NHL Imagines

Dear True Love (Sidney Crosby x Reader)

"The distance, travelling back and forth between (town) and Pittsburgh..." You took a deep breath and shook your head.

Sidney swallowed. "What are you saying?"

"I'm saying that I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but this distance and the constant travelling back and forth is killing me." You said with tight lips.

"Then don't travel. Move to Pittsburgh, with me." He whispered, stepping closer to you.

"My job..." You started. "I love my job and what I do matters, if I can consider leaving that behind...then I have to know that this, us, isn't going to...that this is for real."

Sidney looked at you intensely before the words slipped from his lips. "Marry me."

"What?" You basically shouted.

Sidney nodded his head. "Marry me. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Marry me and move here and I don't know, we'll figure out the rest."

"Okay." You breathed and Sidney smiled brightly before crashing his lips to yours.

--

"Are you sure you want to do this?" You turned to ask Sidney in the car.

Sidney gave the biggest smile of his life. "I have never been more sure of anything in my life."

You smiled back at him and leaned forwards to press a kiss to his cheek before gathering your things and getting out of the car. You were wearing a blue dress (something blue) and inside your purse you had borrowed from your mother (something borrowed) you had one of Sidney's many pucks (something old) and a brand new roll of stick tape (something new). You were down to elope, but you weren't going to do so without the four things. Sid had his superstitions and you had yours.

Out of the car, Sid took your hand and the two of you walked into city hall.

--

"Do you want to say your own vows?" The judge asked you.

You looked at Sidney with wide eyes and he laughed, looking back at the judge. "No, we don't have anything prepared.

The judge nodded. "Rings?"

Sidney shook his head. "No, don't have those either."

The judge nodded and began the ceremony. "Do you, (Y/N), take this man to be your lawfully wedded husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do you part?"

You nodded with a smile. "I do."

"And do you, Sidney, take this woman to be your lawfully wedded wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and health, until death do you part?"

"I do." Sidney said happily.

"Then with the power invested in me by the state of Pennsylvania, I pronounce you man and wife. You may kiss the bride."

Sidney didn't have to be told twice. He pressed his lips to yours, bringing his hand up to cup your cheek. You smiled into the kiss and pulled back after a moment. "I love you."

"I love you, too, Mrs. Crosby." Sidney winked.

--

Since then, the two of you had gone ring shopping. You picked out your engagement ring and your wedding ring and helped Sidney pick out a wedding band that didn't look god awful. Sidney was a lot of things, but he did not have a good sense of style, and his crocs were a perfect example of that.

Sidney also told his teammates that the two of you got married, and, well, they were happy for him, for both of you, but they also gave him quite the look.

The two of you had been together for years and they all knew that the two of you would get married someday, but they were expecting a romantic proposal and a big white wedding, and there was neither. He didn't even have a ring.

They simply weren't going to stand for it, which was how "the plan" was started.

--

It was about two weeks later.

You were up in one of the suites of the PPG Paints arena to watch your husband's game. You always loved watching him play and seeing him play as his wife just made it better. Neither of you had moved out of the "newly wed" stage yet.

Sid's and Letang's line and Murray were all out on the blue line with the opposing team's players out on their blue line as the anthems were sung.

After the anthems, the lights would come back on and the players would get ready to start the game as the carpet, the singer and the colour guard all left the ice. But, that didn't happen. The singer and the colour guard did leave the ice, the lights stayed dark and no one moved from the blue line on either team.

Then the familiar sound of Dear True Love by Sleeping at Last filled the speakers of the arena and the jumbo screen started to play a side show of pictures and videos of you and Sidney. Watching it, you couldn't help but cry. It was beautiful.

The video ended by displaying "(Y/N) & Sidney" before the video faded away to Sidney's face. While you and everyone else was watching the video, Sidney had skated to the bench and got a microphone, leaving his helmet, gloves and stick at the bench while he was there. Sidney took a deep breath and smiled and you couldn't help but smile too.

"Two weeks ago I married the love of my life." Sidney said and the arena cheered, causing him to laugh. "I know, I know. But there was no wedding. I didn't even propose. There was no big romantic gesture or heartfelt speech or even a ring."

You couldn't help but laugh as the arena booed him. Sidney nodded. "I know, I know. When I told the team that we had gone down to city hall and gotten married, they weren't happy with me and I'll never forget what Geno said—"she deserved better"—and he's right. (Y/N), you are the love of my life, and you deserve better."

The arena cheered again and Sidney waited for them to calm down before speaking again. "My dad used to tell me that if I loved something to shout it from the mountain tops. Well, Pittsburgh doesn't have any mountains so broadcasting it over all of North America is going to have to work instead...(Y/N), I know that the future is going to be hard, that there are going to be moments when we hate each other, but I also know that I will love you more than I could ever hate you. And I know that my love for you is like the universe, ever expending. I can't imagine my life without you and I don't want to. I have three Stanley Cups and two Gold Medals and I would throw them all away for you. I want to spend the rest of my life with you. So..."

Sidney moved and the camera zoomed out to get him going down on one knee. "Will you marry me?"

You were smiling from ear to ear with tears in your eyes over the whole thing when someone tapped you on the shoulder. You looked over to see a woman handing you a microphone. You didn't know where she or the mic came from, but it didn't matter. You took the mic and looked over to see your face on the jumbo screen.

"Yes, of course you big dork." You said and the arena cheered.

The guys on both benches banged their sticks against the boards and Sid's teammates on the ice patted him on the shoulder when he stood back up, a big smile on his face.

Thiswas going to be on the replays for years to come.