Off the Ice (Hat Trick Book 1) by Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn

Author:Avon Gale & Piper Vaughn [Gale, Avon]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Riptide Publishing
Published: 2017-10-28T18:30:00+00:00

Sebastian stood next to the glass in the Philips Arena, arms crossed over his chest and staring out at the ice. R.J. stood next to him, drinking an overpriced beer and grinning.

“This is so cool,” he said, for what had to be the sixth time. “And, somehow, that still makes you glare. Are you nervous, Sebastian?”

He wasn’t trying to glare—at least, until R.J. said that thing about being nervous. “Why would I be nervous?”

“Your boyfriend is going to play hockey?” R.J. smiled. Luckily, Tristan had been fine with R.J. knowing that he was gay, understanding that R.J. was a trusted friend who would never out him to anyone.

“Yes, but again, why would that make me nervous?” Sebastian glanced at R.J., who—of course—was wearing a Venom T-shirt. Sebastian owned no hockey-themed clothing at all, except for a shirt of Tristan’s that Tristan had left in his apartment. It was too big on Sebastian and it was from Tristan’s college team, not his professional one. At some point, Sebastian thought, he should buy something supportive. Like the shirts he saw with players’ names and numbers on them, though the thought of wearing Tristan’s name on his back was vaguely ridiculous.

Though it was sort of hot too.

They were at the arena for the Venom’s opening night game, and Tristan had given Sebastian a couple of tickets. He’d of course asked R.J. to come with him, and they were waiting for the team to come out on the ice for a warm-up skate (R.J. had been the one to tell him to show up early for that, and Sebastian had to admit he was curious to see Tristan on the ice in all that gear of his), and were joined by a few other fans. All of whom were wearing Venom shirts and jerseys—though there were a few for the Marauders, the hockey team from Memphis that had taken the Venom out of the playoffs last year. Some young women were there with their phones and a few signs too.

The whole thing was decidedly out of his comfort zone, but the sociologist in him was fascinated. Sebastian had never been immersed in sports culture, and if nothing else, this would be an excellent observation opportunity. The buzzer sounded before he could mention that to R.J., who’d struck up a conversation with a couple of children. Sebastian never had any idea what to say to children younger than his college students. Somehow they took one look at him and decided he wasn’t the kind of grown-up you talked to. Sebastian couldn’t say he was sad about that.

There was a cheer from those assembled along the glass as the skaters came out, and Sebastian’s eyebrows went up as he saw how tall and imposing Tristan’s team looked on their skates. Fascinated, he leaned closer and watched as they began skating laps around the rink. He couldn’t remember if he’d ever been on a pair of ice skates. Probably not. Roller skates a time or two as a kid, maybe, but he’d not been very good at it.

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