Different anon, but just to add on, what if Geno knows that Mario knows, but wants Sid to feel ready in his own time. Geno and Mario share one too many knowing looks while Sid bumbles around oblivious.
Sid, sitting in Geno's lap and pulling away from making out with him to give him a dopey grin: I can't believe we've kept this a secret so long. usually we're not good at that but Mario and Nat have no idea!!
Geno, nervously making eye contact with Mario, who's peeking into the FAMILY LIVING ROOM to see if his rookies are done making out yet so he can finally sit down and watch that Sharks game: Yes. We so good at keep secret.
Hockey RPF writers being known across fandoms as literary masters
When I first started reading MattDrai fics on AO3 I remember thinking “wait what the HELL is going on why is this the most consistently well-written fanfiction I’ve read in any fandom? Is this a thing? Do people know??” And apparently it is and they do.
sports is about the narratives (and the soulmates)
mario-jagr and sid-geno back to back cups / jagr on mario before his jersey retirement ceremony / sid on geno after he was re-signed (the athletic) / rookie geno on sid (the athletic) / kris letang on the parallels between sidgeno and mariojagr