moreover, kids are good with Jack. There is no pressure to be anything other than who he is.
It all starts with a local news program doing a fluff piece on Jack Zimmermann’s coaching ability. But then it turned into something completely different when Jack skated onto camera and started to introduce every single one of his kids and what was special about them. He was…really enchanting actually. He didn’t ever really talk down to them. Jack just treated them as a tiny friend.
They ARE his tiny friends, but that’s not the point.
The footage they got of “snack time” was really the best. Imagine a good 16 kids piled around this massive man teaching them the best way to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
It should have been obvious that a local channel would contact him. It still surprises Jack. They want him to host a show? Why? Everyone always teased him about how impersonable he was during interviews. Is it because he’s Jack Zimmermann’s son? Or Alicia’s?
Jack asks all of these questions to his mother and she just laughs. “You made a PB&J interesting to 16 kids just by being you”
Jack figures it wouldn’t hurt to give it a shot.
Tag: check please
I’m just going to point out that Hall and Murray totally had a Stanley Cup Watch Party so what does everyone think they’re doing right now? Cheering? Freaking out? Wondering if they made this happen? Feeling vindicated because they FUCKING CALLED IT? I NEED TO KNOW.
*sighs* fine I guess I’ll write it
Quick question why are y’all reblogging my resignation
*throws this in the general direction of the fandom* DON’T LOOK AT ME
(also posted here on ao3)
Murray Loves His Dramatic Children
‘Surprised’ is the wrong word. Murray hadn’t exactly expected the Stanley Cup final to end with his favorite former team captain kissing his current team captain, but seeing as it’s Bittle and Zimmermann, it’s not exactly outside the realm of possibility. Zimmermann may have a “Hockey Robot” reputation, but the kid has a flair for the dramatic that’s actually hilarious once you understand his personality. (Game winning goal in the final seconds of final overtime? Really, Jack?) And Eric Bittle iss the living embodiment of thinking with your heart.
“Huh,” says Hall, sitting to his left. He’s the only other person in the bar not completely shocked. “That’s one way to do it.”
Murray snorts. “You expected any different?”
“Not really,” Hall replies, with a smile. “This is kind of our fault, you know.”
“What do you mean ‘kind of’?” Murray laughs. “This is at least seventy percent our fault.”
It’s just gonna be so so hard keeping all that to myself.
im deadass just going to write a fic where kent parson quits hockey and moves to like a small fishing village in iceland or some shit where nobody knows him, he gets to heal his body and look at the beautiful scenery, and he spends his hockey fortune on fresh produce and fishing attire, stops drinking, learns to love himself and love life, separates himself from homophobic teammates and public who don’t care for him, and falls in love with a nice icelandic man who treats him right and cares for him deeply, whom he doesn’t have to hide from the public bc he’s not famous here and everyone loves him in their small fishing village
ugh ugh ugh.
please consider that kent so desperately wanted jack to come to the aces, because he knows jack is bi and wanted someone who knew who he really was. who he knew he could trust.
consider kent sitting at bar, listening to his teammates make homphobic remarks around him while watching his stanley cup winning ex publicly kiss his boyfriend surrounded by his ally teammates.
kind teammates on the team that kent trashed, while kent’s teammates fall woefully short off the ice.
they’re both stanley cup winners, but who really won out here?
The ideal:
Jack’s work ethic, Bitty’s gracefulness, Ransom’s social skills, Dex’s practical skills, Nursey’s ability to keep it cool, and Lardo’s sense of style.
The reality:
Bitty’s work ethic, Nursey’s gracefulness, Dex’s social skills, Lardo’s practical skills, Ransom’s ability to keep it cool, and Jack’s sense of style.
ZIMBITS AU – AVENGERS
Growing up, Canadian billionaire Jack Zimmermann had heard countless stories about Captain America from his father. But when Eric Bittle was pulled from the ice and brought back to life, Jack found he wasn’t impressed with the overly cheerful man and his diminutive stature. The two of them have to put their differences aside when SHIELD recruits them–alongside a ragtag band of superhuman weirdos–to save the world from absolute destruction.
OHMYFUCKINGGODDDDD YES PLEASE!
