love is a game by adele - for the song drabble!
Word Count: 530
Warnings: None, some angst.
Frank x Female Reader / Special Guest
The sun shines through the blinds, casting a warmth that this apartment hasn’t seen in months. You know it’s time to go, your tears no longer worth shedding over a man who won’t commit, let alone communicate. There’s a weight off your shoulders that feels oddly freeing. You thought that you would sadder than this, to leave this place that you once called a home with a man who you thought would want to see this through.
Life has a weird way of making you realize that what you thought you wanted at a point in your life is now a lesson, one that hurt, that challenged you, broke you and ultimately left you being reintroduced to part of yourself that you thought you had lost. She was always there, just hiding in the misery that Frank had managed to pile on during your relationship. What could be said for the boxes that line the hallways? The dishes that you bought, the coffee cups carefully wrapped – and you have so many because you thought you’d spend your mornings on the balcony, drinking coffee with the love of your life. You’ll use every single of them one day. You know this. For now, they are securely in a box, waiting to be whisked away to your new apartment.
It's like a checklist now, moving through the apartment as you mentally tick off everything you’ve packed or given away to charity. You’ve thrown away the pictures of you two together, unceremoniously placed in the trash as a symbolic gesture of how quickly things went wrong. You aren’t upset anymore and you don’t wish to be. There’s no numbness, no wishing that things could go back to the way they were.
You know now that you deserve better.
That alone keeps the momentum up to finish packing, the doorbell ringing to signal that the movers are here. Where Frank has gone, you have no idea. Somewhere up in Northern California most likely, hanging out with his friends who probably told him it was a good idea to get away from you because this last fight, the one where you looked him in the eye and told him you were unhappy, only seemed to make him disinterested in continuing the conversation.
As the movers come, you survey the place, looking at the note that is placed on the counter. It’s a quick goodbye, your portion of the rent already in his bank account in case he thinks you’re skipping out.
Before long, the truck is packed up and heading to your new place as you follow behind.
It doesn’t take long for you to get there, looking up at the brownstone building with a sense of hope and peace of mind before a man walks past. You almost do a double take at the sight of him. He looks so much like Frank that you aren’t sure if you’re seeing things, the man stopping at the sight of the moving truck.
“New here?” he asks with a kind smile.
“Yeah,” you answer.
“Always good to have new people around. I’m Bucky,” he introduces, holding out his hand as you shake it. “Hope to see you around.”
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Pairings: Collegehockeyplayer!Steve rogers x female reader (Cappy x bug)
Warnings: Cappy being a doofus, frustration, explicit language, talk of violence/threats of violence (female towards male) but no violence actually occurs, banter- lots of banter, idiots in like, slight manipulative behavior (must be 18+)
Work Count: ~2.2K
A/N: not beta read. All mistakes are my own.
The intercom at your campus apartment buzzed, signally Sam was here- right on time. You walked over to your front door, buzzing him in before returning to your bathroom, toothbrush still in your mouth.
After getting a late start to your day, thanks to a restless night's sleep, you had just finished brushing your teeth- putting your toothbrush away and turning off the water. Walking back down the hall, you heard Sam knock at the front door before a loud thud and string of curses followed.
When you unlocked the door, pulling it open, you couldn’t help but laugh. There Sam was stuffing shirts back into an oversized box in a hurry.
"Hey, Sam" you greeted, forcing a smile even though your nerves were a little fried.
"Hey, y/n... I'm uh... sorry" he flashed you a nervous smile from where he knelt on the floor.
"About this or about Captain Meatball?" you teased, bending down to grab the last few tshirts before tossing then into the box.
"Thanks" he looked up at you, "so where do you want these? I still got a couple more boxes in my car… do you need them all now?”
"Oh... come on in" you said, standing and stepping out of his way while holding the door open, "the table is fine" you said, ushering him into your small two bedroom apartment, “and I can ask my roommate to help when you leave- we’ll come out and each grab a box…”
"OK” Sam nodded and then his face fell serious, “so....um... about the shirts..." he started, placing the box on the table and avoiding eye contact.
