Limits of Contact
ELENA QUINN
Some lines you don’t cross. Some you skate over real slow and pretend you didn’t notice.
Grayson Crawford has a plan. Train hard, stay focused, keep his head down. No drama, no distractions, just hockey, all the time. Ilya Volkova has a different show up, stir chaos, score goals, have fun. The league wants them to be the future of the Colorado Tornados. Neither of them expected that would involve becoming best friends. Or roommates. Or something else that’s a lot harder to define.
Over three seasons, the wins pile up, the pressure builds, and the spotlight only gets brighter. On the ice, they click. Off the ice… it’s complicated. Grayson doesn’t talk about feelings. Ilya pretends his are just jokes. And whatever’s happening between them, it isn’t in the rulebook.
But if there’s one thing they’re both good at, it’s pretending not to want what they can’t have. At least, until that stops working.
**M/M friends-to-lovers slowburn hockey romance

