Ryan Talonovich is the star of his college hockey team, until an accident during practice leaves him confined to a wheelchair. The doctors say he'll walk again but a new season is already underway and he's been replaced on the team, which leaves him feeling alone and betrayed. What's the use of fighting to get back on the ice now?<br><br>Then he meets Dante Espinosa, a short track skater on the city's speed skating club. Though he has to work overtime to afford his sport, Dante is hell on ice, and dreams of making the cut on the U.S. Olympic Speedskating Team.<br><br>Their love of the ice brings them together, but too many obstacles stand in their way: Ryan's struggle with therapy. The memory of Dante's first boyfriend. Lack of funding to the event, Dante's harassing boss, a skating friend in love with him, and Wil Dietrich, who will do anything to win.

Power Play

As his fingers knead Ryan’s back, he studies his boyfriend’s face, closed and bunched like a fist, his brow clouded and his eyes shut tight. His lips, drawn into a bitter pout, part beneath a sigh while Dante works the knots out of his muscles. “It’s okay,” he murmurs, scooting down Ryan’s thighs. His hands brush over Ryan’s boxers, then Dante pulls the thin material down over Ryan’s buttocks, kneads the pale skin that pinks beneath his touch. With his knuckles, he rubs into tight muscles, moving in circular patterns until Ryan moans from his ministrations. “It’s okay,” he says again, speaking softly, one hand slipping into the darkness between Ryan’s legs to fondle hidden flesh.


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