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Great OMGCP fanfics

All the Sights of Paris by writingonpostcards

Eric and Jack meet atop the Eiffel Tower. It's the beginning of a few whirlwind days together, but Eric's leaving soon. How much can really happen between them in just a few days?

Jack holds out his hand and Eric takes it. Instead of shaking it like Eric was expecting, Jack pulls him in gently, and kisses him once on both cheeks. “See you around,” Jack says with confidence.

Like breathing was easy by lillaseptember (part 7 of a series)

Jack has a panic attack. Bitty (and the kids) help him through it.

“We have seven kids downstairs who all think you’re their hero. And it’s not because of the reasons you think it is. It’s because you pick them up from practice with the same terrible puns every Tuesday, actually listen to what they know is their ridiculous teenage gossip, let them win wrestling matches in the most dramatic way imaginable, watch Aristocats with them 17 times in a row, kiss their injuries better, memorize presidents with them, make that godawful mac ‘n’ cheese for ‘em.”

Set Your Old Heart Free by IBoatedHere*

Jack doesn’t find Bitty after graduation. They don’t kiss. Jack doesn't go to Madison for the 4th. They still fall in love.

falling into place by furyofthetimelords

Your soulmark doesn’t settle until you’ve met your soulmate.

Neither Jack or Eric notice when it happens.

Irreplaceable by JustLookFrightenedAndScuttle

Bitty gets too wrapped up in his worry that his relationship with Jack could cost Jack too much.

Breakaway by AntarcticBird

The first time Jack sees him is at the beginning of his sophomore year at Samwell, a completely normal Monday night, and at first he thinks he has gone insane.

Excuse Me While I Kiss This Guy by PorcupineGirl

Jesse Snowden knows all the best restaurants and gourmet food shops in Providence, so when Jack Zimmermann starts bringing in incredible baked goods, he's eager to find out where the new bakery is. When he meets the man behind the pies, he decides that there's no way Jack could really appreciate this guy's talent the way he does, even if they are friends. He starts hiring Jack's chef on the side, in the hopes that maybe once Bitty's done with college he'll come work for Jesse.

Good thing there is absolutely no way whatsoever that Jesse could possibly be misinterpreting this situation.

Mother’s Weekend by rosepetals42*

Hello there! Long time, no see (my bad I know) but, here: an Alicia Zimmermann-centric piece as she goes to Parents’ Weekend during Jack’s freshmen year. [focus on Alicia, Jack, and Shitty] 6k

Imagine being a tadpole though by rosepetals42

Outsider POV, zimbits, canon-compliant, 2nd person, 4k ish, yes this got way longer than expected

when it’s over (you’re the start) by onawingandaswear

Jack goes to sleep in Providence next to his boyfriend and wakes up in Montréal to discover he’s been in a coma since 2009. Refusing to believe Samwell, Bitty, and the Falconers were all a dream, Jack tracks down the real Shitty, Lardo, Ransom, and Holster to find they’ve shared the same group hallucination for years. Now, they’re on a mission to find Bitty, the love of Jack’s non-existent life, and the only member of SMH they can’t seem to get in contact with.

ABC by alphardhy

effort, n.

It is worth it.

Jack and Bitty's relationship told through short dictionary entries. (The title is quite self-explanatory, really.)

Ice Crew Please! by rosepetals42*

Jack Zimmermann was drafted first by the Providence Falconers when he was eighteen years old. He is good at hockey. Very good. His team won the Cup his second year and now, in his third year, they are looking good. Jack should be on top of the world. And some days, he manages to convince himself he is.

He’s not, of course.

Enter the Ice Crew.

a tale of love and how it finds you by nightswatch

Bitty sees Jack Zimmermann almost every morning, but he’s never said a single word to him. Honestly, Jack Zimmermann probably doesn’t even know that he exists.

Revenge is best served @ by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic)

The ESPN hockey anchors take a cheap shot. Bitty takes one back.

i'll see you with your laughter lines by the_one_that_fell*

Eric Bittle was fourteen when his soulmate died.

They'd never even gotten to meet.

Hold on Forever by an orphan account (part 2 of a series)

Eric Bittle doesn't think he's going to be standing at his boyfriend's sledge hockey game holding a sign that says, "Yo, Go To Prom With Me Jack Zimmermann," at almost thirty years old and yet...here he is.

these hands are meant to hold by worth_the_risk (part 1 of a series)

There are a select few times over the course of Jack and Shitty’s friendship when Jack, frozen like the Pond in January, has to be told to move.

Plans For The Future by ticktockclockwork

Contrary to popular belief, when Jack was spiraling, things did not move in slow motion. The frantic beating of his heart was anything but slow; the rapid fire thoughts pinballing around his mind almost incomprehensible in their speed.

