Welcome to Hickstead, home to both Seven Oak Stables, and Blue Acre - two rival stables. Both offer opportunities for their clients to reach the highest level of excellence. Each stable differs from the other, so choose wisely and never forget, loyalty is everything... Meanwhile as the stables battle it out, there's trouble brewing at the university. Be careful, if you don't pick a side you may get caught in the cross-fire...
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A chuckle escaped Leon at her words, "True. You are my girlfriend." Besides, she knew what to look for. Height. Built. That sometimes awkward slouch. It's not they hadn't lived with each other before, "I did. Got off the plane in the suit, did the swagger walk to the terminal, and then I ducked away to change. No one's hassled me, but now my time is with you, not the fans." And Leon liked to think that when he was in obvious civilian clothes, that made it clear that his time was his. That didn't mean that the man didn't love his fans, he appreciated them, but Leon also liked respected boundaries, and time with Cassie was one of them.
Her question about Connor couldn't help but to prompt a smile, "He did - but I got back at him. I'm sure he'll prod me again at some point, but that doesn't matter right now." Hazel eyes looked over his girlfriend now, even after her long flight, she somehow still looked beautiful, "Hope Heathrow didn't batter you too much." That was one airport Leon always got grumpy with - mainly because of the sheer size and navigation of it. Hopefully his kiss made up for it, and honestly, it looked like it did as her face lit up like sunshine, "My bags and gear are taken care of - I'll help you with yours if you have any. Then we'll book it over to the airport and have some fun, yeah?"
He gently grabbed her hand now, her dainty hand fitting neatly into his large plams, and began to walk, "Was work able to deal with you coming out here given the school year isn't over?" And quite frankly, he was certain her barn never got any rest or breaks.
I'm addicted to the thrill, It's a dangerous love affair
It was kinda funny to Leon Jager that he was the one waiting at the airport, normally it was the other way around with him arriving and his long time girlfriend, Cassandra McLellan, was picking him up. But not today, as she was flying to Toronto to watch him in the All Star Games. He had already settled into the Maple City, having mapped out his plans outside of the games. While it was no foreign land to him, there tended to be just enough time in-between visits for the dust to settle and for Leon needing to reacquaint himself. He also forgot how fucking monstrous the arrivals section of Toronto Airport was, it felt like a city in itself even though it was simply a baggage terminal.
He knew it was miracle that they had managed to work out a time where both of their flights would arrive almost at the same time. Hopefully, she'd make it through customs fairly quickly. He already had his bags in tow, he had even ducked into a bathroom to change out of the suit and tie and traded for sweats, a hoodie, and a baseball cap. Leon knew it wasn't the greatest design, Canadians could spot a hockey player from a mile away, but it gave him some cover. The time for autographs and pictures were over, he just wanted to blend into the crowd and go unnoticed.
Apparently someone saw through it though, as he felt a tap on his shoulder. Leon braced himself, expecting the worst as he turned around and found himself pleasantly surprised, "Cassie," he said with a smile now, leaning in to greet her with a kiss on the lips, uncaring about if it was a show for strangers, before he pulled back, "I missed you as always. How did you see through my disguise?"
I'm addicted to the thrill, It's a dangerous love affair
Great. Let me know when your flight's book and I'll make sure you're taken care upon arrival. Who knows, maybe I can get away with meeting you at the airport.
Dwahs. Stop making me blush. The guys are making fun of me.
No fighting? Where's the fun in that on the ice? Well, I guess putting goals on the score board beats landing any punch to Calgary face.
HA! I think she will be there. Kinda hard to argue the idea of not going to sunny Florida. It's okay, I'll survive either way. One day I'll get a bro's date out of Connor.
You know, I've known that man for what, over ten years now, and he still makes me nervous. I don't know what it is. But I guess I'm safe since I will always make sure you're happy <3 The University in Hickstead has ice?! Well, you know, if you somehow need a guest appearance for your kids, I can make it happen
Dwahs. Don't tell anybody else that I'm sweet though. I got a reputation to upload. And great! Let me know what school says, I'll make sure to get you the 'i'm the girlfriend' tickets and access, Lebkuchen, if you can come. Otherwise, next stretch break, you and I have a date in Hickstead. Well, until a playoffs game. Then Edmonton it is.
Ouch, you wound me </3 Jk Jk The next time they throw a punch, I'll throw one back and dedicate it to you. I'm trying to be a gentleman currently, even if they are not.
Ehhhhh, I love Lauren and all, but it's nice to just solely have a guy's weekend. Practice and games don't count. And yes, not having you does make me feel like the awkward third wheel to their couple stuff.
Nah, I won't rat you out to your father. I am trying to win the boyfriend of the year award. Besides, I think floor hockey makes up for no hockey at all.
Jet lag is always worth it for you <3 Maybe you should come to the all-star game! Its in Flordia, so its bright and sunny compared to your English weather. Connor and I are both in, and against each other in accuracy shooting. So that will be fun. But if you can't come, I'll settle for a play off game since we'll make it in.
Shhhhhh. Being a softie is my secret with you. Can't be having Calgary figuring out I'm not one to be feared.