"Sam... I swear to god... I'm going to strangle him..." you grumbled, grabbing a tshirt from the pile and holding it up for inspection.
It didn't look any different, the pretty impressive Pucks for Paws design Cappy had sketched with several dogs and cats was on the front- just as you submitted. You turned the shirt over finding a crisp number 17 with Storm scrawled across the top. The bottom of the shirt had the information for the adoption drive- same design you had submitted to the printing shop.
"I don't get it?" you asked, looking up at Sam, "it's the same..." you narrowed your eyes at him.
"Not all of them" Sam grimaced. You could tell he was uncomfortable- waiting for the other shoe to drop.
"Sam... I don't have time for this..." you huffed, grabbing a handful of shirts and turning them over, "will you just tell me what that asshat did?"
"He changed the quantity of shirts ordered per jersey number... got rid of all the number 7's" Sam blew out a heavy exhale, shaking his head as he shrugged his backpack off and unzipped it.
"What?" you squeaked, "why would he do that?" your voice had gone all shrill, "he knows his jersey is a best seller, right?" you were starting to panic as you riffled through the shirts, "he has to know..."
Sure enough, out of the hundreds of shirts ordered, not one was a number 7. All his other teammates were accounted for- including the underclassman.
“Well… they’ve gotta be in the other boxes” you rationalized.
Sam just shook his head apologetically without saying a word.
"He did have one number 7 made..." Sam offered, pulling the shirt from the bag and handing it to you.
"How is one shirt going to help?" you were fuming as you took it from Sam, "are we auctioning it off to the highest bidder? He's such a narcissist..." you rolled your eyes with a snarl.
"Well... it's not for sale" Sam said, "it's... uh... for you..."
"For me?" you scowled in confusion, trying to make sense of all of this until your phone vibrated to life in your back pocket. You continued grumbling under-your-breath as you fished it out of your pants, scoffing before you answered it.
"You better have a good explanation for this, Steven" you growled, holding the video call up so he could see the box of shirts, "why would you pull all your shirts from printing when you know everyone's gonna want your number?"
Cappy smirked at the use of his full name- he had never heard you call him Steven before now.
Sam busied himself by digging around in his backpack again.
"Bug... did Wilson give you the other shirt?" Cappy asked.
"What other shirt?" you huffed, looking up at Sam as he presented you with another folded shirt.
You took a deep breath before snatching it from Sam's outstretched hand, scowling at him as he backed away slowly with his hands in the air. You knew it wasn't Sam's doing, but you really felt like shooting the messenger right about now.
"What is this, Cap?" your tone was a little more whiny then you were going for, but you were frustrated and tired, just wanting this to go off without a hitch.
"Read it" Cappy instructed, smirking.
"What?" you snapped, not understanding how any of this was even remotely funny.
"Have any plans tonight, bug?" he asked so nonchalantly it made another wave of fury course through your veins.
You didn't even answer him, just shot him a glare that should have melted your phone screen.
"There's a thing at the barn, my house... tonight before the game tomorrow..." Cappy continued as you ignored him, propping your phone against the box and holding up the shirt.
You let out a dry huff that almost resembled a laugh. OK... this wasn't half bad- but how exactly was this shirt going to help the adoption drive?
"Team Cappy" you read, the screen printed words were crossed out and underneath it in bold text read "Team literally anyone else" holding the shirt up as you smirked.
It was silent for a moment before you spoke again. Steve looked nervous on the other end of the call.
"I don't hate it... but I'm still not following your game plan, Cap" you scowled down at his pretty face on your phone screen.
"Turn it over..." Cappy said, flashing you his boyish grin that made you want to slug him.
"Resistant to Meatball Charms" you snorted a laugh, reading off the text on the back of the shirt. The bottom of the shirt was, thankfully, the same as the others with the info for the adoption drive. You blew out a frustrated exhale, annoyed that this was working- yet again.
"Why don't you try it on... I'll watch... I mean wait" he winked.
"Steve..." you whined, "this isn't a game... those animals are depending on this... on me... I can't let them down."
"Bug... you won't" he insisted as a hiccuped escaped your lips, eyes prickling with tears.
"Shit..." Steve's voice cracked, "are you crying?"
