Pick Me Up
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"Actually, the best thing about Jake isn’t just that he’s there, or that he’s good to talk to, though both things are true. It’s that he’s big in the same way a Great Dane puppy is big; when he’s relaxed he forgets where his limbs really end, forever edging into Max’s personal space and stubbing his toes on things that have been in the same place since before he moved in.
All that plus his face is enough to make Max want to do some truly filthy shit sometimes."
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- Part 1 of Pick Me Up
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"Jake is basically his best friend, is what Ben’s saying, and he can pretend he doesn’t care if Jake fucks other people and not him.
But then Ben walks into training camp and stops in his tracks, because Jake got buff, oh god."
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- Part 2 of Pick Me Up
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"Jack Eichel has the greatest boyfriend ever, but lately the two of them have been having one little problem."
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- Part 3 of Pick Me Up
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"After two years, he still dreams about Chicago."
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- Part 4 of Pick Me Up
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"It’s a happy coincidence that Gally always seems to start wearing on everyone’s nerves right when Alex needs to let off some steam, and it’s no different this time. They’re barely two weeks into the season, and already he finds himself sinking into the same old rhythm."
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- Part 5 of Pick Me Up
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"Actually, no-one on the team knows what Connor’s type is, or if he even has one, because here’s the thing: Leon may only pick up when the person he’s talking to hits the right emotional buttons, but Connor never picks up at all.
So Leon’s pretty unbothered by the guys deciding they’re going to help their captain get laid. In fact, he joins in, and it’s only partly to keep an eye on them that he does so."
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- Part 6 of Pick Me Up
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"Dzings looks like he belongs in a parody of a toothpaste ad, all large bright smiles and corn-fed American mien, and he’s one of the first people to talk to Mike on his first day as a Senator. “You know,” he says, sidling up with a badly-hidden grin on his face, “I’m close friends with 24 letters of the alphabet.”"
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- Part 7 of Pick Me Up
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"Larks’ hand lingers on Anthony’s lower back, the heat of it soaking through his shirt."
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- Part 8 of Pick Me Up
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"John hums, considering. Later, he’ll wonder if there was subtext to this, how much of an open secret his sexuality is to the rest of the league, but for now he just shrugs. “Sure, why not? I’ll probably have some rookies to pick up, anyway.”"
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- Part 9 of Pick Me Up
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"Johnny’s more than a little surprised when Mony elbows him in the side and leans in. If it was anyone else, Johnny would think a joke was coming, but Mony’s face is his usual blank and unreadable. Even though Johnny’s been on his team - been his friend - for years, now, he still isn’t always sure what’s on Mony’s mind."
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- Part 10 of Pick Me Up
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"Kevin knows that plenty of people do the roommate thing, that just because people live together doesn’t mean they’re living together. So he hadn’t made assumptions about Jimmy and Brady when they’d first moved in. Now, though, he’s kind of making a lot of them."
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- Part 11 of Pick Me Up
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"He’s not in love, and he’s not pining, but Jeff can’t deny that he thinks about Jordy, just occasionally. It’s kind of funny, anyway, to have a thing for his captain again; but it’s interesting that this time, one of the captains might just have a thing for him too."
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- Part 12 of Pick Me Up
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"Tyler has been a little bit in love with Jamie since the day he arrived in Dallas. "
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- Part 13 of Pick Me Up
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"Jonathan Huberdeau wakes up sweating."
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- Part 14 of Pick Me Up
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"So there’s really not much for Colton to do but train, which is nice but also, just occasionally, a teeny bit boring. Still, he’s mostly appreciative of it, most of the time.
And then there’s Vova."
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- Part 15 of Pick Me Up
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"It should be illegal, Kopi thinks. But, then, he often thinks this about Quickie."
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- Part 16 of Pick Me Up
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"Hampus and Rickard are eating breakfast when it happens."
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- Part 17 of Pick Me Up
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"It only makes sense that Jared and Tyler are inseparable even in their imagined futures, with a dream they pretend is reality every winter when the pond finally freezes over."
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- Part 18 of Pick Me Up
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"Hallsy knows he’s kind of an idiot - people on Twitter still ask him about his boating licence, and Whits texts him banana split pictures nearly every month - but he’s also not as dumb as everyone thinks he is."
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- Part 19 of Pick Me Up
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"Nate is never doing anyone a favour again."
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- Part 20 of Pick Me Up