#mcdrai on the bench

[leondraisaitlsglove]

└  Oilers vs Wild | Dec1st 2022

#Edmonton Oilers #Connor Mcdavid #Leon Draisaitl #Mcdrai #22/23 #mcdrai on the bench

[oliviabelova]

MCDRAI BENCH GIGGLES

#oilers lb

[linskywords]

For the record, this (new) anon would be delighted by McDrai as well as MattDrai! The absurd amount of love Leon has for Connor that's visible from space! The way Connor is clearly stuck to Leon like velcro! And the historic power play of last year, followed by the misery of the way this year started, when they were sharing exhausted thigh taps on the bench! 🥰

Yessss so glad there's some McDrai excitement out there!! I tend to be pretty flexible with how I ship Connor (McStrome is so fun, too), but he and Leon really make a ton of sense. Gotta get those boys a Cup one of these years 😭

#mcdrai #hockey rpf

[annieqattheperipheral]

Wait wait look at mcdrai on the bench

Drai kinda grinning looking up at the replay of their play and his shot. And connie flirty slapping him on the thigh without a grimace

Oh. Ohhh aho just scored on their boys.

#oilers lb #mcdrai #connor mcdavid #leon draisaitl #edmonton oilers

[stuart-skinner]

Girls Gossiping on the Bench

McDrai | Round 1 : Game 6 | May 12th, 202

#leon draisaitl #connor mcdavid #edmonton oilers #oilers #nhl #hockey #the fact that connor scored a goal like a minute after this #is it a coincidence? #I think not #what are they talking about that's got connor acting like that #stuart-skinner gifs

[soyouwinagain]

For the WIP game: I have no idea what rewefic could even refer to so I'm humbly asking you for some enlightenment :dorime:

thank you!! <3

Rewe is one of the biggest German supermarket chains haha!! this is an extremely self-indulgent mcdrai office AU set in Germany where they go to Rewe on their lunch breaks???? being isolated and young and new in a big city, knowing like five people total, trying to figure out what being a grown-up is, eating döner in the middle of the night sitting on a park bench somewhere...

the huge problem with it is that I don't know how to not make it fully bilingual, because that sort of is the vibe. (and also which city and what kind of office to make it so it doesn't hit a little too close to home, if you know what I mean.) I just gotta start writing it at some point soon, that was the big plan for camp nano but then I got distracted...

WIP ask thing

#fic things #rewefic

[brandonsaad]

they haven’t sc*red again because mcdrai are sitting too far apart on the bench this is fact

#oilers lb

[tulakhord]

On his left, Leon muttered, “You’re supposed to be chirping him, not captaining him.” <<<< heyy I just remembered you'd posted this a while back and was wondering what happened to it? It seems a p interesting line and I do love Leon's vibes esp after (gestures at the whole mess of today) (no pressure! Just wondering and curioooous)

hi anon! i cannot believe you remembered this. 🥺 i’m verklempt. 

it is an excerpt from a mcdavid/tkachuk fic that is still very much in progress. it follows this season, but it has uhhh grown in scope because i keep getting handed narrative curveballs by reality. (aka: the flames being a clusterf*ck, the oilers being a clusterf*ck, ongoing tulakhord galaxy brain moments re: connor’s characterization, many percolating thoughts about the oilers leadership group i blame entirely on @ratcrimed, etc.) 

i have a weakness for pairing my romantic relationship subplots with one or more platonic relationship subplots, because i think they can inform each other in interesting ways. anyway, that’s happening with this fic, because it is (problematically) becoming a thesis on connor’s interior landscape. so leon becomes a part of that. he is very fun to write, which is a nice change from writing the depressing parts, many of which he is also there for.

