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00:00Coach Wellington hinted that today's scrimmage would seal the deal.
00:04Three years of 6 a.m. practices, bloody knuckles, and muscles screaming for mercy.
00:12Three years of being the first one on the ice and the last one off.
00:17The transfer students file into the arena one by one, and I couldn't care less about any of them.
00:22My skates are already laced, my stick taped fresh this morning, and my mind locked on one thing only.
00:31The captain title I've been chasing for three goddamn years.
00:37This is my moment, and nothing is going to take it from me.
00:41Ash, it's you.
00:44My heart slams to a stop. I turn, and there he is, Blaze Wilson.
00:50Messy hair falling into warm brown eyes, that same easy confidence radiating off him in waves.
00:57Taller now, broader in the shoulders, but unmistakably him.
01:01The boy who learned to skate because I dragged him onto frozen ponds when we were ten.
01:07Told you we'd end up here.
01:08The boy who cried when his family announced they were moving across the country.
01:13Blaze, I can't believe you're actually here.
01:16When did you?
01:17You transferred last week. Wanted to surprise you. Missed you, man.
01:22We've got a lot of catching up to do.
01:26You have no idea how long I've waited for this.
01:29All right, listen up. Today's scrimmage determines your positions going forward.
01:33Everyone on the ice in five.
01:35See you out there, Ash. Try to keep up.
01:39Try to keep up? What does that mean?
01:42He's competing for Captain Toot?
01:45The scrimmage starts, and I throw myself into every play with everything I have.
01:51This is what I've trained for.
01:53Every drill, every sacrifice, every moment of pain, it all comes down to this.
02:00Then I noticed Blaze.
02:01The techniques I spent years mastering through blood and repetition, he executes without even trying.
02:10Nice try. Almost had me there.
02:13Almost.
02:15The story of my goddamn life.
02:17Marcus, you go left!
02:19Brown, you support me!
02:22The other players gravitate toward him instinctively, following his calls, trusting his decisions.
02:29I trained for years to be this good.
02:32Sacrificed parties, relationships, sleep.
02:36And he just is.
02:38Solid performance today.
02:40Exactly what I needed to see.
02:42This is it.
02:44Everything I've worked for.
02:46We need a new captain who can take us to championships.
02:49Someone the team will follow into battle.
02:53Based on today's performance, Blaze Wilson will lead this team.
02:58Three years.
02:59Three years of being overlooked.
03:02Of waiting my turn.
03:03Of proving myself over and over.
03:06You really earned that one, buddy.
03:14Let me take you out, catch up properly.
03:16Actually, it's been way too long, man.
03:20Congratulations, Captain.
03:22Ash, come on.
03:23Don't be like that.
03:24We're on the same team now.
03:26Isn't this what we always wanted?
03:28I have to go.
03:31Ash, wait.
03:36Sleep doesn't come that night.
03:38By morning, I give up trying.
03:40If I can't be captain, I'll be undeniable.
03:44I'll be so damn good they'll have no choice but to finally notice me.
03:49The arena is empty at 5 a.m.
03:52Just me, the ice, and the echo of my skates cutting through silence.
03:57This is what separates me from everyone else.
04:00While they sleep or party, I work.
04:03Yesterday replays in my head on a loop.
04:06Coach's voice announcing Blaze as captain.
04:08The way my stomach dropped.
04:11The way Blaze winked at me across the circle.
04:14Oblivious to the devastation written across my face.
04:18This is what separates me from everyone else.
04:22Nice moves.
04:23Don't you have a team to lead, captain?
04:25I'm leading right now.
04:27Showing up early to check on my hardest working player.
04:30I don't need checking on.
04:31Oh, sure you don't.
04:32That's why you've been out here since before dawn,
04:35running the same drills over and over.
04:36Totally normal behavior.
04:38It's called dedication.
04:40And you, you should try it sometime.
04:43Ouch.
04:44That one actually stung, Ash.
04:52Carpenter drills.
04:55Carpenter, Wilson, you're together.
04:59Lucky me.
05:01The drills are brutal.
05:03Exactly what I need.
05:04I throw myself into every play, pushing harder than anyone else.
05:09But Blaze matches me at every turn.
05:11Faster.
05:12Smoother.
05:13Smoother.
05:14Reading the ice three moves ahead while I'm still processing the first.
05:18We move through the formations.
05:20Bodies forced into close proximity.
05:23Pass.
05:23Receive.
05:24Pivot.
05:25Repeat.
05:25His stick brush is mine.
05:27Our shoulders collide on a turn.
05:30Every point of contact sends unwanted awareness sparking through my nerves.
05:35Why do you tense up every time I get close?
05:38I am not.
05:40Relax, Ash.
05:41I don't bite unless you ask nicely.
05:45There he is.
05:46Missed that fire, man.
05:49One day.
05:51That's all it took for him to become everyone's favorite person.
05:56Three years of me building respect on this team, and he waltzed in and surpassed it without
06:02trying.
06:10Rough day, Davey?
06:12Something like that.
06:14Want to talk about it?
06:16Not really.
06:17She doesn't push.
06:18That's one of the things I appreciate about my girlfriend.
06:21She knows when to let things go.
06:23Her fingers thread through mine, and for a moment, the chaos in my head quiets.
06:28I have this.
06:30I have her.
06:31I don't need Blaze's friendship or approval.
06:34Ash, you haven't heard a word I said, have you?
06:37Sorry.
06:38Just tired.
06:40You're always tired lately.
