This is gonna be a really long one so buckle up. We're going for an emotional ride.
Also can we acknowledge that Luke meme for a minute?
TW: a LOT of swearing, brief ED, and brief mention of SA (inappropriate touching without consent, not complete SA)
*May 23, 2004*
Third-Person POV bc idk how the hell I'd start this any other way
Lacey Thompson was born today. On May 23rd of 2004. When her parents brought her home, her brother, Jordan, was playing with the neighbours two elder sons, Jack and Quinn Hughes, while their mother, Ellen Hughes, sat there with a one year old Luke Hughes in her arms. Jordan sprinted over to his mother and new baby sister as soon as they walked in the door.
Jordan was born in 2001, just 4 days after Jack. I realized that was 5 days before Lacey's birthday but I'm to lazy to fix it. Saying that, he was 3 when Lacey was born. Luke also took immediate interest into the newborn standing at the door. He stood on Ellen's lap and looked over at the baby. He let out a little giggle upon seeing her.
Seeing the way that Luke looked at Lacey, the two mothers both looked at each other with a knowing eye. They knew right away that their two kids were made for one another, threw everything.
Boy did they wait years for that one.
*January 4, 2008*
Lacey's father put her into hockey when she was two and she loves it. She plays on a U6 girls team and is one of the best on it. Luke also plays hockey and is also on a U6 team, but for boys. They practice together everyday in the Hughes's garage.
Which is where they are right now. They both put on their rollerblades and were play a little 1 v 1 with each other. They aren't keeping score, though, as they'll get competitive. They were both laughing very loudly as Jim Hughes and Anthony Thompson are sat watching them.
"You know, I have a feeling they're meant to be." Jim said towards Anthony as they watched Lacey tackle Luke into the grass out front.
Anthony turned his head to look at Jim. "You know, Nicky told me that same thing the other night." He mentioned before taking a sip from his beer bottle.
Jim also took a sip from the bottle in his hand and speaking again. "I just have this gut feeling that..it may take a few years of ups and downs. Mostly downs." He shrugged. Anthony nodded and they went back to watching their kids.
Jack and Jordan went and joined the kids to play 2 v 2 with Quinn as the ref. It was Hughes vs Thompson, so Jordan and Lacey vs Jack and Luke. Lacey scored one right off the bat before Jack followed up with one.
This went on for an hour before Ellen and Nicky called them into their respected houses, the final score being 8-6 for the Thompson family. They shook hands and went into their houses for dinner. Everything between Lacey and Luke was going very well.
A bit too well..
*October 22, 2012*
Do my Swifties understand what's about to happen?
Lacey's POV
Luke has been a lot more distant lately. I went over to his house last week and he talked to me for 30 seconds before saying he had to go and closed the door in my face. I put on my dog, Ashton's, leash so that I could take him for a walk.
As I walked out of the house I saw Luke putting his rollerblades on and grabbing his stick. I was about to say hi when I could see his friends skating up his driveway. Jack was sitting on the porch stairs and saw me standing there.
He looked over at Luke and saw he wouldn't acknowledge me. So instead, he walked up to me with an apologetic look. I was sad at the thought of being replaced. But it was bound to happen, right?
"Can I walk with you?" Jack asked when he reached me. I could only nod as we started walking.
Jack threw an arm around my shoulder as I held back all my emotions from pooling over the edge. I couldn't let Luke do this to me. Maybe it's just a coincidence and he's playing with his friends? I couldn't think anymore because Jack pulled me and Ashton to an open park.
He grabbed the dog toy outta my hand and threw it for Ashton to run after. He then turned his head over to look at me and snapped his fingers in my face. I looked up at him alarmed and he sent me a confused look.
"You okay?" He asked me.
"Does Luke hate me?" I wondered out loud and Jack went silent. I grabbed the toy from Ashton's mouth and threw it once more while Jack processed the question.
"Honestly?" He questioned. I nodded. "He doesn't really talk to me or Quinn anymore. Only talks to mom when he needs to and he obviously talks to dad all the time because, you know, hockey." He replied.
My face dropped at the fact at hand. Why won't he talk to anyone? He's only 8 but his friends are all 13 and over. Their attitude has rubbed off on him. Me and Jack walked back when Ashton got back to us. I let him into the house and hugged Jack goodbye.