i do want to write a mcdrai fic at some point. they’ve got such a fun narrative... it’s on the list. i have a doc of terrible ideas for a wide spread of pairings. i just unfortunately hate actually having to write. truly, what a miserable hobby. none of the words go together in the way one wants! 😂 

that specific line was originally from my fictional first battle of alberta, but then the real first battle of alberta was narratively rich, between connor having that very scary crash with marky and then he and leon playing those absurd shifts at the end. so the line may stay but i’ve had to shuffle my plan and plot around. and also figure out how to write hockey games compellingly. i have descended into purely self-indulgent experimentation to attempt to communicate the emotional edges. if i’m going to be wrecked by the parasocial construction of connor mcdavid, i will not be going down alone:

What are you going to do? What are you going to do, say no? What are going to do, stay on the bench, stay on the bench and watch your team tank? They’re already losing, you want to see them go down by five? You want to tell your team, your guys, your coach you can’t do it? You want to look your fans in the eye and say you can’t do it? What about yourself, don’t you have no self-respect? Get up. Get up, you goddamn coward, get the fuck up, get out there. You can do ten more seconds, can’t you? You can do anything for ten seconds, can’t you? Aren’t you supposed to be the best of all time? You think you deserve that? You think you don’t gotta earn that C, you think you get to wear that number without working for it? What’s a couple of minutes? What’s a couple more minutes? You think this is hard? It’s mental, it’s mental, it’s mental, go go GO—

#tulakhord answers asks #hockey #rpf courtesy tag #writing #what is a fanfic if not a miserable little pile of self-indulgent sentences #Anonymous

[eichscrocs]

Hey now, You’re an All-Star

January 11, 2019

@ edmontonoilers: YESSSS! ⭐️ #LetsGoOilers

@ edmontonoilers: Leon with some love for the fans after today's #NHLAllStar news! #LetsGoOilers

When Connor heard the news he was beyond thrilled, his 'liney' Leon was going to All Star too.

@ mcdavid97: All-Star bound with 29! 👊

Surely Connor had gone years previous, but none of them had included another one of his teammates, let alone the one he was dating. Connor liked to keep his life private for the most part, which included Leon too. Media was beginning to become suspicious, but in all honesty neither boy seemed to really care that much anymore. It was going to be a first time for the both of them; Leons first all star, and Connors first all star with his boyfriend. Surely a big reason Leon got voted in was Connors endless support, and maybe for the fact Connor had his whole family (distant relatives included) voting multiple times daily for him, but Leon didn't need to know that.

The beginning of the 2019 season did start out a little rough, so the break would be good for the both of them (besides the fact Connor managed to get Chia fired, but that's besides the point). The Oilers organization had known about the two boys relationship, and everyone was so supportive, especially Nuge who had been the reason they got together in the first place. In the locker room it was even the on going joke, and Ryan was often referred to as 'Ryan Love Whisperer Hopkins'. Connor and Leon enjoyed any privacy they got so the organization was surprised when the two had told them that they wanted to let everyone know they were together, but a little more subtle since both boys were quite reserved.

January 24, 2019

@ edmontonoilers: The dynamic duo had officially arrived in San Jose! #NHLAllStar #LetsGoOilers

If Connor and Leon could agree on one thing it'd be the all star jerseys, they color black was extremely flattering, but they wouldn't be wearing those jerseys until tomorrow. After all today was the skills competition, they'd be sporting the classic orange Oilers jersey. Connor was the first of them to compete, to no one's surprise it was his third year in a row competing for the fastest skater title. Why? Because other than Dylan Larkin (who wasn't voted in) he truly was a speedster. Leon sat on the bench chilling and taking in his new surroundings. HI heart was so full and slightly filled with nerves of watching his boy get ready to skate. From how the event was beginning to unfold his only threat to steal the title from him was Jack Eichel. Seeing Connor on the ice made his little heart flutter.

