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[nateslehky]

i'll go first my parents almost named me felicity. which would've been so cool but i definitely would've been like 5x crazier if i was named that

[nateslehky]

Oops please ignore the previous ask about not being able to read the fic on AO3, I figured what was wrong! 🙈🙈🙈

no worries at all!! happy reading <3

[nateslehky]

nights like this

nathan mackinnon // mikko rantanen

3.6 k, pwp, getting together, friends to lovers

In all of the times Mikko imagined scoring his fiftieth goal of the season, he never considered how much of his brain and body would be consumed by Nate in its aftermath.

read on ao3

[nateslehky]

8 & 12 for writer ask (⁠◕⁠ᴗ⁠◕⁠✿⁠)

sieb hello i hope you're doing well <3

8. if you had to write a sequel for a fic, you'd write one for....

probably crib fic tbh? i always said i had an idea for lil continuation scenes after they get together but then i went and wrote nate's pov instead, but i still think it would be fun to explore those versions of the character's more and see how that relatoinship develops. that fic is so silly and fun so i'd love to play around in that verse further at some point

12. a trope you're really into right now

i've been reading a metric fuck ton of tknp so probs grump/sunshine haha

ask me fic questions!!

[nateslehky]

11, 14, and 29 for the fic writer asks?

11. a wip you'd like the finish someday

the restaurant au i'm currently working on (the most consistently, at least). and like eventually it'd be really cool to post the 20k (and then some) of the college au i started a year and a half ago but that's looking less and less likely tbh :(

14. where do you get your inspiration

all sorts of places! sometimes it's from comments or real things that happen, sometimes it's from tumblr posts, sometimes prompts, sometimes tv shows. it's all over the place tbh.

29. how easy is it for you to come up with titles?

not easy at all! very rarely do i have a clear idea of what i want the fic to be called and often times i only find the title right before posting.

ask me fic writer asks!!

[nateslehky]

2 for the fic writer thing!!

2. a character whose pov you're currently exploring

just nathan's rn, which is nothing new! but it is an au so it's interesting to think about how he would be in this reality, especially since hockey is completely removed from this specific au too!

ask me fic writer questions!!

[nateslehky]

✍️ more fic writer asks!

reblog & your followers can send asks with the questions they’d like you to answer!

the last sentence you wrote

a character whose POV you’re currently exploring

how you feel about your current WIP

a story idea you haven’t written yet

first sentence of the fifth paragraph of an unpublished WIP

the word that appears the most in your current draft (wordcounter.net can tell you)

your preferred writing fonts

if you had to write a sequel to a fic, you’d write one for…

start to finish, how long did it take you to write the last fic you posted?

what is the longest amount of time you’ve let a draft rest before you finished it?

a WIP you’d like to finish someday

a trope you’re really into right now

a fandom you’re thinking about writing for

where do you get your inspiration?

favorite weather for writing

favorite place to write

talk about your writing and editing process

if you keep them, share a deleted sentence or paragraph from a published fic

the most interesting topic you’ve researched for a fic

in what year did you publish your first fic?

when did you publish your most recent fic?

do you ever worry about public reaction to what you’re writing? how do you get past that?

pick three keywords that describe your writing

how do you recharge when you’re not feeling creative?

besides writing, what are your other hobbies?

are you able to write with other people around?

your favorite part of the writing process

your least favorite part of the writing process

how easy is it for you to come up with titles?

share a fic you’re especially proud of

[nateslehky]

Your so annoying. . Unfortunately in a kinda sexy way. ...

Oh it's over for you idiot now I'm in your head

[nateslehky]

Bark Bark Barkov 🐕

(Picture credit to Eliot J. Schechter, cats portrait whiz)

[nateslehky]

Yes I do have thoughts on omega4omega Nate and they honestly star with the AMAZING ABO SidGeno AU swallow the fire by cascara_soda.

Like, the idea that Nate is so uncomfortable and defiant as an omega, that he refuses it and doesn’t like what it means, secretly wishes to be literally anything else.

But of course Nate’s personal story is his growth and self-acceptance so by the time Cale arrives he’s…settled with himself. He doesn’t want omega shit, still, but he’s accepted that he can still be…whatever the fuck Nathan MacKinnon is, even though he was born an omega.

But Cale still rankles, a bit.

Because it wasn’t that Nate had ever thought himself above other omegas. He hadn’t, really, even though that was something that got twisted up in not wanting to be himself. But Cale smells like sunshine and he blushes when he introduces himself. And Nate’s chill with being an omega, like, he’s cool he’s totally fine. But he looks at Cale, beautiful and soft-skinned and thrillingly confident, and fuck, he wants to be an alpha if just so he can have this one.

Anyway. That’s just a ramble. I do hope you write these two someday—I adore them.

