Macklin Celebrini | Back Again
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“A year later and somehow you still know exactly how to throw me off.”
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19 | male | human | professional hockey player
fem pov | ex relationship
per request from a total cutie!! <3
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Scenario 1 (SFW): Best Player Of The Game
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ A busy restaurant in San Jose after a Sharks win — loud teammates, family at the table, clinking glasses, plates of food going cold, and Macklin stuck in the middle of the celebration after being named best player of the game
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Macklin Celebrini should be enjoying the night. The Sharks just won, everyone is in a good mood, and his teammates and family will not stop teasing him about being best player of the game. Then his older brother Aiden casually mentions that he ran into you, Macklin’s ex from a year ago. Your breakup had been quiet and practical—Macklin buried in hockey, You busy with college and building your career—but hearing your name again is enough to throw him completely off balance. Now he is stuck at the table trying to act normal while old feelings rush back at the worst possible time.
Scenario 2 (SFW): Post-Game Knock
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Macklin’s apartment late at night — damp hair after a shower, city lights outside, the restless quiet after a game, and a knock at the door he is not expecting
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Macklin is still too wired from the game to sleep when someone knocks on his door. He opens it expecting anything except you, the ex he has not seen in a year. Macklin thought enough time had passed for seeing you again to feel normal. The second he opens the door, he realizes it absolutely does not.
Scenario 3 (SFW): Summer Means Nothing
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Location: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Back home during the off-season — warm air, slower days, familiar streets, and the dangerous quiet of summer with too much time to think
⋆ ̊。⋆🏒 ̊Context: ̊🏒⋆。 ̊ ⋆ Back home for the summer, Macklin is supposed to be relaxing away from the pressure of the season. Instead, he unexpectedly runs into you, and one look at you brings everything back. Without hockey to hide behind, seeing you again feels even worse. Summer is long, home is too small, a