Connor had taken off just like that and Leon instantly zone in to watching him skate his lap. His skate was over just as fast as it had started, and sure enough Connor took the three-peat. Leon stayed sat on the bench smiling even wider than before. Media ended up in his face and questioned him about Connors pace. Leon would be lying if he said he didn’t wish they were going to ask about their relationship. So he figured clue number two, drop a hint. So Leon turned to face the camera for all to view on instagram, his english flowing perfectly. “I had and idea that he’s pretty fast so, uhm ya know obviously last year I think he won it, so it was uh ya know I had my money on him.” Leon finished off saying while a slight smile arose on his face.

After Connors event both boys were able to relax for a little, as puck control was the next event. Connor shoved his way in the box to sit with the rest of the Pacific division boys, but more importantly next to Leon. “You did so well out there.” Leon said then bumped shoulders with him. Connor schooched closer to Leon (if that was even possible) and his body was pressed right against Leon from shoulders to skates. He rested his one hand on his knee while Leon decided to put his hand directly half on Connors and half on his own retrospective kneecap. Leon looked over at him again and smiled, then turned back to watch the event infront of him. Nobody seemed to ask about it; whether they didn’t care, couldn’t see it, or already knew (Leon doubted the third one though).

As it got closer to Leons turn for premier passing he got more anxious. He didn’t want to dissapoint himself, the fans that voted him in, and most importantly Connor. Leon had to leave his warm encounter with his boy to get ready to go. Connor stayed on the bench watching in awe at his boyfriend, the way Leon made the pucks into the minature nets with such little effort was really no surprise. Since Leon joined the Oilers organiztion he had been giving those types of passes to Connor. Even before McDrai happened they had sucah a remarkable chemistry. (Why was Connor now suddenly realizing that Ryan is super good at reading into love?). When Leons last puck went into the net, the time stopped and Leon looked over and started skating back towards the bench where Connor was. Leon didn’t look at what his time was, but he knew it had to be good when he saw Connor smiling and clapping his mitts together for him. Finally Leon’s competition had ended too, and he managed to stay on top, claiming the win. The closer he got to Connor the happier he was. Connor was sitting looking sky chewing his gum, not to forget the fact he was checking Leon out from head to toe. That all star champ was his. For the remainder of the competition boys the boys were just fooling around with each other. Both had adrenaline running high from their wins. The start of this weekend was a good one, and eventually they hit the locker room to suit back up for media.

Connor had anticipated questions about the Oilers and his captaincy, but his personal favorite was when someone had asked about Leons performance. “That was awesome! That was an event that was tough. Really really tough and Leon I know was a little bit nervous.” Connor began to answer. Since he had heard from Leon still nobody had realized they were an item, he knew he’d have a little fun hyping Leon up. “I ket saying you’re one of the best passers in the game you could easily do it. And he proved that tonight.” Connor said lovingly about his teammate and boyfriend (which the media still couldn’t seem to pick up, which was surprising).

Finally day one was in the books and both began to head to the hotel to rest for the night. Although they’d be staying in the same room together, a king size bed all theirs. After all they were both hockey boys who needed enough space for cuddles. Connor’s room was rendered useless, they’d be using Leon’s room instead. Not that it mattered too much anyways, Connor had the salary to make useless purchases like his hotel room that would remain empty all three days in San Jose. Both boys began to take off their suits and put them on hangers. Even with salaries like they have, both Leon and Connor hated spending so much time finding a suit they liked, only for it to cost more than they ever would have typically spent (it was a suit, why must they cost so much?). No way were they going to ruin them only to go through suit hell once again. Leon was the first to get changed out of his suit, and he head to the luggage to find some clothes for bed. Leon put on some plaid pj pants with pockets, along with an old oilers shirt (which wasn’t his). He had taken a seat while Connor was still getting ready for bed. Connor put on Oilers pj pants that Leon orginally got for him as a gag gift, but no surprise Connor loved them so much. Paired with his Oilers pants was one of Leon’s shirts. Leon looked up from his phone and saw Connor looking adoarble, his hair still looking freshly cut.

