A straight-identified hockey captain reacts physically only to the gay team doctor who treats him.
Ice hockey captain Brady has built a public Casanova persona while insisting he is heterosexual. That certainty collapses when Marven joins the staff as team physician and becomes the sole person to provoke a visceral bodily response in Brady. Marven, openly gay and quietly falling for the captain, leverages routine exams and injury assessments to remain near him, turning professional care into a channel for proximity. Brady wrestles with the clash between his long-held identity and an involuntary pull he cannot explain.
Markers
- 1Sports romance
- 2Identity crisis
- 3Forbidden proximity
Audience
Readers drawn to sports settings where professional boundaries blur with unexpected desire.
