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There are things people choose not to say.
Not because they don’t matter, but because saying them would change everything. Some choices feel right in the moment, quiet and necessary, even if they leave marks that last longer than they should.
On the ice, everything has direction. Off it, not so much.
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Where Macklin’s son, Alex, is drafted by the San Jose Sharks, right into the orbit of Head Coach Will Smith, and a past that was never fully left behind.
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12 Jul 2026
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If someone were to ask Mack how he and Will first met, he’d tell them that he doesn’t remember. That would be a lie.
Will moved in next door to Macklin when they were both four years old. Their windows look into each other’s rooms, and one day, Mack had scribbled on a big sheet of paper “doo u wanna b frens?!”, held it up to the window, and the rest was history.
Now, if someone were to ask him how long he’s known he was in love with Will, Mack would splutter, turn red in the face, and vehemently deny any such thing. They’ve been best friends for as long as he can remember, and that’s it. But that would be a lie, too.
Macklin doesn’t let himself think too hard about it. Everything is completely and totally fine. He is not losing his mind over possibly being in love with his best friend for the past thirteen years of his life because that would make him a bad friend. Who goes and falls in love like that? It’s stupid, so Mack doesn’t let himself dwell on it for too long.
Everything is fine.
OR: Macklin Celebrini falls in love with one Will Smith over their senior year winter break.
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10 Jul 2026
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Mack has spent the past three years calling it friendship. He has until the second the SUV hits Will's car to keep believing it.
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08 Jul 2026
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It hits Will one day. It wasn’t a gradual creeping idea; he just woke up one morning, turned to Mack’s face creased in sleep and drooling into a spot on the pillow, and knew. That was it then, he loved him. And he wasn’t stupid, something gnawed at his soul, and wondered what it meant when a straight guy - okay, well not a *straight* straight guy - loves another guy. What do you do after you realise what you are to one another? (and how do you get that stain out of the living room carpet?)
What does it mean to mean something?
Dear God, what the fuck was he going to say to Colleen.
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17 Jun 2026
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there are three things william charles patrick smith is sure of. the first is that he was made for hockey. the second is that he was born to love macklin celebrini. the third is that the second of those things will one day lead him down into the pits of hell.
he learns the first long before the second. the other doesn’t come until later.
or, wcps’ multi-year side-quest is yearning. a lot.
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02 Jun 2026