06:42You know how long it's been since we've actually spent time together.
06:46Real time?
06:47Three weeks, Ash.
06:50Three weeks since you've touched me properly.
06:53I miss you.
06:55I miss your hands on me.
06:57Miss feeling you against me.
06:58I'm really tired today, Ames.
07:01Practice was brutal.
07:02It's always practice.
07:05I know.
07:07After the season settles down, I promise.
07:10I'll make it up to you.
07:13You mean after you figure out whatever's going on with the new transfer?
07:16What?
07:17What do you mean?
07:19Blaze.
07:21You've mentioned his name like six times since he got here.
07:24Because he's annoying.
07:26He stole my captain position.
07:28Of course I'm going to talk about him.
07:31Just don't let him get in your head, okay?
07:33He's not in my head.
07:47The bar is packed with teammates, and I'm exactly where I want to be.
07:52Center of attention.
07:53Surrounded by people who actually want to be around me.
07:56He hasn't looked up once.
07:58Hasn't acknowledged that I exist.
08:00Just one week.
08:01I've been here one week, and he's treated me like a stranger.
08:06Worse than a stranger.
08:08I tried being nice.
08:10Tried being patient.
08:12Tried giving him space to come around on his own.
08:16Fine.
08:17If he wants to act unreasonable, I'll give him unreasonable.
08:23Ash, stop hiding in the corner like a brooding vampire and get over here.
08:30What?
08:31Afraid you can't handle being near me outside the rink?
08:34Scared I'll bite?
08:35I'm not scared of anything.
08:37Especially not you.
08:41Prove it, then.
08:42His eyes stay open the entire time.
08:44Locked on mine.
08:45Defiant.
08:46Challenging.
08:47Look what I have.
08:48Look what you can't touch.
08:50When he finally releases her,
08:52Emilia looks dazed.
08:54Pleased.
08:55Cheeks flushed.
08:56She has no idea she's just been used as a weapon.
08:59I turn away, launching into another story.
09:02But the moment lingers.
09:03The taste of defeat.
09:05The image of his mouth on hers,
09:08burned into my retinas.
09:10I hate that it worked.
09:12Hate that I'm still hoping for something he clearly doesn't want to give.
09:16Come on, man.
09:17Lighten up.
09:22Interesting.
09:23The girlfriend leaves, but he stays.
09:34Running away, Eden?
09:35What is your problem?
09:37I'm going home.
09:39Some of us have early practice.
09:41Bullshit.
09:42You've been avoiding me all week.
09:45Running every time I get close.
09:48Maybe I just don't want to be around you.
09:50Oh, starting to think you're not just annoyed, Ash.
09:54Starting to think I'm the one who makes you nervous.
09:57You don't make me anything except tired.
10:00Liar, you tense up the second I walk into a room.
10:04Your eyes track me even when you pretend they don't.
10:06I thought you'd be happy we're finally together again.
10:09Same ice, same team.
10:11Everything we promised each other when we were kids.
10:14Yeah, it was a promise.
10:16But never to steal someone else's dream.
10:18Never to show up out of nowhere and take everything I work for.
10:22What do you mean, steal?
10:25Ash, I didn't steal anything.
10:27The captaincy was supposed to be mine.
10:29Three years I worked for it.
10:30Three years of being first on the ice and last off.
10:32Then you waltz in and it's just handed to you.
10:34I didn't steal it, Ash.
10:36I claimed it.
10:38There's a difference.
10:39Get out of my face.
10:42Make me.
10:43Just talk to me.
10:45Tell me what I did wrong and I'll fix it.
10:48Whatever it takes.
10:50I missed you, Ash.
10:51Every single day for years, I missed you.
10:54This truly isn't the way I thought things would go with you after all these years.
10:58We were kids, Blaze.
11:01Promises don't mean anything.
11:02My chest aching.
11:04Replaying the way he kissed her while staring at me.
11:07Like he was trying to prove something to me.
11:09Or to himself.
11:10He's lying.
11:11He has to be.
11:12There's something beneath the anger about the captaincy.
11:15Something he won't let himself admit.
11:18We were kids.
11:20Promises don't mean anything.
11:21But the way his breath caught when I got close.
11:24The way he kissed his girlfriend like a performance meant from my eyes only.
11:28He felt it too.
11:29I know he did.
11:30Asher Carpenter thinks if he pushes hard enough,
11:33I'll give up and walk away.
11:35He should know better.
11:40We need to talk.
11:42What the?
11:43I don't want to talk.
11:45Move.
11:46Look, we have a big game coming up.
11:48Scouts everywhere.
11:49This could make or break the season for a lot of guys on this team.
11:52I'm aware.
11:54Then you know we need to be focused.
11:56All of us.
11:57But that's not going to happen if you keep treating me like the enemy.
12:01We're supposed to be on the same side.
12:03Ashy.
12:04You know, it's hard to remember that when you're wearing my captain badge.
12:07What if I wasn't?
12:09What?
12:10The captain thing.
12:11What if I step back?
12:13Gave it to you instead?
12:15You're serious.
12:16Dead serious.
12:17Let us be a team again.
12:19On the ice at least.
12:20That's all I'm asking.
12:21And you'll give up the captaincy.
12:23If that's what it takes to get you to trust me again.
12:26Yeah.
12:27Oh, yes.
12:30Did you hear that?
12:31Ash.
12:32Wait.
12:36I can't breathe.
12:38Can't think.
12:39Can't do anything except stand there while my entire world collapses.
