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healingmirthI'm watching the Penguins game (or, I was until my mom called, so now I'm way behind on the game, and trying to figure out whether I want to watch the third period or switch to Sharks/Kings in a second here) so have some hockey recs. Actually, this is pretty much all my hockey recs, except for stuff that I bookmarked without comment that I now can't remember anything about from the summary and tags. Definitely should have bookmarked more things...
I haven't read any of![[archiveofourown.org profile]](https://p.dreamwidth.org/b164c54b26e4/-/archiveofourown.org/favicon.ico)
cheesewithmy's SPN fic, but I hope it's great, for the sake of people who don't do hockey or hockey RPF
This Sweet Work Worth (9249 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Characters: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Ensemble
Additional Tags: Fluff, goalie au, Friends to Lovers
Summary: Goalies are strange.
Sidney Crosby is no exception to that rule.
Reccer's notes: I feel like I saw some wailing and gnashing of teeth about goalie fic (also there was similar hubbub about a fic around this time where Sidney played in Russia? I can't remember if I read it, but I didn't seem to have bookmarked it) After the first flush of getting-them-together fic when a new pairing emerges, this is my favorite type of fic: fork-in-the-road something in their past and see how it would play out then. I loved this.
Frost Warning (39205 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Characters: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Ensemble
Additional Tags: Magical Realism, Were-Creatures, violence against animals and things that look like animals on the explicit side
Summary: Sidney's life has always been different, but when he's hired in the middle of the school-year to replace the missing kindergarten teacher of a small town, things take a turn for the weird, even for him. There's a friendly bear. There's something wicked out in the woods. It's up to Sidney to figure everything out while trying to get settled in his new home.
Reccer's notes: And now for something completely different! I'm fairly sure this is a fic that still holds together if you're not in the fandom, but unlike some other ones I've seen recently, I felt like this was still really strongly rooted in recognizable characterizations.
Like That Taylor Swift Song (6510 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Original Male Character(s), Pascal Dupuis, Alexander Ovechkin
Additional Tags: Oblivious, Mutual Pining, Jealousy, emotional failure, Happy Ending
Summary: Sid starts dating guys over the summer. Geno has no problems with that, in theory. In practice, all of Sid's boyfriends are horrible. Geno hates every single one of them.
Reccer's notes: Honestly, I don't remember what happens in this until about 2/3 of the way through, but again, if the tags seem like it might be your thing, go read!
Begging for Thread (11986 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Characters: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Ensemble
Additional Tags: Angst, Hopeful Ending, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Internalized Homophobia
Summary: Sidney wrote off the chance to have relationships as an impossible dream before he ever came to Pittsburgh. Geno proves him wrong. And then proves him wrong. And then proves him wrong.
Bookmarker's Notes: Yooooooo. If this seems even remotely like your thing from the tags, just go read it now. Painful in the best way, but not endlessly so.
There's a lot of fic out there where teenagers are stupid, but it's rarer for them to come across as naive, and Sid is so terribly, heartbreakingly young at times in this, to pile on top of his general awkward terribleness at people off the ice. I should go re-read now.
industry of actual boys (2737 words) by dimbleby
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Additional Tags: geno is a photographer, & he tastes like champagne, Alternate Universe
Summary:
Geno laughs, and it’s a loud, startling sound. “Sidney Crosby say I skate well. He mean, for photographer.”
Reccer's notes:This is nearly the only other Sid/Geno fic I have bookmarked, other than the epics by multifandom BNFs. I am so terrible about bookmarking.
I particularly love fic that pokes around at Sidney's relationship with the media side of his responsibilities, and for that, the opening scene of this is just gold, but I love every word of this. It's the sort of thing where I'd say I'd read thousands more words, but it is super satisfying and complete as-is.
your sleeve is where you've always worn your heart (4374 words) by Lake
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jeff Carter/Mike Richards, Drew Doughty/Trevor Lewis
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Gardens & Gardening, Los Angeles Kings, Plants
Summary: In which Mike's yard is in a sad state, but Jeff's there, with plants, to help him fix it. (AU where no one plays hockey but they're all still from Canada. Except Lewis, of course.)
Reccer's notes: Have I recced this before? I don't care. I think about this fic a lot. Along with pretty much everything elsebeyond_belief has written in hockey and Generation Kill fandoms.
A Gentleman's Agreement (18472 words) by sailorstkwrning
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF, Dallas Stars - Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin
Characters: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Shea Weber, Sidney Crosby, Tyler Brown, Jordie Benn, Patrick Kane, Dallas Stars Ensemble
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Regency, Regency Romance
Summary:
Reccer's notes: To the surprise of no one, I love a Regency AU. I'm still behind the curve on this pairing, but from the very little I know of them both, this fit really well. The ending is a tiiiiny bit rushed - just a paragraph or two in addition would have gotten it there for me - but still super satisfying.
...And Justice for All (2171 words) by mazily
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Tuukka Rask, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Patrice Bergeron, Shawn Thornton
Summary:
Shenanigans. Just plain fun.
