Playing the Point by Ashley Broome

Author:Ashley Broome [Broome, Ashley]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-03-02T16:00:00+00:00

Fifteen

Henny had expected things to change between him and Matt in the days after his admission. But they didn’t. Henny had been on edge the first few times he’d walked into the locker room after their talk, worried that suddenly everything would change. But nothing had. Matt had even stopped by a few times since he’d had come out to him. They ate dinner together, played video games, and watched terrible reality tv to pass the time.

It wasn’t until Matt was late one day that Henny started to feel anxious. He could feel heart pounding in his chest. Matt was never late, but when he was, it was because he was talking with management. He hadn’t been afraid of repeating what happened in Seattle until today.

Henny was halfway into his Under Armor when someone smacked him on the back.

“Dude, moving slow today? You and Axel have a party after I left last night?”

Henny looked up to see Matt gripping a towel looped around his neck.

“You say that like I’m late getting geared up.”

Matt grinned. “On time is late. You know that.”

“Not all of us live for box jumps and pull-ups.” Henny rolled his eyes.

“You don’t know what you’re missing out on.” Matt shrugged as he made his way over to his stall. He grabbed a new shirt and tugged it on.

“Oh, I think we know exactly what we’re missing out on,” Gags drawled as he plopped down and adjusted the laces on his shoes.

Everyone looked up when Teppo walked into the doorway and let out a loud curse.

“You okay over there, Teppo?” Carter asked as he tried to muffle his laughter.

Teppo dropped to the bench and shot Carter the bird.

“Yeah, he’s okay.” Duffy laughed. “He looks a little hungover, but he’s alright.”

“He won’t be saying that when he’s puking his guts out later,” Dimitry mumbled to himself.

“What did you get up to, Teppo?” Matt asked.

“I did a stupid thing,” Teppo groaned as he dropped onto the bench by his stall.

“And what would that be?” Henny grinned at his misfortune.

“I decided to have dinner with Dimitry and Alesky last night. I should have known better.” Teppo struggled to get out of his tennis shoes so he could get changed for their on ice training.

“Ohhh,” Duffy dragged the word out. “You should have known better.”

“There weren’t supposed to be any drinks. Just food and then back to Dimitry’s for a little Madden. Somehow, I had more than a couple, and ended up having to sleep in the guest room because I was not okay to drive home,” Teppo explained.

Matt shared an incredulous look with Henny, before saying, “Dimitry let you stay at his place?”

“Why are you saying that like it’s a big deal?”

“Because it is,” Duffy answered for Matt. “I don’t remember the last time he let anyone stay at his pace, even drunk. He usually calls an Uber and sends you on your way.”

“I can be nice,” Dimitry scoffed. “Plus, I didn’t know where Teppo lived, so I couldn’t get him an Uber home.

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