Here's JR Gray "Two Guys, One Puck." It's the second book in the Gods Versus Monsters Hockey series.
["A fist fight shouldn’t be flirting.
I’m so close to the NHL draft and the dream I’ve worked towards my entire life and he’s made it his mission to ruin it all. Ktytor is the super star enforcer for our biggest rivals the Massachusetts Monsters. He has a counter for every move I make like he’s inside my head.
He’s cocky, infuriating, and knows just how to get under my skin. His torments finally push me over the edge so when he suggests we finish our on-ice fight outside after the game, I gladly accept
What I didn’t expect was our trading blows to end in us making out.
I’ve never even considered being with a guy before and now I have to pretend to hate him while sneaking around and navigating our public rivalry.
We’re at each other’s throats and it only makes him hotter."]
I wasn’t sure about how their feelings were playing out for a while. It was more hurt than comfort, more ‘this means nothing,’ more internalized stuff. It was a lot of denial even when we saw the signs, even when others saw the signs, even when they saw the signs. It was frustrating.
Then boom! They finally realized what was going on just under the surface, and it was far too late to do anything about it. Actions spoke louder than words, words went from teasing to real. The pet names!?! D: End me.
Quote of the Date (Aunt Emily // Ronan): "'You're on the top ten hockey rivals of all times?' // 'Number three? We can do better than that...'"
Not sure if it gave me “Heated Rivalry” vibes, because the tv adaption just dropped or…
Trigger Warnings: parent illness, parent hospitalization with MS, parent in war zone, parental death discussed, war in Ukraine, air raids, bombings, hockey-related violence, financial struggles, possibility of skipping meals due to loss of wages, wartime inflation, college athletes' exploitation, general trauma, starts of panic attack, internalized biphobia, staying closeted as a means of protection, and more.
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