#answering asks

Yo, crazy timing when I finished this 😭

man the last bit of this takes me by surprise every single time i read it. you're right though.

AU masterpost!

But in a very genuine way, I do think that them divorcing is the only state of their relationship I would ever find interesting: Oh, you're divorcing the guy you've had a relationship with for six months who you moved into your house and proposed a serious committed relationship with after you had sex with him once even tho you were literally out to nobody in your life and you have a career where being outed would be a Huge Fucking Deal™ so even though this is your serious long term partner, you literally can't do anything with him in public or meet his friends or his loving father so he essentially has to stay in your apartment that you own like a housecat, so eventually you end up being given an ultimatum where obviously this person as an out and proud gay man with a strong support system isn't willing to compromise their identity and crouch back inside the closet to be your dirty little secret so he asks you to be out amongst his friends/family or else you can't be together, so you break up because being out to you isn't just a personal choice but a deeply professional one and at this point with your dead parents and small social circle comprised of work colleges your profession really is the only thing you have to distinguish your identity, but then you realise you are so terrified of being alone and not living as your authentic self that you do this huge insane romantic gesture on live TV that literally shakes the world, but Oh No!!! Being the first out gay man in the NHL comes with so much scrutiny and expectations to be the Perfect Gay Man so you have to set an example for All Gay People in sports, when feeling scrutinised and not wanting to bear the burden of feeling like you have to put a mask on to be perfect all the time was the very thing you were trying to escape by Living Your Truth, so the pressure for your relationship to be Perfect combined with the slowly festering resentment at each other that you both can't express that this all wouldn't be happening if you didn't implode your life as you knew it for this person ends up tearing it up from within,,, you're telling me these people are getting a divorce? Shocker,,,,

ice cream date :)