"No" you frowned, but a few more angry tears fell as you tried to sniffle them back.
"Bug… baby... I'm sorry!" Steve sounded genuinely concerned, "shit... I swear I was just trying to be sweet..."
"By messing with the order?" your voice was watery as you scoffed.
"No!" his voice was determined, but you were so frustrated and didn't want him to see you cry- opting to end the call instead.
"Stupid, stupid, pretty... stupid... dumb boy" you huffed, marching into the kitchen to get yourself a glass of water. But you nearly ran into Sam who had escaped to the kitchen to give your heated conversation some privacy.
"Sorry, Sam" you sniffled, walking to the cabinet to take a glass and fill it from the faucet.
Sam stood motionless, not really sure what he should do or say. He had a feeling Cappy's bonehead plan would backfire.
"He's just so stupid... ya know?" you sighed, after taking a sip of your water. You wiped away a stray tear with the back of your hand, eye lashes wet with your emotion.
"Tell me about it" Sam agreed with a chuckle, “there’s still time to figure this t-shirt thing out… I can…”
"Hey, y/n" your roommate called, from down the hall, "you OK?" she squeaked when she saw Sam standing next to you, her eyes going wide as she looked down at her bright pink pjs with cupcakes all over them and matching fluffy slippers.
"Yeah... I'm fine... just stupid Captain Meatball" you huffed as your roommate's gaze flicked back to Sam.
"Not Captain Meatball" Sam thumbed his chest in clarification, "I'm Sam" he gave your roommate a soft smile, "hi, there, cupcake" Sam's timbre was molasses on a hot summer day as he offered his outstretched hand to your roommate.
Your roommate froze, looking down at his hand without saying a word before turning in her fluffy slippers and practically scampering back to her room.
"What the hell was that?" you eyed him up.
"That..." Sam smirked, "was cute lunch lady" he said, craning his neck to look down the hall towards your roommate's bedroom.
"Her name's your roommate's name" you corrected, "and she's single, ya know..." taking another sip of water as you leaned against the counter.
"That so?" Sam smirked, "she works in the caf…and she doesn't charge me extra for my breakfast burritos... I always ask for double the filling after morning practice and she never charges me..."
"How romantic" you teased, pushing off the counter and walking back out to the table where the box of shirts sat.
"An' she always gives me more sweet potato breakfast tots then the other guys..." Sam continued, smiling from ear-to-ear.
"Definitely a story for the grandkids..." you continued teasing when a knock sounded at your apartment door.
"Can I get her number?" Sam asked, his gaze following you to the door.
"No way!" you snorted with a laugh, "you want her number you gotta ask her... and don't call her cute lunch lady when you do it..." you said opening the front door- you smile immediately turning to a frown.
You turned around without saying a word, leaving the door open when you walked back into your apartment.
"Bug... lemme explain..." Steve said, rushing in and closing the door behind him.
"And that's my cue..." Sam said, nodding at Cappy and grabbing his bag to leave. He gave you a quick wave before exiting your apartment in a hurry.
"Bug..." Cappy started again when Sam had left, walking over to stand across from you at the table, “I…”
“Screwed up my order… who knows why… and sent Sam to do your dirty work?” you huffed.
“No!” Cappy started again.
“Then why?” you raised your voice, nearly yelling, “why would you do this to me?”
“Bug… I got rid of all the number 7 jerseys because I want you to be the only one to wear my number from now on...” Cappy blurted as his cheeks flushed pink, “I thought I was bein’ sweet... a grand gesture or something... but I think I just fucked it all up” he harrumphed, squirming on the spot.
It was the first time you've ever seen him anything but cool, collected and cocky- noting the sweat beading at his forehead.
Your chest tightened and your stomach did a flip. He did this for you?
You closed your eyes, taking a deep breath and forced your face to remain stoic. In your stubbornness, you refused to give away any emotion as you pursed your lips together.
"I had my number made on one shirt..." he continued, "just for you... if you want... or if you're still unsure... you can wear the other one... they both have all the Pucks for Paws information on the back" he exhaled, sinking into a chair before he grabbed his water bottle from his backpack and chugged it.