12:44All of it.
12:45A lie.
12:47Marcus.
12:49What the hell?
12:52Look, Blaze.
12:54That's not...
12:55Not...
12:56Don't.
12:57Don't even try.
12:58Asher, please.
13:00Let me explain.
13:02It didn't mean anything.
13:03I swear.
13:05Let's go.
13:08Asher, please.
13:09Just let me explain.
13:11It was a mistake.
13:12It only happened once.
13:15Ash.
13:16Breathe.
13:17I can't.
13:19Hey, hey.
13:20Look at me.
13:22Focus on my voice.
13:25You're okay.
13:26She was with him.
13:28The whole time she was with him.
13:30I know.
13:31And it's messed up.
13:33What she did is messed up.
13:36And you didn't deserve it.
13:38Everyone I trust.
13:41Everyone I let in.
13:42Not everyone.
13:43I'm here, Ash.
13:45I'm not going anywhere.
13:47It's okay.
13:49Let it out.
13:50I've got you.
13:52Don't.
13:54Don't touch me.
13:55Don't be nice to me.
13:57Ash.
13:58This is your fault.
14:00Everything was fine before you came here.
14:02My team.
14:03My position.
14:05My girlfriend.
14:05That's not fair.
14:06And you know it.
14:07I don't care about fair.
14:09I need someone to blame.
14:10And you're always there.
14:11Always pushing.
14:13Always looking at me like...
14:15Like...
14:15Like what, Ash?
14:16Nothing.
14:17Forget it.
14:18I have to go.
14:23Two days since Blaze cornered me outside the locker room.
14:27Two days since he offered to give up the captaincy.
14:30The thing I've resented him for since the moment he arrived.
14:34Like it meant nothing.
14:36Like I meant more.
14:38Two days since I broke down crying in a supply closet
14:41while he held my face in his hands and told me I'd be okay.
14:45I should be thinking about Amelia.
14:47About the betrayal.
14:50But here's the thing that keeps me up at night.
14:52Staring at my ceiling in the dark.
14:56I'm not as upset as I should be.
14:59That bone deep devastation I expected.
15:02It never arrived.
15:05I keep waiting for it.
15:07Searching for it.
15:08And finding nothing but emptiness where grief should live.
15:12What does that say about me?
15:14About us?
15:15About the entire year I spent convincing myself she was everything I needed.
15:22Maybe she was never what I needed at all.
15:25I push the thought away and drag myself to practice.
15:28The ice is the only place that makes sense anymore.
15:31The cold.
15:33The burn in my muscles.
15:35The simple clarity of chasing a puck.
15:37Except today,
15:39Even that feels wrong.
15:41I'm off.
15:42Every pass slightly mistimed.
15:45Every shot lacking power.
15:48My body moves through the drills on autopilot.
15:51While my mind circles endlessly around brown eyes in the darkness.
15:56Around hands cupping my face.
15:58Around a voice whispering,
16:01I've got you.
16:02Nice one, Carpenter.
16:04A little soft on that pass, don't you think?
16:06Actually, that tracks.
16:08Always figured you were a bit too delicate.
16:12Maybe that's why your bitch liked me better.
16:16Wanted someone who could actually handle her.
16:26You don't talk to him like that.
16:32You don't even look at him.
16:35Understand?
16:36What the hell is wrong with you?
16:38It was just a joke.
16:40Does it look like I'm laughing?
16:42Wilson.
16:43Enough.
16:44Locker room.
16:44Now.
16:45Both of you.
16:55That was stupid.
16:57Probably.
16:58You could get suspended.
17:00Ticked off the team.
17:01Right before regionals.
17:03Worth it.
17:04Let me see.
17:05It's fine.
17:07I said, let me see.
17:10You're an idiot.
17:11These are going to bruise badly.
17:13I've had worse.
17:16Why did you do it?
17:17Why do you keep?
17:19Keep what?
17:20Why do you keep fighting for me?
17:22Because someone has to.
17:24Because you deserve someone in your corner who isn't going to leave.
17:28Blaze.
17:28You don't have to say anything.
17:30I'm not asking for anything, Ash.
17:33I just need you to know I'm not going anywhere.
17:35No matter how hard you push.
17:44I should go.
17:46I feel his eyes on me the entire way.
17:49And when I finally reach my car, collapse into the driver's seat, press my forehead against
17:54the steering wheel.
17:56It's not Amelia's face, I see.
17:58It's his.
17:59And I have no idea what to do with that.
18:08You've been different since we got here.
18:11Distracted.
18:12Off your game.
18:13Don't know, man.
18:15New team.
18:16New dynamics.
18:18Takes time to adjust.
18:19That's some bullshit.
18:21It's Carpenter.
18:22Ever since you saw him again, you've been not yourself, I would say.
18:25Look, we have history.
18:28I told you that before we transferred.
18:30History.
18:31Except you don't look at him like a childhood friend, Blaze.
18:34You look at him like...
18:35Like what?
18:36Just be careful.
18:36We've been winning together for two years.
18:39Don't let old attachments mess that up.
18:41I know what I'm doing.
18:43Do you?
18:45Because from where I'm sitting, it looks like you're losing your head over some guy who
18:48can't decide if he wants to punch you or whatever.
18:52Just don't forget what we came here for.
18:54It's our day off.
18:54No practice scheduled.
18:56So the arena should be empty.
18:58Perfect.
18:59Just me and the ice and the silence.
19:02Except when I push through the doors, the arena isn't empty.
