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2018
almost a year since the stanley cup — almost a year since scott hunter , kip's boyfriend kissed him in front of millions of people. coming out and allowing himself this to be loved and to love another man out loud — kip couldn't help but to be utterly proud of him all while falling in love with him even more than he already had been.
he remembers being in the crowd , clapping in smiling so brightly as he watched the admirals celebrate — more specifically watching scott. he felt nothing but pride and joy as he just watched in awe as he clapped as well while cheering.
didn't even realize elena was also doing the same — resting a hand on his shoulder and then resting her head against his arm as the little puff ball on her admirals hat poked him just a bit and he had known she was comforting him in that moment.
he remembers one minute still standing and cheering with his best friend and father to blinking one second and walking into the ice , heart pounding hard against his chest as scott held onto his hand. kip immediately held it right back and the moment they got to the middle of the ice? everything was silent — it was just the two of them, nothing else mattered in that moment it was just the man he fell in love with finally being brave for them , for himself and that was enough. that was beautiful, it was perfect.
fast forward to now — kip was currently fumbling around their apartment looking for his jean jacket which was nowhere to be found as elena sat at the table , twirling her keys around while humming. scott had left about a few hours ago with carter for practice.
kip had honestly been glad that carter showed up banging on the door like a madman because they had been in their own bubble earlier this morning — kip woke up to the sounds of scott's snores and warm large hands wrapped around his bare and naked waist. he yawned the second he opened his eyes before a small lazy smile appeared on his lips before turning onto his side to run his fingers through scott's brown messy curls. scott only hummed in response, keeping his eyes closed.
kip still couldn't believe this was his life now — that he can have all of this , all of scott.
he genuinely should start getting up because he has plans and then maybe pinch the absolute hell out of his arms to see if he's dreaming or not as well.
they'd probably still be in bed cuddling if it wasn't for scott's best friend — literally kip was on top of scott trailing kisses down the other man's neck , slowly moving down towards his chest as scott's hand tugged onto his hair. these gentle and quiet moments will always be his favorites , when it's just them getting to always see the gentle parts of the other that most don't.
it's them — it's theirs.
scott immediately groaned the second carter started knocking on the door. kip couldn't help but left and pull away even as scott's grip onto got right , he raised an eyebrow at him.
" you don't wanna be late for practice or the game in general tonight big guy." kip says while resting a hand on scott's cheek and he leans into it , relaxed before scott sighs.
"just another 30 minutes — I'll tell him to wait downstairs."
" i think you're a little too late for that , you probably already missed a bit of practice — besides you big softie I'll be at the game anyway."
" yeah, in the crowd — that's actually too far maybe they should let me bring you back on the ice again."
" I've had enough spotlight on me to last us a life, no thanks." both men laughed a bit before scott finally started moving, kip was about climb off the other man until he yelped once he was flipped onto his back with scott hovering over him to slamming his lips against kip's taking his breath away literally.
ending up making out again for a solid ten minutes until he finally decided to leave with his teammate.
'i love you' 'i love you too' 'i love you more'
'okay you sappy fools we have a game to get to save that for afterwards lovebirds as cute as i think you two are we gotta go' carter shouted and they were off , leaving a lonely kip standing outside the apartment door with plans to be pushed.
maybe this whole thing was silly — but he loved it. he's running around the living room like a chicken with his head cut off in an oversized scott hunter jersey. the first time he's ever warn a jersey to one of his games since they met , since the rollercoaster of their whole relationship — point is he wants to surprise scott.
to some it might be som corny or cliche — but to kip it solidifies this , wearing a jersey feels very huge and important in the sports world especially if you're dating said player. in other ways , specifically in this situation? it feels like a mark , a brand that's screaming ' I'm scott hunter's' and that sends a jolt of chills and pleasure down his spine at the thought of it.
being known as scott's — he loves that and maybe he wants to take pride in that , sue him.
" you need to breathe babe, the jacket should be in the closet."
"elena, I'm breathing and it was but now it isn't if it was we wouldn't be here and we need to get going like right now — oh my god I'm a mess."
" it's okay to be a mess sometimes, but you're overthinking it — scott we'll be a smiling mess the second he sees you in that jersey that's almost swallowing you whole." elena states with a smirk about the first remark.
he groans before running a hand through his curls and trying to bite back a smile. just thinking about it makes him feel giddy and less panicked.