"Did you run here?" you asked, pulling out a chair and sitting opposite him.
"Yes" he grunted, finishing off his water. Cappy sat silent, watching you and waiting for any indication as to how you were feeling- if you were planning on strangling him or if the next step in his plan was working.
You sat quietly glaring at him, arms crossed as you chewed your bottom lip in contemplation.
"Well, actually... I lied..." he added, unzipping his bag and pulling out a small bundle of fabric, "I did have this one made for Mary" he held up a tiny shirt with the Pucks for Paws design and you couldn't help but swoon when he flipped it over to reveal his name and number 7 on the back of the baby sized shirt.
"Damnit" you frowned at him, your arms still tightly crossed at your chest, "you're such an ass."
"So you're going for option 2 then?" he smirked, "you know you won't match Mary if you do..." he goaded, leaning back in his chair with a soft smile.
"I'm going to kill you if this doesn't work" you huffed, fighting the tug at the corner of your mouth as you pictured you and Mary wearing matching Rogers jerseys.
"I figured" Steve smiled, laughing when you balled your shirt up, throwing it in his stupid pretty face.
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(Edit was made by @nixakimbo)
Pairings: collegehockeygoalie!jake jensen x female reader (Yenzy x y/n)
Warnings: idiots in like, friends to lovers, slow burn, excessive legal age drinking, possible poor decision making when drunk, nakedness, banter- all the banter, reader coming on to Yenzy, Yenzy being a lovable dork, explicit language, explicit sexual content implied, all the tooth rotting cuteness (must be 18+)
Word Count: 1.3K
A/N: I love him, your honor 🥹
not beta read. All mistakes are my own.
You shivered, groaning when you felt the floor creaking as someone walked towards you down the hall.
Yenzy sighed, running his hands down his face and frowning as he stood barefoot in a pair of gray sweatpants that hung long on his hips. The obstacle in his direct path to the bathroom another passed out coed.
"Jesus... Cap" Yenzy grumbled, rolling his eyes as he bent down, trying to stretch the sweatshirt over your shivering body, before noticing his name scrawled in cursive across the chest.
"Y/N?" he asked, gently lifting your arm from your face, "what are you doing out here?"
"Yenzy?" you croaked, throat dry from a night of drinking, "why are you in my room? I'm really cold" you whined.
"Come here" Yenzy said, helping you to your feet as he walked you back to his room, "why were you on the floor in the hallway?" he asked, helping you to his bed as you felt him tug your heels from your feet. They fell to the floor with a soft thunk.
"I..." you started, sleepy gaze trailing him across the room, shielding your eyes with a groan when he flipped on his desk lamp with no warning.
"Fuck... I'm at the barn" you remembered, "all those bitches ditched me and I didn't want to walk home by myself... but the couches downstairs were taken... I was gonna take Cappy's bed... but then he came home with Nikki or Nicole... and kicked me out" you breathed out an exhale, squinting while watching appreciatively as a bare chested Yenzy rummaging around his dresser.
"I should go home" you closed your eyes with a groan as the room began to spin a little.
"You're not going anywhere" he snorted, kneeling down in front of you and placing a neatly folded t-shirt and sweatpants in your lap, "you coulda called me... you know" he smiled softly up at you, "what are special friends for?" he smirked with a shy laugh.
You slit one eyes open to look down at him, groaning when he flashed you the prettiest smile you've ever seen.
"Special friends are for making out... and seeing naked..." you smirked, taking the hem of your dress and lifting it up over your head. You reached around to unhook your bra, but Yenzy stopped you before you could figure out the clasp.
"Y/N..." he warned, lifting the shirt he grabbed you from his dresser and bringing it down gently over your head, helping you dress.
You rolled your eyes but fed your arms through the sleeves as you glared down at him.
"Why are you always putting clothes on me instead of taking them off?" you questioned.
"Because... that's what friends do..." he smiled, standing up and pulling his comforter away as he arranged the bed.
"I don't want your shirt... friend" you began tugging it up over your head, your protests dying out when you realized it smelled like him.
