It started as a dareA laugh, a drunken challenge to me, captain of the guys’ hockey team, to kiss him, captain of the swim team.
It became the answerIt was a question I didn't even realize I'd been asking.
It became everythingHe became everything. My beating heart. My every thought. What I held more precious than a future I’d been sacrificing for as long as I could remember.
And then it endedWe ended. Without another soul ever discovering we existed to begin with.
I was never supposed to come backBut four years and a Slayers Hockey contract later, here I am...Wondering if I dare to risk it all again.