In fact Leon was the actual reason his hiar was cut in the first place, and it wasn’t because Leon liked it short, hed just told Connor it’d be funny to see media have a hay day. And anyways Connor loves seeing Leon laugh, so his answer was obvious, he had to do it. He took a seat right on top of Leon crushing him, and laughing as Leon went wide eyed and stuttered out “Oh well hello to you too” while lightly laughing. “What are you looking at?” Connor asked as Leon was looking down on his phone. “Figuring out which picture of us to put on insta.” he replied while turning his phone to Connor to look at the pictures. Leon continued to swipe through the photos until Connor pointed out a good one. “Post that one” Connor suggested. Despite Connor hardly posting on his accounts he knew when a picture was good, and that was definitely it. Leo opened Instagram and selected the picture Connor suggested. “Should I add a filter?” Leon asked seriously. Connor thought the photo was fine as it was, but the temptation was way too high. Leon had seen a yellow tinted filter, “Con! This filter would look sick!” Leon said while showing Connor the result. To Leon’s dismay he was given the ‘are you actually joking me right now?’ look. “I think it looks good, especially you so I’m posting it.” Leon told Connor. Connor put his hands up as to say ‘I’m not stopping you’. “Oh I have the perfect caption too!” He said excitedly as he began to type it out. It was the best usage of 27 letters in his life, all for one small post.

@ drat_29: Great day at the skills comp with @ mcdavid97

“Alright it’s posted” he said to Connor as he locked his phone and placed it on the nightstand. Both boys then opened the bed to go to sleep for the next days fun games. Of course they couldn’t go to bed without Connor claiming his little spoon position. “Ich liebe dich.” Leon mumbled to Connor as he drifted to sleep holding the one he loved the most in his arms.

#edmonton oilers #connor mcdavid #leon draisaitl #all star weekend #the formating is weird?? #mcdrai #oilers #mine #also this is posted for a specific follower???

[leondraisaitlsglove]

└  Oilers vs Devils | Nov 21st 2022

#Mcdrai #Edmonton Oilers #Connor Mcdavid #Leon Draisaitl #ryan nugent hopkins #Mattis Janmark #22/22 #mcdrai on the bench

[leondraisaitlsglove]

└  Oilers vs Panthers | Nov 28th 2022

#Edmonton Oilers #Oilers #Connor McDavid #Leon Draisaitl #Mcdrai #mcdrai on the bench #22/23

[leondraisaitlsglove]

└  Oilers vs Canes | Nov 10th 2022

#Edmonton Oilers #Connor Mcdavid #Leon Draisaitl #mcdrai #22/23 #Oilers #Hockey #NHl #taps #mcdrai on the bench #smiles #ignoring the final score #happy mcdrai

[leondraisaitlsglove]

Edmonton Oilers @ Los Angeles Kings | Game 6 — May 13th 2022

#Edmonton Oilers #Connor Mcdavid #Leon Draisaitl #winter 21/22 #mcdrai on the bench #playoffs 22

[leondraisaitlsglove]

└  Oilers vs Habs | Feb 12 2023

#Edmonton oilers #Connor Mcdavid #Leon Draisaitl #Mcdrai #hockey #nhl #22/23 #on the bench

[leondraisaitlsglove]

└ Oilers vs Islanders / Feb 11 2022

#Edmonton Oilers #Oilers #Connor Mcdavid #Leon Draisaitl #Mcdrai #21/22 #mcdrai on the bench #happy mcdrai

[leondraisaitlsglove]

That mcdrai hug at the end of the game was life affirming but also when Connor wrapped his arm around leon on the bench after the go ahead goal I wanted to scream. Like I'm angry that the broadcast didn't zoom in on it, but at the same time I think a close up of Connor looking proud and happy while clutching Leon would have killed me.

WHOA WHOA okay so I didn't watch the game on tv cause I was at rogers but

h myo god???

#yeah it wouldve killed me to to have a close up of this #anonymous #mcdrai asks #mcdrai on the bench #21/22 #mcdrai