you're a bottled star

FLASH WARNING!!!!

― "Stratis Thalassinos Among the Agapanthi," George Seferis

i’ve been delaying this for so long because the mcstrome sprite is so strong. i kind of don’t even know where to start.

they’re the definition of doomed yaoi. devastating codependent homoerotic relationship during your prime teenage years. all of the “what ifs” surrounding yall. when your best friend becomes the goat on an international stage and you get forgotten in the background because a majority of critics label you as a “top 3 draft bust” & constantly compare you to your (now ex) bestie. mcstrome is childhood friends to bffs to lovers to exes to strangers …and it’s all heart breaking.

strome getting asked about mcdavid in the olympics is the equivalent to the willgabeleno joint 4th of july instagram post. or when minten still had pictures of him & bedard up in his childhood bedroom. mcstrome is that screenshot of “euphoria rue happy moments” that’s only 30 seconds long. mcstrome is everything and nothing because it’s so over.

i am in no shape or form a mcstrome archivist, but here are some pivotal posts (…TO ME, at least):

the draft , dylan liking an edit

playing chel , adventure course

this historic photo , first and last

picking each other , facetiming

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