#bitty/jack

[film-in-my-soul]

see you on the other side | 2,058 | onawingandaswear

Summary: Eric is already resting on the couch when Jack comes down the stairs, his arms crossed over his stomach, hovering the usual two inches off the cushions though his coattails still brush the fabric. “You must have lived through some terrible conditions and this is still where you draw the line, eh?” Jack chirps, setting down his notebook and recorder to settle in. “You know I cleaned it for you.” “I died in a barn, Mister Zimmermann. I didn’t live in one,” Eric chides, brushing non-existent dirt from the sleeve of his jacket.

It's a Kind of Magic | 2,379 | 74days

Summary: It’s a kind of magic, Hockey players say. Ice magic.

you're the only one i see | 2,916 | seeingrightly

Summary: Eric glances at his door, which is shut most of the way, and crawls to the end of his bed, snatches Jack’s phone up and sits back down, cross-legged, both hands wrapped around its classic, boring black rubber case. He takes a second to listen, but Jack still seems to be rifling around in his room across the hall, so Eric swipes the camera open, switches it to front-facing, and starts taking selfies. He crosses his eyes for the first one and sticks his tongue out in the second. For the third one, he does duck lips, but then he realizes that might look too much like he’s blowing a kiss and he starts to panic.

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Not Quite A Boogieman | 3,679 | 74days

Summary: Eric 'Bitty' Bittle is on the verge of being kicked out of the ToothFairy programme if he's Seen one more time. He certainly isn't expecting help from one very attractive and equally floundering Boogieman…

Love Grows | 4,014 | 74days

Summary: Jack is a dragon without a hoard and Eric is a baker without much of a social life.

He's A Baker | 4,923 | 74days

Summary: Jack loves his parents a lot - and they just want him to be happy. So, in order to stop them from worrying, he invents a perfect boyfriend. A man who couldn't possibly exist.

all and then most of you, some and now none of you | 5,447 | onawingandaswear

Summary: After weeks of dedicated checking clinics, numerous practices, shinnys, team meals, and a handful of games, it’s a miracle it didn’t happen sooner. Bittle poofs away, leaving behind an oversized OYO figure with ‘15’ painted on the back of it’s tiny, red Samwell jersey. Jack stares at the toy for a full minute before nudging him with the tip of his skate. Distantly he can recognize he’s breathing harder than he should be, his own heartbeat ringing in his ears. “Bittle, c’mon, we have to be out of here in an hour,” Jack pleads, annoyed at the tightness in his throat. “Please?”

Phone, Please! | 5,639 | twentysomething

Summary: "Bits, you live tweeting this?" Shitty asks.

Goosed! | 5,805 | 74days

Summary: When the Stanley Cup winning Providence Falconers show up to film a TV segment in Eric Bittles kitchen, he's less than impressed with their broody co-captain, Jack Zimmerman. However, things may not be as simple as they seem, and soon enough… things change.

The NPC for Me | 6,190 | 74days

Summary: Jack is a member of an Adventuring group who have just arrived in the City of Providence. Eric is a potion maker. This is the tale of how one Jack Zimmerman rolled a 1 in charisma and still managed to seduce the NPC.

never could be sweeter than with you | 1,340 | halesbunnyteeth (lautjuh1)

Summary: Bitty needles his way under Jack’s skin and into his heart, until Jack falls and there’s no stopping, and maybe he thinks of course I’d fall for someone who lives for his pies but he pushes away the feelings, because there is somebody else out there for him, someone who writes stuff like RPLCE SUGR W HONEY and more butter and BUY MILK on the back of their hands and even though many people end up happily ever after with someone who is not their soulmate, Jack is still holding out hope of meeting his.

3 times Bitty baked for the Dallas Stars | 1,372 | sabrina_il (marina) / @pitchercries

Summary: Jack has everything he's always wanted. Sort of.

I got my angel now | 1,466 | DaniBee

Summary: Bitty's not the only one who's more than a little shell-shocked about this whole thing.

