i said if i'm honest, i fell for you that last night by mistfarer (Mature)

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Fandom: HOCKEY RPF
Pairing: Brenden Gallagher/Alex Galchenyuk
Length: 4,600
Author on LJ mistfarer
Author Website: mistfarer on Tumblr
Why this must be read:

Gally and Chucky seem to be well on their way to being the Kaner/Tazer 2.0 - both rookies on an Original Six team, who are helping to pull the team out of the league basement (although Montreal never fell as far as Chicago did). In this case, the Canadian is the light-hearted one (Brendan Gallagher) and the American is the more serious and reserved of the two (Alex Galchenyuk). Even with the drastically reduced training camp and the lockout-shortened season, the two rookies already seem to share a deep bond, making fanfic about them inevitable.

The beauty thing about this pairing is that Galchenyuk was born in the US to a Russian hockey player, and thus spent most of his growing up years in Europe, learning to speak several languages including Russian (so we get to claim him, but he's basically Russian!). Thus you get Russian Knitting Circle tropes with him involved, and the other players are some of the other rookies in the NHL, like Nail Yakupov (who is actually in the Western Conference).

This is a 'five things' fic that journeys through the rookies' first season as their bond gradually turns into something else. Neither of them has any issues with it and their relationship seems to blossom without them being aware of it. It is labeled as a denial story, but I think this is far more subtle - these boys are not self-aware enough to deny anything.

i said if i'm honest, i fell for you that last night