I haven't read any of
This Sweet Work Worth (9249 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Characters: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Pittsburgh Penguins Ensemble
Additional Tags: Fluff, goalie au, Friends to Lovers
Summary: Goalies are strange.
Sidney Crosby is no exception to that rule.
Reccer's notes: I feel like I saw some wailing and gnashing of teeth about goalie fic (also there was similar hubbub about a fic around this time where Sidney played in Russia? I can't remember if I read it, but I didn't seem to have bookmarked it) After the first flush of getting-them-together fic when a new pairing emerges, this is my favorite type of fic: fork-in-the-road something in their past and see how it would play out then. I loved this.
Frost Warning (39205 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Characters: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Ensemble
Additional Tags: Magical Realism, Were-Creatures, violence against animals and things that look like animals on the explicit side
Summary: Sidney's life has always been different, but when he's hired in the middle of the school-year to replace the missing kindergarten teacher of a small town, things take a turn for the weird, even for him. There's a friendly bear. There's something wicked out in the woods. It's up to Sidney to figure everything out while trying to get settled in his new home.
Reccer's notes: And now for something completely different! I'm fairly sure this is a fic that still holds together if you're not in the fandom, but unlike some other ones I've seen recently, I felt like this was still really strongly rooted in recognizable characterizations.
Like That Taylor Swift Song (6510 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby/Original Male Character(s)
Characters: Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, Original Male Character(s), Pascal Dupuis, Alexander Ovechkin
Additional Tags: Oblivious, Mutual Pining, Jealousy, emotional failure, Happy Ending
Summary: Sid starts dating guys over the summer. Geno has no problems with that, in theory. In practice, all of Sid's boyfriends are horrible. Geno hates every single one of them.
Reccer's notes: Honestly, I don't remember what happens in this until about 2/3 of the way through, but again, if the tags seem like it might be your thing, go read!
Begging for Thread (11986 words) by cheesewithmy
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Characters: Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh Penguins Ensemble
Additional Tags: Angst, Hopeful Ending, Additional Warnings In Author's Note, Internalized Homophobia
Summary: Sidney wrote off the chance to have relationships as an impossible dream before he ever came to Pittsburgh. Geno proves him wrong. And then proves him wrong. And then proves him wrong.
Bookmarker's Notes: Yooooooo. If this seems even remotely like your thing from the tags, just go read it now. Painful in the best way, but not endlessly so.
There's a lot of fic out there where teenagers are stupid, but it's rarer for them to come across as naive, and Sid is so terribly, heartbreakingly young at times in this, to pile on top of his general awkward terribleness at people off the ice. I should go re-read now.
industry of actual boys (2737 words) by dimbleby
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin
Additional Tags: geno is a photographer, & he tastes like champagne, Alternate Universe
Summary:
Geno laughs, and it’s a loud, startling sound. “Sidney Crosby say I skate well. He mean, for photographer.”
Reccer's notes:This is nearly the only other Sid/Geno fic I have bookmarked, other than the epics by multifandom BNFs. I am so terrible about bookmarking.
I particularly love fic that pokes around at Sidney's relationship with the media side of his responsibilities, and for that, the opening scene of this is just gold, but I love every word of this. It's the sort of thing where I'd say I'd read thousands more words, but it is super satisfying and complete as-is.
your sleeve is where you've always worn your heart (4374 words) by Lake
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jeff Carter/Mike Richards, Drew Doughty/Trevor Lewis
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Gardens & Gardening, Los Angeles Kings, Plants
Summary: In which Mike's yard is in a sad state, but Jeff's there, with plants, to help him fix it. (AU where no one plays hockey but they're all still from Canada. Except Lewis, of course.)
Reccer's notes: Have I recced this before? I don't care. I think about this fic a lot. Along with pretty much everything else
A Gentleman's Agreement (18472 words) by sailorstkwrning
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF, Dallas Stars - Fandom
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Jamie Benn/Tyler Seguin
Characters: Jamie Benn, Tyler Seguin, Shea Weber, Sidney Crosby, Tyler Brown, Jordie Benn, Patrick Kane, Dallas Stars Ensemble
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Regency, Regency Romance
Summary:
Captain Jamie Benn (ret.) of the Horse Guards, gentleman farmer, agrees to take the disgraced Marquess of Brampton as his husband, in return for a hefty settlement. They're both surprised when their marriage of convenience blossoms into a romance.
Reccer's notes: To the surprise of no one, I love a Regency AU. I'm still behind the curve on this pairing, but from the very little I know of them both, this fit really well. The ending is a tiiiiny bit rushed - just a paragraph or two in addition would have gotten it there for me - but still super satisfying.
...And Justice for All (2171 words) by mazily
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Tuukka Rask, Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews, Patrice Bergeron, Shawn Thornton
Summary:
Tuukka is halfway across the bar with a Smirnoff Ice in hand before he can think twice. Or even once. Thinking isn’t really his strong point anyway.
Bookmarker's Notes:If only I could believe this were true.
Shenanigans. Just plain fun.
