The first thing Dan says to him is, "we're in the NHL!", because that's how he's been greeting anyone wearing a jersey, and Marc Lapointe, 'the future of the franchise', is wearing Dan's colours.
"I think you're my new best friend," Dan says, his excitement beating out common sense, social filters, the need to play it cool.
"It is nice to meet you, new best friend," Marc says, his mouth twitching.
In hindsight, Dan probably falls in love with him in that moment, Marc laughing at him and with him all at once, but it takes a little while to figure that out.
Autorentext
Taylor Fitzpatrick was born in Toronto, Ontario. She declared to her mother at the age of three that she was going to grow up to be an author/illustrator. The illustration thing didn't really pan out. She is an avid hockey fan, though to her brother's eternal consternation she did not become one until after he stopped playing competitively. She has a Honours degree in English Literature from the University of Toronto. She currently lives and works in Ottawa, Ontario.