I'm trying to convince Connor we have to go to Newfoundland. I want to see those mountains. He seems currently unconvinced though. Probably has something to do with cellphone service and his lady friend.
Glad to hear that the kids are treating you well, or else, I'd have to come hover behind you during classes to make a point. But basketball? Really Lebkuchen? Isn't your father ashamed you're not teaching them hockey =P
Me? Oh, I'm fine. Missing you as always. I'm hoping for a break in the schedule so I can come see you, even if it is just twenty four hours. Coaches are pushing us hard. Everybody's got playoffs on the mind. I mean...I do too, but All Star Game first before I start worrying about playoffs.
Damn the semester. Although I suppose I can't be selfish and steal you away from the children. That would probably make me some monster.
Might do a bro trip with Connor to fill up the free time. How is everything with you now that school's back up and your dealing with the hyper active youth of Hickstead?
full name • Leon Elias Jäger nicknames • Jägs - Team Mates; Carrot Giver; Anything stupidly adorable Cassie comes up with - as long as the guys don't hear it age • Twenty Seven birthday • October 27 occupation • Professional NHL Player; Official Carrot Mascot for CASSANDRA VIOLET MCLELLAN 's horses gender • Male sexuality • Hetero
the appearance
face claim• Leon Draisaitl
identifying features• Leon stands at a solid height of 6 foot 2 and is naturally broad, which only makes him more fierce and intimidating on the ice when he's all padded up. Despite the fact that he plays a very physical game, Leon has never had any ever lasting scars and jokes that the reason why Cassie McLellan still dates him is because unlike several of his fellow NHL teammates, he has managed to keep all of his teeth intact. His hair is usually kept short on the sides and allows the top of it grow out so he can get some good styling in - whether its too the side or into a fauxhawk typically depends on his mood of the day. Naturally, his hair is dark, but sunlight has been naturally bleaching it over the years and he doesn't do much to fight it since it's only obvious when the sun hits it at just the right angle. His eyes are brown and he has the germanic strong jaw which is always peppered with facial hair but he never goes full beard unless its playoff season.
the personality
likes • CASSANDRA VIOLET MCLELLAN - his girlfriend, Ice Hockey, Cold Temperatures, Mountain Ranges, Hofbräu Beer - The Darker the Better, Meat and Carbs - the food of German Champions (he jokes), Sneaking Carrots to Cassie's horses - Particularly Charm, Relaxing Days, Snuggling by Fireplaces, Crushing the Competition dislikes • Anything that Upsets Cassie, Those assholes over in Calgary, Light Beer - That's what fucking Water is for, Getting Injured, The Trainers trying to keep him from playing due to an injury, Vegetables and Leafy Greens - it's a lie that they're required to be part of a diet, Ugly Blow Out Losses, People being Dicks just because they can, Flight Delays, On Bad Days - He's sorta Depressed over Long Distancing his relationship, Sucker Punches, illegal checks - especially ones after his bloody ankles strengths • Being an excellent Boyfriend (if you ask him at least), Patience - He's been noted as Saintly, Hockey, Drinking Beer weaknesses • Cassie - He'd do Anything for her (to include jumping off a bridge), Hockey Brawls - Especially against Calgary, Gets Lonely Sometimes dreams • Settle Down with Cassie Eventually (even if he has a fear of saying it out loud), Getting that Stanley Cup Win and Bringing it to Canada fears • Cassie's Parents Rejecting their Relationship, That Cassie doesn't somehow believe in the Standard Institution of Marriage - It's a silly fear, but sometimes when you love somebody that logic goes out the window overall personality • Maybe it's because he's German or maybe it's because he plays Hockey, but Leon has always been accused of having resting bitch face and an attitude to go with it - which he thinks is silly, given that he is quite playful with Cassie. But the accusations never bother him, if that's what people want to think - then so be it. He's been labeled as serious, stubborn - debatably bullheaded, and intimidating. To top it all off, apparently his major offense to people his that he hardly ever laughs, which is bullshit since he's done it before in interviews if you know where to look and listen. His European upbringing makes him blunt and to the point with almost everyone, thinking its better to speak the truth than to sugar coat it - especially when it comes to his teammates. Leon can be awkward sometimes, whether its because of Cassie, his fellow teammates, or other variants going on, but he does his best to overcome it. And while he thinks he's being clever and secretive about his relationship with Cassie - literally all his teammates know. Sometimes, Leon has separation issues - probably because he left Germany at Fifteen to move to Canada - and can get lonely during the Hockey Season just because Cassie's not there to come home to and the time difference between Canada and the United Kingdom, but he does his best to try to not let it get the best of him. He's utterly loyal to Cassie, and is quite playful with her - giving him a total mood shift whenever he's around her and tries to keep her in his arms as long as humanly possible. Leon would do anything for her and possibly has been accused of caring more for her than himself or his own goals, something that he is aware of and knows he should work on, but damn, when she smiles its pretty hard to remember that logic.
the history
father • Jonas Jäger, 50, German Club Hockey Coach mother • Ava Jäger, 48, Small Business Owner siblings • ----- Jäger, 25, Sister important people • CASSANDRA VIOLET MCLELLAN , 27, Girlfriend hometown • Munich, Germany overall history • Leon was the first child born to Jonas and Ava Jäger in Munich, Germany, soon followed up by his sister. Given that his father was a retired hockey player and currently coached a prominent German club, it was only natural for Jonas and Ava to put Leon in skates the moment he could stand. The joke in the household is that both of their children knew how to skate before they really knew how to walk. While his parents tested him out in numerous sports outside of hockey, to include football, nothing stuck with him quite like the ice sport, little did he know would put him on a path towards greatness.
