Title from "Long Live" by Taylor Swift Hockey is brutal. The media is relentless. The pressure is unbearable. But through every loss, every trade rumor, every silent battle no one else sees-Macklin Celebrini and Will Smith hold on to each other. This collection of oneshots explores the raw, unspoken emotions between two rookies navigating the NHL, their friendship too deep, too easy, too necessary to be just that. From late-night conversations to fights that nearly break them, from whispered confessions to accidental touches that linger too long-this is a story about finding someone who stays, even when you don't ask them to. Because Macklin needs someone to catch him when he falls. And Will? Will has never been good at letting go.