Page 52 of Icing the Play

“Shit, Ace and Zoma are home. I better get dressed before I leave your room.” I exhaled a long breath. “It’s getting late. I should probably go.”

“I guess so.” He kissed my cheek and released my dick. “Sleep tight tonight.” He gave me a warm grin.

“You too.” I climbed off the bed, slid my underwear and shorts up my legs, and grabbed my shirt. “See you in the morning.” Leaning over the bed, I placed a long kiss on his lips. “Goodnight.”

“Goodnight, babe.” With a chuckle, he tucked himself under his covers.

I shook my head once and opened the door, then padded into the hallway. He’d known what he was saying in the heat of the moment.

“Hey, Myles.” Ace lumbered toward me and ticked his gaze toward the door. “Have a nice evening at home?”

“Ssh.” Cooper didn’t need to hear whatever teasing comment Ace was about to say. I pushed Ace down the hallway toward my room and stepped inside. “Yes, we had a good night.”

“We’re all set for the game tomorrow, right?” Ace lifted his brows. “Archer and Leo are coming again?”

I’d almost forgotten about setting up tickets for us all again. “Yes, we’re all set.” Maybe tomorrow I could talk to Leo.

“Good.” He patted my shoulder. “It’s good to see you gettingsome dick on the regular. You seem a lot more relaxed now.” With a cackle, he walked away from me. “Zoma, are you getting me water?”

“Yes.” Zoma called from the kitchen.

Shaking my head, I tsked and walked into my room.

Next evening,Ace sat beside me while Leo sat opposite. I’d wanted to talk to Leo during the game about his family situation, since I knew it took some time for him to come out to them while he was dating Archer. The game so far had been closer than Cooper or his buddies on the team had thought it would be.

I glanced at the score. ASU’s lead was a mere field goal deep into the fourth quarter. I leaned toward Leo. “You think we can pull this off?” I wiped a droplet of sweat from my brow. It was still pretty warm outside, even though the sun was down, and it was September.

“Hell yeah, we can pull it off. A game like this could go down to the wire.” Leo chuckled and sipped beer from a big plastic cup.

I nodded and peeked at Ace, sitting on the edge of his seat and yelling, “Come on guys, you’ve got this!”

I swallowed hard. “Hey, Leo, can I talk to you about something?” Maybe the game would distract him too much to talk now.

Swaying forward, Archer glanced at me and lifted his brows.

Leo slid his beer into a cup holder on the back of the seat in front of him. “Sure. What is it?” He focused on me. No wonder Archer had fallen so hard for the guy. When you needed him, he always dropped everything to be there.

“You took a while to come out to your parents, eh.”

“I did.” He pursed his lips. “I know you’re not out to your family and with you dating Cooper, is it starting to be a problem?”

Dipping my gaze, I rocked once. “Well, not yet really. But Cooper wants to come out to his family by Thanksgiving.” As my chest grew tight, I breathed through it. “I feel sort of shitty having him do that with me not telling my family about me.”

He nodded and rubbed his chin. “Why are you keeping your sexuality a secret? All the other guys are out.” His brows slid together. “Are your parents homophobic?”

“I-I don’t know. I don’t think my mom is.” I fisted my hand over my thigh. “I’ve never had a reason to tell them about me.” I dashed my gaze across the seats in front of us. What was it exactly that had started it all? “My brother is…well, he’s sort of the golden child, if you know what I mean.” I faced Leo. “Where it took me hard work and time to become good at hockey, my brother picked it up naturally. He’s always been the best player on his teams and?—”

“And part of that is because you taught him how to play.” Ace gave me a pointed look. “He might surprise you with how much he idolizes you.”

“Naw…” Shit, now Ace was in on this conversation. I huffed a chuckle. “But I think he’s part of why I’ve kept my mouth shut. I don’t want to let him down.”

“Myles, being gay is not letting anyone down.” Ace pursed his lips.

Leo held his hand out to Ace. “Hold on now. What Ace said is true, but it doesn’t mean your feelings aren’t valid.”

Archer wrapped an arm around Leo’s shoulders and smirked at me.

After kissing Archer’s cheek, Leo’s attention drew to me and he said, “I have a gay brother and still, I thought I’d be letting my parents down if they knew I was bisexual and especially if they found out I was in a gay relationship.”

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