Yes!! @nightshadehasblorbos reminded me of this headcanon in a reply:

I remember you talking about writing Nate and Cale as omega/omega and how that would play on Sid being in an Alpha/Alpha relationship and how they had made a video about alpha/alpha to teach about wolf relationships and how they never even thought about omega/omega even though they were in a nontraditional relationship.

Gotta say, I'm sort of loving this headcanon about Nate sort of starting to be okay with his omega self until he meets Cale. At first he thinks he's annoyed because Cale is the type of omega Nate has never been able to be, and even though he doesn't even want to be, obviously, it's still grating. But then he starts noticing Cale taking up more and more of his mental attention, and smelling really amazingly good and...then it just sucks that Nate isn't an alpha. Because obviously such a perfect classic omega as Cale wouldn't want to be in a relationship with another omega. Right??

[nateslehky]

*slides a blank check across the table*

How much would it take to get the pictures/video of Rosco wearing that friendship bracelet at the Mike High Dreams Gala?

(I'm @neat-mackinnon Tumblr won't let me send an ask through my side blog. 🥴)

hi! sorry this took a bit, i've not been online much but here! don't know if it was shown in any official avs stuff or not, but i knew i'd seen a pic lol.

[nateslehky]

People can say whatever they want about how hockey players are "just aggressive goons playing a violent sport" (okay, no they can't because I will literally fight them) but I've seen them keep up with and wear friendship bracelets for months because a sweet little boy made them for them.

[nateslehky]

well at least we have cale makar

[nateslehky]

ghost au? vlogging au? ghost vlogging au?

Ross figures he probably should've done a little more research.

They're not necessarily under prepared. He'd looked up the old mansion's history and gone down the requisite Youtube rabbit holes. He bought the fancy equipment, even took the time to read all the instructions. Or well, he skimmed them at the very least.

And then he'd recruited his friends to capture whatever the hell had sent shivers down his spine on Halloween.

It's just now the camera won't fucking focus.

"Get that out of my face, dude," snaps Miles.

His hand comes up to cover the lens, then unceremoniously shove it and Ross away.

"One sec," murmurs Ross as he ducks down, then nudges even further into his space, the screen in front of him showing the blurred edges of Mile's chapped lips as it tries to focus. He zooms in on the gap in his teeth, zooms out, then in again, but everything remains a slight blur. "It's not focusing, dude."

"Yeah, cause you're like an inch away from him," says Logan and he snatches the camera right out of Ross's hands. "And it's dark."

"It's supposed to do well in the dark. It's why I got it."

"Right," says Logan with a smirk, clearly trying not to laugh as he fiddles with the camera. "To capture the 'ghosts'."

"This place is haunted, man, I'm telling you!"

Logan exchanges a look with Miles, who just snorts with laughter. He shrugs. "Thought you were kidding, bubs, I'm not gonna lie."

.....

......anddddd that's all i got. there's potential here tho i feel.

send me an au and maybe i'll write a lil something

[nateslehky]

so instead of actually working on my restaurant au fic, i decided to write a review for the made-up restaurant in the fic, mostly as a writing exercise, but also to help me understand what a mackinnon-led kitchen would be like.

in all likelihood, this won't make it into the final product, so below the cut you'll find a review of a denver restaurant with a kitchen operated by a fictionalized version of nathan mackinnon <3

Restaurant Review: Twenty Nine on 29th 

A restaurant opening in a refurbished brick warehouse is nothing new for River North. Twenty Nine on 29th looks to be another standard, run-of-the-mill joint hoping to find its footing in the up and coming arts district, but what it lacks in curb appeal it more than makes up for with what matters the most for restaurants in the end: the food. 

In a kitchen led by head chef Nathan MacKinnon, you’d expect nothing less. Food and Wine lists him among the best up and coming chefs in the nation–and for good reason. 

Mackinnon’s cuisine, previously described as “like an uncut gem, yet still a rarity”, seems to have finally begun to polish. Everything I ate felt refined; MacKinnon’s mind and hands crafting some of the best food I’ve ever had the pleasure of tasting.

Not just in River North. Not just in Denver. But in all my life.

The appetizers and entrées rotate seasonally, so what I describe may no longer be available if you’re lucky enough to snag a reservation, but I’d be shocked if anything leaving the kitchen wasn’t carefully cultivated by MacKinnon and executed to perfection.

To begin, I started with something that came highly recommended by a friend and colleague: the summer soup. Other appetizers called my name, most notably the squash blossoms, but I promised I’d try what she described as “summer in a bowl” and I’m not one to break my promises. 

So shout out to Amy; the soup was an excellent call.

It perfectly encapsulates what it’s like to dine at Twenty Nine. Similar to the restaurant itself, the dish is unassuming both in its description (a medley of fresh vegetables) and its look (a smooth green blend swirled with cream, topped with charred sweet corn and cherry tomatoes, a whipped ricotta crostini on the side), but still managed to blow me away. It felt like velvet on the tongue and the flavors were simultaneously familiar and unexpected. It transported back to the late-Julys of my youth, sun shining high in the sky with my father at the grill.

