Quinn Hughes Imagines

Author: liljizzy86 on Tumblr!

Summary: Quinn is exhausted and his girl knows it better than anyone.

Warnings: Angst, sad Quinn, like really sad Quinn

Word Count: 1,4K

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The season is officially over.

In a way, Quinn feels alleviate, he can rest a bit now.

But at the same time he feels more stressed than ever.
He tried everything to make this season work, and as the captain all of the weight of not being able to get in the playoff ends in his back.

He feels like he is the only one to blame for the decline of performance on the team. Even if his girl, that was waiting for him at home right now, tries to remind him that hockey is a team sport, it is no one's fault, and even less Quinn's fault.

He tries to keep that in mind, tries to calm himself down, but that is difficult when he is in front of all these journalists that as they do his job, they seem to remind him of his worries.

It is his fault.

The Canucks are not in the playoffs and it is his fault.

I only want to go home

When he is finally free from the media, he is working in automatic.

No celebrating.

He can't even remember saying 'goodbye' to the team or the staff.

Quinn only knows that he changed his clothes, going to his car and driving home. Not because he remembers doing it, but because he can actively see it done, as he seats in the driver's seat of his car, breathing, practicing the smile he is gonna sport as soon as he opens the apartment door and sees his girlfriend.

And that's what he does.

Exactly what he expects to happen, does.

His efforts to fake a wellness that he doesn't feel were as useless as he knew were gonna be. As soon as the girl on the couch saw his face, she immediately knew that something was wrong and what was wrong.

She knew her boyfriend like the palm of her hand.

As soon as the sound of the door was heard, she was off the couch and rushing to hug him.

Of course she knew that he was sad, depressed even, but she never expected for it to be so...visible?

Since they started dating, 3 years ago, Quinn would always hide his emotions, not because he was afraid of seeming weak, but because he didn't want to worry her excessively. This relationship was his first that the girl actually cared for his well being, of his mental wellness.
This girl was the first that would cuddle with him and let him vent, and worry about it.