snippet of ‘i don’t need your love’ from ‘i was made for loving you’ series (royalty arranged marriage au; nico hischier & roman josi)
“Are we even sure he’d want my input? From my understanding, he’s doing just fine on his own,” Nico said instead, folding his arms across his chest.
“Please do try to get to know him, my dear,” his mother sighed. “I do not understand where your dislike of him stems from. He’s a Prince, yes. But he’s also very sweet and kind. Whatever did he do to earn your ire?”
juuse saros and luke evangelista you have to stop. your drip too hard. your swag too different. your bitch too bad. your style too tough. they’ll kill you
like yes endless webweaving has been done concerning mcdavid nuge and the oilers’ succession of 1oas etc etc etc but lest we forget we also have our high draft picks who deserve to be rewarded for their loyalty to the organization in sasha and aaron !!
the thing is the panthers dont even have the gretzky or ANY past cups to fall back on! they were considered a joke/retirement team for years trailed by constant relocation rumors! there were comments when sasha was drafted about how miserable he looked to have to play for us and now he’s gone and become one of our best players if not the best in history, broken almost every single franchise record, and become our longest-tenured captain. and aaron has been plagued by injuries and hounded by fans for not living up to his first overall pick but he’s stayed our top pairing defenseman and proven his dedication to the team every single night. and they’ve been on the team together longer than anyone and they love each other and they sit next to each other for social media content and giggle about how much they like each other.
and all of it is going to be drowned out by the edm narrative but it shouldn’t be. aaron and sasha, and the organization who saw them and made it a mission to build a team around them, and all the players they picked up and traded for, deserve this just as much.