quadratic-and-problematic:

go-topshelf-on-chowder:

snowy-protection-squad:

I kinda love the idea that Jack comes out and says he’s seeing someone but never says who and than a couple months/ a year later Jack’s jersey has changed from Zimmermann to Bittle

Yes????? Please???

And I imagine the hockey world goes crazy. People are on Twitter, asking each other who they think his husband might be. Some diehard fan is going through the people Jack follows on Twitter when he comes across @ omgcheckplease, Eric Bittle: “Baker of pies. Tamer of hockey robots. Beyoncé is my queen.”
Eric Bittle, who’s most recent photo, after about three delicious looking pies, is a snapshot of two entwined hands, with the caption “he liked it, so he put a ring on it.”
And then this spreads, and people are confused about how a famous baking youtuber and an NHL star met, but another fan puts together that this is probably the same Eric Bittle that was on Jacks team in college. And people go from being amused to being smitten, because of course Jack couldn’t marry anyone who didn’t love hockey.
And eventually people are tweeting them both, asking how they got together, what it was like being in a relationship while in the closet in professional sports and then keeping the relationship private after he came out.
Jack doesn’t answer most of them, but a few get replies.
“How did you guys start dating?”
“All dads fault. Made me realize I loved him at graduation , and so I ran across campus in my gown and kissed him before he could leave.”
“How often do you break your diet plan.”
“If my nutritionist is asking: never. Anyone else? About once a week for a piece of pie.”
“Which one of you proposed?”
“Eric. He cornered me before press after our loss against Tampa. Very spur of the moment, didn’t even have a ring.”

And the falconers PR team loves it. This is more fan interaction than Jack normally gets in a month, and sure, he’s spending most of it talking about Bitty, but they’ll take that over nothing. So they set up a Twitter Q&A for the pair, using the Falconers Twitter page, and #askthebittles trends for four hours nationwide.