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Sid and Geno had been a couple since Geno’s rookie year of the NHL, hiding their relationship under the teams noses by sneaking quick kisses after everyone else had left the locker room and doing ‘more’ when the team simply thought Geno was just going round to Sid’s house to hang out. Geno had never cared about the thought of people knowing about them, he loves Sidney too much to want to hide it, however 19 years into their relationship and he still hides it anyways as he knows how anxious Sid get when someone sees them even sitting too close, the thought of anyone knowing besides ben (who accidentally found out through a very drunk Geno at a team dinner) and tanger (the only person Sid ever trusted to tell) makes Sid feel physically nauseous.
Geno has never minded hiding, he would do absolutely anything if it meant it kept his Sid happy, however there are times where he wishes he and Sid could just be a couple infront of the team without having to be cautious of every touch on his boyfriend.
They are on the bus on their way to Philly for their last game against the flyers before the playoffs start, Sid dreading playing that stupid team already. Sid checks his phone. ‘3:32 am’, Sid sighs. Geno is asleep next to Sid with his warm hand on Sid’s thigh, hidden underneath about 3 hoodies so no one can see, most of the team are asleep anyways or too focused on watching random stuff on their phones. After 10 minutes of Geno being asleep next to Sid with no distractions, Tanger suddenly turns around looks over his seat to face Sid, it startles Sid a bit before he realises it’s just Tanger.
“Dude you terrified me” Sid whispers to Tanger
“Sorry” Tanger says, glancing down at Sid’s lap, completely ignoring the fact that he 100% knows where Genos hand is under them hoodies. “but have you seen?”
“seen what? I haven’t been on my phone.”
“massive snow storm a few miles up, roads might be closed, could delay us a lot”
“oh for fucks sa-”
“mmmm” ,Sid and tanger both turn their heads to Geno who is stirring from all the whispering around him and Sid can feel genos thumb start to rub the inside of Sid’s thigh underneath the hoodies, it makes Sid’s face heat up a little but he tries his best to ignore that.
“wha- happen?” Genos asks, accent thick from tiredness.
“snow storm, probably going to delay us” Sid tells his boyfriend
Just as Geno is about to reply, the bus comes to a stop and the lights turn on, multiple players waking up and groaning from the loss of darkness
“Hey! Why have we stopped!” Someone from the back shouts down the bus.
”If we carry on going and get caught in the storm on the highway it’s going to be very dangerous, it’s best if we stop here and wait it out” Coach tells everyone after a quick exchange with the driver. “There’s a small 24 hour diner we can wait it out in, get some food and chill until it’s over, I’ve already phoned the place and told them we are coming” He adds.
A few people groan about having to get up but the majority of the team are fine with it, thankful that they can get an extra food stop in.
As they are stepping off the bus, Sid takes notice of Ben. Bens always been quiet and pretty sensitive since joining the team, which is good for Sid as he knows that Ben won’t go telling everyone what geno accidentally spilled to him at that team dinner. He gets overwhelmed easily and there has been a couple times Sid and geno have spent a while (usually before a big game or when team dinner just gets too loud) trying to calm the rookie down when he gets like that, so by habit, Sid always keeps an eye on him.