Every day, Leon lived and breathed hockey. His father privately coached him as a child when he wasn't with his club teams. Every minute of the waking day was spent perfecting slap shots, sprints, checking, and assists. His young body pushed to the limits each day, but he always bounced back, no matter how tired he was, Leon was determined to see everything through. Hockey always took priority over everything else for him, leading to home schooling and a lack of socialization outside of the team sport and his family. While Ava yearned to get him outside of the ice rink more, just so he wouldn't be so...well, awkward, Jonas did not want him distracted.
Despite Ava's protests, everything came to a head several years later. He made played onto the Munich regional Under 16 team for the German Development League. At age 15, his final year playing in Munich, Leon wracked up a total of 21 goals and 56 points in 35 games which awarded him with Player of the Year. Coming off of that award, Leon selected second overall in the 2012 CHL Import Draft by the Prince Albert Raiders of the Western Hockey League. Honestly, he was in shock and couldn't believe the chance he was getting. His family was ecstatic, namely his father, while his mother and sister supported him but knew they would miss him terribly.
Truth be told, Leon was afraid of leaving Germany. It was all he had ever known and he was, getting shipped off to a new country and his family would not be coming with him. He would be totally alone, with nothing but a laptop and a video camera, to get him through the adjustment period, or so he would think. No matter what though, Leon felt like one of the hardest moments of his life was getting on that Canada Air flight and saying good bye to his family.
When he arrived in Prince Albert, he was picked up at the airport by his new hockey coach, Todd McLellan, and his fifteen year old daughter Cassandra "Cassie" McLellan. Leon was absolutely smitten upon the first time he met her, to the point that he actually forgot to speak English and started jabbering away in nervous German before he realized, to his horror, that she had no idea on what he was saying. Horrified, he refused to talk to her for the rest of the car ride, only talking with her father in purposeful broken English while he occasional snuck some looks at her and offered her the occasional awkward smile.
Leon took to balancing his new hockey career with Prince Albert Raiders while socializing with the McLellans - who turned out were his social sponsors and boarders while he got acclimated to living in Canada. The cold never bothered him, but the difference in food certainly took a while for him to understand and this obsession with all things maple. He also did his best to hang out with Cassie and getting to know her, foolishly allowing her to tutor him in English until one day - one of his fellow teammates outed him accidently - as always knowing how to speak the language.
By his lucky stars, she somehow thought it was cute and managed to forgive him, much to his delight and embarrassment at the same time. Leon also grew as a person, Canada and being away from the strict regiment that his father had him on, allowed him to blossom. While he occasionally was still the straight laced, time punctual German and his streak of awkwardness would show through, he mostly started to develop into a calm and collected boy, with a habit for skating fast and striking hard. As he grew, so did his confidence, and he finally had the nerve to ask Cassie out - with him promising that they wouldn't tell her father - given he was mildly terrified to see what the old hockey player would do to him if he found out that he was dating his daughter under his own roof.
At eighteen, Leon got drafted into the Edmonton Oilers for the National Hockey League, every hockey kid's dream come true. Even his parents flew down for the draft, and got to know the McLellan's. He got one year with Cassie post draft, where they could still always be together and he was willing to drive to Prince Albert to visit her. That five hour drive on the Yellowhead High Way always worth it. Unfortunately though, tragedy soon struck within the McLellan Family. Cassie got word that her Uncle was sick, and she wished to relocate to England to help take care of him.
Leon, selfishly, was a little devastated over this news. He was even tempted to get a transfer to one of the European Leagues just so he could be closer to her. When he put in the request trade, his agent flipped along with the Oilers, given that he wasn't exactly being clear on why he wanted to leave. He still feared Todd McLellan for childish reasons and he wasn't sure if he could exactly say that it was for a woman whom he knew he deeply loved. Without a proper answer, he was shot down and it was Cassie who had to talk him out of it, soothing him over and reassuring him that no matter what, their love and bond was stronger than any ocean that would keep them apart. That no matter what - they were always together even if they couldn't look at the stars together.
He believed her, and to his credit, remained strong even though he was scarred to death of the distance. But maturity and love proved to be the greater power than fear, and they survived every argument, every fight, and ever mile that kept them apart. He even surprised her with a horse in England one year. While Leon doesn't always find their dating life truly ideal, he relocates to England every summer to be and live with her, he makes it work via endless text messages and coordinating face times when their hours line up. They remain together to this day, nine years later, and still forever strong.
the role player
alias • forever age • old other characters • the herd
(Cassie)