I walked into my home and Jordan ran over to me and pulled me into a hug. I was confused but hugged him back. When I pulled away I asked him what that was all about.
"You looked sad. I also saw Luke with his 'friends' playing hockey in the garage." He answered. I nodded sadly. "You wanna go to free skate?" He asked me, hoping I'd say yes and go with him.
It's a tradition with us. At the beginning of both our hockey seasons, we'd go to free skate and skate around for a few hours. But today I really wasn't feeling it.
"Not today. Maybe another day though?" I sent him a sad smile and he understood. He put his skates in the trunk as Jack and Quinn ran across and asked if they could come, evidently trying to get away from Luke and his friends.
Jordan nodded and they ran across to get their skates and toques. Is it bad I'm Canadian and still ask Siri how to spell toque? They hopped into my dad's black F-150 and drove to the rink. My mom went with them so she could be dropped off at her office to pick up some paperwork.
I ran up to my room and saw an envelope on my desk. I was confused but opened the letter, not checking who it was from. I took a deep breath before bringing my eyes down to the paper in my hands and started reading the slightly messy handwriting.
Lacey,
I'm sorry to say this, oh who am I kidding? I'm not sorry to say this at all. We can't be friends anymore. Honestly I've been wanting to do this for a while now. But my friends helped me realize that you really aren't a good friend for me.
I've found better people to be friends with. They aren't bad at hockey like you are. They aren't fat like you are. They aren't stupid like you are. They aren't loners either. They have more friends then just me.
So goodbye now. I'm going to hang out with my real friends.
-l.h.
I had tears streaming down my face by the end. Was I really all just a game? Am I fat? Am I bad at hockey?
As I was crying, I remembered that Taylor Swift released her album Red today. I walk over to my stereo and pulled out the CD that I had bought this morning at 7 am. I put it in and clicked play.
As the song played I sobbed into my pillow. I decided that Luke was right. I'm gonna quit hockey and I'm gonna lose weight. The only way I know how to lose weight is not eating, and that's what models do. I wanna look like a model.
A few hours later, Jordan came into my room and saw me curled on my bed with tear stains on my cheeks. He sat on my bed and held me in his arms as I cried. He asked me what was wrong and I just pointed to the letter before running into the bathroom and locking the door.
Third-Person POV
Jordan read over the letter and got more mad by the minute. When he read who it was addressed from, however? He was pissed to say the least. He stormed into his room and pulled out his flip phone. THE NOSTALGIA Y'ALL. He sent a message to Jack and asked him to come over.
Jack walked into Jordan's room a minute later with a confused look. He saw Jordan's ears practically having steam coming out of them. He grabbed the letter held out to him and was confused at the end of it.
"Why- why would Luke write this?" Jack stuttered out. Jordan shrugged.
"I thought you knew?" He said even more confused.
That was the day the two families began to split. But for how long until they reunite?
*November 20, 2019*
Jordan and Lacey came running down the stairs of the Thompson house, both holding letters in their hands. Jordan convinced Lacey to continue playing hockey and a few years later, when he found she wasn't eating much, sat with her through every meal to make sure she was eating and helped her through her eating disorder.
"Why are you kids running down the stairs?!" Nicky scolded her two children as they stood in front of them. They both looked at each other grinning.
"Well..." Jordan started with an excited voice.
"We were both accepted for the men's and women's worlds teams!" Lacey exclaimed. Nicky squealed and tackled the two teens in a hug. "I got onto the U18 team somehow." Lacey shrugged.
It was days like these that Lacey was grateful her brother didn't let her quit hockey. She was able to achieve her dream of playing with Team USA. Her and Jordan drifted away from the Hughes family ever since Luke happened.
So they have no clue if Jack's going or Quinn or maybe even Luke. But the siblings couldn't care less. Lacey moved on from how hurt she was and Jordan was happy knowing that she nor him would be hurt by that family again.
The two ran up to their bedrooms to pack their bags and things as they leave tomorrow. Lacey was finished first and went to her brother's room to bother him while he attempted to finish packing.
