Desire or Defense by Leah Brunner EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
- Author: Leah Brunner
- Language: English
- Formats: PDF / EPUB
- Status: Available For Free Download
- Genre: Satire Fiction
- Price: Free
- File Size: 2 MB
- Publish Date: April 15, 2023
MITCH
FLYING across the ice for our pregame warm-up, my muscles burn in the
best way. Better my muscles, my body, and my skin than that pesky organ
inside my chest. I needed this game after not playing for five days.
I don’t want to think, to dwell on the fact that I have no family to spend
these so-called vacations with. To know everyone else on the team has that.
That they’re immersed in festive activities with their loved ones.
Not me. But I don’t need that, I need this. The challenge to my mind and
body. To use my muscles for what they’ve been expertly honed in for.
Everything I’ve ever worked for. The only good thing in my life that ever
lasted.
For eighteen years, I’ve dreaded any kind of vacation. School vacations,
summer breaks, and now… NHL time off for holidays. All that time off only
means one thing: too much time to think.
Glancing over at the plexiglass, I take in the sight of my teammates
fawning all over their offspring and wives on the other side. The kids all wear
tiny jerseys with their fathers’ numbers on them, and without seeing the
backs, I know they says daddy on them. I sniff out an annoyed breath. So
freaking cliché.
The guys wave and blow kisses to their girlfriends, which looks
ridiculous with their gloves on. The girls don’t care, waving right back, like
these big, sweaty hockey players are the greatest thing on earth.
This is the worst part of home games. And the exact reason I prefer away
games.
With a groan, I hit one of the pucks toward our goalie, Bruce. He’s
distracted, watching the families with a big grin on his face. The puck hits his
helmet, causing his head to whip in my direction. He narrows his eyes at me,
but a smirk plays at the corner of his mouth. Bruce seems to be the only one
on the team who’s not offended by what the rest of them call my “surly
countenance.”
Bruce has dirty-blond hair and green eyes full of mischief, everything
about him is cheery and bright. Like a burly Christmas elf. He seems more
suited to working in Santa’s workshop than being a goalie, but he’s actually a
badass netminder. Best in the league if you ask me, but I’m biased.
“Don’t be a grump!” Bruce yells across the ice—like he was reading my
mind—before hitting the puck back in my direction.
I roll my eyes. “I’m just ready for the game to start already,” I lie. I mean,
I am ready for the game to start, but I was definitely thinking about how
annoying the guys are acting. Like they didn’t just spend an entire five days
with their families.
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