Strange Torpedo
Language: English
Career Ending Injuries Completed Explicit Sexual Content Fluff Getting Together Philadelphia Flyers Ensemble Sharing a Bed Slow Burn idiots to lovers noted
Publisher: archiveofourown.org
Published: Jan 4, 2020
i really liked this! for as short as it is, it handled the slow burn as well as just about anything i've read. i actually got stupidly intense neck tingles a few times during the moments when nolan first starts realizing his feelings. tk's characterization is delightful; he's so goofy and cheerful and very cute without being unbelievable. i liked their dynamic, and i liked the niece side character. i wish there was more smut, and ESPECIALLY EGREGIOUS is the fact that the story just skips over their first time. unacceptable. i also thought the migraines might play a larger role in the story, but it was fine. i just like suffering and angst.
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TK laughs, delighted. “What, you think you’re gonna pick up a kid and I’m not even gonna check your last name?” He folds his arms across his chest. It does some stuff to his biceps that Nolan notices and then decides not to think about. “Maybe we should just auction them off on the sidewalk,” he continues, clearly enjoying himself. “Shoot ‘em out of t-shirt guns.”
Description:
The first time Nolan ever meets TK, he has whiskers drawn on his face in purple marker and his hair is pulled into lopsided pigtails with those clacky little hair ties, the ones with tiny plastic shapes attached to them. Nolan doesn’t know his name yet. It’s a whole thing.
"You’re the teacher?" Nolan asks incredulously.
"Yep," the guy tells him, mouth twitching. "New this year. Thanks for the vote of confidence."
"No problem," Nolan says.
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In which TK is the unconventional first-grade teacher in charge of Nolan’s niece, and Nolan is trying to figure out what to do with his life after crashing out of hockey.