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“Dinner with me tonight?” Koski asked, tapping him lightly on the shin with the toe of his stick.
Ryan nodded. “You gotta hang out and sign some autographs with me after practice though, OK? I promised some kid I’d meet him out there since I was running late and couldn’t sign for him.”
“Such a good guy, Baylor. You know I will do it. See you out there.”
Ryan watched him as he left for the ice, smiling and biting his bottom lip as he felt his face flush.
“It was fun, but it doesn’t have to mean anything. It was just for fun.”
Yeah, that’d turned out to be number one bullshit, as evidenced by the butterflies currently flitting around wildly in Ryan’s abdomen.
When Ryan had first seen Koski again after the hookup on his boat, he’d expected it to be awkward. But it hadn’t been. They’d talked and skated together like nothing had even happened.
And when Koski had offered him a ride home from the game that night, they’d never made it back to Jake and Amara’s. Instead, they’d ended up at Koski’s waterfront luxury apartment, where he and Ryan had smoked a blunt together and had sex three more times.
“What happened to that girlfriend you really like?” Ryan had teased him as they lay tangled up together in the Finn’s bed, Koski mindlessly tracing Ryan’s chest tattoo again.
“Perhaps she is with that ex-boyfriend you were supposed to get back together with,” Koski had shot back.
"Touché."
After a few minutes of silence, Ryan spoke, running his fingers through his teammate’s tousled blond hair. “Hey. Like, what are we even doing?”
Koski had shrugged, moaning slightly at Ryan’s touch. “I don’t know, Baylor. But whatever it is, I don’t want to stop. Do you?”
Ryan had shaken his head. “I should. But I’m kinda obsessed with the way you fuck me.”
“Then stay and I’ll do it again tomorrow. Perhaps sooner.”
So, after texting Amara to let her know he wouldn’t be coming home so she didn’t worry, Ryan had spent the night at his fellow d-man’s apartment.
Which happened to be the same waterfront apartment complex where Ryan had just signed a lease for an apartment of his own.
The apartment at which Hayes would be staying for at least two nights a week very soon, as tomorrow was his last day of inpatient treatment and they were supposed to be working on putting their relationship back together.
Oh yeah, and since they’d both agreed to fuck TK, he’d most likely be joining them there.
mess
/mes/ noun: a situation or state of affairs that is confused or full of difficulties
Yep.
That about summed it up in a nutshell.
The Easy Part Is Done (25)
January 17
Day 1
Stomach in knots, Hayes dropped his bags on the floor of his new bedroom at Regency Recovery Home and shut the door behind him. He’d just had his new resident orientation with Annelle, the house manager, to go over some of the rules and regulations of his stay here.
“We have rules for a few reasons, Hayes. They keep you and the other residents safe, they support your recovery process, and they help to encourage a sober lifestyle. This is a lifestyle change. You’ve gone through the detox and your inpatient stay. The easy part is done. The next 25 days? The rest of your life? That’s the challenge. And we’re here to help you but you have to play by the rules.”
Absolutely no alcohol or drugs of any kind were permitted on the premises.
Attendance at weekly house meetings and completion of household chores were expected.
