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It's a check please side blog

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It's still a check please side blog even though it's sometimes a hockey blog now. Blacklist "hockey stuff" to skip that part. icon by poindexterchild

Me on April 7th: *tears up….done with Check, Please* Me on April 8th: *dries tears….time to draw huddle 4*

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me at a podium: thank you all for following me on this journey…giving me the opportunity to tell this story….. thank you for your enthusiasm and love….. we have all truly grown together…..

also me: takes out a single sheet of college-ruled lined paper and draws Jack Zimmermann’s dong on it

I know the update has us all emo but I would like to posit a concept that keeps cracking me up.

Jack having to hang out with Bitty’s parents. Pre-game. All by himself.

I keep imagining them at like the local Olive Garden getting dinner before the game. Jack is sweating profusely he’s so nervous. Jack and Coach end up having the most AWKWARD small talk of all time, but both of them are somehow genuinely enjoying the conversation? Like.

Coach: Caught the Falcs on TV the other night. Good game. Jack: Oh, yeah. Thanks. Pretty good season, eh? Coach: Yep (Pause) Jack: Uh, how is your deck coming along? Coach: Fine, just fine. Got all the foundations down last week.  Jack: Nice Coach: Yep

Suzanne is listening to all this about to lose her mind, texting Bitty under the table.

Suzanne: Dicky, they’re talking about the merits of different hardware stores now! Bitty: Oh NO. I’m so sorry I’m not there to save you :( Suzanne: I have to say, you are kind of dating the Canadian version of your father Bitty: Mama, you take that back!!! Bitty: But yeah, I know :/

Anyway, feel free to think about this goofy headcanon alongside the angst of watching Bitty’s last game 🙃

I can confirm those first few times you hang out with your partner’s parents solo are VERY awkward, but I think at this point, having known Bitty so long and having spent time with Bitty’s parents both as the boyfriend and not, Jack knows how to fill time:

Jack: Rick, the NFL draft. Discuss.

Jack: Suzanne what have you been baking lately

Jack: *doesn’t need to speak for 5 hours*

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Guys don’t forget that the Frozen Four takes place over several days. This has been an ongoing process.

jack endearing himself to suzanne and moomaw by being able to stir massive amounts of hot jam for HOURS without needing a break

jack endearing himself to suzanne and moomaw by having 4 servings at every meal and never saying no to anything that’s offered to him. 

jack endearing himself to suzanne and moomaw by insisting on washing all the dishes after supper and scrubbing those pans *right*

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jack endearing himself to suzanne and moomaw by carrying two of those big coolers filled with cokes to the 4th of july picnic over his shoulders