midnightwhispers12:

Fun Check, Please! AU idea

(That I’m sure probably already exists somewhere, but it’s still a fun idea.)

Jack and Bitty meet a few years later, in whatever setting. Jack is being his awarkdly-flirty NHL self, and says something to the effect of “I’d really like to take you skating, and you don’t have to worry if you’ve never skated before, I’m really good with beginners, I help coach kids classes all the time.”

And Bitty cannot possibly pass up an opportunity to be King Troll, so he plays it cool and agrees.

They go skating, and Bitty shows up with his figure skates, telling Jack he borrowed skates from a friend, and Jack’s a little confused because they fit Suspiciously Well for borrowed skates, but Bitty does a convincing Bambi on Ice impression, so he quickly forgets about it.

20 minutes later, after lots of handholding and leaning his entire body up against Jack (he’s sweet and warm and snuggly, ok?), Bitty finally goes, “Ok, I’m gonna do it, I’m gonna make a full lap without needing help or falling!” Jack is a little worried, but he encourages Bitty anyway.

And Bitty just… takes off.

Two laps of the rink, back to back jumps, and a fancy spin later, Bitty stops a few feet from Jack, who is staring in slack-jawed awe at this little spitfire.

Bitty smiles sweetly, and reaches out to touch the tip of Jack’s nose with one finger. “Tag, you’re it!” And then he takes off again. Jack can’t do anything but laugh and try to catch him.

Once Bitty is laughing hard enough to slow down and let Jack catch up, Jack wraps him up in a hug, and stutters through trying to ask, “Where did you… How… What was that?!?”

“Did I forget to mention I’ve been skating since I was 7? I’ve got a couple figure skating medals, but I switched to hockey in the middle of high school and played all through college, so if you wanna break out a couple sticks, I can grab my hockey skates too. Might be fun! Oooh! Or I could teach you a spin if you want?”

And that is the story of how Jack fell in love with his sweet southern troll.