As the son of a hockey legend, I’ve spent my entire life under a microscope, my skills with a puck the only thing people seemed to care about. Now that I’m in the pros, every eye in the building is on me to deliver on the promise of my last name.
Then there’s Mikey Porter, a grinder up from the minors with absolutely nothing riding on him. The guy’s loud where I’m quiet, relaxed where I’m wound tight, and comfortable in his skin in a way I’ve never been.
And he’s good, too—better than anyone’s giving him credit for. But his conditioning’s a disaster, and unless something changes fast, he’s going to get cut.
For the sake of the team, I offer to help. That’s the excuse I go with, anyway.
What starts as extra ice time turns into shared dinners, then a shared address—and the first real friendship I’ve ever had. The closer we get, the harder it is to pretend what I feel for him isn’t more … until one night makes pretending impossible.
At least in private.
But when a careless moment in public blows our secret wide open, I have to decide if I’m willing to keep being the person everyone expects, or if I’ll burn my image to the ground for the one thing I actually want—him.
Genre: Gay Romance
Then there’s Mikey Porter, a grinder up from the minors with absolutely nothing riding on him. The guy’s loud where I’m quiet, relaxed where I’m wound tight, and comfortable in his skin in a way I’ve never been.
And he’s good, too—better than anyone’s giving him credit for. But his conditioning’s a disaster, and unless something changes fast, he’s going to get cut.
For the sake of the team, I offer to help. That’s the excuse I go with, anyway.
What starts as extra ice time turns into shared dinners, then a shared address—and the first real friendship I’ve ever had. The closer we get, the harder it is to pretend what I feel for him isn’t more … until one night makes pretending impossible.
At least in private.
But when a careless moment in public blows our secret wide open, I have to decide if I’m willing to keep being the person everyone expects, or if I’ll burn my image to the ground for the one thing I actually want—him.
Genre: Gay Romance
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