"Fuck offfff!" Jordan groaned as Lacey jumped on his back. She hugged him tightly and he sighed. "Fine. You can just chill their I guess?" He said more of a question than anything.
She giggled lightly as he turned on his speaker and let her connect her phone. She played All Too Well by Taylor Swift. The memories from 30 seconds ago lmao. They were having a Taylor Swift karaoke session while Lacey helped him pack.
Next they went to pack their gear that wasn't provided for them. They'd get Team USA stuff but were told they'd need to bring their own shin pads and stuff. So they put those into two separate duffle bags that they threw in the truck.
As Lacey went to walk inside, she spotted Jack and Quinn also bringing out a couple bags of their pads and stuff. She was confused and saw Jordan with the same look. They shook it off and walked back inside, not knowing that Jack spotted them.
Jack turned around to Quinn and hit his arm repeatedly. He spun around alarmed thinking that something was seriously wrong.
"Dude! Jordan and Lacey just brought out their pads and bags of clothing and shit and put them in their dad's truck!" He said with excitement. "Do you think they're going to Worlds too?" He frantically asked, hoping to regain his friendship with the two.
"Probably. They're probably going to the men's world juniors in Canada before flying to Japan for the women's U17 worlds." Quinn answered his eager brother with a small smirk, knowing Luke would be pissed to know that he'd have to hang out with the Thompson sister.
The two brothers looked at each other before sprinting into the house. They threw their slides to the side and ran up to Luke's room, pounding on the door. They earned a 'come in' from the teenager and stormed into his room with identical grins.
"What?" Luke questioned with a confused look. He had dropped his toxic friends a year after he left Lacey in the dust. Although, he doesn't even know what he did.
Jack stormed into Luke's room that day and asked him about a letter. He was confused and said he didn't write a letter. He doesn't like writing, so why would he go through the trouble of writing a letter. Jack was as confused as his brother was in the moment and Jack tried to tell Jordan that but he wouldn't have it and was downright pissed at Jack for trying to protect his brother after he broke his sister.
Luke figured out a year later that it was his friends who wrote and sent the letter that ruined his relationship with the girl next door and dropped them. Now, Luke claims to his family that he hates the girl and they all believe it. He really does, though, because she wouldn't listen or understand his side of the story and has hated her ever since.
"Well, you know how Quinn and I are on the men's world juniors team in Canada this year?" Jack asked him.
"Yes. What about it?" He questioned, annoyed. Quinn stepped up to answer.
"Jordan also made the team. Meaning he's going. Now here's the catch.." He dragged out to let Jack finish.
"Lacey made the women's U18 world juniors team in Japan and is coming to ours before so that they can go directly to Japan after. Meaning you get to hang with her again." Jack finished with a smirk.
Luke's confused look soon turned to a glare. He was now more annoyed than before. "Are you guys joking?" He asked them sternly. The two boys laughed and shook their heads before running out.
Just great. He thought. His head fell into his hands as he groaned in frustration.
Lets see just how much Luke hates the girl now shall we?
*December 25, 2019*
Tomorrow is the first day of games and Jordan is extremely nervous. He's pacing around his sister's hotel room while talking her ears off. Whenever he's nervous he speaks everything that's on his mind, and he always goes to his sister because she's the only one who doesn't get annoyed.
"Jords calm down." Lacey said standing up and grabbing her brother's arms so that he would focus on her rather than his mind. "You'll do perfectly fine. You were chosen for a reason, no?" She asked him and he nodded, taking a deep breath.
Lacey decided to go down to the coffee shop across the street. She threw on her Team USA sweatshirt that has her name and number on it as well as USA sweats and a toque. She said goodbye to her brother and was on her way. She didn't expect, however, to see Luke Hughes sitting there on his phone at a table.
She rolled her eyes in annoyance and walked by his table. He noticed her and silently screamed in frustration. They had both done so well at ignoring one another and it just had to happen a day before the games started.
The girl walked up to the barista and order her coffee as well as a muffin for Jordan knowing he'd want one. She paid and went to stand by the counter with sugar and stuff, which was "conveniently" right beside Luke's table. She pulled out her phone and scrolled through Instagram while she waited.