19:05A single figure moves on the ice.
19:07Stick connecting with pucks in a rhythm I'd recognize anywhere.
19:11Asher.
19:13Of course it's Asher.
19:15The universe has a sick sense of humor.
19:18Didn't expect company.
19:20Neither did I.
19:23Want me to leave?
19:25No.
19:26We fall into an unspoken rhythm.
19:28Passing drills first.
19:30The pucks sliding between us with increasing precision.
19:33Then skating formations.
19:35Our bodies moving in sync like we're reading each other's minds.
19:38This is what I came for.
19:40We push harder.
19:41Racing each other down the ice.
19:43Competing for the puck.
19:44Bodies checking into boards with increasing intensity.
19:47It's aggressive.
19:49It's aggressive.
19:49Almost violent.
19:50And underneath it all, something electric that crackles between us every time we get too close.
19:57We should.
20:00Ash.
20:08Ash.
20:08Ash.
20:08Blaze.
20:17Rina's closing early today.
20:20Gotta clear out in 10.
20:24Yeah.
20:26Thanks.
20:30Ash, you okay?
20:33What the hell was that?
20:34I don't know.
20:36Almost.
20:37We...
20:37Almost.
20:38Yeah, I don't...
20:40I don't know what that means.
20:41It doesn't have to mean anything right now.
20:44We don't have to figure it out tonight.
20:46Come on.
20:47I'll walk you out.
20:59I can't stop thinking about what just happened.
21:03Blaze on top of me.
21:04Our noses brushing.
21:06The way my fingers curled into his jersey, pulling him closer when I should have pushed
21:11him away.
21:12Neither of us has spoken since we left the ice.
21:15What is there to say?
21:17We almost kissed.
21:18I almost let it happen.
21:20I almost wanted it more than I've wanted anything in a long time.
21:23What the hell does that make me?
21:27I've been waiting for you.
21:29I knew you'd be here.
21:31You always come here when you're upset.
21:33Can we talk?
21:34Please?
21:35Just five minutes.
21:37I need to explain.
21:38There's nothing to explain.
21:40There is.
21:41It was a mistake, Asher.
21:43A stupid, terrible mistake.
21:45Marcus didn't mean anything to me.
21:49I was lonely, and you were always at practice, and I just...
21:54I'm so sorry.
21:55I love you.
21:56I want to fix this.
21:57No.
22:01What?
22:02I said no.
22:03We're done, Amelia.
22:05I don't want to fix this.
22:07Usher, please.
22:08He said no.
22:11This is a private conversation.
22:13Didn't look like a conversation to me.
22:15Looked like you weren't taking no for an answer.
22:18Who the hell do you think you are?
22:20This had nothing to do with you.
22:22It has everything to do with me.
22:24He's my teammate, my friend, and you heard him.
22:28So yeah, I'm making it my business.
22:30Is this why?
22:33Is he why you're throwing away a year together?
22:36This isn't about him.
22:37Really?
22:38Because he's been glued to your side since he got here.
22:42God, Asher.
22:43I knew you were distant, but I didn't realize you...
22:45Think very carefully about what you're about to say.
22:50We're done here.
22:51Don't wait for me again.
22:58Asher!
23:00Wait!
23:04Are you okay?
23:05No.
23:06I don't know what I am.
23:08That's fair.
23:09Walk me home?
23:10Yeah.
23:12Of course.
23:17Thank you for back there.
23:19With Amelia.
23:20You don't have to thank me.
23:22I know.
23:23But still.
23:25I'm not used to someone.
23:27Having your back?
23:28Get used to it.
23:30I meant what I said, Ash.
23:33I'm not going anywhere.
23:36Can I ask you something?
23:38I don't know.
23:43I don't know.
23:46I don't know.
23:48I don't know.
23:58I don't know.
24:03I don't know if I ever loved her at all.
24:04Maybe I just wanted to want her.
24:06Because that's what I was supposed to do.
24:08There's nothing wrong with figuring out what you actually want, Ash.
24:11Even if it's scary.
24:13Is that what you did?
24:15Figure out what you want?
24:16I figured that out a long time ago.
24:20I've just been waiting for the right moment.
24:22Let's go.
24:28This is me.
24:31I know.
24:33Do you want to come up?
24:35Are you sure?
24:37Yeah, I'm sure.
24:38The door closes behind us and suddenly the night feels different.
24:43Charged with possibility.
24:45Terrifying in ways I'm only beginning to understand.
24:53Nice place.
24:54It's small.
24:55It's yours.
24:57That counts for something.
25:00So, you want something to drink?
25:02I've got water.
25:03Maybe some beer.
25:05Nah, I'm good.
25:06Well, I'm going to shower.
25:07It's been a long day.
25:08I need to just wash it off.
25:12Take your time.
25:13But don't be too long.
25:17I've been in here too long.
25:19I know that.
25:20Blaze is sitting in my living room, probably wondering what the hell is taking me so long.
25:25But I can't face him.
25:27Not with the memory of his body on mine, still burning under my skin.
25:32His breath against my lips.
25:35The way I pulled him closer instead of pushing him away.
25:39I press my forehead against the cool tile.
25:41My thoughts are a mess.
25:43Amelia.
25:44The almost kiss.
25:45The way Blaze looked at me when I invited him up.
25:49What the hell?
25:52You've been in here for 30 minutes.
25:55Thought you might have drowned.
25:57I'm fine.
25:58Get out.
25:59Relax, Ash.
26:01We've got the same parts.
