Closeted athletes on opposing teams. A two-year secret relationship torn apart by an expansion draft. A Swiss left wing dissolving in Atlanta and the Minnesota veteran center in Miami who's about to break every rule he's ever made to reach him.
When Luca Berger joined the Miami Tempest, he ended up in Wesley Mercer's penthouse for what was supposed to be a few weeks. He stayed for two years. They kept it from the team, from the league, from everyone. Because Wes asked. And because being chosen quietly was the first time being chosen had ever felt like enough. Then the expansion draft sent Luca to Atlanta. The relationship survived the initial trade. It might not survive what comes next.
Luca is loud, Swiss, and managing his life the way he's always managed it: by being the first one talking and the last one to leave the rink. The version of him that existed in Miami has been getting quieter for months.
Wesley is Minnesotan, watchful, and has been closeted his entire NHL career. He keeps the wall up because he's seen what it costs others. Now, the man he loves is dissolving hundreds of miles away.
Texts become missed calls. Missed calls become silence. An MM hockey romance about a two-year secret, a long-distance silence, and walls that have to come down before either of them can be loved out loud.
Tropes: MM Hockey Romance • Secret Relationship • Closeted Athletes • Hurt/Comfort • Age Gap • Long Distance Relationship • Mental Health Rep • Forbidden Romance • Found Family
POV: Dual, First Person, Present Tense
Heat Level: Explicit (Open Door)
Tone: Emotional, Hurt/Comfort
Series Type: Interconnected Standalones, Book 4 of 5 (best read after Tape to Tape)
Ending: HEA (hard-won)
Content Notes: On-page depression and recovery, on-page therapy
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