" firstly, i love oversized sweaters because they're warm and have more space. secondly, I'm always wearing scott's hoodies whenever you come over to hangout with us for a movie night or a friend game night so don't try to insult me now."
elena could only hum in agreement because he made valid points before they both started giggling — in the middle of it all kip found his jacket and they headed out of the apartment.
the game hadn't started yet but the arena was slowly starting to get packed so kip was glad that he and elena got their own time. they ended up grabbing themselves some popcorn and other things to snack on before going to look for their seats.
only thing that ended up being completely different were a few fans coming over to kip and having a small conversation. it was definitely new but something he wasn't used to, because what could he really say? besides giving them small 'thank you's' whenever they congratulate him and scott for being brave while he's trying so hard not to immediately sob because there's fans out there who support his boyfriend and they're rooting for them. it means the absolute world to kip, he'll definitely mention it to scott right after he mentions the little funny moments he shared of him.
they finally made it to their seats — they were probably the closest they've ever been to the rink the last couple of times since they've been to an admirals game, it was nice to be closer, so he could see his man a bit better. so he could also pull off his little surprise.
kip started feeling fidgeted — like he couldn't stop tapping the arm of the chair with his fingers or tapping his foot as he scanned around seeing some of the admirals skating out onto the ice. he shouldn't feel like he was about to throw up over this but he fucking does , he's feeling so many emotions over this that he doesn't realize elena is tapping his shoulders and pointing towards the ice.
kip flinches a bit but faces her — seeing her smile while giving him the 'your guy is on the ice look' that isn't really a thing but it's become one between them and he nodded before facing the ice, almost choking at the sight of how good scott looks in that red uniform, he feels lightheaded with it before slowly standing and unzipping his jean jacket.
scott was skating around a bit — talking to his teammates and waving at the fans he saw until kip seen him searching. he knew that's when he wanted to find him , so kip attempted to wave and yelling 'over here' as much as his lungs allowed him until scott's bright brown eyes lit up even brighter once he spotted his boyfriend and kip couldn't help but giggle at the sight.
like fully giggling as a full grown adult — he should actually feel embarrassed but truly? he couldn't find it in himself to even do so as scott made his way over towards them , elena was practically buzzing in her seat beside him right now. once scott was able to get as close as he possibly could? fans started losing their minds which was typical but kip didn't let it derail his plans as he knew why scott was over here in the first place so he gave him a wave , scott immediately waved right back with the happiest grin on his face that kip wish would stay there forever.
he feels his whole body relax as he finally decided to turn around to reveal the oversized jersey, the number 21 sitting on his back in bold white and the name hunter laying above it. he suddenly feels all eyes on him so he couldn't help but to turn around to see scott's face the darkest red he's ever seen , smiling that bright yet intimate smile that's always shared between them.
kip instantly smirked — before mouthing 'surprise , all yours.'
scott was speechless — like he doesn't think he's moved, it's like he's stuck in that one spot on the ice just staring at kip in a daze mixed with something kin to hunger , desire, love or maybe all of those combined and he felt like he'd mute at the sight of it. heard cameras clicking and cute little 'awes' which finally got scott to snap out of it.
he's blushing this time — flustered but he looks so in awe and surprised, it was worth it before mouthing ' i love you' and of course kip mouthed it back before blowing him a small kiss as he skated away but not breaking eye contact until he got to his teammates.
admirals won their game that night and kip won himself something at home too , the jersey stayed on along with those reading glasses that scott loves so much on him as he was placed onto the counter that same night with scott sliding down between his legs and kip's hand tangled into his hair. small victories are better than the big ones sometimes.
2019
the second time he wears his hunter jersey was while they were out grocery shopping at their local mini market — it's become one of his favorite stores solely because he loves trying the free samples every other weekend and scott simply supports his man , while also stocking up on blueberries. kip occasionally still makes smoothies even if that's the past , it's beyond him now that he's in the designer business these days. he'll only crave them when he's over simulated or can't work through a project he was assigned.
so he'd end up in the kitchen only in a pair of boxers and a black robe — making the both of them smoothies before scott hits the door for his daily jogging.
or any other time? scott would be clinging onto kip like a giant koala as he makes the smoothies — just wanting to touch every single part of his skin, to make sure he's even real sometimes and kip basks in that attention. he craves it , baskes in it actually.
but today was their grocery day and he decided to wear another jersey not to brag or show off like he somewhat did that first time but this time it felt very personal — solely because it was the two of them holding hands as they made their way through a chilly new york city to get to the market.
it felt romantic in a way — like a cute market date. (that's what scott called it as he practically pushed kip up against the front door to kiss him before they even stepped outside) kip was all for it being a little date.
it's become very rare for them to go on dates because of scott having to be on the road and miles away from him — half the time their dates are on facetime really and that usually ends in them having phone sex. both men missed each other, both of them were extremely horny so it was completely fine but not enough, never enough.
so he enjoys whenever they're finally together — when they're close enough to each other to be clingy or handsy or just taking each other apart.
kip thinks he did an amazing job in making sure scott didn't try to take off his jacket before they left the house — he was almost so close to doing and kip , the weak man that he is almost let him but remembered they had a date with the market.