The Never Ending Struggles of Eric Richard Bittle and His GOD BLESSED HICCUPS | 1,667 | Madiedoodle

Summary: Bitty has terrifyingly loud and ugly hiccups. He tries his best to hide it, but everyone finds out eventually. This is totally a light hearted, sort of crackish fic, just for fun.

Revenge is best served @ | 1,894 | Perpetual Motion (perpetfic)

Summary: The ESPN hockey anchors take a cheap shot. Bitty takes one back.

Laundry Day | 2,027 | Chocchi / @hopeisour4letteredword

Summary: “Bits?” “Mmyeah?” “Why are you wearing Jack’s jersey?”

Winter Clothes | 2,493 | lilbookofkell

Summary: Apparently a bunch of hoodies and a few baseball hats are “not proper winter gear” and telling Bitty that that’s all you have will make him say things like “you’re going to freeze to death” and “you poor sunshine child” and “oh my goodness Chowder don’t you own any boots?”

on the sidelines wishing for right now | 2,652 | orphan_account

Summary: Bitty resists the urge to let out a hysterical laugh because apparently this is just his life now. He tries to call his boyfriend and winds up getting hockey advice from a living legend.

hold on forever | 2,792 | brandnewfashion / @brandnewfashion

Summary: “You’re taking this a lot better than I thought you would—Wait, are you crying?”

I Only Have Pies for You | 2,959 | RabbitRunnah / @doggernaut

Summary: Jack Zimmermann keeps up with his neighborhood's Facebook group only so he can keep an eye out for lost dogs during his morning run. Until the day one of his neighbors starts giving away pies.

I never saw the signs | 3,217 | biblionerd07 / @biblionerd07

Summary: Bitty gets asked out on a date, but he's already spoken for. It wouldn't be a problem, really, except he didn't know he was already spoken for.

I'm Good Right Here… | 3,965 | 74days

Summary: Jack likes his quiet, empty gym. It's peaceful and lets him work out without feeling like all eyes are on him. That all changes though, when one day he finds a very distracting blond man working on the weights…

A Table For Two | 4,030 | 74days

Summary: Jack likes his spot in the cafe slash bakery. It's mostly hidden from everyone else, and lets him work on his thesis. Then one day, someone slides into the chair opposite him and things start to change.

Bad Coffee and Ugly Running Shoes | 4,054 | alocalband / @alocalband

Summary: The Captain of the Providence Falconers lives in Bitty’s neighborhood. Well, more specifically, he lives somewhere within jogging distance of Bitty’s barely surviving first venture into small business ownership. During the preseason, he visits Bitty’s bakery at exactly 6:35 in the morning every weekday, without fail. He keeps his gorgeous blue eyes trained on anything and everything that isn’t another human being the entire time he’s there. And he only ever buys a cup of coffee. Bitty kind of hates him.

Just Jack | 4,908 | RabbitRunnah / @doggernaut

Summary: Jack retires, and steps out of the spotlight. Or, five times Jack Zimmermann is more than happy to be Eric Bittle's trophy husband.

Signs as Declarations of Love | 5,277 | benjji2795 / @benjji2795

Summary: The life and times of the "Yo marry me Jack Zimmermann" sign

Menteur | 5,820 | orphan_account

Summary: “Zack Jimmermann!” Bitty crows. “You are a gem.” || menteur (n.) - un qui ne dit pas la vérité.

Cherry Stained Lips | 7,321 | 74days

Summary: Eric is planning on making a cookbook, but he needs someone to take the pictures - who else to turn to than one of his avid followers?

Slowly, Slowly | 10,268 | orphan_account

Summary: There's something about the feel of home, of childhood when Jack steps into Bitty's, the little Kosher market that Marty's wife dragged him to. It's the smell of freshly baked challah, it's the organised chaos of the metal wire racks full of imported food and sweets. Jack didn't think his week would get any better, until he set eyes on the bright, sunny smile of the owner, who makes him want things he hasn't wanted in years.