In therapy, he'd often heard people describe their attacks as a slow motion train crash, a suffering drawn out experience that they were helpless to stop.

But for Jack, while ’train crash’ was definitely apt for what he felt, it was anything but slow and, in fact, he was usually the one at the controls.

All this to say, Jack was in a very bad place.

The Little Things That Give You Away by annathaema (moony)

"S'fine," says Jack, trying to keep it hidden from Shitty. "I wasn't really doing anything, just-"

"Knitting!"

Jack has an unusual hobby, but it helps.

Alive and Loved by Piehead

Bitty has depression. He lives with it.

Love Is To Be Made by DoubleNegative

“Jack turns in a slow, aimless circle in the middle of his living room. Blank white walls. Bare floor. A sofa, a TV, a coffee table: just the basics, really. Well, no wonder it doesn’t look like home; he can’t blame his apartment’s sudden coldness and its empty echoing spaces solely on the absence of one Eric R. Bittle. It just… doesn’t look like anyone lives here. It doesn’t feel like anyone lives here. He has no idea how to change that.”

(Or… Jack comes home from Madison to an apartment that doesn’t smell like cinnamon, and teammates who don’t know what he means he says ‘swawesome. It feels like it should be easier, turning the place he lives into a home and the people he plays hockey with into teammates. But even ‘easy’ things have always felt harder than they should.)

Puck Aversion: The Birth of A Goalie Superstition by Betweenthepies (Reikiari)

Every hockey player has their thing. Goalies? Even more so. So what is Chris Chow's? He will never touch a puck with his bare hands. (Five times Chris Chow won't touch a puck and one time he does.)

one of the gays by heyfightme

Bitty isn’t even sure whether he wasn’t meant to hear. It’s a party, and they’re all public, and it’s Bitty’s Haus too. More than that, it’s Bitty’s kitchen. There’s no discernible secrecy in operation.

“I mean, Bitty’s gay. One of my best friends; he put these curtains up.” The girl Holster is talking to – brown curls, white jeans, suntanned shoulders – looks to the curtains and coos, “Aww, that’s so cute.”

Bitty’s neck twinges.

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in which bitty and jack are like: [sarcastic laughter] straight people

Wizarding sports by prongsyouignoramus and awfullyruby (not really a fic)

so @prongsyouignoramus and I had a convo that spun into a full blown hc so I thought I’d share this in the hopes it will one day inspire a fanfic author *nudge nudge, wink wink* or just for funsies, I guess

just two kids without their jackets by the_one_that_fell (3 part series)*

Jack makes a difficult decision and finds a new calling.

and not waving but drowning by the_one_that_fell (part 1 of a series)

Jack considered himself an Icarus of sorts. He never thought he’d learn to love the sun.

like a handprint on my heart by the_one_that_fell*

“Dude, we’ve got an over-competitive golf dad, a badass art freak, a pre-med lax bro on the verge of a breakdown, a chronically naked rugby player, a beat-boxing giant, and an itty-bitty, baking figure skater - there’s no way we came together accidentally. This wasfate.”

“Or it’s the normal progression of human beings making friends. Chill out, bro.”

(Or, the one where no one plays hockey, but it still manages to bring them all together.)

the messes of men by decinq (4 part series)

His first year in the NHL isn't easy, but Jack has spent his entire life playing through the hurt.

My Words on Your Skin by There_Once_Was_A_Girl (no. 1 in a 6 part series of standalones)*

Jack and Bitty have a unique soul connection, they can write back and forth to each other by writing on their own skin. They know each other long before they've ever met. But when Jack overdoses Bitty thinks he's lost the love of his life forever.

Your Fake Name is Good Enough by DoubleNegative

Eventually Jack came back to himself, as he always did, shaky and exhausted but alive, and Shitty wrapped up his rambling story. “Anyway, man, that’s why if you ever have kids you shouldn’t make bets with your hedge fund buddies on their names. You’ll end up with a son named Barnaby Sylvester Knight, and trust me, that is no way to start a father-son relationship.”

“That’s a pretty awful name,” Jack whispered. “Thanks, man.”

Shitty just squeezed him tighter and didn’t protest at all when Jack finally drifted off, drooling a little on his pillow.

you’ve got my number by ambrosius*

It’s not as if Jack was totally inept when it came to technology. He could handle his Tweeter (Tweety? Twits? Twitter? Did it really matter?) just fine and if he’s honest, he much preferred texting to calling most days. So when he gets added to a group chat full of strangers, well, he’s pretty sure he can handle whatever comes next.

Graduation Day by IBoatedHere

It takes Jack 50 days to finally see what's been right in front of him for the past two years.

