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an open letter to the boy i sat next to in junior high art class

youre missing a tooth, closer to the side of your mouth than the front. said you lost it playing hockey.

it was a first semester assignment. i did something red and blue with color pencils. you wrote in big letters with the soft drawing pencils, deep blue with the hardness embossed in gold like real artists used, probably. you pressed down hard enough that it carved dents into the paper.

you tried to erase it. the lines didnt even smear.

i dont remember much about you (or much of those years, for the matter). not your name, the position you played, what you drew in art. you sat on my right. your face was round with boyhood, pink in the cheeks. i remember your voice. i dont remember anything you said.

i only saw you in passing the years after.

when i still had hopes in my higher education, the nearest universitys mens ice hockey team didnt show up for the open house. their table was empty, sandwiched between other athletics. they had biking, helmet mounted like a skull.

you probably went far. the kids in sports always go far.

i watch prospects drop their gloves in grainy video. when you throw enough punches, the bones in your fist mold to the shape of it. theyre just kids.

the track team runs in the summer. its a locked car hot out there. the girl that sat in front of me complained that she was tired. she didnt ask me for advice i dont follow. just kids.

the newest draft class was born in 2006. the newest class of our junior high was born in 2014. kids.

how did you lose your tooth?

i looked up your name on the wikipedia page your draft year. it returned no matches.

i hope you made it.

i hope you didnt.

Chapters: 1/? Fandom: Men’s Hockey RPF Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Quinn Hughes/Brady Tkachuk, Background Jack Hughes/Nico Hischier, Minor or Background Relationship(s) Characters: Quinn Hughes, Brady Tkachuk, Jack Hughes, Luke Hughes, Nico Hischier, Elias Pettersson (b. 1998), Matthew Tkachuk Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Werewolf, Asexual Character, ace!Quinn, alloromantic!Quinn, Soul Bond, asexual bonds, Pining, Getting Together, Angst with a Happy Ending, Cuddling & Snuggling Series: Part 14 of Wolfverse Summary:

The first time Quinn’s mom gives him a sex talk, it’s about how not to bond with someone.

good morning, i just had a dream that ended with cody ceci discussing his? her? strap preferences, so i’m blaming you

i could die having done nothing for this world but contributing to cody ceci strap and i would die happy

it's beautiful. i've looked at this for 5 hours now.

—Trevor Zegras + Cole Caufield, IIHF World Championship, May 11, 2024

sui vs gbr | 15.05.24

Bayne also posting the framed pride jersey story does in fact have me in my feelings.

& I love that of all the stories Tys probably had about Sid (a guy he's played for Canada with, who was a groomsman at his wedding) he chose that one. like it obviously doesn't change the structural problems embedded in the league and the sport all the way down, but it's such a tangible way to show Bayne he belongs in hockey, too.

we were fucking robbed

wpg@dal 2024.02.29