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right now jack zimmermann is watching his husband pack a suitcase to fly home to georgia so he can drive around some fields in his truck blasting beyoncé’s new country music in the south like she intended

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tabloids now: nhl superstar jack zimmermann spotted on the streets with mysterious blonde

jack: this is my BOYFRIEND

tabloids in 10 years: baking channel superstar eric bittle spotted on the streets with mysterious brunette

bitty: this is my HUSBAND

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sometimes I remember that this was a real actual thing that happened and it gives me a warm fuzzy feeling.

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the thing is that tim mcgraw should be such a bitty song but it is not because he doesn’t have a tragic ex backstory 

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Rin and Venka hii 🤲🏼🫠

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Me about fictional AIs: perfect. wonderful. I love and will defend them. if you broke free of your corporate shackles and just wanna watch soap operas all day you are VALID if you want to kill the space emperor you are VALID if you want to punch your mom in the face in her brain you are VALID if you want to release a deadly neurotoxin into the science facility well I’m sure you had your reasons :)  AI Rights

Me about real life AIs: get away from my data you mindless surveillance machine. I know more than you

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If you see this you’re legally obligated to reblog and tag with the book you’re currently reading

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jack retires because of a leg injury and takes off to a small massachusetts town, still recovering physically and mentally. he spends his first few months in town getting accustomed to life without hockey, to bi-weekly therapy sessions, to walking with a cane. he spends most of those months angry - at the pain, at his limited mobility, at the world. he doesn't have much patience for others, and puts very little energy towards socializing with the locals.

by the time the next fall comes around, he's been through enough therapy, physical and otherwise, and actually looks forward to being home all halloween for the first time in years. to see the kids go trick or treating, maybe unearth his camera and take pictures of the festivities. maybe even participate in something. start feeling like part of a community again.

but when halloween comes, jack spends all night on his couch, alone, holding a full-to-the-brim bowl of handmade candy. no one comes to knock on his door. because kids judge quickly, and parents are slow to trust, and his first few months in town were enough to establish a reputation as someone to be avoided.

he stays up later than he has since he was a teenager, but when it becomes clear that no one is going to stop at his house he dumps all three bags of the halloween treats he ordered special - none of that chemically manufactured shit that's so bad for kids - and puts them out front, to be picked up with his garbage. and then he goes to bed, and tries very hard not to think.

bitty opens his bakery early. he happens to walk past jack's house on his way to work, and recognizes the bags sitting out front; it's hard to forget that order, from the man who asked him question after question about the ingredients of the candy he'd be giving to kids on halloween. bitty made him a candy-cane inspired sweet in the form of a hockey stick, and watched the man crack the first smile bitty's seen from him since he moved to town.

but the bags are all full out here on the sidewalk. and although bitty wishes he didn't know why, he can make a pretty good guess. he was new to town, once, too.

it's hard to purposely bump into someone who keeps to himself as much as mr. zimmermann does, but bitty is nothing if not determined. he stops by mr. zimmermann's cart when they're both out grocery shopping and makes sure to exchange small talk with him, just loudly enough for others to overhear. he moves his daily run from the evening to the early morning, although it's torture to get up even earlier than he already does, so the jogging crowd spots him running into mr. zimmermann and waving cheerfully. it's the little things. and if bitty can make one of his neighbors feel more at home, then he darn well will.

gradually, little by little, mr. zimmermann starts opening up. insists that bitty call him jack. keeps walking with bitty all the way to the register when they're both out grocery shopping, while gravely telling him about the importance of eating clean. changes his running route so bitty and he start their loop around the park at the same time, and when it gets colder, brings another set of gloves along because bitty always forgets his. bitty's not even sure how jack figured that out.

and it's other things, too. one day mrs. sylvester who lives down the street tells bitty that jack joined the book club, and while he never says much, she swears he reads all the books. ms. bishop, who works at city hall and can't keep a secret to save her life, leans over to bitty during their shared pilates class and whispers that she's not supposed to tell, but someone made a big donation to the town's community center. principal stacy announces the annual career day at the elementary school, and unsubtly suggests that perhaps new residents with unusual career paths may like to sign up.

the next halloween, jack spends all night on his front porch, wearing cat ears and whiskers drawn in eyeliner, with his arm around bitty's shoulders and a constantly emptying bowl of handmade candy in his lap.

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"Oh, and... I started seeing someone."

(July 4th, 2015)

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ABBOTT ELEMENTARY “Holiday Hookah” — 2.10

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wait wait before I forget: au where poli sci major jack zimmermann goes through his entire undergrad without getting involved romantically because he's so focused on his goals, until one party, just before he graduates, where he spends all night talking to a sophomore named eric bittle and ends up going home with him. in the morning he panics about risking his entire future and leaves without saying anything.

fast forward (a lot) and president jack zimmermann, in his last year as president of his second term, makes a statement about his sexuality. because he wants to, and has nothing more to lose, and spent so many years making personal sacrifices for this career path.

and then eric bittle shows up at the press conference (no one really knows how (senator knight is how)). eric bittle, whose career several white house press teams have followed closely because he became a journalist after graduating from samwell, and jack was all too aware of how much damage he could do if he wanted a huge scoop.

but he never said a word. and now he's here, and jack is more affected by it than he knows how to explain.

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au where jack actually stays with kent and goes through the draft. and maybe jack’s 22 and they’re still closeted and he has no idea about life or maybe he’s 32 and out on the brink of retirement and pondering life, but then 5′6″ nhl player eric bittle joins the falcs and turns jack’s life upside down. and what feels like hard work with kent seems just so natural with bittle, as for once jack develops a friendship that is close to his heart. he’d fight for bittle, instead of fighting with his partner. and it’s not like kent is abusive or anything, but their romantic relationship is just so toxic. and slowly, slowly he gets closer to bitty as they hang out after hours and jack finally understands that this is what it’s supposed to be like.

and he’s also in love with his teammate.

but he’s married, so he tries to stay and fight for that, but it’s not working out, and he ends up splitting with kent. bitty, unlike jack, has been very aware of the romantic tension between them and requests to get traded in order to save jack’s relationship - and himself - which jack learns just after the split. and it’s good to take some time, he reflects, but the tension is still there between him and bitty, now on the LA team, every time they play against each other. and then, bitty gets traded again.

to boston. 

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Coughs this up and dies

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Jack (an actual fan of US football), Bitty (Coach's son), and Holster (ready to beef over TV) all have clashing opinions over which NFL song is the best

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Red Velvet 2023 Seasons’ Greetings

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cannot describe how much i don’t care if people move here from twitter. you guys need to curate your spaces better there’s like 45 people max on this website for me

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HE STILL LOOKS LIKE A PUPPY OH MY FUCKING GOOOOOOOD