26:03Nothing I haven't seen before.
26:06Remember when we were kids?
26:08We used to shower together after practice all the time.
26:12We were ten.
26:14So?
26:15Bodies are bodies.
26:24What are you doing?
26:26Your water pressure is better than mine.
26:29Blaze.
26:30Ash, you're tense.
26:31I can see it from here.
26:33Wonder why.
26:34You know what I think?
26:37I think you're scared.
26:39I'm not scared.
26:40You're terrified.
26:42You've been running from this since I got here.
26:45From whatever this is between us.
26:47There's nothing between us.
26:49Liar.
26:51Your heart is racing.
26:53I can see your pulse.
26:57Well, well.
27:00How far are you willing to go for that captain position, Ash?
27:03That's not.
27:04Not what?
27:05Not hard right now?
27:08Not standing in the shower with me.
27:10Clearly enjoying the view.
27:14Fuck you.
27:15Is that an offer?
27:21Let me go.
27:22Do you actually want me to?
27:24I'm not gay.
27:26Okay.
27:27Then what are you?
27:28I don't know.
27:29I don't know, okay?
27:30I don't know what I am or what I want or why I can't stop thinking about.
27:34About what?
27:36You.
27:37The word lodges in my throat.
27:40Too terrifying to speak.
27:42Tell me to stop and I will.
27:44I'll walk out of this shower and we'll pretend this never happened.
27:54But you have to say it, Ash.
27:56You have to mean it.
28:03That's what I thought.
28:21Still not gay?
28:26Shut up.
28:27Just shut up.
28:30Shut up.
28:31Shut up.
28:31Shut up.
28:37God, you're beautiful like this.
28:39All that control finally cracking.
28:42All those walls coming down.
28:48Let go, Ash.
28:51I've got you.
28:57Still think there's nothing between us?
29:01Three days.
29:03It's been three days since the shower, and I still can't close my eyes without feeling
29:08his hand on me.
29:10I've called in sick to practice twice now.
29:13Coach Wellington left a voicemail that I deleted without listening to.
29:17Teammates have texted asking if I'm okay.
29:20I've ignored all of them.
29:22My apartment feels like a prison.
29:25I haven't been able to shower without remembering the steam, the water, his body pressed against
29:31mine.
29:32The way I fell apart in his hands, like I'd been waiting my whole life for someone to
29:37touch me like that.
29:38I tell myself it was physical.
29:41Just bodies responding to stimulation.
29:43Put any two people in a hot shower together, add some tension, and biology takes over.
29:50But then I remember his voice in my ear, low and rough, saying my name like it meant something.
29:57Let go, Ash.
29:58Saying,
29:59I've got you.
30:01Like he actually meant it.
30:02And I remember the way I moaned for him, the way I came undone with his name on my lips.
30:09Blaze.
30:10I need air, need space, need to outrun the thoughts chasing me in circles.
30:16But there's nowhere to go.
30:18Nowhere that isn't tainted by memories of him.
30:21The rink where we practiced together.
30:24The parking lot where he rescued me from Amelia.
30:27My own fucking apartment where I invited him in like an idiot and let him...
30:32I'm sure.
30:33Is this really what I want?
30:37Say it.
30:39Just fucking say it.
30:42I'm not straight.
30:44I've never been straight.
30:50I've been in love with him my whole life.
30:53I just didn't have the words for it until now.
30:57The realization should terrify me, and it does, it absolutely does.
31:01But underneath the fear, there's something else.
31:05Something that feels almost like relief.
31:09A peace clicking into place that's been missing forever.
31:14Tomorrow, I'll go back to practice.
31:17Tomorrow, I'll face him.
31:18Face the team.
31:20Face whatever comes next.
31:21Tonight, I let myself breathe.
31:25Three days without Asher on the ice feels like missing a limb.
31:28I check my phone between every drill.
31:31His reply from yesterday, that single, yeah,
31:35sits in our text thread like a lifeline I'm afraid to pull.
31:39I want to text again.
31:41But I know him.
31:42Pushing too hard will only make him retreat further.
31:45So I wait.
31:47I try not to think about the steam.
31:49His body against mine.
31:51The way he fell apart in my hands like he'd been waiting his whole life for someone to touch him
31:54like that.
31:55The way he moaned my name.
31:58Blaze.
31:58God, I can't stop hearing it.
32:00Wilson!
32:01Head in the game!
32:03Sorry, coach.
32:07Listen up.
32:09I've got news.
32:11Regional championship.
32:12Three weeks out.
32:14The weight of his words settles on my shoulders.
32:17As captain, the pressure falls heaviest on me.
32:20Scouts will be watching.
32:22NHL representatives from at least five different organizations.
32:27Professional opportunities are on the line
32:30for those who prove themselves.
32:33I need every single one of you locked in.
32:36No distractions.
32:37No drama.
32:39No bullshit.
32:41We have the talent to win this.
32:43But talent means nothing without unity.
32:45I need this team functioning as one organism.
32:49That means everyone pulling their weight.
32:52Everyone showing up.
32:54Everyone putting the team first.
32:55Make sure a carpenter gets the message when he's feeling better.
33:03Yes, coach.
33:07Heavy is the head that wears the crown, huh?
33:10Something like that.
33:12Walk with me.
33:17You really think you can just walk away?
33:19Carpenter's been out three days.
33:21He's sick.
33:22Is he?
33:23Because I heard he's been avoiding the rink entirely.
33:26Won't even answer the door when teammates stop by.
