Ryan Asher has always been the sunshine in every locker room. The teammate who learns your name first, remembers your coffee order, and makes the room warmer just by showing up. Signed to the Atlanta Firebirds after a divorce he’s still pretending didn’t break him, Ash is chasing the fresh start he needs. New city. New team. New ice. He’s fine; he’s always fine. But from the very first phone call with his co-captain, something he can’t explain takes hold. Because Ash has never wanted a man before. And Antero Ikonen (six-five, Finnish, and devastating in his silence) is unraveling everything Ash thought he knew about himself. This isn’t just attraction. It’s a bi-awakening he never saw coming.