NHL imagines

Chris Krieder-NYR

*Y/n's pov*
Being the only woman in the NHL is very hard. I got hate all of the time, I just don't get why they do that to people.

I was sitting in my apartment crying because of all of the comments I was getting from the fans.

"She shouldn't be allowed to play in the NHL because she's a woman." "She doesn't have any skill." "She hasn't even scored her first goal yet, how could she possibly be good?"

People were so mean, I decided to turn off my phone and take a shower. I finished my shower and changed into something comfortable.

I saw looked into the mirror and said "the fans are right, I don't know why I'm in the NHL." I left the bathroom and went to go take a nap.

I woke up an hour later to a text from my best friend Chris Kreider. He said "y/n! Where are you the game starts in a few hours but coach wants us here now."

I responded with "I need to take a mental health day, my anxiety is killing me right now and I just need the rest."

He said "okay, do you want me to talk to the coach about it? Or do you just want to wait and talk to him about it?"

I said "Never mind, I'm coming to practice tonight. I'll be there in about twenty minutes." I sent the message and got ready to go, I headed to the arena and walked into the arena.

Chris saw me and said "Y/n you made it! I missed you, come on your my practice partner." He took my hand and we headed to the ice to practice.

He was always so positive when it came to hockey. Practice was over and I headed back to my apartment, I laid in bed and said "I'm going to get a lot of hate tonight."

It was time for the game and I headed to the arena for the game. I got there and put my skates on and put my stuff into my locker.

I talked to Chris and he said "what's bothering you y/n/n? If you don't want to talk now you can always do it later." I said "Chris I'm fine, don't worry about it."

He knew that I wasn't fine. I carried on with the night and I ended up scoring the first goal of the game.

I skated down the bench and high fives everyone. Every single fan booed me, I hated that because the team knew what was wrong with me now.

I was just happy that I scored a goal in the first period, I never really got on the board early whenever I played. I just wanted the mental health day that I needed.

I'm just drained,from school, from work and everything else that is going on. I needed to cry but I couldn't do it front of everyone, I held my tears back.

Chris said "y/n you look like you're going to cry." I said "I need to cry, I had a bad day and my anxiety is acting up. I wanted to take a mental health day so I could control it."

He frowned and said "hey when you get home, cry and then go to sleep because it looks like you need it."

I said "thanks for the advice but that's what I was gonna do anyway." We chuckled and locked eyes for a while, we got ready for the second period and took the ice.

The game finished and we won 5-0,I packed my all my stuff into my bag and left the facility. I made it home safely and went into the house.

I sat on the couch and cried. Then I eventually fell asleep on the couch, I woke up to someone knocking on the door. I went to answer it and it was Chris.

I said "Chris it's three o clock in the morning, what do you want?" He said "I came to check on you because you left the facility before the post game speech and I was worried."

I said "that's sweet, now can I go back to sleep you kinda woke me up." He said "oh yeah sorry,uh do you want me to stay?" I said "yeah sure as long as you don't wake me up again."

I laid back down and fell asleep, I woke up the next morning to see Chris's arms around my waist. I blushed and said "Chris wake up, you need to get to practice."

He woke up and said "good morning to you too, y/n I need to tell you that I love you. Whenever I saw you about to cry I couldn't stand seeing you like that."

He kissed me and I kissed him back. I said "I love you too baby but go you're gonna be late to practice." He left and I was just happy for him to be my boyfriend.
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