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[witchybittyboo]

based on an interaction i saw at work

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Simon Snow/Tyrannus Basilton (Baz) Grimm-Pitch- Carry On by Rainbow Rowell

Eric “Bitty” Bittle/Jack Zimmermann- Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

[causalityparadoxes]

Honestly rest in pieces Yaz and Jack for losing the Doctor fucker Olympics as badly as they did.

Yaz would have gone so far with Joanna Lumley's 13th Doctor. They would have got married even. Jack would have killed it if 15 was the first Doctor he met. They would have been so down bad. Alas they both travelled with Repression Doctors

[solradguy]

SOL BADGUY SOUP PREVIEW FOR DUAL RULERS

SOUP

(Disclaimer: I don't actually know if they're eating soup here. It might be chili or something else)

[ohyoufool]

I just know that retired Jack Zimmermann does NOT play about pickleball.

[zzzbittle]

Often I forget Zimbits started as enemies and are technically enemies to lovers because in my brain they're just the cutest, sweetest couple ever

[chibifox2002]

Can we see the first time, Doey separate into 3 children? Also if you don't mind, what make Doey see Jaunt as his mother.... after what Kevin did to.....

I'VE ACTUALLY BEEN WANTING TO DESIGN MY OWN "BITTY DOEYS" FOR A FEW DAYS AT THIS POINT SO THX FOR THE EXCUSE TO ACTUALLY DRAW IT!!!

And for the second part, Janet has just always had that calming motherly presence. (Despite being a grumpy hot head)

So it's only natural for them to begin to see her as a mother figure!

[doodleddaisies]

I love that the tweets are proof that Jack literally used hockey every chance he got as an excuse to talk to bitty

“We have practice tomorrow. … I took some cool pictures today”

Like you could just start with the second sentence?? I love this disaster of a hockey robot man

[film-in-my-soul]

maybe it's time | 1,512 | gurlsrool

Summary: “I think I…” he bites his bottom lip and looks at Maple and the leftover blueberry pie on the counter and the quilt thrown over the couch and Lardo’s painting on the wall and says, “I think I’m going to marry him someday.”

The One With the Blackout | 1,693 | orphan_account

Summary: There's a power outage in Providence, and Bitty is trapped in an ATM vestibule with Jack freakin' Zimmermann. Who, as it turns out, is not there to mug him.

Stripped Down, Unplugged | 1,912 | orphan_account

Summary: The bylaws stood strong for eight years before Jack Zimmermann and his crew got Cute.

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I just smile, I go ahead and smile | 2,013 | Mizzy

Summary: Jack has no game when it comes to Bittle. It's a good thing Bad Bob's around to give his son a helpful shove in the right direction.

Four Times Jack Failed at Flirting With Bittle (And One Time He Wasn't Terrible At It) | 2,167 | somehowunbroken / @somehowunbroken

Summary: Jack's got this flirting thing down. Or, no, wait. No, he totally doesn't.

Perpetual Motion | 2,332 | annundriel / @annundriel

Summary: Bittle thinks he’s joking at first, when Jack offers to take a selfie with him.

Every Now and Then | 2,432 | sunfair / @northerndownpour

Summary: Eric Bittle is a successful pop-country recording artist. Jack is an NHL player and a big fan.

Dares You to Change | 2,763 | PorcupineGirl

Summary: Jack has imagined this moment so many times. The reality is so much harder. "Zimmboni, you have friend here to visit! Out in hall." Tater exclaims as he comes into the locker room. "He says is from college?"

make this house a home | 2,805 | bleep0bleep / @bleep0bleep

Summary: With the prospect of an empty Haus for Thanksgiving, Jack invites Bitty over to his new place in Providence. As friends, of course.

brought to you by | 2,971 | HalfFizzbin / @halffizzbin

Summary: Jack Zimmermann is the new face of the franchise. Unfortunately.