Oh my god tho but really: “Never fall for a straight boy” …what if that was Bitty’s childhood best friend, who died in the war? One-sided pining for a teammate? That only ends in heartbreak. There are no happy endings for a little guy like him. AND OH GOD WHAT IF THIS WAS LIKE THE AU WHERE ERSKINE’S SERUM DIDNT PHYSICALLY CHANGE HIM SO HE STAYED SCRAWNY BUT JACK, JACK HAD NO IDEA BECAUSE THE ALLIED GOV’T, THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE LIED
Jack clawed his way out from under the Lon shadow of his father, tooth and bloodied nail, and then this little shit comes along??
In today’s Picarto stream, someone made a joke about Bitty being asked by his Youtube followers to play Fuck, Marry, Kill with the Providence Falconers. Merry speculation ensued.
(Elsewhere, meanwhile, sylviarachel commented, “I am imagining Bitty’s vlog followers being like, Poor Bitty’s boyfriend, it must be hard to be dating someone who has such a massive crush on someone else, especially if the someone else is gorgeous and rich and famous”)
Then Ngozi, who is wonderful, made a joke about Jack watching the video and sweating nervously, going, “I hope I get picked -.- I wonder who it will be” like a giant dingus who just worries and is insecure sometimes. Which was SO ADORABLE.
CAN I PLS SEE THESE THINGS IN FANFIC???
“Oh, lord,” Eric groaned. He bit his lip as he read through the three paper slips again, then threw himself back onto the coverlet in frustration. Little jump-cuts gave the sense of time passing, of the agitation the decision caused him. “I love all these guys–” he said, then threw himself backwards again. After wrinkling his brow and shuffling through them a little more, he finally came back and settled himself crosslegged on his bed, facing the camera.
“This one,” he said, holding up one paper slip, “is a fine man, and a fine hockey player. And he said some very nice things about my pie. But there are some things I can’t abide, and let me tell you a secret: Jonathan Nowicki cheers for the New England Patriots.”
“So that’s a kill,” he said, throwing Snowy’s slip over his shoulder.
More thought.
“Now, there are pros and cons on both sides here,” he said, flipping between papers. “Randall Robinson is an excellent family man. He’s proven time and again that he is dedicated to nothing more than being a husband–even the team that has his number-one loyalty knows that if his girls call, they come first. And I have got to say, I really admire that. But, you know… I’m not a homewrecker. I can’t break that up. If his wife would ever let it happen–not that she would, and if Carrie asks please let her know this excercise is strictly hypothetical–and if he ever asks, this is just for the sake of followers and subscriptions like the soulless Youtube shill y’all know I am, I hope he understands–then yeah, I’d fuck Thirdy.”
One slip left. Eric pursed his lips softly.
“You know, marriage is a serious business. It’s not just being in love. It’s loving someone and knowing that you can live your life with them. I mean, what if you find somebody hot and all, but they can’t stand you blasting Katy Perry during your morning shower? What if they don’t understand the importance of pie?”
He tapped his lips thoughtfully with the last piece of paper, having worked it into a roll with nervous fingers while he talked.
“I mean, it’s easy to say, ‘Yeah, of course, I’ve lived with a guy, we prob’ly won’t kill each other, let’s get married.’ But here’s the thing. I’m rememberin’ this time. It was, oh, year and a half ago now. There was a big snowstorm, left three feet of snow on the ground. Campus shut down, couple houses in town without power. I’m stayin’ at home, hiding under my blankets. And this guy comes back and goes, oh, I was just walking all over campus, checking up on everyone in the team and making sure they had power and heat and food and water. I stopped by Stop’n’Shop and picked up some supplies. And hey look, I even bought butter.”
“And that’s when I knew.” Eric smiled, soft and wide. “I would absolutely marry Jack Zimmermann.”
au prompt: through their rookie goalie, chowder, the falcs discover Bitty and his baking and end up basically with the same obsession/arrangement as in the comic. then jack zimmermann gets traded to providence and he’s baffled by this random, really cute baker who’s been adopted by his new teammates.
bonus points if jack thinks Bitty is Chowder’s secret boyfriend for a good week or so
omgcp characters + pride
happy pride y’all!! these took me way longer than they should have & i went a lil overboard tbh, if u want a specific character or a character w/ a certain pride flag, feel free to hit me up!
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