Will Wonders Never Cease by PorcupineGirl*

Eric has landed his dream job: social media manager for the Providence Falconers! Not only does he get paid to tweet, for an NHL team at that, but it’s a job where he’ll be able to make good use of his magic - when nobody’s looking, of course. Everyone on the Falconers is a joy to work with… with the notable exception of Jack Zimmermann. Eric understands that Jack doesn’t like social media, but he could certainly be a little more polite about it.

Luckily, Eric has support from his Samwell buddies, as well as his best friend - a man whose face he’s never seen, and whose name he doesn’t know. They met on an online forum where witches can gather anonymously, since it isn’t safe for them to advertise their existence in a world where magic isn’t trusted. They’ve been friends for years now, but Eric is only just starting to realize that he might have deeper feelings for someone he can never meet face-to-face.

i didn't know i was lonely til i saw your face by dharmainitiative*

Still rebounding from a breakup, Derek Nurse moves into a loft in downtown LA and attempts to navigate living with five former college hockey players.

Or, a New Girl AU.

if you're going through hell (keep going) by onawingandaswear*

Eighteen years ago, Samwell suffered the tragic loss of one of their most promising young athletes. Ever since rumors have circulated that the school is haunted by the ghost of Eric Bittle. At least, that’s the only way anyone can seem to explain why the locker rooms smell like freshly baked apple pie on game days instead of the usual, omnipresent hockey funk.

Now in the twilight of his career, Jack Zimmermann is facing his own mortality and the last item on his bucket list?

Return to Samwell and disprove the rumor that his long-dead boyfriend is haunting Faber Memorial Rink.

And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here? by RabbitRunnah

Bitty goes to bed after his "lucky shot" having made a decision. When he wakes up he ... is not where he expected to be. He has a career, and a baby, and -- this is the biggest surprise of all -- a husband who looks a lot like Jack Zimmermann.

And you may say to yourself, my god, what have I done? by RabbitRunnah

The last thing Jack Zimmermann remembers saying to Eric Bittle is "lucky shot." That doesn’t explain, at all, why he just woke up in Bittle’s bed.

A companion piece -- this time it's Jack's turn to get a peek at his future -- to And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?

Inertia by foryouandbits

At the age of seven, Eric Bittle is tackled so hard in peewee football, it feels as though he's been knocked into another dimension. At the encouragement of his father, he avoids contact sports until he receives a scholarship to play hockey at Samwell University. The result is the same: every check on the ice hurts so much that Eric hallucinates another world. Eric spends the rest of his freshman year attempting to prove himself to his captain and his coaches. He questions his worth, his talent, and his sanity, and in his search for answers, he uncovers long-hidden secrets that change everything he has ever known.

Merry Christmas, I'm Yours by RabbitRunnah

It takes Jack only a couple months after graduation to realize he's in love with Bitty.

It takes him almost 20 years to actually do something about it.

(Or, five Christmases Jack and Bitty spend together.)

right as things grow by wit

Loving and longing, one thousand miles apart: the summer of 2015, in which Jack realizes what he wants just in time for it to get on a plane and leave for Georgia.

#lb 2018 #THERE ARE OBVS MORE #omgcp #omgcp fics #list #this is basically another #fichof

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So like, regarding Mandarin. After watching the show again and Netbug's Closer Look videos I've come to really buy into the hc/idea that the team was not very close on a intimate level and Chiro was the one who made them feel like a real family. What are your thoughts on Mandarin's idea of being their leader and why the monkeys would go along with it for as long as they did (he looked different from when he tried to freeze Nova to when the team turned on him)?

Anon I don’t know what prompted this ask but it’smade my damn week.

Before I say anything though, let’s just take asilent moment to appreciate the magnificence that is Net’sCloser Look series (you bet your ASS I’m linking that shit, I’ll promothe fuck out of that just you watch me). Considering how small the fandom isit’s amazing that we have a fan dedicated and critical enough to do this, so…yeah, Net’s spectacular.

…okay, moment over, SO: Given what we’ve seenof him in canon, really the most we can assume about Mandarin’s feelingstowards leading the Team (without dipping into headcanon/theory territory, atleast) is that his thoughts on being their leader revolved around it being thebest way to have/gain personal power and it feeding into his desire to controlothers. We’ve got a tiny bit of evidencethat there might have been more to him than this, since Antauri states that atone point he had a “good heart” bitchwhere comparable to Chiro’s. I personally disagree with what Net says about this just being Antauri’s“rose-colored outlook showing,” but that’s a blurb for a different time. Bottomline is for the most part we’re led to believe that Mandarin’s investment inthe team was pretty shallow, and that his borderline-possessive behavior aftergetting ousted are more acts of petty vengeance rather than something emotionbased.