"can i fuck you?" scott practically whispered into his ear — sending a shiver down kip's spine almost having him whimper out a small 'yes' but he held his ground.
" but what about our little market date? you can always fuck me afterwards y'know…"he says teasingly while running a hand down scott's jacket and the other man's eyes were dark , pupils practically blown wide but then they slowly regained their normal coloring again at kip's comment.
"feels like you're trying to taunt me somehow — but I'll take your word for it. but I'd pick the date over sex a million times over, you know that."
"I do."
"good , now let's go before we end up making out again for the millionth time today."
kip starts rolling his eyes before tugging him out of the door finally and they were stepping inside of the market this time — they never get noticed inside here whenever they drop by, mostly scott doesn't. the store owner, kimmie always greets them however — asking how the couple are doing or how the seasons been for scott.
it's nice to just have this sense of peace where it's just the two of them being humans and being together.
kip goes to grab one of the red baskets because they really don't need to full blown cart this time — unzipping his jacket now revealing the black customized jersey, exposing it in it's full glory because it's already warm inside of the store so he doesn't need to be all zipped up right now.
he hums satisfied before walking off to find scott in one of the aisles while he's humming.
one second he's humming and minding his business to feeling himself being yanked by the collar of his jacket with a gasp — back suddenly pressed against one of the shelves gently that he was surprised to see that none of the foods fell completely down.
kip was about to yell before he felt a pair of lips slamming against his own — with hunger and kip immediately wrapped his arms around scott's neck before kissing him back with the same hunger. feeling warmth spreading throughout his body and probably too turned on with how bold this was but it was just them inside the store however he still found it hot.
being pressed up against the shelves like he weighed nothing — being tossed around by scott made his toes curl.
" you and that fucking jersey kip….."
scott says against his neck with a small growl — kip feels dizzy with it but he grins anyway.
"what about it?"
" you look fucking beautiful in it , seeing my last name on your back makes me feel insane that i don't know what to do about it."
kip hears a whimper escape his own lips without even realizing it was happening — he leans into his boyfriend.
" there's a few things you could do , in case you needed a small reminder."
they both stared at each other — breathing heavily before eventually ending up in a rush , grabbing everything they planned on getting and fumbling like two horny teenage boys.
but in the end — scott said he looked beautiful in his jersey and that was pretty much everything he truly needed.
2020-2021
this time around it was a lazy afternoon — scott didn't have any games to attend, no daily jogging calendar was completely empty this entire week. so he was currently resting on the sofa, head laying across kip's bare thighs because he was wearing shorts today as they both were invested in this crime documentary scott wanted them to watch.
kip however was multitasking however — eyes lingering on the screen while also tangling his fingers through scott's messy curls.
scott started humming and slowly lifting up kip's jersey to slowly press kisses against his stomach. this time it wasn't really a surprise , kip woke up wabbling — still half asleep and grabbing the first shirt he saw nearby as he waddled like a penguin into the kitchen to make some coffee.
they were feeling very domestic today — the sun was out and everything just felt perfect for staying in all day. phones on dnd, cuddling on the couch or even scott letting kip fuck him on said couch.
that sounded nice — right after they watch this documentary however.
scott didn't seem phased by the jersey but he just thinks that it's the farthest thing from his mind right now when all that's slipping from his lips was kip kip kip kip along with small little moans as well.
he truly loves his fucking life and his man.
2022
it's the final game of the season — so the arena was completely filled with millions of people, extremely loud but nothing kip wasn't used to. if anything it's always exciting because he gets to cheer and scream in support of the admirals without feeling like all eyes are on him , there's other people doing the same thing — so he gets to cheer his husband on with his family, technically their family now.
he thinks both his parents love scott more than him sometimes — which he doesn't even mind when he sees how happy his husband gets whenever kip's parents are their screaming 'that's our son in jersey 21' 'go hunter go!' it makes him feel nothing but fond.
almost brings him to tears — especially when he thinks about the first time his parents came to a game and started screaming in support and scott looked so close to breaking that kip immediately wanted to rush onto the ice and hold him in his arms , comfort him.
fans and skates and winning a hockey game be damned.
he could even remember scott's bottom lip wobbling as he smiled through it to wave at them that day. he knows how these games are for him , seeing so many of his teammates running off to their families for so long — being so alone for so long and only have this sport he's loved for so long, worked so hard but had nobody to share it all with.
he was glad to finally give scott that — a family he can finally call his own after so long because god scott hunter deserved that , he deserved it all.
and tonight they all showed up wearing scott hunter jersey's — elena included as they were close to the ice this time. right by the glass walls cheering , eating snacks and talking to themselves.
kip planned this matching jersey's — they all agreed , with excitement of course they didn't hesitate or disagree once.
the second scott hits a score — they all jump up yelling and cheering.
scott throws up a fist once he scores and high fiving his teammates as he skates off , looking into the crowd seeing them all turning around showing off the back of their hunter jersey's — scott felt himself holding back a sob as he skated towards the glass wall shielding them from each other.
kip heard the cheering and the man on the radio mentioning 'the hunter family' he beamed with so much joy as he blew a quick kiss towards scott's direction and the goof pretended to catch it as he held it against his chest with a wink before skating off.
god he's so in love with that man, he feels crazy with it.
they win the game and end up having a small private family dinner — kip soaks it all in because he loves bringing his parents, husband and best friend together for moments like this.
