After losing his childhood best friend, Rudy joins his university's hockey team to heal. But as he clashes with the team captain and faces unexpected challenges, Rudy must decide if he's ready to open his heart or fall victim to his own fears and past wounds. Edited 7.29.24 🏅Rank 2 in #collegelife

This is a story about a hockey team, but above all, a story about boys. Brooks Myers is the captain of the Oakridge Otters and he's willing to do whatever it takes to hear his name called at the NHL draft next summer. Elias Somerset is a freshly crowned World Junior champion, forced to move back to the small town of Aspen to play for his father's old team. In Brooks' eyes, Elias is nothing but an obstacle in his way and Elias just wants to survive the year, and forget. Both boys live and breathe hockey. Both boys are lost in their own lives, but have to work together to win a Championship. Can they learn to play together despite their differences? Is there something in life worth more than hockey? In the end, the line between obsession, desire, and love is thinner than either of them dares to admit.

Riley Lachkov's life has only ever revolved around one thing-soccer. Raised in a family where emotions don't really exist, he's kept a cold front for as long as he can remember. Most people think they know him: a cocky, arrogant, rude jerk who couldn't care less about what anyone thinks. But there's a part of him no one's ever seen-and he intends to keep it that way. Archer Wilson has everything going for him. Top of his classes, most popular boy in school, and Saint Arthur's golden boy. He's charismatic, effortlessly kind, and has a way of making anyone fall for him without trying. When Riley's family immigrates from Russia to the States, he struggles to adjust, forced to start over in a place that feels nothing like home. His closed-off attitude and tendency to act like a total douchebag don't help either-they just push people further away. But Archer doesn't back off. If anything, he's more intrigued by the new transfer student, determined to break down every wall Riley has spent his life building. He can't help but praise him for everything he does, and quickly realizes he's smitten the moment he meets him. What happens when Archer, Saint Arthur's golden boy, starts falling for the new transfer student who seems to hate everyone? Will Riley finally let him in-or keep pushing him away like he always has? #1 in #gay (12.19.2025) tropes: #grumpyxsunshine, #polaropposites, #slowburn, #temporaryunrequitedlove #popularnerdxlonelyathlete #chasingarc #groveling #redemptionarc All Rights Reserved to Asphericity

[BxB] Aiden Rowe never asked for hockey. He doesn't like the cold, the crowds or the jocks. He'd much rather spend his time watching birds. But when he gets stuck covering the Port Howe Puffins for the school paper, his senior year suddenly revolves around freezing rinks, team dinners, deadlines and a sport he doesn't really understand. Somewhere between the chaos though, he finds someone who actually sees him and maybe hockey and Port Howe aren't the worst things after all. A soft, quirky and occasionally unhinged story about finding warmth (and love) in the unlikeliest of places. Content warning: lots of bird nerding Note: This is very much a queer romance with mature themes. Cover by @surrenderedstories

Hockey is all I have to keep my scholarship at Kingsley College. I can't afford any missteps. Yet, when Blake Vance takes the captaincy that should have been mine, steals the girl I've always dreamed of, and sets his sights on winning over my sister too, I lose my mind. And I risk losing everything. Blake is the king of the campus, an arrogant rich boy I've hated since day one. But a forced reconciliation program obliges us to do the unthinkable: spend entire days together and pretend to be friends in front of the coach. The harder I try to stay away from him, the more he breaks down my walls. And on the ice, you know, a single second of distraction can cost you your career.

Book one of three in the Skates on Ice trilogy. EMERSON CALDER: One fall. And that one fall almost ended my entire figure skating career. To make matters worse, I could almost taste my first Olympic win... before Onyx Steele, my skating partner, made one mistake during our routine that sent me slamming against the ice. I never blamed him, but my best friend blames himself. We almost made it. Until we didn't. It's been three years, and last year, I decided to take the ice back by becoming my university's hockey mascot. Hidden identity, no one knew it was me, but then? Then I meet Ashton Knox-the university's star hockey player, and we began talking. What was supposed to be one year of being the Wolves mascot turned into two. Because I can't part from the fond friendship I formed with him. He's a distraction from my goals, but I can't stop. He believes in me. But he has no idea who I am underneath this mask. I didn't want to be in a spotlight that wasn't mine. Then, Ashton gets injured on the ice, during a game, and the moment I tear off that mascot head and race over to him, I am thrust right into that same spotlight that isn't mine. Maybe I have far more feelings for the dopey hockey player than I initially realized.

