#editleon

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“I could recognize him by touch alone, by smell; I would know him blind, by the way his breaths came and his feet struck the earth. I would know him in death, at the end of the world.” ― Madeline Miller, The Song of Achilles

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my beautiful dead wife ✩ photo credit @shanphotomaker

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general dynamics by @demotu ✩ fic cover by me

He watches, tense, as Leon fills in the date and then flips back through to sign both copies. Connor already pre-signed everything even though his lawyer hates it when he does that, so once Leon’s done that’s it, Connor’s contracted a professional dom. Signed himself over to be put down or whatever, in the stupid hope that it’s going to be different this time.

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let me tell you that i love you, that i think about you all the time

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I would know him blind by the way his breaths came and how his feet struck the earth. / Of course I want him here forever / He’s the heart of this team.

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FIGHT NIGHT ✩ Connor McDavid defends his teammate Leon Draisaitl against Justin Hryckowian.

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ahead by a century ✩ a connor/leon fic by @demotu

-> magazine design by me - check out the high-res version on ao3

He’s smiling, a little wry, aware of the cliché but willing to commit to it anyway. Still, McDavid only looks at Draisaitl when he says it. “It’s a love story.” — Sloane Kim, Not Another Sports Story: Hockey Superstars Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl on Finding Each Other Off The Ice, GQ, July 2026

one of my favourite mcdrai fics by one of my favourite authors! i just knew when i read dem's work that i had to mockup the amazing article she included as a way to set up the story. if you haven't already, please give it a read. new chapters come out every week, it's an amazing fic ✩

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it's day one for the edmonton oilers in the stanley cup playoffs