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1. finding you on the first page by 2pretty_2die for EveningShadows05

   Fandoms: Men's Hockey RPF  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings, No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   10 Feb 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Leon Draisaitl/Matthew Tkachuk
   • Leon Draisaitl
   • Matthew Tkachuk
   • Tkachuk Family (Hockey RPF)
   • Draisaitl Family (Hockey RPF)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Childhood Sweethearts
   • Childhood Friends to Lovers
   • Kid Fic
   • (as in they’re both kids at the start)
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Build
   • Friendship/Love
   • Creative License
   • Soft Hockey Boys
   • Fluff and Hurt/Comfort
   • Eventual Romance
   • Rating May Change
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added

   Summary

   The NHL comes to a pause in 2004 with the season long lockout, so some players scatter to other markets in order to continue playing hockey.

   Keith Tkachuks end up in Köln, Germany; as does the rest of the family.

   What results from that is Matthew and Leon meeting way before their first Battle of Alberta in 2016, and a friendship turned relationship that spans twenty-two years (and more) of their lives.

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