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“He just wants so badly for RJ to be okay. That’s it. Because if RJ’s okay then that means that Macklin’s done his job. Absorbed all of his brother’s grief and sadness like a sponge until he has it all and RJ carries none of it.
But life isn’t that simple, and grief doesn’t work like that. If you’re not careful, the blackness of it sticks to your bones, fills the cracks in your heart until you’re half human and half something else. A monstrous thing. There’s no way to absorb someone else’s sadness, not entirely. It just keeps coming, unending and all-consuming.
You have to let them feel it.”
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RJ Celebrini is drafted first overall to the San Jose Sharks in 2029 and billets with veteran Will Smith (Hockey) for his rookie year. Macklin is RJ's legal guardian and brother, unravelling and rebuilding in the background of his brother's first year in the NHL.
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“He can picture the watch face cracked, the glass shattered. Hands stuck in time.
Mack hasn’t talked about what it was like for him in the aftermath, not entirely. Will had gotten snippets from Toff and Mack—as much as they think he can handle, presumably.
He wants to know, though. Wants to know exactly where to pay his penance. How many Hail Marys he needs to do to absolve him of the grief and guilt that still lingers on the periphery.”
They talk about Mack’s tattoo and Will tries to not self-implode.
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- Part 2 of the boxer-verse
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“Will Smith traded to Canucks by Sharks, signs 6-year, $21 million contract
By Roger McCarthy
NHL.com Independent Correspondent
March 5, 2027San Jose, California — Will Smith, 22 was traded to the Vancouver Canucks by the San Jose Sharks on Thursday.
The 22-year-old forward signed a six-year, $21 million contract with Vancouver following an unremarkable game against the Anaheim Ducks on Thursday night. It has an average annual value of $3.5 million.”
an obligatory trade fic
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- Part 1 of the boxer-verse
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Toronto Maple Leafs @ San Jose Sharks
Pride Night
April 2, 2026"It hits Will then. Mack already knows. He knows, but how much does he know?
Will has imagined everything, and he chokes on the largeness of his own feelings. It was never like this with Lenny. He never imagined a future as something-more-than-friends with Ryan Leonard. Content to have him, touch his warm skin, chase his laughter out of his mouth.
Mack is a different story. He pictures them winning a Cup or two together as Sharks most nights when he allows himself to think about it. Their tarps being raised to the rafters together. A huge house and a gated driveway. A dog. A summer house on the Cape.
He wants it all, deep in his bones, but he knows he’d settle for the Cup and the rafters. Anything to make Mack happy."
Or the one where Will has a lot of feelings about tape and his best friend.
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Despite the reservations everyone seems to have about the color scheme and decor decisions and the pointed lack of Catholic priests in attendance, Will’s wedding turns out to be really, really nice.
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21 Jun 2026
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Mack and Will spend the days leading up to Mack's birthday together in Vancouver.
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- Part 2 of Fallingforyou
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13 Jun 2026
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Parker Wotherspoon is a grown adult and professional hockey player known for fighting the big boys of the NHL. Then one clean hit accidentally turns him into the inciting incident in a teenage hockey romance. And worse: now the angry half of that romance is his captain.
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Or: Parker Wotherspoon's perspective on Willmack.Bookmarked by whiteknuckling
07 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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27 May 2026
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Will knows Mack isn’t trying to hurt him.
But somewhere between rookie year, late-night hotel rooms, and becoming inseparable in San Jose, their “casual” thing stopped feeling casual to Will a long time ago. Mack still kisses girls at parties after spending the entire day begging Will to come over. Still looks at him like he’s the center of his universe without realizing what that does to him.
Back in Boston for Marathon Monday, old friendships resurface, old feelings crack open, and Will starts realizing how much of himself he’s quietly handed over to one person.
Or: Will Smith is disastrously in love with Macklin Celebrini, Ryan Leonard wants his best friend/past hookup back, and it’s a giant mess of feelings all around.
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16 May 2026