Category: Fiction

Rhett “Where is she?” I demanded when I reached the trainer’s room. “Where the hell is June?” Elias put a hand on my chest. “She is fine.” I knocked his hand away and stepped up into his space. “Get the fuck out of my way, Elias, or I swear to Christ…” I trailed off as

June My anger faded as soon as Cole was gone, and was quickly replaced with a tight ball of anxiety that settled into my stomach. Rhett poked his head into the room a minute later. “Is, uh, everything all right in here? We heard y’all yelling.” “I don’t want to talk about it,” I said.

June Tensions were high when we played the Tampa Bay Lightning two days later. Despite Coach Jay’s mandate about keeping the new threat a secret, word had spread among the rest of the team. When Cole was announced in the starting lineup, I couldn’t help but tense up a little. I imagined a faceless man

June By the time Cole drove over to the arena, there were five of us sitting in the office with Coach Jay. Me and Elias, obviously, the assistant coach who had found the note, the head of stadium security, and a detective from the Atlanta Police Department. The captain of the Reapers stormed into the

Elias I was rarely afraid. A man such as myself did not need to be afraid. And yet June terrified me. I was afraid of telling her what happened to my family. Afraid she would judge me for getting drunk once a year. Afraid that it would change the way she looked at me, afraid she would

June We lost the game against the Vancouver Canucks the next day, then boarded the plane to go home. The mood was somber on the flight. Eventually, Cole stood up and raised his voice to address the entire team. “Listen up! Everyone needs to relax. I ate a peanut butter cookie and had an allergic

June The two of them were on me in an instant, hands and lips touching every part of my skin. They didn’t want to take turns tonight; neither of them wanted to wait. Yeah. They definitely needed this. We moved to the bed without much preamble. Cole buried his face between my legs, eagerly eating

June Five of us were standing around an examination table in my trainer’s room. Everyone had their arms crossed and looked concerned… except for Cole, who was sitting on the examination table with a frustrated expression. “I don’t see the need to go public with this,” the Reapers’ marketing guy said. “Players are scratched at

Cole I was sitting at a coffee shop, waiting for my friend to arrive, when Rhett sent a group text to me and June. What now? I thought while opening my phone. Rhett: Hey captain, did you hear about the extremely sweet movie date I took June on? Me: Movie date? What are you, sixteen? Rhett:

June When I was a physical trainer at the University of Georgia, the week between Christmas and New Year’s was always relaxing. The bowl games we played in were usually done by then, so I rarely had any real work to do. Not so with the Atlanta Reapers hockey team. After playing a game the day after