nhl one-shots | completed

xxx | robert bortuzzo

out of shape | for zuccfromnorwegia

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"Lottie, baby, I don't know what you're so worried about," Rob spoke softly, looking somewhat sadly over to his girlfriend. She kept her head down, not meeting his gaze. "You will be fine. The other wives and girlfriends will love you."

"I am in no shape to be skating with them," Lottie argued softly. "Just look at me."

Rob hated seeing his girlfriend like this. Lottie had never been very confident in herself, as much as she tried to hide it. Rob didn't really understand it. Even without makeup, Rob thought she was the most beautiful girl in the world. She didn't need to compare herself to other girls because he thought she was drop dead gorgeous and that was all that mattered.

Sadly, she didn't think that that was the case.

For about a week, Rob and been trying to convince Lottie to play some simple pick up hockey with the wives and girlfriends of his Blues teammates. However, Lottie always seemed to back away at the thought. Sure, she hadn't skated in a while, but Rob figured that wouldn't be an issue. Truthfully, he didn't really understand why she was so against it, but he tried to be sympathetic anyway.

"Lottie, I know you'll be fine. You don't need to compare yourself to the other girls," Rob told her. "However, if you really want, I think I can help you out." Lottie looked up at Rob, silently urging him to go on. "I know you've never been a gym person, but if you want, we can go. If you hate it, we'll never have to go again."

Lottie stayed quiet for a moment. He was right-- she'd always hated the gym. She figured that one visit wouldn't hurt, though.

"Yeah, sure," she agreed. "That doesn't sound too bad."

Rob smiled. "Great."

A couple of days later, Rob and Lottie made their way to the local gym, which Rob had had a membership to for a while. Lottie felt slightly uncomfortable in the new environment, but she knew that Rob would be right there next to her if things went south.

Lottie felt increasingly lucky to have Rob in her life. He was nothing but a positive influence on her, and she often asked herself what she had done so right to deserve him. He was a gift, truthfully.

Once Rob had checked in, he instructed Lottie to stretch a bit before they began. This didn't take long, and it wasn't much of a hassle for Lottie. She had always been pretty flexible.

Lottie was through her first quarter mile on the treadmill when she heard someone call, "Lookin' good, sweetheart!" At first, it startled her. The voice was close enough to have been directed at her, and she feared that it was some creep trying to get in her pants. However, when she looked over, she found Rob was grinning ear to ear. She laughed, knowing she had found the culprit. If someone else had said that, Lottie was sure Rob wouldn't have been too keen on it.

Comments like this continued throughout the almost hour the couple was there. She had laughed the first couple times, but just shook her had or rolled her eyes for the others.

It wasn't until a blonde haired girl walked up to her that she realized how others might perceive the situation. To her, it was just her boyfriend joking around. To others, however, it might have looked like something a bit more serious.

"Ready to go?" the girl asked, clearly pretending to be Lottie's friend in an attempt to protect Lottie from who the girl thought was some creep.

Lottie just blinked, not understanding what she was talking about. She had never seen this girl before, and she certainly hadn't come here with her. When she realized what was going on, she laughed, which made the girl look incredibly confused.

"Don't worry, that's my boyfriend," Lottie informed. "He's annoying sometimes."

"Oh, I'm so sorry!" the girl apologized. "I thought he was harassing your something."

"No worries! It was a good thing to do, I appreciate it, actually," Lottie told her, looking over at Rob, who grinned and waved. Lottie just shook her head. What a dork.

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i saw a tweet about this a while ago and i had to

06.29.18