+1
2023-2024
tonight was scott's last game — so emotions were completely high tonight, completely different feelings roaming throughout the air and kip could feel it through his bones. he was feeling things himself, he felt nothing but pride and proud of his husband. he's given his all to this sport — given his all to this team that's been everything to him for years so it's bittersweet seeing it all come to an end for him for a bit.
this wasn't to say he was retiring but more so stepping back — allowing himself to put down the puck , put down the stick and take off the helmet and live a normal life for a while. find other hobbies, be with his family full time the way scott wants to.
things have changed over the past few years — like major, and beautiful things have happened for them both.
and kip has a small little boy in his arms who's fighting to stay awake right now , big huge headphones covering his ears so the yelling and screaming wouldn't effect his ears or wouldn't send him into a crying fit as kip rocks him a bit in his arms.
they were sectioned off this time around — and this was so much better because he wanted nothing but space and enough room to pace just a little bit in case kalen either started sobbing again or getting overly excited the second he sees his dad again, the first time he was brought here for the first time? kalen was a babbling mess little arms flailing around trying to scream for his other father as if the man could hear him.
( which kip is truly convinced scott can because it's like he almost senses kalen and just skates over towards them to press a kiss into the boy's dark brown little curls almost similar to his that it makes him sick.)
kalen instantly starts bouncing in kip's arms the second he noticed and kip holds onto him for dear life so he wouldn't fly out his arms. scott decided that it's amusing and skates off after giving kip a kiss on the forehead before skating off saying ' bye my favorite boys' kip immediately flicks him off lovingly. heart swelling with so much love because they were truly his favorite boys as well , both his hearts in one place, in one peace and it meant more than words could express.
this time it was the two of them again but kip had them in matching jersey's — kalen's first jersey ever , it was a big moment kip thinks. even if his baby boy was half asleep he had been yelling 'dada dada' before they even arrived inside the arena. so he was overjoyed and on edge about scott's reaction to their kid in his tiny jersey.
it's been a minute since kip wore his own but he was glad to pull it out for the first time again to match with his son for his dad's last game.
admirals didn't win — but it wasn't the end of the world , more so bittersweet but scott was satisfied. the team had been happy with themselves and that was enough, it was amazing to see them in good spirits. kip saw them slowly making their way off the ice so he immediately stood up , holding kalen close as he started cheering with everyone else — seeing himself suddenly on the big screen holding their boy (he planned this , romcom moment and he pats himself on the back for it.)
the announcer mentions the sight sounding excited himself.
"looks like we have a mini scott hunter fan repping their favorite player one last game tonight."
kip waves as kalen slowly opens his eyes to reveal his light brown eyes a little — kip smiled and pressed a kiss to his forehead before waving kalen's little hands for him. the crowd suddenly started losing their minds the second the realized that it was kip.
he scanned the ice to see scott literally right there staring at his mini family with so much love , so much admiration and care that kip didn't know what to do with it besides practically running down towards him this time with their kid this time , he can't believe it — they have a kid.
holy shit.
scott has tears in his eyes — this time he doesn't drag kip onto the ice , he just leans against the railing and desperately kisses him and kip kisses back feeling butterflies throughout his entire body as the audience cheers and cheers.
" i love you so damn much."
" I love you so much more , now save all the kissing for later and get off the ice so we can all go home." kip says as he pulled away , hands resting on scott's face as he nods immediately but not before kissing kalen on the cheek who is fully awake now giggling at his father.
scott ended up leaving the arena and posting kalen and kip wearing their matching jersey's in the car with the caption 'the hunter's' with a red heart at the end.
grumbling the second he sees rozanov texting him congratulations old man. taunting him like he always does after rozanov wins , this time it's worse because shane is also on the centuars now — but he's nicer about it.
kip takes that as a sign of that being the best surprise ever , but scott will just tell him that was the most important moment in his career — the second most.
he's just happy they finally got their sunshine in the long run.
smiling at the sight of kalen's hands gripping onto scott's pinkie before turning his head back to the side of his window -- staring off into the pretty sight of their city at night with a warm heart.