"You know, there's other places to stand." The annoying voice of Luke Hughes rang through Lacey's ears. She rolled her eyes and ignored him. "I know you can hear me." He said once more.
Lacey turned around to face him with frustration written all over her face, which Luke grinned at. "Could you just shut up for three seconds?!" She exclaimed quietly. Her name was called and she silently thanked the heavens above and grabbed her coffee.
She stormed out of the café as Luke sat grinning to himself. Lacey walked into her brother's bedroom where he sat with Josh Norris. She threw his muffin at him and walked out with frustration radiating off of her. Jordan and Josh shared a concerned look before standing up and walking to her room. Jordan opened the door with the key she gave him and saw her lying down on the bed just staring at the ceiling.
"Yo." Josh said as he jumped onto the bed beside her and crushed her with his body weight. Josh and Lacey became close friends quite quickly when they met each other. "What are you so depressed about?"
"Luke motherfucking Hughes." She said with no emotion in her voice. The two boys shared a knowing look before Jordan stormed out of the room to go have a..talk..with Jack and Quinn.
His fist came pounding aggressively on the two brothers' door. He waited a minute before Jack opened the door and sent a confused look when he saw who it was.
"Can we help yo-" He was cut off by Jordan.
"Keep your brother away from my fucking sister." Jordan sneered at the boy. Jack was even more confused now.
"What are you talking about bro?" He asked Jordan. Quinn came up to the door upon hearing Jordan's name.
"Whatchu doing here?" He questioned.
"Your brother messes with Lacey's mind one more time and I won't be so nice about it." Jordan finalized before jogging back to his sister's room.
The two Hughes brothers looked at each other and grabbed their shoes and key, walking up to Luke's room. They walked right in and waited for him to get back from the coffee shop. They waited about five minutes until the door was opened and Luke jumped out of his skin when he saw his brothers.
"Can I hel-" He was cut off right as he started talking by his eldest brother.
"The fuck did you do to Lacey bro? Whatever you said fucked with her mind again." Quinn exclaimed to his youngest sibling.
"Uh.." He tried to think of an excuse but nothing came to mind. Jack scoffed in disapproval. Maybe he didn't talk to her anymore, but he still thought of Lacey as the sister he never had.
"When you want to stop acting like a bitch and tell us what happened, you can come find us." Jack said sternly to his brother before he and Quinn left.
But did Luke really hate the girl..?
*August 25, 2022*
Let's pretend both of them were in Edmonton
Lacey made it onto the women's worlds team once again this year as the captain. Luke also made it onto the men's world juniors team this year and lucky for her, they are all staying and watching the women's worlds. She hasn't run into Luke yet luckily.
Their first game of the official tournament just ended against Japan and they won 10-0. Lacey went to walk out of the arena when an older man came over to her. He started touching her.
"Come with me and I'll show you a good time baby." He winked at her as his hands made their way to her ass. She tried to get away from the man but he wasn't having it.
His hand made it's way up to her breasts as she started crying, desperately trying to get away. The man was punched from behind and Lacey collapsed under herself as a panic attack formed. Her vision was blurry and she couldn't breathe as she sobbed.
"Hey hey it's okay. Shh shh." A voice whispered in her ears as the person held her. She tried to fight against them thinking it was the man but it wasn't and she realized that soon after. She sobbed into the persons chest as he comforted her.
She was still tense and tried to push away when she became more aware but was still having trouble breathing and stuff. "Shh it's Luke. You're okay." She stopped pushing away. "Follow my breathing. Okay?" She nodded and followed his breathing pattern.
When she had stopped crying and got her breathing under control, she looked up and saw Luke. She didn't pull away or anything though and just leaned into his chest, somehow feeling content and safe. He smiled at the feeling that he has missed for years.
"You okay?" He asked the girl in his arms. She nodded tiredly. "Wanna go back to the hotel?" One again, she just nodded. Luke picked up Lacey effortlessly and carried her to the Uber he got a few minutes before.
When they got to the hotel, Luke brought the tired girl to her hotel room and put her in her bed. He gave her a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt he found in her closet. When he went to leave, Lacey grabbed his arm.
"Will you stay?" She asked him. The girl felt extremely vulnerable in that moment and Luke knew. He nodded and said he was going to change quickly.
