Grady

Traded. With my crush. What could go wrong? Getting traded always sucks. The silver lining this time is that I've been traded to the Riptide, near my hometown, with my teammate —and secret crush—Landon Casco. Landon's the son of the goalie I idolized growing up. He's also smoking hot and never fails to make me laugh. The only problem? He has a serious girlfriend. But even if he was bi or gay, I wouldn't do anything about it. I'm deep in the closet. On our first night in our new city, Landon's a mess. It's his first time being traded, his first full season back in the league after beating cancer, and his relationship is rocky at best. Trying to be a good friend and ease the tension, I take him and his girlfriend Angela out. I planned on a few beers and maybe a game of pool, not a threesome. But that's where we end up. Now Angela's ghosted Landon, and he's acting like we're barely friends, but I'm crushing even harder. Luckily I have a back-up goalie eager to steal my title as starter and family members popping by uninvited every day to distract me. When Angela shows back up pregnant, Landon and I have to stop pretending that night never happened. It's time to face our fears, our demons, and each other. It turns out, there's a lot more than the possibility of parenthood that we need to figure out.