"Fall for me. I promise I'll catch you, baby..." (Boy x boy) Vaughn Sokolov is an Olympic bound swimmer-diver. Swimming is the only thing that stops the past from drowning him. When he's forced to share an on-campus apartment with Evan Grimsley, the nerdy, neurotic, and socially awkward hockey goalie, he's less than pleased. Before Evan came into his life, Vaughn had everything. A clear view on his sexuality, a perfect (ish) girlfriend, and the role as future heir of the Sokolov Group empire. But while his asshole facade works deterring him in the beginning, Evan soon sees behind the masks and the fronts. He sees the good that even Vaughn can't. Evan is the only one Vaughn can't hide his demons from. The only one who stays. And for him, Vaughn is willing to risk everything. But no matter how hard far he runs, the demons will always be lurking.....

|18+| Taylor was supposed to be the one thing Finn could never have. Then desperation made them onlyfans partners-and feelings made everything messy. ... Finn has spent years pretending he isn't hopelessly in love with his best friend. It's a game he's gotten very good at playing. Smile when Taylor talks about girls. Ignore the way his heart races whenever Taylor throws an arm around his shoulders. Pretend friendship is enough. Then everything falls apart. Cut off financially and drowning in college expenses, Finn is desperate for a way to stay afloat. What starts as a quick solution soon becomes a secret life he's determined to keep hidden-especially from Taylor. But secrets never stay secret for long. When Taylor accidentally discovers what Finn has been doing, ignoring the revealed secret should be the obvious choice. Instead, Taylor asks to join him. With his sister's medical bills piling up and no other options in sight, Taylor convinces himself it's only business. Just a way to make money. Just a game. No feelings. No complications. No chance of ruining the friendship that means everything to both of them. The problem is that the longer they play, the harder it becomes to remember where the act ends and the truth begins. Because Taylor's touches don't feel fake. His jealousy doesn't feel fake. And the way he looks at Finn definitely doesn't feel fake. For years, Finn dreamed about Taylor wanting him back. Now that it might actually be happening, he's terrified of losing the one person he can't imagine living without. After all, every game has winners and losers. And neither of them is ready for what happens when somebody finally changes

"What is your type, then?" I jolt, his question catching me off guard. Rolling my head to the side to look at him, blades of grass press against my cheek. Thank god he's not watching me because he can't see the war happening inside of my head. On the contrary, Miles eyes are fluttered shut, one of his hands resting on his stomach. Every inch of his dark skin is illuminated by the moon, like angels poured silver glitter over him. There's no part of his body that isn't tastefully sculpted, almost like he took a shearing knife to his muscles before coming here simply to carve out a perfect body to tease me with. His t-shirt pulls taunt with each breath. The fabric catches on his muscles. The words are caught in the back of my throat. You. You have always been my type. Instead, I snort. "Whatever it is, it sure as hell wasn't her." - - - Parker Graham is totally content to be living his normal life. He has everything a teenage boy could dream of: rich parents, a nice car, crazy athletic skills, the star spot on the football team, and girls from around the state chasing his every move. But that contentment is stirred up when Miles Holt moves into town. Miles is everything that Parker isn't: steadfast, tall, a party animal, bilingual, black, and openly gay... which he has no problem admitting nor proving. And, to Parker's dismay, it's love at first sight. In order to keep his life straight and continue the image of perfection, Parker cannot let out the secret of his sexuality due to his scholarships and quarterback reputation on the line. Miles shouldn't get attached regarding a court law for his messed up family. They won't risk everything just to have one shot at keeping each other in the end... will they? [boyxboy] [FINALLY COMPLETE!!! votes & comments are always appreciated!! 🤍]

Book one of The Heartbreak Club Duet: Catching Tate Archer & Rescuing Damon Stryker. -- TATE ARCHER-DIAZ: He's the unobtainable one. The captain. The "bad boy." The one whose entire life revolves around basketball. However, I caught his attention from the first time he laid eyes on me, and when he approached me with offerings of a date, I found myself determined to set the little bad boy off like a firework. Into the sky and away from me. Damon Stryker, captain of Duke University's basketball team, decided I was the one he wanted, and I tried so hard to ignore the way he spoke in that hard, stoic voice that left little room for arguments. If he's determined to capture his Firefly, then he needs to put in the work. We aren't supposed to be together. We have to remain a secret. If we're caught, it could spell disastrous consequences for both of us. But try as I may, I can't prevent myself from falling for the stoic man because he treats me like I'm the finest gem. I get lost in those villainous green eyes, and I'm hypnotized. But as Chapel Hill's cheer captain, rivaled against Damon's school, Duke, we would ruin our futures before they began. We can't be caught. If we were caught, Damon would lose his position on Duke's basketball team, effectively diminishing his chances of making it to the NBA. It doesn't help that the sports world is still as homophobic as they comes, so a gay relationship is out of the question. But we can't stay away from each other. We fall in love, live through our secret relationship for over two years, and when it comes to telling our families and the world? Well, it doesn't go according to plan. It will all fall down, but you need to understand how we build our story first. Otherwise, you won't be able to understand how our love ends up withstanding a great tragedy. Our relationship will be tested in ways no relationship should need to be tested. And we will make it, but the road to our happy ending is a long one.