WillowsInTheWind
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If Will were here, things would be different. Mack still wouldn’t have looked at the menu, but Will would’ve known what he wanted. Mack wouldn’t have had to talk to the waiter, instead leaving it all up to Will, who always knew exactly what was best for Mack.
If Will were here, Macklin would be eating a regular chicken parm right now, while stealing some bites from Will’s plate. They would order lava cakes afterwards, getting two spoons and one plate and a side of vanilla ice cream on the side.
Mack would be laughing the whole time, actually talking and engaging. Talking with his hands. Forgetting to sit up straight. Forgetting to monitor every bite. He wouldn’t be waiting for approval.
But Will isn’t here.
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Macklin Celebrini has spent his whole life doing things the right way: eating the right foods, making the right choices, saying the right things. At family dinners, he doesn’t even look at the menu anymore. He looks at his dad. But when Will is around, things shift.
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04 Mar 2026
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“What three words describe your game?”
Macklin stares at the computer screen for longer than he should. He’s sure the other guys are just filling out this questionnaire as quickly as possible without putting much thought into it, but he can’t quite bring himself to do that. He knows he needs to prove himself; he’s not confident that there weren’t better options for the Olympic roster, and he wants to show the world that he belongs here representing Canada.
Normally, he would ask Will for help with this, but he’s been trying to avoid Olympics talk with his best friend. Will didn’t make the Team USA roster - not that he thought he would, and he doesn’t seem upset about it - and Macklin doesn’t want to seem like he’s bragging by forcing Will to interact with all of this extra work that’s been dumped on Macklin’s plate.
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- Part 103 of Men's Hockey RPF
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03 Mar 2026
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The diagnosis took 10 years. 10 years of unknowns, constant pain, and being told to push through it.
It all seems like too much for Macklin, especially when he hides the pain. Macklin refuses to be seen as weak; what the team doesn't know won't hurt them. Will especially doesn't need to know what goes on in Macklin's mind.
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28 Feb 2026
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Mack wasn’t waking up.
“Hey—hey, stop,” Will said automatically, scrambling out of his bed.
He grabbed Mack’s shoulder.
It felt like grabbing a statue.
Completely stiff.
“Mack.”(OR: Will wakes up to Mack's first seizure of his epilepsy journey)
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27 Feb 2026
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Mack’s in Milan when Will tells him that he’s got a Soulmate Goose. Stuck at the Olympics, Mack has to witness through his phone as his best friend and longtime crush goes on a journey to find his soulmate—someone who very likely isn’t him.
He does not handle it well.
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- Part 8 of rpf hockey
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26 Feb 2026