Charlie's POV
Two months later
Adam drives into the parking lot of EPIC and says "someone texted me, can you read it, sunshine?" I nod and I read it saying "coach Cole said there's a coaches night at 7PM tonight and it's dress down casual time for people to have drinks and get to know each other."Adam says "do you want to go?" I say "sure" smiling and he says "then just say we'll be there, no exclamation point." I chuckle saying "ok" and I text back for him. He holds my hand saying "are we going to be out here?" I say "babe, if you aren't out to the media, you shouldn't come out to a bunch of kids that fawn over you. I love you but you'd be skipping a couple steps."
Adam says "I thought so but I wanted to see what you wanted to do." I say "you're a sweetheart" smiling and I hug my boy, kissing his lips. Adam says "you ready?" I say "mmm, not yet" wrapping my arms around his neck and kissing him. He moves slowly to kiss my neck and gently bites softly. I rake my fingers through his hair and I mumble "mmm, get it out of your system, baby."
He kisses my jaw and says "ok, I love you, sunshine. Let's go, baby." I say "I love you too. Let's go play hockey" smiling. I say "are you ready, Ducky?" We get out and Adam smiles and the grab our sticks and skates, leaving cloths in the car then we go to find people. He walks in front of me, his back just looking really good as always. His athletic shorts that ride a little below mid thigh, a white cut off tank top showing off all his muscles, silver chain on his neck, wedding band glittering in the sunlight, and black aviators just giving me everything I need.
His long hair and thin cursive tattoo on his inner ankle and his other thin cursive tattoo with his bracelet on his injured wrist. He's just beautiful. Adam walks the dog and I just cause chaos by walking by and squeeze Adams bicep. I walk in front of him and I turn around and he flexes his arms. I chuckle and we walk into this building we were directed to by Coach Cole. We go in and I mumble "all of them are retired NHL players?!" Adam nods and says "yup, I'm gonna get eaten alive" looking at me.
I say "you're alive and kicking, they're retired" quietly. I say "you aren't even twenty six yet. You're at your peak still. You'll be fine." He goes up to Coach Cole and I linger next to him, Adam bro hugging Colin Cole. Ducky sits beside Adam and Coach Cole shakes my hand saying "Charlie Conway? OG Duck, huh?" I say "yes" and he pets Ducky saying "what's your name?"
I say "this is Ducky, she's very friendly." He says "on brand, I like that." Adam says "where's the ice?" Coach Cole says "let me show you around" smirking and Adam walks with him talking and I walk by him grabbing the dogs leash and mumbling "stop swooning" jokingly. He mumbles "I'll stop if you walk in front of me" and I walk in front of him, mumbling "your fathers got a bro crush." We get to the rink and I say "oh my god, it's Christmas, Adam." We all chuckle and Adam says "can we test it?" Coach says "by all means."
Adam and I, along with coach, put our skates on. Coach Cole starts talking about the rink and the fancy features it has that people that have played in expensive arenas and rinks all their lives just love. That talk is right up Adams alley. He's very into just better performance things cause he's had it all his life. He loves skating in the Honda Center just as much as he loves playing school yard puck or trash can hockey.
Hockey is hockey for him. Doesn't matter the skates, the stick, or whether the ice might let you fall through or not. Adam gets on the ice but I just skate circles around him. Coach Cole says "so, what do you think?" I say "it's really nice." Adam says "Honda Center isn't even as fancy as this." Cole says "ours is for training, not so much pro games of any kind."
I say "that's fair." Adam says "race me, give me something to go home and cry about" and I say "do you want the secret weapons list?" I throw Adam his stick and I grab mine. Him rotating his broken wrist, something he's done since he got back from breaking it. We go to a blue line and we drop our sticks and I say "just down or down and back?" Adam says "just down, ready?" I look at him and we go and I beat him by like two seconds.
I say "haha, I win." Adam says "for not playing hockey for four almost five years, you did well." I say "you were easy on me" and he says "no, I'm just cold" and I laugh saying "let's get you off the ice for now then" chuckling. Coach Cole brings us all kinds of places on campus then shows us our separate rooms across the hall from each other.
He goes down the stairs to the main floor and students don't get here till tomorrow morning. I motion for him to come over to me and Adam says "are you saying we should have a sloppy make out session in the hallway because no one is here?" I say "we're so in sync" and he gently pushes me against the wall.
He kisses me slowly and so softly like I'm gonna disappear if he doesn't go nice and slow and light. I love it. I move my hands through his hair and his hands drift to my ass. Adam mumbles "we can try out your bed then we can try out my bed?" I chuckle saying "sounds like a plan" kissing him.
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I'm Not The Guy You're Taking Home [CHARLIE CONWAYXADAM BANKS]{BXB}
FanfictionCharlie has been pining over Adam for awhile now and Adam likes him back but his heart hasn't told his brain yet, so maybe Adam isn't quite in the know yet.