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Winning Olympic gold is supposed to feel bigger than this.
Instead, in the weeks after Team USA’s victory, Quinn Hughes finds himself moving through the best stretch of his life like he’s trapped half a step outside it: public celebration, political backlash, family scrutiny, media noise, the first game against Vancouver since the trade, and a version of himself everyone seems to understand better than he does.
By the time his team doctor suggests therapy, Quinn is exhausted enough to say yes.
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- Part 5 of NHL RPF FICS
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14 Jun 2026
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Quinn Hughes knows two things pretty quickly: Danielle Smith is hot, and Danielle Smith does not care even a little bit that he plays professional hockey.
Which, for most people, might be humbling.
For Quinn, unfortunately, it is basically life-altering.
Fresh off the Milan Olympics and running on fumes, Quinn ends up in a Boston urgent care with bruised ribs, a bad attitude about being there at all, and absolutely no desire to be recognized. Danielle is a twenty-five-year-old Physician Assistant working the overnight shift, surviving on caffeine, student debt, and sheer force of competence, and she treats him exactly like what he is: another stubborn patient making questionable choices with his body.
She does not ask about the Olympics. She does not care about his stats. She tells him hockey players are terrible patients and makes him laugh when he’s far too exhausted to be doing that.
The problem is, the more time Quinn spends around the one woman who refuses to be impressed by him, the less normal any of this starts to feel.
Or: Quinn gets a rib injury, an urgent care crush, and a rapidly worsening problem with being treated like a human being.
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- Part 1 of NHL RPF FICS
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14 Jun 2026
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It wasn't a problem unless you couldn't control it. Unless it was unreasonable and unwarranted. That wasn't this. Quinn knew that it wasn't this. This, dirty word. "Pill Addiction." He is an elite athlete playing at the top levels of men's hockey. He represented his country. He represented his team. No one failed him. He doesn't fail...
(A social commentary on how the NHL doesn't protect their players.)
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- Part 1 of Beef'n with the NHL
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12 Jun 2026
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Whatever we consider ourselves to be to each other by Dami_J, MarionLamein
Fandoms: Men's Hockey RPF
22 Apr 2026
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Просить кого-то отшлепать тебя по заднице, потому что это успокаивает - это ведь по-дружески, правда?
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23 May 2026
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When you’re dedicated to going unseen, it’s jarring to be noticed. Like someone flipping the lights on when you thought you were safe in the dark. Moving to Minnesota, trading in his C for a regular jersey, Quinn was ready to slip into the background like a movie extra. He didn’t want to be the team; he just wanted to be part of one.
But there is Kirill. Staring at him with an eager smile. His blonde hair sticking to his forehead and curling up around his ears. His cheeks flush. He’s looking so intently at Quinn that it feels like he’s x-raying him.
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Recently traded Quinn Hughes is determined to fade into the background in Minnesota. He’s done being Superman. He wants peace. Enter Kirill Kaprizov, alternate captain, serial double texter, who may be able to give Quinn some.
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12 May 2026