Bless Your Heart, Kent Parson (8076 words) by melannen
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eric Bittle/Jack Zimmermann, Past Kent Parson/Jack Zimmermann - Relationship
Characters: Eric "Dicky" Bittle, Jack Zimmermann, Coach Bittle, Suzanne Bittle, Kent "Parse" Parson
Additional Tags: Fourth of July, Meet the Family, Closeted Character, Coming Out, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Transphobia, the period is USA 2015
Summary:
ETA: Updated the link, since I'm on my laptop now.
I'm on my phone so the share function on AO3 is an exercise in frustration, but this is a really lovely story. It's Jack at Bitty's parents place for a family BBQ, but what is really lovely is the way the author captures cultural differences and really understands the concept of outness. (As![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
thefourthvine once said, it's a process. It's not a one-off drama and done, it's over and over in different situations and different people.)
It's quiet and thoughtful and real. And a really satisfying read.
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Eric Bittle/Jack Zimmermann, Past Kent Parson/Jack Zimmermann - Relationship
Characters: Eric "Dicky" Bittle, Jack Zimmermann, Coach Bittle, Suzanne Bittle, Kent "Parse" Parson
Additional Tags: Fourth of July, Meet the Family, Closeted Character, Coming Out, Period-Typical Homophobia, Period-Typical Transphobia, the period is USA 2015
Summary:
Kenny's name had been coming up a lot. Partly because these days, it was hard to talk about the NHL without talking about Kent Parson. Partly because before Samwell, Jack's experience of an American Independence Day had always included a birthday party for Kenny. Partly because - well, because being in Madison with Bitty was. Well. Strange and uncomfortable, in a lot of ways, this week of all weeks, that maybe had Jack worrying at those old frayed ends more than usual.
ETA: Updated the link, since I'm on my laptop now.
I'm on my phone so the share function on AO3 is an exercise in frustration, but this is a really lovely story. It's Jack at Bitty's parents place for a family BBQ, but what is really lovely is the way the author captures cultural differences and really understands the concept of outness. (As
thefourthvine once said, it's a process. It's not a one-off drama and done, it's over and over in different situations and different people.)It's quiet and thoughtful and real. And a really satisfying read.
