Heart in Hand by Salifiable (NC-17)

[ficreader1]

Title: Heart in Hand
Fandom: Hockey RPF
Pairing: Sidney Crosby/Alexander Ovechkin
Categories: Romance, Drama
Length: Super Epic (130,608 words)
Warnings: Dub-con (Sex as result of a lost bet)

Author on LJ: salifiable
Author Website: Author’s profile @ AO3

Summary:Sid had realized very early on that for better or worse, he would be linked to

Comments

[anonymous]

Do I need knowledge of hockey to understand this fic? Cause... I have none. :D

[ficreader1]

I don't think you need hockey knowledge to understand the fic, though it obviously helps you appreciate some more of the little things, but I'm not a *great* judge because I have some hockey knowledge. However, my knowledge of hockey is superficial and basic, not extensive by any means.

I don't remember any overly long sections regarding game play, in fact that was one of the things I liked about this story. If I remember right the game sections tended to be a single sentence to just a paragraph or two and were more about things that happened in games that referred back to various wagers and setting up later interaction between the two main characters.

[firiel77]

Thank you for the req!

I think. I just spent the whole day reading it and now a rereading choice bits and wallowing in it all over again. I'm completely gutted. to What an amazing story!

I've never heard of hockey RPS and I freaking LOVED it. And no, you don't need to know hockey to enjoy it. It's the characterizations that won me over. I'm a Canadian so I know Sidney Crosby won the gold medal but that's about it.

Gahhh. I'm a complete sucker for angst with a happy ending and this one was perfection. Thanks again.

[ficreader1]

I am so glad you enjoyed it! I knew as soon as I finished that this story was moving up to the top of my recs list. :-)

[smokiquartz]

:D
I had exactly the same amount of knowledge as you about hockey, and for the same reasons!!

Very cute fic! I never ever thought I'd read a RPS fic about hockey!
But I did, and it was wonderful!!

[ficreader1]

I never ever thought I'd read a RPS fic about hockey!

I didn't either, but I'm with you, and I'm so glad I did! :-)

[ficreader1]

Well every hockey fan I've ever been around (and there have been many) are extremely passionate about their favorite teams and players.

I've spent the last few days off and on searching out more fic in the hockey fandom and I definitely have a few more bookmarked on my to-read list. :-)

[firiel77]

Okay, I need some more recs for hockey fic. I'd love to read more good ones.

I love hockey but I don't really follow it now so it would have too be good writing for me to be drawn into it.

Having said that, my first thoughts of slash were making up stories about Mark Messier and other Oilers before I even knew slash existed. So the idea of passionate, inarticulate hockey players falling for each other is, I think, part of my genetic make up.

[audaudhare]

This is probably my favorite epic rec ever. Also my first ever hockey RPF...didn't even know who these guys were, but I sure looked them up. Thanks!

[ficreader1]

I'm glad you found a new story that you enjoyed!

[stfu_rightnow]

Thank you SOOO much for the rec!!!

I didn't know a thing in the world about hockey before reading this, but loved this fic so much! It was definitely the characterisations and relationships that won me over. I'm normally weary of overly preachy fic, but what a powerful coming out sequence as well...

One of my favourite fics ever, I think. And now, to read it again... I think so!!

[stfu_rightnow]

And I just realized why I can like it so much, when I'm normally so picky about canon-compliant fics - if I haven't seen any of a particular canon (in this case hockey I guess), and it's set in the real world, I can treat it as an original fic, and this fic holds up really, really well in that regard, it stands up by itself.

Thanks again for the rec, I normally don't read RPF, this is the only the second RPF fic I've really liked.

[ficreader1]

For all the thousands of fanfic I've read over the years, this story is, hands down, in my top 5 ever. I'm glad you found a story you enjoyed as a result of the rec!

Oh, and that coming out sequence? Yeah, that was the cherry on top of the sundae wasn't it? :-)