33:28Danny tried to bring him soup yesterday.
33:30No response.
33:31How would you know that?
33:33I asked around.
33:34Seem weird that our star player suddenly disappears, right?
33:36When we're gearing up for the biggest game of the season.
33:39Wanted to make sure everything was okay.
33:41Everything's fine.
33:43Is this it?
33:43Because from where I'm standing,
33:45it looks like you've got your head so far up carpenter's ass
33:48that you're forgetting what actually matters here.
33:50Excuse me?
33:51You heard me.
33:53You beat Marcus bloody for him.
33:55You spent every free moment practicing with him.
33:57You transferred across the country for him.
33:59Don't think...
34:00I don't know what this is really about.
34:02I've been your partner for three years, Blaze.
34:04Three years.
34:05Two championships.
34:07I had your back through everything.
34:09And suddenly some guy from your childhood shows up and I'm what?
34:12Second string?
34:15Yesterday's news?
34:16Jackson, that's not...
34:17I don't need explanations.
34:19I need you focused.
34:21We have a championship to win.
34:23And I'm not losing it because you're too busy chasing someone
34:26who clearly doesn't want to be caught.
34:29It's not much.
34:30Not an explanation or an apology
34:33or any acknowledgement of what happened between us.
34:37But it's something.
34:38A door cracked open instead of slammed shut.
34:42A chance to talk, even if it's just about hockey.
34:46I'll take it.
34:48I'll take anything he's willing to give me.
34:51The coffee shop is small and quiet.
34:54Tucked away on a side street where no one from the team would think to look.
34:59I arrive 20 minutes early because I'm a masochist, apparently.
35:04Four days.
35:05It's been four days since the shower.
35:08Since I sat on my bathroom floor and admitted the truth to myself.
35:13Three days of avoiding practice.
35:16Avoiding my phone.
35:17Avoiding everything except the war raging inside my own head.
35:22And now I'm here, about to face him.
35:25Thanks for coming, Ashi.
35:27Don't call me that.
35:29You said it was about the game.
35:31Championship is in three weeks.
35:33Coach is on everyone's ass about unity and focus.
35:35Without whatever's been happening between us getting in the way.
35:39Agreed.
35:40The team needs us functional.
35:42The deal I offered you before.
35:44The captaincy.
35:46That still stands, Ash.
35:48If you want it, I'll step back.
35:51Talk to Wellington myself.
35:53Why?
35:54After how I've treated you, after I ghosted you for four days.
35:58Why would you still offer that?
36:00Because I meant what I said.
36:02I didn't come here for a title.
36:06The captaincy was never the point.
36:08The captaincy.
36:09You earned it.
36:11And the team respects you.
36:13Ash, no.
36:16Let me finish.
36:17I was angry about it because it was easier than admitting what was really bothering me.
36:22It was about me being terrified of why I cared so much that you came back.
36:26So we're good?
36:28We can be professional?
36:30Yeah.
36:32I'm not going to push you.
36:33Whatever you're going through, whatever you're figuring out, I'll wait.
36:36But I need you to know that what happened in your apartment wasn't nothing to me.
36:40It wasn't a mistake.
36:41I've been figuring things out about myself, about what I want.
36:47I'm not ready to talk about it yet.
36:49But I'm not running anymore.
36:51I'm trying.
36:52That's enough.
36:54That's all I need to know.
36:59We should go.
37:01Practice tomorrow.
37:03You need rest.
37:04See you at practice tomorrow, Eshi.
37:07Call me that again, and I'll check you into the boards.
37:10So hard your grandchildren will feel it.
37:14There he is.
37:16Missed that fire.
37:18Tomorrow, I'll be there.
37:20In.
37:21I'm glad you came today, Ash.
37:23I know it wasn't easy.
37:24Whatever you're figuring out, you don't have to do it alone.
37:27Okay?
37:28I'll show you.
37:34Almost a week of hiding in my apartment.
37:37Of avoiding this exact moment.
37:39And now, I'm back.
37:40I see him.
37:42Blaze is running through solo drills with that effortless grace that used to make me jealous.
37:49Carpenter, Wilson, you're paired up for offensive rotations.
37:55This is it.
37:56The test.
37:57The whistle blows.
37:59We move.
38:00We find rhythm.
38:02Not the awkward tension of our early practices.
38:05Not the hostile competition I forced between us.
38:09I know where Blaze is going to be before he gets there.
38:13He reads my positioning like he's inside my head.
38:17It's terrifying how natural it feels.
38:22Carpenter, Wilson!
38:24We both freeze.
38:26I brace for criticism.
38:28Too aggressive.
38:29Too sloppy.
38:31Something.
38:32That.
38:33Right there.
38:34That's what I need from you two.
38:37Keep that energy and we might actually have a shot at this championship.
38:41Not bad, Ashy.
38:43Almost like old times.
38:45Don't get cocky.
38:53I should look away.
38:55I know I should look away.
38:58I don't.
39:00I'm staring.
39:01I know I'm staring.
39:03Can't seem to stop.
39:04Our gazes lock across the locker room.
39:08The noise fades.
39:11Something is happening.
39:13I'm changing.
39:14Shifting.
39:15Becoming someone I don't fully recognize yet.
39:18And for the first time, that doesn't terrify me.
39:22Team dinners are supposed to be fun.
39:25Bonding before the championship push.
39:28So why does this one feel like walking into a minefield?
39:31You're staring at the menu like it personally offended you.
