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Unknown Number
Unknown: Hey, is this Cliff Marleau?
Marleau: Depends
Marleau: Who’s asking?
Unknown: Oh, I’m Daniel Åström
Unknown: I play for the San Jose Seals
Unknown Number renamed to Daniel Åström (SJ Seals)
Marleau: Yeah I’m Cliff Marleau
Marleau: What’s up?
Åström: How did you know Rozanov was bi?
Marleau: Is this about your captain? Gabriele D’Amore, right?
Åström: Yeah, it’s about him
Åström: He’s been acting weird since the season started
Marleau: You think it’s trouble with a guy?
Åström: I don’t know? He usually tells me everything and he’s not telling me anything about what’s going on and I’m worried about him.
Åström: He barely even talked to me during the summer
Marleau: Huh that’s weird
Marleau: And you think it might be about him being not straight?
Åström: He tells me everything usually
Åström: It’s just a possibility right now, but it’s the only one I can think of
Marleau: Give me a second
Help! My Captain is Gay!
The Cool One: Hey I’m gonna add someone in here if that’s chill
The Cool One: Its Daniel Astrom with the San Jose Seals
The Normal One: add him in
The Cool One added Daniel Åström (SJ Seals)
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Hey, I don’t know what this chat is about but I reached out to Marleau for help with stuff that’s going on with my captain
The Normal One: welcome!
The Normal One: I’m Carter Vaughn btw
The Normal One: but yeah while this is mainly a gossip chat we are also up for helping out people who are going through similar stuff to what we did with our caps lol
The Best Metro: Hey I’m J.J. Boiziau
The Best Metro: And yeah the amount of drama a closeted captain can cause is unreal
The Grill One: I’m Zane Boodram but call me Bood. But yeah whats going on with your captain? I think that Hollzy mentioned D’Amore’s playing not being as good this season.
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): It started end of last season, he just suddenly stopped talking to me almost completely. We barely talked over the summer and now that the season started back up its the same thing.
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I keep trying to talk to him about it but he keeps avoiding my questions or he’ll just look at me in this way and it’s so weird
The Cool One: Weird how?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Like it hurts him to even look at me
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t know what’s going on with him or what caused this but I’m worried about him
The Normal One: does he act like this around anyone else or just you?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): He’s acting normal around everyone else. It’s just me he’s weird with
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I’m worried that I did something but I don’t know what I could’ve done to hurt him
The Best Metro: When did this start?
The Best Metro: You said he stopped talking to you suddenly
The Best Metro: What happened leading up to that?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): One day we were just going out with the team to party at the end of the season and the next day he stops responding to my messages
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): It felt like a switch just flipped with him
The Normal One: huh
The Best Metro: What happened when you went out together?
The Best Metro: The night before he stopped talking what happened?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t know, we were drinking and having fun
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Don’t remember most of the night to be honest
The Normal One: are you sure you can’t remember anything?
The Normal One: have you asked the other people you were out with?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I have and none of them know what happened either
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Some of our friends have tried to confront him about it and he’s said nothing. He keeps dodging their questions
J.J. Boiziau
Vaughn: are you thinking what I’m thinking?
Boiziau: Oh absolutely
Boiziau: D’Amore is in love with Astrom
Boiziau: And something happened that night
Vaughn: we gotta figure out what
Vaughn: do you know anyone with D’Amore’s number?
Boiziau: I’ll ask around
Help! My Captain is Gay!
The Grill One: Are you sure nothing happened that night?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Something happened, I know that
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I just don’t know what happened
The Normal One: quick question
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Yeah?
The Normal One: you contacted Marley cause you thought that it could have something to do with him not being straight
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Yeah, I did.
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): It was the only thing I could think of to explain it
The Normal One: are you gay?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals) is typing…
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals) is typing…
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals) is typing…
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t know?
The Normal One: okay so you are possibly not straight
The Normal One: do you think he might be not straight or are you hoping he might be?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t know
The Cool One: Do you think he’s homophobic in any way?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): God no, he’s not
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): His sister is bi and they’re so close
The Cool One: But do you think he’s not straight?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t know
The Normal One: this isn’t going to be a nice question for me to ask
The Normal One: but do you think you might’ve come onto him that night?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t know if I did
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I just don’t want him to hate me
The Normal One: the other part of that question is do you think he might’ve come onto you?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): But then why would he push me away?
The Cool One: You don’t remember that night
The Cool One: It might be easier for him to pretend whatever happened never happened than to admit his feelings
The Normal One: you two are really close he probably doesn’t want to damage your friendship
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I just want him to talk to me again
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I don’t care if its as friends or as whatever
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): I just want him back
Gabriel D’Amore (hopefully)
Boiziau: Hey this is J.J. Boiziau from the metros
Boiziau: Is this Gabriel D’Amore?
D’Amore: Yes it is
D’Amore: Why are you texting me
Boiziau: God this is gonna be difficult to explain
D’Amore: ?
Boiziau: So, me and some friends have this group chat (we mainly use it to gossip)
Boiziau: But also since all of us at one point or another have played with a queer captain we get people reaching out to ask us about stuff
D’Amore: Oh.
Boiziau: And Marleau got reached out to by Daniel Astrom
D’Amore: What did he say
Boiziau: A lot of stuff
Boiziau: But overall it sums up to that he misses you and doesn’t understand why you aren’t speaking to him
Boiziau: Also some other stuff that I think you should hear from him
Boiziau: He misses you, he’s heartbroken that you’re not talking to him
Boiziau: You need to talk to him about what happened
D’Amore: It’s just easier if I don’t
Boiziau: Is it?
Boiziau: Is it really easier to break your own heart and the heart of your closest friend than to admit what happened and what you feel for him?
Boiziau: Is it really easier to suffer by your own hand and burn bridges than it is to open up and just talk to him?
Boiziau: It’s not going to be an easy conversation
Boiziau: But it is one you need to have
Boiziau: Now.
D’Amore: Understood
Help! My Captain is Gay!
The Best Metro: Okay, problem solved
The Best Metro: Hopefully
The Cool One: What?
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): What do you mean?
The Best Metro: You’ll see what I mean soon
The Best Metro: And if you don’t then I need to yell at him some more
The Cool One: ?????
The Normal One: you got D’Amore’s number?
The Best Metro: Took me fucking forever but I did
The Grill One: So what happened?
The Best Metro: Don’t know
The Best Metro: I didn’t ask him
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): He’s calling me
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): What do I do? What should I say?
The Best Metro: Answer him
The Best Metro: And just say the truth
The Best Metro: I think both of you want the same thing
The Cool One: Where the hell did you learn to do shit like this?
The Best Metro: Eh
The Best Metro: Learnt from things that happened in my own life
The Grill One: Oh shit, secret JJ lore?
The Best Metro: Nah you’re not getting that yet
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals): Thank you.
Daniel Åström (SJ Seals) has left the conversation
The Wife Guy: Sorry I was busy, what happened?
The Cool One: JJ has secret lore he’s not telling us
The Cool One: Also we might have a second couple in hockey soon
The Wife Guy: What.
J.J. Boiziau
Vaughn: when are you going to tell him?
Boiziau: Fuck off
Vaughn: i mean you might be playing with him soon
Vaughn: you’ve got to tell him at some point
Boiziau: I know
Vaughn: idk what you said to D’Amore but whatever you said worked
Vaughn: maybe you need to be saying that to yourself too