Summer in a bowl, indeed.

I had not made any promises for what to order for my entrée, so I teetered between the home-made tomato pasta or the scallop skewers, but in the end I ordered neither. A plate sizzled by my ear as I deliberated my choice, and I was met with the spectacle of an entire spatch-cocked chicken on a plate, the smell of its herb-crust too tantalizing to pass up despite the menu indicating it was meant for two or more patrons. 

Boy, am I glad I went with my gut (or my stomach, I suppose). It had a simple yet striking flavor, the accompanying butter sauce coating my tongue with such luxury that I felt as though I was dining at a five star restaurant beneath La Tour Eiffel, rather than among my fellow Denverites between artsy brick walls. 

After the chicken I was nearly too full to try a dessert, but went with a classic: the tarte tatin. Like everything at Twenty Nine, it was executed well, the pastry flaky, the apples crisp, the caramel sweet. An excellent end to an excellent meal.

A soup. A roast chicken. An apple pie.

Three things I like to think I could make in my sleep, and yet, it’s one of my favorite meals I’ve had in a long, long time.

That is how MacKinnon thrives: executing simplicity with striking efficiency, delivering mouthwatering menus that appear on paper like something you’d find buried in the back of your mom’s recipe book, but on the plate come to life so vividly and with such bold flavors that they feel like something you won’t find or replicate anywhere else.

Reservations at Twenty Nine are becoming harder and harder to come by, the cozy booths and tables full nearly every hour from lunch through dinner. The bar is full service and first-come, first-serve, but good luck trying to find an open seat. Like the rest of the restaurant, it is busy at seemingly all hours of the day. 

Plus, you’ll have to work your way around me. I plan to plant myself there until I’ve tried everything on the menu myself.

[nateslehky]

i just reread the 4k i have for this restaurant au and it's actually so fire (go past me). Now if only I could get inspired to continue it.

[nateslehky]

AU Alphabet

These are meant to be vague: Take them however you want to. With that being said, have fun!

A)

Apocalypse AU

Afterlife AU

Arranged Marriage AU

Angel AU

Actor AU

B)

Band AU

Boxer AU

Bounty Hunter AU

Bachelor/ette AU

Bookstore AU

C)

Coffee Shop AU

College AU

Cooking Contest AU

Coaches AU

Campground AU

D)

Do-Over (Second Chance) AU

Dance Company AU

Drivers (Racing or Rideshare) AU

Divers AU

Dragon Tamers AU

E)

Emergency Room AU

Empath AU

Entrepreneurs AU

Executioner(s) AU

F)

Fake Dating AU

Firefighter AU

Flower Shop AU

Face Blindness AU (the inability to recognize the other person’s face.)

Forced Partners/ In a group together AU

G)

Graveyard AU

Ghost AU

Gang AU

Gardeners AU

Group Therapy AU

H)

Holding Cell AU

High School AU

Harpy AU

Historical Fiction AU

Husky Race/Doglsed AU

I)

Ice Cream Shop AU

Ice Hockey AU

Interior Designer AU

Island (Survival) AU

Investigation AU

J)

Jeweler AU

Janitors AU

Jazz Club AU

(Court) Jester AU

K)

Kennel (Animal Shelter) AU

Knitting AU 

Karate AU

Kayaking AU

Kingpin AU

L)

Lawyer AU

Lemonade Stand AU

Library AU

Lycanthropy AU

Lifeguard AU

M)

Musician AU

Medieval AU

Motocross AU

Makeup Artists AU

Mafia AU

N)

Navy AU

News Station AU

Nurses AU

Neverland AU

No (Insert Character) AU

O)

Online Friends AU

Orchard AU

Office AU

Ocean AU

Olympics AU

P)

Podcasters AU

Photographer AU

Psychic AU

Pirate AU

Pizza Place AU

Q) 

Quilting AU

Queen (Royalty) AU

Quarry AU

R)

Reporter AU

Resurrections AU

Receptionist AU

Rodeo AU

Raceway (Horses or Cars) AU

S)

Soulmate AU

Skiing AU

Songwriter AU

Soldier AU

Stunt Performer AU

T)

Time Travel AU

Tennis AU

Tour Guide AU

Tattoo Shop AU

Talent Agency Au

U)

Undercover AU

Underworld AU

Umpire AU

Underwater AU

V) 

Vampire AU

Veterinarian AU

Vlogging AU

Vineyard AU

Virtuoso AU

W)

Writer AU

Wedding Planner AU

Woodworker AU

Western AU

X) N/A

Y)

Youtube AU

Yacht Club AU

Z)

Zookeeper AU

Zodiac AU

Zombie AU