(Again, I will fight that interpretationtooth-and-nail, but I’m trying to keep my all-encompassing love for thisdickwad to a dull roar, and stick only to the facts we’ve definitively beengiven by the show until asked to do otherwise.)

Now as for why the Team would go along with him…honestly, I think it’s because they knew Mandarin wasn’t entirely in the wrong.

Okay hold on I know how that sounds but just LISTEN– I’m not trying to pull some “poor baby misunderstood hero” angle. Thescale still falls at about a 90/10 ratio, majority being that Mandarin’s ajerk. But according to Antauri, they kicked Mandarin off the Team because “hewanted to rule”… but don’t the Hyperforce kind of do that anyway?

Let’s have a review of the facts:

1. Most glaringly, at no pointdoes the show ever reference Shuggazoom ever having any kind of government. Not one single time. But hey, that doesn’tmean it doesn’t have one, right? Surely there must be one working behind thescenes that we just don’t get to see for some reason? Okay, even if that’s true…

2. The monkeys are, according tothe second half of the “Galactic Smash Space Attack” episodes, Shuggazoom’s only line of defense. Which means thatthis entire planet is completelylacking a military. And from what we’ve seen, I don’t think they have so muchas a police force, either. Save for – and I want you to really stop andconsider the implications of this – a childand some monkeys. Now, we know that that child and those monkeys are extremely capable, butstop to imagine what your reaction would be if you found out that a countrysomewhere on Earth was being protected by one single kid and some animals. Evenif they had like. Lasers and shit. This one kid. Protecting a whole country. Now apply that feeling to a planet.

3. The planet’s singular defense force wascreated by a hermit who lived in the woods. The Monkey Team wasn’t even hintedto have been government funded theAlchemist just. Straight up did it for funsies (well that and to stop theall-consuming malignancy that he unleashed on the world, but my point is thatthis wasn’t a conscious effort done by the city to better protect itself).

4. The Hyperforce exercises anabsurd amount of autonomy in how Shuggazoom is run. When they leave to chaseafter the Dark One Worm, they address the city from the top of the Super Robot. No city hall, no legal officials, noofficial statement, literally “everyone gather ‘round, we got some shit to say.”And everyone just. Does as they ask. They apparently have the power to issuecity-wide public service announcements (“The Skeleton King Threat”), again, withouthaving to go through any kind of legal system for approval. They can set updefense systems (that can and didturn out to be detrimental to the city, as seen in “Flytor”) on a whim. No onebats an eye. And finally, and probably most disturbingly…

5. The Hyperforce can imprison people without a trial. Really think about that. Mandarin, Krinkle, Ma and Pa Cinco, did weever once get shown any kind of legaldefense on their part?

At this point it should be pretty obvious that, ifthe city does have any kind ofgovernment, they quite literally don’t do shit.If I was a Shuggazoom citizen I’d be pissed,what the fuck am I paying taxes for?? An alarming amount of evidence points tothe monkeys actually being the ones to call the shots. So… why did they putMandarin in prison then? My best guess would be that the Team kicked him off onlywhen he started pushing his boundaries and taking things past the point ofjustifiable force. I mean literally one of the first thing we see him doing is slappingcollars on people to make them mindlessly obedient. So if that had been hisplan before he left the Team…

At least I’m HOPING that’s how it shook down. Imean it better be. If I find out somewhere along the line that Mandarin’sbrainwash-y bit only came after he gotimprisoned, and “wanting to rule” had basically meant he wanted to call theshots on how Shuggazoom was run (which apparently the Team went and did ANYWAY),then I’m going to royally flip a tit. You color-coated hypocrites that shit ain’t cool.

But anyway, anyway, my point in all of this (I ramble but I have one I swear) is that Iguess the rest of the monkeys would have gone along with Mandarin because, atthe time, a lot of what he was saying could have seemed pretty reasonable. Literally nobody else was going to do it,so they might as well. This is probably why those last two bullets even exist:they were things they got used to doing under Mandarin’s leadership, and continued to do them even after he wasgone because hey, why fix a system that (from their stance) isn’t broken? This could also explainwhy they seem to have a more “consider the whole over the individual” mindsetin the early episodes. Mandarin would have drilled them to protect the city rather than waste time on singular people, if only because his empathylevels weren’t that high, and oi that wasn’t in the job description you dolts focus here.

As for why Mandarin looked different between fromwhen he had the whole incident with Nova to when the Team turned on him, I’mgonna be a little boring and just say different animation styles. :P Or, I guess, you could say it was some poetic “visible corruption” bullshit on the part of the animators.Maybe he wasn’t as far gone when the thing with Nova happened. Not sure.

#srmthfg #mandarin #muttering about monkeys #seriously anon thank you for this question it was a good one #Anonymous

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