Jamie Walsh has spent years fighting for a permanent place in the NHL. His latest call-up might finally be his chance-except a housing problem lands him in the spare bedroom of veteran star Patrick Nolan. Patrick is thirty-four, fifteen seasons into his career, and secretly planning to retire. He wants one final season without complications. Jamie becomes one anyway. Shared breakfasts and late-night conversations turn into stolen kisses, tangled sheets, and something neither man is prepared to call temporary.
But Jamie is building the future he's always dreamed of while Patrick is preparing to leave his behind. One man is finally getting his beginning. The other is facing his ending. And before the final horn sounds, they'll have to decide whether what they found together can survive beyond Patrick's last season.
Jamie Walsh has spent years fighting for a permanent place in the NHL. His latest call-up might finally be his chance-except a housing problem lands him in the spare bedroom of veteran star Patrick Nolan. Patrick is thirty-four, fifteen seasons into his career, and secretly planning to retire. He wants one final season without complications. Jamie becomes one anyway. Shared breakfasts and late-night conversations turn into stolen kisses, tangled sheets, and something neither man is prepared to call temporary.
But Jamie is building the future he's always dreamed of while Patrick is preparing to leave his behind. One man is finally getting his beginning. The other is facing his ending. And before the final horn sounds, they'll have to decide whether what they found together can survive beyond Patrick's last season.