I definitely thought you were going to get real cruel there for a second.BUT YES. Bob being the voice of calm, collected reason while Jack is getting off the ice, wrapping a large arm around Bitty and pulling him into the car, driving them to the hospital, only to break down the second he gets to the waiting room. Bitty ends up comforting his boyfriend’s dad, but let’s be honest, Bitty in a crisis? Just a mess of tears. And then everyone else shows up in the waiting room it’s just a bunch of hockey players sitting in a messy huddle around Bitty and Bob. AND THEN THE REPORTER POPS IN, DETERMINED TO BE THE FIRST TO REPORT JACK’S STATUS (I mean, people probably thought Jack was dying. Jugular cuts? Hockey is metal af). AND HE POSTS THE PICTURE ON TWITTER. The infamous Bad Bob Zimmermann comforting and crying with strange tiny blond boy?? And you know George is totally on top of this PR hot mess express, so as soon as Bitty and Bob have sufficiently been reassured that Jack was going to make it, he was going to live, she asks him how he wants to respond to the photo on twitter that had exploded in hockey circles. Jack smiles as much as he could with all of the medical tubes and stitches. The Falconers’ official twitter posts a picture (taken by George) to reassure fans that Jack is fine and not, in fact, dying. It’s Jack in a hospital bed, with Bitty smiling, eyes still damp and red from crying (at this point out of happiness), with the caption:
Thank you for all of the concern. I am doing better, and am under the careful care of my boyfriend, Eric. Hope to see you on the ice soon. -Jack Zimmermann
Shitty immediately saves the photo and passes it along to every member of the Samwell Men’s Hockey team and sneaks around the nurses that had denied anyone but family beyond the main doors to pop into the window into Jack’s window. He shoots his best friend a thumbs up, who was softly petting Bitty’s hair as he dozed (from exhaustion, probably) with his head on Jack’s bed. Then Jack tilts that soft little smile at Shitty and he is just soooo proud because that’s his best friend, and his other best friend.