Hockey Imagines 2 [On Hold]

Zach Werenski ~ CBJ

How to deal with a miserable yet angry Zach (590 words)

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Ever since he had to miss out on overtime due to his facial fracture (as they learned later); Zach was not in the brightest mood. He wasn't feeling resentful about the deflected Kessel shot; however, he did wish he could play again this post-season. The car ride between Y/N and Zach was filled with silence, not wanting to anger the other and to give each other some space. The sound of Harry Styles' new single quietly filled the small space as Y/N drove back to their shared apartment from the Nationwide Arena.

As soon as they got home, Y/N hurried into the apartment to get some pain relievers and a glass of water for Zach when he wanted to come inside. He told her that he wanted to stay back in the car for a few moments. Those moments turned into minutes, and eventually, it got to the half-hour mark when Y/N decided to go back out to the car with the pain relievers and glass of water in her hands.

"Zach?" He heard her muffled voice from the outside, making him look up from his phone. "Honey, we need to talk." She spoke as he pressed the button to bring the car window down.

"I-I don't feel like talking right now," Zach mumbled to himself as half of his face was in pain, due to not taking the medicine, "I'm fine."

"Zach, I know you're not fine." Y/N shook her head and looked into his green eyes. "Honey, please. I don't want you to suffer alone. I can't see you in pain."

"It's hard to talk about it, okay? I got hit in the face with a deflected shot!" Zach shook his head as he started to tear up, "How am I supposed to be okay?"

"Look at me, Zach," Y/N softly yelled at him as she pressed her hand against his good cheek. "You're feeling angry right now, and I get it. You have every right to be angry right now."

"I just didn't want my season to end like this..." Tears of pain and hidden feelings were streaming freely down his face.

Y/N concernedly looked at him as she played with his dark brown hair and gave him the medicine and glass of water, "I want you to take these and just come back inside."

Zach just simply nodded his head as he was thanking her before he took the medicine and drank some water afterward. "Ugh, I really needed it. My face has been bothering me to relieve the pain for the past hour I've been in here."

"You want to watch a few episodes of 'Friends' and order out a couple boxes of pizza?"

"I'd rather have a few pints of ice-cream right now," Zach exited the car and grabbed Y/N's hand, "and watch 'Friends' with my beautiful girlfriend." He smiled to his best ability and attempted to kiss her on the cheek. "I love you so much, Y/N."

"I love you too, Zach." Y/N smiled back at him as she kissed him back on the cheek. 

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Truly awful to see what happened to him in yesterday's game and I felt like the officiating could've been better... It was courageous of him to come back in the third period and persevere through the fracture, but having to skip overtime to assess the facial (orbital?) fracture... That would've been tough. Hope you enjoyed the imagine, have a GREAT rest of your day/night, and I'll see you later! Bye!

- Priya 😀