All the Love in the World | 3,005 | alocalband / @alocalband

Summary: Bitty’s hands are shaking. He has five missed calls from Jack, two from Chowder, one from Lardo, and an astronomical number of yet to be viewed text messages. It’s not that he hasn’t been checking his phone, it’s that every time he’s picked it up at an alert, all he’s been able to do is stare at it. Which is what he’s doing now, as he waits for his mother to finish speaking with the doctor at Coach’s bedside.

Passing Notes | 4,189 | marswithghosts

Summary: Jack Zimmermann is charming, and Bitty enjoys the way he writes the B in Bittle. He knows he’s being stupid, but his life consists of seventh graders and baking pies; he’s allowed to have a little bit of a fantasy.

the slow pace of geologic time | 4,258 | westernredcedar / @thewesternredcedar

Summary: Jack looks at her and then puts her luggage down and leans in, grabs her into a full-body hug, right there on the sidewalk, holding her so close. She can’t remember when he last hugged her this hard. “He told his parents. About being gay. About us,” he says into her shoulder. “They were awful.”

through the crowd | 4,488 | kirkaut / @kirkaut

Summary: The notification sound isn’t the one that he’s got assigned to Jack, which is why he doesn’t feel any panic when Holster hums an agreement and leans over to peer at Bitty’s phone screen. At least, not until Holster says his name in the tone of a person with a slowly growing suspicion. “Bitty,” he says, very expectantly. “Who is ‘Good Robert’, and why is he blowing up your phone?”

Maple-Flavored Pie Hearts | 4,842 | ofherlionheart / @theonesyouthinkyoulove

Summary: “Well, if you’re making people breakfast now, I’m more than happy to accept,” Shitty says brightly, hoping to cajole a smile out of Jack. Jack smacks away Shitty’s hand when he tries to steal some bacon. “I’m not,” Jack says, scowling. “I’m teaching that freshman how to get protein into his diet.” “Which one?” Shitty asks, already knowing the answer.

november | 5,046 | antoineroussel / @bostonbruiins

Summary: Jack was ready, so ready. He'd never been more ready for anything, except maybe an NHL contract. He was so totally not ready at all.

Man of Honor | 5,301 | esterbrook

Summary: Bitty has to live the rest of his life with the knowledge that yes, Jack Zimmermann cries at weddings, and looks good doing it.

is it too late now to say sorry | 5,330 | magneticwave

Summary: I CANNOT BELIEVE THIS, Eric types furiously into Twitter. THIS IS LIKE RENAMING LAKE WOEBEGONE “LAKE SCOTT WALKER.” // Or, the only person in the entirety of Canada who is upset about Jack Zimmermann’s first Stanley Cup is Eric Bittle, and by God is every single one of Eric’s 160,000 Twitter followers going to hear about it.

To Even Fall | 5,636 | perihelionic

Summary: Sometimes Bitty sleeps in Jack's bed. It's not a thing, until it is.

and so all yours | 5,858 | orphan_account

Summary: It’s not exactly taboo to let other people see your soulmate’s first thought about you, but now, standing two feet away from the guy who spent the last five hours making him feel inadequate and small, he doesn’t really want to remind anyone that even his own soulmate doesn’t believe in him.

better than I know myself | 5,876 | Mizzy

Summary: Jack's not very good at noticing common threads. So it takes him the longest time, over a year, before he realizes what's been different in the Haus. It's not something that's present, so much as something that's missing. And it's this: that Bittle calls everyone pet names. Everyone but Jack.

Duffle Bag Guy | 7,643 | cablesscutie / @cablesscutie

Summary: ‘You keep dragging suspicious sacks up to and down from your apartment and I don’t know what your deal is or why I still wanna bone you’ AU

the road leads back to you | 9,160 | nightswatch / @zimmermaenner

Summary: Bitty meets Jack Zimmermann on 5 AM on a Sunday morning after someone set their grilled cheese on fire in his dorm. He doesn't really expect that they'll become friends. Or that he'll become friends with an entire hockey team.

a tale of love and how it finds you | 10,587 | nightswatch / @zimmermaenn

Summary: Bitty sees Jack Zimmermann almost every morning, but he’s never said a single word to him. Honestly, Jack Zimmermann probably doesn’t even know that he exists.

