“You know, I’m the future of this team,” Jacob said, allowing his mouth to run even looser. “Just let me do my thing and I’ll bring home championship after championship.”
Jacob was wondering why none of his teammates were responding to his words. He had expected at least some reaction, be it good or bad. Not even Connor Valley was speaking up – instead, Conor Valley had nothing but a sly smile on his face.
Jacob turned and saw that a new player had entered the locker room.
And it wasn’t just any player either. No, this was Tane Rivers…
“You may be the future,” Tane said, his voice stern and full of natural authority. “But I’m still very much its present. I need a word with you, boy. And we can do that right here in front of everyone, or we can do it in private. It’s your call.”
Jacob felt his heart skip a beat.
Tane Rivers had been recovering from a serious injury in a rehab clinic in Switzerland since before preseason. Jacob had seen Tane on TV countless times over the years, but to be in his presence in real life was something else altogether.
With his dark brown haired littered with flecks of grey and his soulful brown eyes, Tane was every inch the mature hockey heartthrob that had been on people’s screens for years. His body was clearly in immaculate condition too, perfectly filling out his smart shirt and tailored suit trousers.
Jacob couldn’t stop his eyes scanning all over Tane, drinking him in thirstily and marveling at his appearance.
He’s bigger in the flesh.
Those arms, that face, he’s so…
So… hello Daddy.
Jacob felt himself blush.
Suddenly, Jacob didn’t feel like the next superstar on ice, he felt like something else altogether. Struggling to get his words out, Jacob felt a mixture of arousal, anger, and vulnerability.
Tane Rivers may have been in his final season as a player, but it was clear that when it came to the Enforcers locker room, he was still very much in charge.
Jacob’s heart was beating harder than it would before a big game, and his cock was suddenly beginning to rise and press up against the thickness of his fluffy towel.
“Well?” Tane said. “Do we do this here, or do we take it private?
“P-P-P-P-Private,” Jacob said, his cheeks by now flushed red.
Jacob didn’t know what to expect from this talk with Tane, but he knew one thing – his experience at the Toronto Enforcers was about to change…
Chapter 2
Tane
Tane was walking towardPower Roast, his favorite coffee haunt in the whole city. It had been way, way too long since Tane had enjoyed a rich, strong double espresso atPower Roast, and now he was finally back home and with two working legs, it was definitely time to set that straight.
“It feels good to be home,” Tane said, muttering the words as he wrapped his heavy winter coat around his body and continued to walk down the tree-lined street in the city’s Western Quarter.
Tane had only arrived back the night before, sometime after midnight.
The flight back from Switzerland had been uneventful, boring even. But this was just how Tane wanted it.
After nearly nine months of injury hell, Tane had been through enough ups and downs to last him a lifetime. A ruptured ligament that turned out to be something even more serious had seen Tane’s entire career placed in jeopardy at one point.
The trip to the highest rated clinic in Switzerland had almost been a last chance situation for Tane. Even if the team doctors didn’t say it out loud, Tane knew it was true.
But one successful operation and rehab period later, and Tane was ready to hit the ice again for one last dance. And a sedate, sleepy flight from Switzerland was just what Tane wanted to allow him to refocus his mind on what truly mattered.
Tane Rivers might have been thirty-eight years old and in his final season as a player, but he was determined to go out a champion. A near twenty year career as a pro had seen him lift numerous personal accolades and MVP awards.
However when it came to team titles, Tane had lifted far fewer championship titles than a player with his talent should have done. And having been part of the Toronto Enforcers sporting project for the last four years, he was ready to cap it all off by winning the playoffs and going out as a champion at the end of the season.
