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He doesn't believe he belongs.
You don't know how not to care.
When Ethan Edwards earns a long-awaited call-up to the New Jersey Devils, he expects pressure, noise, and competition. What he doesn't expect is you - the quiet presence behind the scenes who treats him like he's more than a temporary roster spot.
You see the things no one else does:
the way he apologizes for taking up space,
the way he trains like love is something that has to be earned,
the way he flinches from happiness like it might leave him first.
Best friends Luke Hughes and Seamus Casey swear he's destined for greatness. Ethan is convinced he's one mistake away from disappearing.
Between late-night practices, shared hotel rooms, and moments that almost turn into something more, the line between professional distance and impossible longing begins to blur.
He wants you - but not before he becomes someone worthy of you.
And you're falling for him in the spaces he thinks don't matter.