Catfishing for Dummies | 12,001 | andquitefrankly / @andquitefrankly

Summary: Eric Bittle hadn't planned on signing up for online dating. It was just something that had happened after a drunken night with his friends. He also hadn't planned on messaging the super obvious catfish masquerading as Jack Zimmermann. And he definitely hadn't planned on possibly falling in love with him.

One More | 1,596 | facewithoutheart / @facewithoutheart

Summary: “That’s… uh. That’s my phone. I should–” “One more,” Bitty whispers into Jack’s open mouth, his hands turned to fists in Jack’s open graduation robe, asking a question Jack aches to answer. “One more, please.”

i'd never want from the cherry tree | 2,535 | milominderbinder / @milominderbindered

Summary: Bitty's been sent flowers. His friends think this means the guy who serves macaroni in the cafeteria is in love with him. Bitty thinks this might mean he's dating Jack Zimmermann. Unfortunately, he's not sure. Jack is very hard to read, okay?

A Tolerance for Pain | 3,782 | uniqueinalltheworld

Summary: It makes sense, his mother tells him when he's nine: Jack's such a physical person, of course his indicator would be his soulmate's pain. Jack doesn't have anything to say about it, really, he just scowls and winces as his soulmate falls down again. Alicia Zimmermann, whose heterochromia reversed itself upon laying eyes on Bob for the first time, because she’s more passionate about visual media, pats him on the shoulder with a completely insufficient amount of sympathy. Jack's backside is sore for months as the falls keep happening, and he can only think that somewhere, his soulmate must be learning how to skate.

almond croissants and strawberry pie | 4,633 | thewalrus_said / @thewalrus-said

Summary: Bitty first hears the hammering on his shop door at precisely 5:17 in the morning on an already-warm Thursday in July. He’s content to ignore it—the dough he’s kneading won’t shape itself into sandwich rolls, after all—but it proves to be remarkably persistent. Precisely six minutes of knocking later, he hears someone yell, “Come on, I know you start baking at four in the morning! Let us in!”

Cornucopia | 5,201 | Sakon76 / @sakon76

Summary: Bitty's kitchen skills aren't just preternatural. They're downright divine.

By the Light of the Moon | 7,507 | ereshai / @ereshai

Summary: Something is stalking the students of Samwell University. Nothing bad happens - until a member of the hockey team turns up dead. Freshman Eric Bittle starts using the campus Safe Walk number to make sure he gets safely back to his dorm at night and gets drawn into the Samwell Men's Hockey team's quest to find their murdered teammate's killer. He understands why they're doing it, but why are they so weird?

Got Your Pack | 9,030 | MapleleafCameo / @MapleleafCameo

Summary: In hindsight, Eric should’ve figured it out sooner. The signs are all there. When he decides to go to Samwell, he assumes the ‘one in four; maybe more’ means something significantly different. At least it's not a cult. He hopes.

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[ronandhermy]

I go. It's safe like an ambulance is safe. You being inside means you're already hurt. A Poem is a Place by Isabelle Correa

[witchybittyboo]

✨️ Bean Soup ✨️

[queer-book-character-tournament]

Character, book, and author names under the cut

Christopher "Kit" Herondale/Tiberius "Ty" Blackthorn- The Dark Artifices by Cassandra Clare

Eric “Bitty” Bittle/Jack Zimmermann- Check, Please! by Ngozi Ukazu

[90kvp]

Girls, Gays and Theys, I introduce you to Jack “flirts with hockey” Zimmerman. I can’t believe this man 🤣 who told him that complimenting his bf’s hockey is good pillow talk 🤦🏻

[cherrymoonvol6]

bitty about parse

[ohyoufool]

eric bittle x 'my tears richochet'