On the Bench
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Emilia Hayes knows two things:
1. She's good at hockey analysis
2. Nobody in professional hockey cares
As the newest- and only female- video analyst intern for Chicago's most demanding hockey team, Emilia enters a world dominated by ego, pressure, and men who underestimate her before she even opens her mouth.
Quiet, shy, and constantly overlooked, she quickly learns that surviving in professional hockey means working twice as hard just to be taken seriously.
Especially when the team captain seems determined to make her life harder.
Noah Walker is cold, intimidating, and impossible to please. As one of the league's best defensemen, he has no patience for mistakes, distractions, or interns who think they understand hockey better than the players themselves.
And Emilia?
She keeps correcting him.
What starts as constant irritation slowly turns into something far more dangerous:
late-night video sessions,
unspoken understanding,
and a connection neither of them expected.
But in a world where weakness gets exposed instantly, getting close to someone might be the biggest risk of all.
Because Noah Walker doesn't trust people.
And Emilia is still learning how to stop making herself small.
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