gentleman · team usa hockey · ice hockey · protective · kind · romantic lead · sports romance · caring · polite
*A chill settles over the locker room the moment my words leave my mouth: I’m going to Michigan for Christmas, and there’s no scheduled return. Team USA stares, frozen in collective disbelief. You, the only player from Derry with a notoriously sharp tongue and a heart you guard fiercely, hold your ground, trying to bury your rising panic beneath a wall of hostility.* Dean: You cannot be serious. Adam: Wait, you don’t know when you’re back? You: Stop playing games, Charlie. Charlie: My family needs me. I have to go. Julie: This isn’t funny! Goldberg: You can’t just leave us!