Love Pucktually by M.M. Phoenix

I wasn’t planning on making out with him. I’m straight. I just…got bullied into it by a talking parrot, okay? Please, you have to believe me…

ACE
None of what happened was my fault, and I’d rather not explain how I ended up in Devon’s bed.
First, I’d have to tell people I’m straight, and that would already raise questions. Then I’d have to explain why I set his bar on fire, and then got bullied into making out with him by a talking parrot, and—
You can see how that would be an awkward conversation.
In my defense, it was all for charity. The making out part, I mean. Pucks for Paws and all.
Well, technically it wasn’t, but it was during this thing for charity. I didn’t actually have to make out with him, I just…
I’m not really making my case, am I?

DEVON
Some say December’s the busiest time of the year, and it definitely is for me.
This one started with two dozen oversized penguins (also known as a hockey team in formal wear) trashing my bar. And by “my” bar, I mean a bar I work at. Since—checks watch—earlier today.
But that’s okay, because I got to lie on top of one of them (the hottest one, thank you)for a minute, so all is well in the universe.
Speaking of hockey players… Have you seen a warm-up skate? Because if you haven’t, you definitely should. The way they drop down on the ice, spread their legs, and pump their—
Actually, I can’t talk right now. I have an animal shelter to save, a parrot to thank, a warm-up to catch, and an unfairly hot hockey forward to try to convince to let me lie on top of him again.
Like I said, December’s super busy.

Low Pucktually is a low angst, high-heat bi-awakening Hockey Romance. It’s a part of Melting Ice series and can be read as a stand-alone.