happy one year anniversary of jack n bitty in the fuckign truck
Tag: zimbits
i feel like the point of this update was to basically prove wrong what holster and ransom were saying about jack not being able to have a relationship because he’s too busy/has a laser focus on hockey/ect. like. he literally had SUCH a hard game, and then had to go get stitches, and he STILL calls bitty before he even gets in the front door. he’s so dedicated, and he’s so in love, and he’s so IN this.
so i’m quite upset for bitty and jack because of the fact they have to hide their relationship and that it results in their friends being callous and saying hurtful stuff without realizing it but. we know they’re going to get a happy ending, n has said this. and staring at those panels where they’re alone and so in love and so happy, i can’t help but think about when they are finally out. when nobody asks jack about ‘his girl’ ever again, when nobody can possibly doubt the overwhelmingly obvious fact that they are in love with each other. when they’re with their friends and jack put his arms around bitty from behind and rests his head on bitty’s shoulder. when jack heart-eyes zimmermann watches his boy with that soft look and everyone sees and knows, can’t and won’t ever doubt it again. when bitty gets to call jack honey and sweetheart in a room full of people, when he gets to cheer on his boyfriend or fiance or husband from the stands and not hide the fact that jack’s more than just a hockey player to him.
just, when they get to show the world and everyone in it that they are happy and in love and together and they can touch and hold and kiss each other without fear, without hiding.
listen. there’s nothing “boring” about ships that are stable and built on mutual trust and respect. there can be angst and drama and all those juicy bits without the characters being absolutely abysmal to each other all the damn time
Older zimbits where nhl player jack lives next door to baking legend bitty and jack thinks bitty is real cute so he appears next door to awkwardly ask for sugar/eggs/flour because he’s “‘baking”“ when in fact all he has in his cupboards is milk, half a bag of flour (from bitty) and protein shake mix
oh mny GOSH.
Jack gets in over his head way faster than he would have expected, is the thing.
It’s the third time Jack is knocking on his door within two weeks.
When he asks for brown sugar, Bitty just grins and says, “Sure thing, mister! But since this is the third time, you gotta bring me a bit of whatever you make, you hear?”
He’s all smiles, clearly just teasing—maybe even flirting? (Jack thinks, is he flirting?)
Jack manages to go, “Yes, okay,” and turn around to leave, but internally he is like, “oh no oh NO OH NOOOOO,” because he is not going to bake anything so he is not going to have anything to bring to Bitty.
WAIT but
Jack graduated and the kiss happened in May of 2015 right???
so jack and bitty realize their feelings for each other
and then barely a month later same sex marriage is legalized
ACTUALLY it’s legalized June 26th, only a little over a week before Jack visits bitty for July 4th
like….. you canNOT convince me… when they see each other…. and they’re so in love….. that the supreme court ruling wasn’t the only thing running through both of their heads
and yeah it’s crazy soon but you KNOW that when bitty woke up to the news he wrote about twenty six different versions of a text to Jack about it and tried not to think about their future, and how he’s now able to get married in his home state of Georgia (even though they’d probably live in providence bc hockey it’s the thought that counts though)
like…. you just…. you can’t convince me that the fact that same sex marriage was legalized was not haunting them both the entire time bye
Team Trophy Husband Jack
I honestly now want the fic where Jack might be an extremely successful hockey player, etc, but for the rest of the world who don’t follow NHL and sport news, he’s Eric Bittle’s trophy husband.
Eric Bittle, who has his own Cooking Show, a Baking Contest Reality TV spin off, a chain of bakeries expanding all over the country, a series of books, and is a guest editor in some cooking magazines.
He’s Beyonce’s go to guy for Blue Ivy’s birthday cakes.
So yeah, his husband married him for the money. Never mind that they are college sweethearts and they married before Bitty had his big break.
And Bitty married him for his good looks. I mean Jack looks like a model, has that amazing bod and booty and is pretty much silent anytime they are in front of the cameras, it is clear he’s the classic dumb jock stereotype.
Bitty always gets extremely offended by that, Jack thinks it’s hilarious. He might play it up sometimes just to get out of interviews.
Jack always endlessly amused that the paparazzi that follow them are there for Bitty. They don’t particularly care about Jack. Their photos appear in the magazines as “Eric Bittle and husband.”
Jack has managed his life long dream of achieving invisibility in the media by marrying somebody who overshadows him. It is everything he ever wanted. He brags about it to anybody who will listen.
Bitty remains annoyed.
Once they are home, after going to a premiere of something/red carpet event.
“You have won 3 Stanley Cups! One two weeks ago! Why don’t they ask you about that? They only asked you what you were wearing!”
“Hugo Boss” Jack says without missing a bit.
“You could try not to make it so easy for them.”
“Fall Collection.”
“You are enjoying this too much.”
“Besides Bitty, you ordered a Pumpkin Spice drink today and went to do your own grocery shopping, how could I compare to that?”
“Jack this isn’t funny! I’m proud of you and I want them to know that.”
“I’m proud of you too, I mean, look at you walking down the street with sunglasses on.”
“I hate you.”
“Oh look, you are cheating on me with Shitty, Ransom, and Chowder… oh, also with Lardo? Bitty, I could forgive the first three, but not Lardo!”
“That’s it, you cannot buy anymore tabloids.”
“But Bitty! This magazine says we are getting a divorce! If I hadn’t bought the magazine, I wouldn’t have known to start packing my bags. Also, I apparently didn’t sign any prenup, so you owe me a lot of money.”
“I might leave you for Lardo after all.”
ahhhhhhh so okay, jack is definitely one of those dorks who thinks of relationships in terms of being on a team. the team is his relationship. this is just a normal way hockey robot jack zimmermann thinks about dating. “my teammate, the person who is on my team, that is, my boyfriend”
so like, taking this into account, WHAT IF jack accidentally mentions bitty in a live interview. i mean, he mentions bitty so OBLIQUELY. he just says, “yeah. the stress of being in the NHL can be hard, but i get a lot of support, too, and that makes it easier. it’s just good to have someone who i know is always on my team, you know?”
and then jack nearly DIES because HESDFIGHDFI FUCK HE DIDN’T MEAN TO SAY THAT. he manages to get through the rest of the interview but he pretty much just wants to set himself on fire the entire time.
of course, literally no one notices or reads anything into that comment. how could anyone hear that and think jack was talking about his secret boyfriend?
afterward, when jack can finally get somewhere alone, he calls bitty and says, “I OUTED US.”
“oh… no…” bitty says, in total, horrified shock. but he recovers quickly and goes right into reassuring boyfriend mode. “oh, jack. i know we didn’t want to do this yet, baby, but it’s okay. i promise it will be okay. i’m always here for you, you know that, and we’ll get through this together, no matter what happens.”
“i can’t believe it,” jack says. “i just can’t believe i said that.”
“what…. what did you say, exactly?” bitty asks.
“it’s good to have someone who i know is always on my team,” jack quotes miserably.
bitty blinks. jack doesn’t continue or say anything else.
“…..jack, honey. is that all you said?”
“yeah,” jack says, one quiet, despondent monosyllable.
lord, bitty thinks.
this boy.so then bitty goes and finds the footage and watches it three times and has to assure jack that, NO, literally no one is going to think he has a secret boyfriend because of that interview, he can calm down, oh my god.
if bitty weren’t so relieved that it wasn’t more serious, he might despair that he is in love with such a weird dork, but alas. bitty is mostly just relieved. he can’t really despair about being in love with jack zimmermann, anyway, weird dork or no.
They don’t just get shipped, they get CANONED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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