ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐

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[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

giving the other the tiniest smile. gaze returning to the sky. just staring off.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

coming and sitting next to him, it’s nice to just be outside

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

sitting outside. it’s so peaceful . . . he likes it.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ a support system is a support system only if you talk to them. if i learned one thing from therapy it’s that. that’s coming from the stubbornness man on that couch each session. ” joking softly, he’s trying. “ they can’t help if they don’t know whats going on. ”

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

he nods, inhaling deeply. “yeah, i mean atlas is my best friend. my moms are around if i need anything.” he softly shrugs

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

letting jessie take as long as he needed to find his words. giving the other a small nod. “ i can imagine. you have a support system right? ” he knows how most hockey players feel about therapists.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

“But,” he over exaggerates, “i’m going to have to see my parents all the time. that’s how worlds was and i almost-“ he stops himself.

“it’s hard.” he offers after a long moment of silence.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ a sense a but coming. ” letting out a soft chuckle. leaning against his own stick as he looked over to him.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

“i know, it’s not like im angry.” he sighs, leaning against his stick, “he��s a good player. he’s going to be great in the team.” he states , just looking down at the ice

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ fuck them. they don’t matter. ” akira said it so matter of factly. “ as for your brother, don’t take it out on him if he doesn’t know . . . and if he does then that’s a different story. ” laughing. “ god if my therapist could hear me giving her advice. ”

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

he hesitates, his jaw clenching. “no. i don’t think so anyway.” his next pick isn’t as powerfully shot. sighing. “i mean, i don’t even know if my parents recognized me. i could be nobody to them. i already Am nobody to them.”

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

feeding him more pucks. a small nod to his head. he’s slowly starting to understand. “ does he know about you ? ”

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

“i didn’t even know he existed until right before worlds.” he slapshots another puck, skating to the next closest. “and he’s my parents son.” hitting the next one harder, missing the goal and not even caring.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ and i take it that’s a bad thing for you? ” voice soft as he skated closer to him. careful not to get too close as he lined up his shot.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

jessie watched him shoot his own puck, turning his own stick in his hand. “my brother got picked in the draft. here.” he says flatly, lining up another shot

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ and now more recently feelings — ” shooting a puck once jessie was clear of the net. “ the point is, if you aren’t going to talk to anyone about what’s going on in your head tell it to the pucks as leave it out on the ice. ”

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

jessie skated after the puck, sweeping it up with his stick to bring it back to around the center of the ice. he glances at akira for a moment, debating on spilling his guts out too

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ like for me — i’m constantly worried about who’s gonna be signing my next paycheck next season. ( if * ) im going to even have a job. ” a small shrug, watching jessie shoot the puck.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

jessie nods faintly, now just moving along the ice since akira ‘got’ what he was being shown. “yeah..” he sighs out, slapping the puck directly into the net as hard as he possibly could

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

passing another pick to jessie for him to shoot to him. “ i always find it easy to clear my mind when im in the ice. it’s why im always here. it’s too fucking loud up there. ”

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

“better.” he answers as loud as he can muster up in the moment. not that it was hard when they were the only two there

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

humming softly, taking his corrections before shooting towards the net again. noticing he was giving jessie something else to focus on. “ how was that one ? ”

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

jessie follows the puck, setting it up again with a note on his technique. just a slight one. he had no idea he was purposeful on his movements

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

a small smile as he begins correcting him. doing it again, this time missing the net by just a little. gently passing a puck towards jessie.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

he almost didn’t, but he demonstrated how he did it, letting out a small breaTh before explaining what he did

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

“ how do you manage a backhand to the net from this far back? ”

humming softly, sending another puck towards the net. purposefully missing, hoping jessie would take the bait and correct him.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

he skates over, watching him for a couple moments before going over and grabbing his own couple of pucks

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

akira was actually fairly surprised he actually got onto the ice in about five minutes.

stood at the blue line, practicing his slap shot.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

jessie simply gets his gear packed and heads to the rink, joining him on the ice not too long later.

he’s quiet as he kicks off onto the ice.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

good. i’m already here so just meet me on the ice.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

sir yes sir?

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

grab your gear and meet me at the rink. be there in five.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

huh?

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

grab your gear.

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

hah.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

can’t we all?

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

could be better.

[ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ ᅠ ᅠᅠ𝖍𝖆𝖗𝖉 𝖐𝖓𝖔𝖈𝖐 ✩࿐ @HRDEDGED]

you alright?

[𝖏𝖊𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖊 𝖆𝖛𝖊𝖗𝐲 𝖜𝖆𝖑𝖘𝖍 𝐤𝖎𝖓𝖌 ⁷¹ @MESSYSKING]

no. no no no no.