behind the glass

skyler hayes is a 22-year old forward from tampa, florida who traded palm trees for frozen mornings at the university of minnesota as she was playing for one of the top women's division I ice hockey programs in the country. back in charleston, south carolina, her father coached and managed the Lowcountry admirals, a men's single-A professional team in the SEPL. growing up around the team is how she met andrei mirozlov; the admirals' quiet russian star from moscow with broken english, a thick accent, and a heart that only skyler truly seemed to understand.

to the organization, their relationship was normal. to their families, it was expected. to the fans, it was anything but.

everything changes when skyler meets a female fan who has no idea who she is, except that she's standing a little too close to skyler's boyfriend. what begins as a harmless admiration quickly grows into an unhealthy obsession, fueled by social media, assumptions, and the fantasy of believing you know someone because you've watched them play. every photo, every interaction, and every appearance is picked apart online until strangers begin convincing themselves they know the truth about andrei's life better than the people who actually live it.

as rumors spread and boundaries begin to disappear, skyler is forced to confront the reality of loving someone whose life is constantly on display. the pressure of public scrutiny follows them from packed arenas to quiet moments they once thought were private, testing their trust, patience, and sense of security because sometimes the most dangerous people aren't the ones behind the glass...

they're the ones who believe they're entitled to step through it.