39:33Just trying to decide if I want a carb load or pretend I have self-control.
39:38Get the pasta.
39:39Championships in two weeks.
39:41You've earned carbs.
39:45Is that captain's orders?
39:47Consider it strong encouragement.
39:49Unless you need me to make it an order, Ashy.
39:52Don't start something you can't finish.
39:54Who says I can't finish it?
40:02I thought we could catch up.
40:04I feel like I've barely seen you lately.
40:06You've been busy.
40:09Yeah.
40:09Sorry about that.
40:11Practice has been intense.
40:13Championship prep.
40:15Right.
40:17Championship.
40:18That's actually what I wanted to talk about.
40:21Focus.
40:22Making sure we're all locked in on what matters.
40:24We're focused.
40:26Are we?
40:27Because I've noticed some distractions creeping in lately.
40:30Side projects.
40:31Extra practice sessions.
40:33I just want to make sure we're not losing sight of the goal.
40:37Two years I've had your back on that ice.
40:39You think chemistry like ours grows on trees?
40:42It takes work.
40:43It takes loyalty.
40:44I know what I'm doing.
40:46Do you?
40:48Because the Blaze I know wouldn't let anything get in the way of winning.
40:51That's what made us unstoppable.
41:01Hey.
41:03You okay?
41:04I'll be fine.
41:07Your friend's pretty territorial.
41:09He's just...
41:10He's intense about winning.
41:13That's all.
41:15Sure.
41:19This place is great.
41:22Yeah, the beer's perfect.
41:24Good dinner.
41:26Felt like old times.
41:28What the hell was that?
41:32What was what?
41:34Don't play dumb.
41:35The comments.
41:36The looks you were being an asshole to Asher all night.
41:40What happened to the plan?
41:41No distractions.
41:43No drama.
41:44Hockey first.
41:45Everything else second.
41:46That's what made us champions.
41:48We sacrificed everything.
41:50Turned down parties.
41:51Ignored girls.
41:52Put the team above all of it.
41:53And we got rewarded.
41:55Truffees.
41:57Scouts.
41:58A future.
41:58Now you're risking everything we've built for some guy who still can't figure out which
42:02way he swings?
42:03You don't get to decide who I care about.
42:06Don't say I didn't warn you.
42:09When this blows up in your face, and it will, I won't be there to pick up the pieces.
42:16I stare at the screen.
42:18An uneasy feeling settling in my gut.
42:22Jackson's words are doing exactly what he intended.
42:25Making Asher doubt himself.
42:27Doubt us.
42:28Doubt everything we've been building.
42:31I'm starting to realize my best friend might be something else entirely.
42:36And Asher is paying the price for my blindness.
42:40Coach Wellington grants us extra ice time after regular practice.
42:45Just me and Blaze, working on offensive plays that need polishing before the championship.
42:51Ready?
42:51It's the first time we've been truly alone since my apartment.
42:55Since the shower.
42:56I force myself to concentrate on footwork.
43:00On timing.
43:01But as the minutes stretch on, something shifts.
43:04The sound of Blaze's breathing, slightly elevated from exertion.
43:08The flash of his eyes when he catches my gaze across the ice.
43:12The way his body moves with effortless grace.
43:15Muscles coiling and releasing beneath his jersey.
43:22Ash.
43:23We should probably.
43:25Probably.
43:27I'm trying really hard to be patient here.
43:29To give you space.
43:30To let you figure things out on your own timeline.
43:34I know.
43:35But you're making it really fucking difficult when you look at me like that.
43:40Like what?
43:41Like you want me to stop being patient.
43:44What if I do?
43:47What if I want you to stop being patient?
43:50Don't say that unless you mean it, Ashi.
43:52I mean it.
43:57Tell me to stop and I will.
44:02Not here.
44:03Not on the ice.
44:04I want...
44:05I want to do this right.
44:07Locker room.
44:11You sure about this?
44:14Because once we cross this line, I'm sure.
44:19I'm so fucking sure it scares me.
44:21Good scared or bad scared?
44:23Good scared.
44:24The best kind.
44:32Tonight, I'm choosing this.
44:33Every touch, every kiss, every inch of skin pressed against skin.
44:37I'm choosing all of it.
44:38Hell, Ash.
44:39Do you have any idea how long I've wanted this?
44:41That night in your shower, I had to hold back.
44:43Didn't want to push you too far, but now...
44:45Don't hold back.
44:45I don't want you to hold back.
44:46I'm not.
44:50Just tell me what you want.
44:52Tell me and I'll give it to you.
44:54Everything.
44:55I want everything.
44:59Everything.
45:09You're shaking.
45:11Good shaking.
45:13Don't stop.
45:14This is losing control completely.
45:17And trusting someone else to catch me.
45:32You okay?
45:35Yeah.
45:36I'm okay.
45:41So, still think you're straight?
45:45Bugger off.
45:46That's not a no.
45:48That's a, you literally just had your hands all over me.
45:51What do you think?
45:53I think I need to hear you say it, Ashy.
45:56I'm not straight.
45:58I'm definitely, absolutely, 100% not straight.
46:02Was that so hard?
46:03Yes.
46:04But you made it easier.
46:09Come home with me.
46:11You don't have to do anything else.
46:13I just don't want this night to end yet.
46:15Yeah.
46:16Okay.
46:24Eyes on the road.
46:27Can't help it.
46:28You're distracting.
46:33That's becoming a theme.
46:38You still play?
46:39Every night, practically.
46:41You remember how badly I used to destroy you at Fusion Race?