He came back in a pair of sweatpants and a sweatshirt. He got into the bed beside her as the girl moved over. The pair was silent but both of them were quite awake.
"You know.." Luke began. "That letter? I didn't know it existed until Jack came and scolded me about it." He said to the brunette beside him.
She turned to look at him. "Really?" She asked. He nodded, still not making eye contact or anything. "Then who sent it." She interrogated him.
"Jacob." He answered. "He and Romeo sent it without my knowledge to ruin our relationship, which I guess they did successfully." He spoke with a frown. She looked up at him and saw he was speaking the truth.
Lacey threw herself on top of Luke and wrapped her arms tightly around him. Luke grunted as he didn't expect it, but wrapped his arms around her tightly and whispered never ending apologies into her ears.
"I never hated you." She whispered. He gave her a look saying he didn't understand. "I..I always loved you.." She hesitantly said. He smiled. "What?" She asked him.
"I think I always loved you but tried to say it was hate out of denial." He whispered back. She let a small smile come across her features. They looked at each other before leaning in and letting their lips land on one another's.
When the two pulled away they smiled. Lacey cuddled up with Luke and they both fell into a deep slumber.
*Next day*
Lacey and Luke are currently at the practice rink just skating around in their gear and practicing. They're playing a bit of 1 v 1 like they did all those years ago. They decided not to keep score. When Lacey sunk another one, Luke skated over and tackled her onto the ice while they laughed.
Unbeknownst to them, Anthony Thompson and Jim Hughes were sat on the bleachers watching the two interact. They gave each other a knowing look before raising their beers towards each other and sipping.
Anthony took a picture of the two kissing to gloat to his wife that he was right all along. He sent it to Lacey and Luke in a group chat as he left. He smirked to himself all proud.
Lacey skated up to the bench when she heard a ding from her phone. She opened it and saw a picture from her dad that was sent to her and Luke. She showed Luke and he laughed, telling her to post it and so she did.
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Caption: bro's got me all giggly and shit 💕
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@jackhughes✔️: what the flip?
↳@laceyloohoo✔️: @lhughes_06 did your brother just say what the flip?
↳↳@lhughes_06✔️: @laceyloohoo I have no brother..
↳↳↳@_quinnhughes✔️: @lhughes_06 I just don't exist ig
@jordythomps: 😎🕶️👈🏻🤨
↳@laceyloohoo✔️: 💀
Luke giggled at their siblings responses and all the texts from them flooding in. The two both looked at each other before chasing each other around the ice.
*Present day*
Lacey turned around at the sound of her apartment door in New Jersey opening. Luke walked in after a tiring hockey practice and walked right over to Lacey on the couch and put his head in her lap. She ran her fingers through his hair as he sighed in content.
"Do you ever think about how we came to be where we are today?" Lacey asked out of the blue. Luke hummed in thought before answering.
"All the time if I'm being perfectly honest." He answered honestly. "Wonder what would've happened if I manned up and told you what happened sooner." He sighed as she played with his hair.
They stopped the conversation there and watched both of their most recent highlights. Lacey made some mental notes on what to work on for her next game and Luke could obviously see the girl thinking overly hard. He sat up and kissed her forehead while she played with his fingers as she thought of a way to improve her slapshot.
"Stop thinking so hard." Luke whispered. She looked up at him and smiled slightly. She leaned onto his shoulder as he rested his head on her hair.
They threw on Happy Gilmore after deciding to go over plays tomorrow. Luke whispered a soft 'love you' in the girls ear as she smiled.
After all the years those two women waited, they watched from the sidelines. Ellen looked up towards the sky and smiled.
"Cheers Nicky." She whispered softly at the clouds above as she sipped her wine.
Even if only one of the women were there, they still waited all those years and it worked in their favor.
***
Bit of an emo ending. But who made it all the way to the end?
Also, how would y'all feel if I wrote some imagines about women too, like Sarah Nurse because she's hot.
I'm going to write a part 2 for the Summer Time imagine, which the idea was requested by Adoredbyluv.
I also wrote this like way faster than I expected. Hope y'all liked it and I think I'll have to edit a few things.
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