"Come on...” he laughed, “I gave you my best shirt... that one's really soft... I like to wear it when I... fuuuuuck" Yenzy cursed when he turned around to find you pulling the shirt off, your nipples on full display through your sheer bra.
"You wear it when you fuck?" you started giggling uncontrollably, not even fighting him when he yanked the shirt back into place, "like every time you fuck?” you snorted, “will you wear it now?"
Yenzy rolled his eyes before giving in to your contagious giggles, fisting the pink shirt and yanking it to him to capturing your lips in a soft kiss.
You sighed into his warm lips, carding your fingers through the short hair at the back of his neck. Yenzy groaned when you licked into his mouth, releasing his hold on your shirt and gently taking your wrists in his large hands.
"No, I won’t be wearing it now…” Yenzy laughed against your lips, breaking the kiss to get back to rearranging his bed.
"So we're gonna fuck in your... flower shirt?" you goaded, looking down at the pink t-shirt with Go Petunia’s scrawled across the front.
"Nope" his smile was so soft and sweet that it made your belly flutter despite his rejection.
"Yenzy... do you even like me?" you asked, watching him make a pillow wall through the middle of his bed.
"Yes" he snorted like it was the dumbest question ever, "I like you..."
"No... I mean... I didn't want to leave for the bars tonight -like you-…” you confessed, "and here you are making a pillow fort so we can sleep platonically in the same bed..."
"Then why did you?" he asked, looking up from his bed, genuinely curious, "leave, I mean?"
"Cause I'm not sure if you like me..." you emphasized again, watching him cross the room to the mini fridge next to his desk.
Jake grabbed a bottled water before opening his desk drawer to fish around for something. He returned to the bed handing you the water before popping the lid off a pain pill bottle.
"Here" he said, offering you two tablets as you opened the water, "for your head..."
"Thanks" you murmured, taking the pills will a sip of water.
"You're a sweet girl" he said, watching you drink and you almost choked on your water before swallowing with a shake of your head.
"I'm not sweet" you corrected him.
"Well... I think you're sweet... and I consider you a friend" he smiled, helping you climb into his bed. Jake continued to tuck you in, pulling the oversized pink t-shirt down over your thighs before lifting the comforter up to your chin. You watched him move around to the other side of the bed before he climbed in, sighing as he got comfortable.
"Just a friend?" you asked, propping your head in your hand as you rested on your elbow to look at him over the fort.
"I guess..." he said, rolling over to face you.
"And if I wanted more?" you probed, chewing your bottom lip, your stomach doing a flip.
"It's your senior year, y/n" Yenzy reminded you.
"So?" you frowned, not needing the reminder that you have no clue what you would be doing after graduation.
"I got a whole 'nother year” he said.
"Jesus, Yenzy" you snorted, "I'm not proposing..." you teased.
"Go to bed, y/n" Yenzy laughed, rolling his eyes as he laid back down on his pillow, "I gotta get up soon..."
You watched him for a long silent minute, feeling your face flush with embarrassment as you recalled that night.
"I know why you don't like me" you said, rolling back over on your pillow and staring up at his ceiling.
"What?" he murmured, halfway to sleep.
"It's because of that night..." you continued, ignoring that he was half asleep, "we were both so stupid drunk and you thought it sucked... and now..."
"Well... to be fair... you did suck" Yenzy's voice was thick with sleep, it was quiet for a beat before you both burst into laughter.
"Can I keep your fucking shirt?" you sighed, wiping the tears from your eyes.
"Why would you want to keep that shirt?" he asked, rolling over and pulling the pillow wall down so he could see you properly.
"So you can't wear your fucking shirt with any other girls..." you smirked, stifling a yawn with the back of your hand.
"There isn't any other girls" Yenzy snorted as you tossed the pillows away and moved closer to him, making yourself comfortable against his bare chest.
"There could be one girl..." you whispered as he wrapped his arm around you, softly running his knuckles up and down your back. Yenzy turned into you, humming when his pressed his lips to your crown.
"You know I don't wear that shirt when I'm having sex right?" he asked as you giggled against his chest, sighing into a peaceful sleep while you cuddled with the cutest and most infuriating boy on the hockey team.
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