46:44I told you, I'm not playing with you.
46:46What?
46:47You're scared?
46:52Remember when we snuck into that R-rated movie?
46:59Worth it.
47:00Your face during that jump scare was priceless.
47:02I thought you were going to cry.
47:04I did not almost cry.
47:06You absolutely did.
47:07Your lip was wobbling, Ashy.
47:09I thought you were going to cry.
47:22Warning.
47:24Warning.
47:26What time is it?
47:28Early.
47:29No practice today, remember?
47:31Right.
47:34last night was nice the games the movies felt like old times i missed this missed you what
47:44are we now what does this mean all of it the locker room staying over this what do you want
47:51it to mean i don't know this is all new to me wanting someone like this letting myself have it
47:58letting myself letting myself have you you can have me ash you've always had me we don't have to
48:07define it right now we can figure it out as we go keep it between us until after the championship
48:12no pressure no expectations just us yeah okay that works yeah popular this morning
48:25everything okay yeah just jackson he really doesn't like me he doesn't know you he doesn't
48:33want to know me he sees me as a threat to your friendship your partnership whatever you two have
48:43whatever jackson thinks he has claim on he's wrong okay i believe you
48:54for the first time in weeks i'm not dreading being here
49:02whatever you two figured out keep doing it
49:10my bad didn't see you there
49:15you good ashy fine just a love tap gotta stay sharp carpenter championship is coming
49:23no room for passengers watch your back out there
49:34carpenter
49:37jackson something you need
49:39just a conversation man to man about blaze what's your problem jackson my problem is you
49:44dragging the whole line down with your distractions we're working on our game extra practices late
49:50nights cozy little sleepovers right the championship you know what's waiting for blaze after this season
49:59pro contracts seven figures his face on jerseys his name tranted in arenas across the country
50:05legacy shit scouts are already talking five six-year deals endorsements a career most players would kill for
50:13and you think i'm gonna stand by while some lovesick nobody tanks all of that
50:16i'm not a bench reader you're a distraction i've watched blaze for three years i know him better than anyone
50:22and i've never seen him lose focus like this missing workouts skipping team hangouts
50:26walking around with that stupid smile on his face like a lovesick teenager
50:30that's because of you and it needs to stop blaze can make his own decision blaze is being scouted for
50:36the majors and they don't want a liability like you attached to him he transferred across the country
50:41for you carpenter did he tell you that stay away from him or i'll end your career myself
50:50do we understand each other
50:55what if jackson is right what if i'm the thing standing blaze and everything he's worked for
51:00missed you after practice dinner later i can't tonight tired rain check
51:06yeah just need sleep see you at practice
51:11stay away from me
51:15maybe jackson's is right maybe i've always been the problem
51:29hey you didn't answer my text last night everything okay
51:32fine just tired ash professor starting we should pay attention
51:44asher wait
51:53carpenter wilson what the hell happened to your coordination you look like strangers out there
51:58sorry coach won't happen again if better not championships in 12 days i need you two functioning
52:07not whatever this is rough practice huh don't worry about it carpenter's always been inconsistent
52:14that's why you have me
52:16he was fine two days ago was he maybe you just saw what you wanted to see
52:21happens when you get too close to someone clouds your judgment
52:27remember our first championship junior year we were unstoppable
52:31you me perfect simp on the ice
52:34no distractions no drama just two guys who knew exactly how to win
52:46that's what made us special we understand each other always have we don't need words or
52:51explanations we just know that's rare man you don't throw that away for someone who runs hot
52:56and cold every other day what did you do what do you mean asher was fine before yesterday now he
53:02won't
53:02look at me what did you say to him nothing i haven't talked to carpenter why would i if you
53:09did someplace we've been brothers for three years i've had your back through everything
53:15and you're accusing me of sabotage because some guy you've known for a few weeks is having a mood
53:20swing that's not the blaze i know look i know you care about him whatever history you two have
53:26it obviously means something to you but the championship is in less than two weeks pro scouts
53:30are watching futures are on the line don't let emotions derail everything we've worked for
53:34that's all i'm saying i need to find ashen we'll talk later
53:45blaze hold up team's doing beers tonight you in i'll pass
53:50you sure you've been mia lately guys are starting to talk
53:57jackson knows exactly which buttons to push he's been watching calculating waiting for the right
54:01moment to strike jackson doesn't see ashler as a person he sees him as a threat an obstacle to be
54:06removed a distraction to be eliminated so things can go back to the way they were and i'm terrified
54:10he's already succeeded i can't sleep i've been lying in bed for hours staring at the ceiling
54:17distraction bench weeder childhood crush pathetic i shouldn't do this i know i shouldn't but my
54:26fingers hit enter before i can stop myself page after page of evidence that blaze wilson is everything
54:33jackson said he was and more transferred across the country for you gave a guaranteed sting spot because
54:38he couldn't let go of some pathetic childhood crush blaze left a ranking program left a clear path
54:44to the pros and me i'm the variable that doesn't fit the distraction that showed up and threw everything
54:50off balance three years on a team that's never made it past region x solid numbers sure but nothing
54:55remarkable i love him the realization crashes over me sudden and devastating and because i love him
55:02i have to do the one thing that feels impossible
55:10together the word blurs through the tears i refuse to let fall need some space focus on the championship
55:17i'm fine
55:24i think about the boy who came back for me after 10 years and i wonder if i'm strong enough
55:29to let him go
55:30i love him that has to be enough
55:34you
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