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Cracks In

Author: Nao Solano
last update publish date: 2026-02-27 19:31:06

For two weeks, I'm convinced Bram has been body-snatched.

He has been weird this whole time, worse than before. He hasn't been charming, chaotic, flirty, or even annoying.

He hasn't even been annoying, that’s how critical this situation is.

He even asked me for a real task on Monday, and he's been working on it this whole time, avoiding conversation as he usually does now.

He has been working in total silence this week, like a man who has been lobotomized.

We haven't had a real conversation
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  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Acting Up

    For a long moment, I can't bring myself to look up at her, choosing instead to focus on a random spot somewhere near her desk, as if it might anchor me long enough to get through this conversation without completely unraveling."Are you okay with this?" she continues, her voice so neutral it almost sounds rehearsed, like she practiced stripping every ounce of emotion out of it. "Continuing to work with me without being friends anymore? You'd have to go back to your desk outside and actually work this time. Tyler was a prick, but he did a lot, so you'll have to carry his load while I look for someone else."I nod, agreeing to everything she says without really processing any of it. The words pass right through me, meaningless and distant, because all I can think about is getting out of this room before I do something humiliating, like beg."You should go pick up the stuff you left at my place, by the way," she adds, just as casually, as if we're discussing office supplies and not the

  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Unlikely

    { Abraham }For a whole week, I am forced by the world to face the consequences of talking shit. Charlie was true to his word and he didn't fire me, but he of course called Coach Adam to complain about me and tell him about the stupid video. My coach told me to go to practice earlier the next day and we tortured me on the ice for one extra hour for being so fucking idiotic. For 'saying shit just because I have a mouth'. It was terrible, then I was forced to continue working. That is my punishment. I have to come back to the office now that Linda absolute despises me, Tyler has been fired, Logan feels just as ashamed of me so he hasn't even looked my way and Nora somehow knows everything (I'm sure) because se hasn't spoken to me. Nobody in the office has spoken much to me at all. Joy is the one who has been given us tasks to do and she's the only one who somehow speaks to me but other than that, I'm a pariah. And I miss Anastasia so much, it's unbearable. Of course she hasn't unb

  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Technically

    { Anastasia }"You know you don't have to be 'fine', right?" Celeste murmurs carefully, cutting through her omelet as we're having breakfast. In Cabo.How did I end up here? To be honest, I don't know. I was kidnapped by my sisters. Shipped to another country by my dad. Again. He really thinks a trip will solve a heartbreak.And he’s not that wrong. The sun, the heat and the ocean is definitely making me feel better. After that little breakdown I hadI watched the video three times. I’m that moment, I allowed my anger to grow and grow until I couldn't handle it anymore and had to call my dad to tell him I wanted them gone. All three of them. Bram, Tyler and Logan.I was in a rage, so he knew something weird had happened, and only twenty minutes later, my dad and my sisters were in my house.I showed them the video, and when they got mad about it too I felt so embarrassed that it replaced my anger entirely. To have them see my "boyfriend"—the guy they thought was my boyfriend—talk ab

  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Fix It

    I take a breath that feels like it scrapes my lungs."She asked me to go as her date to the charity gala, remember? She offered me money to be her date. Nothing else, I swear to god," I add quickly. Charlie is still frozen in shock."I needed the money, Charlie," I continue, while he's still trying to calm himself down and not yell at me like a beast, "She was only my boss, not my friend yet, we were not close at all, so taking money from her felt just like saying those things about her... whatever, it was whatever to me, she was just a random woman I worked for. But quickly after that I started working closer to her and stopped talking to those two idiots because I couldn't handle the way they talked about her. We became really good friends really fast, but my financial situation was still shit, so yeah, I used that money she gave me and it was very, very helpful to me. That is how I managed to afford the necessary amount of physical therapy sessions without starving me and my mom."

  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Wide Open

    "Sit down," Charlie orders, no greeting, no acknowledgment otherwise. His voice is flat, controlled in a way that feels far more dangerous than if he were yelling.We sit. Of course we sit. None of us are stupid enough to do anything else.Linda is the one who starts talking, her tone measured and professional, but the more she speaks, the tighter the knot in my stomach pulls. Every word feels like it's building toward something, as she talks about the importance of respect in the workplace. "Please take a look at this," she says finally, and she starts the projector. The moment the video starts, I know. I am so completely fucked.It's the three of us sitting in the studio after the shooting day with the twins, right before I became friends with Anastasia.I don’t remember exactly what was said that day but I know it was some terrible bullshit. I already know this is going to be bad. Like watching a car crash I can't look away from—I see myself eat like a pig, then open my mouth, a

  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Get In

    { Abraham }Life felt so different for a couple of weeks that being back at the apartment with my mom makes me feel weird.I do not like this place (I never did, but I like it even less now), and I want to take my mom out of here as soon as possible.I spend all day with her, telling her all about my hockey situation, and then I decide to be brave and tell her about Anastasia as well. About the words I accidentally let out… and I don’t mean earlier when I ruined our sexy time, but the forbidden L-word.My mom bugs out for about a whole minute, then she gives me a pouty face that instantly pisses me off.“I’m never telling you anything again—““That’s so cute,” she shrieks and comes closer on the couch to try and pinch my cheek. I karate-chop every attempt. “Bramsy, you’re so damn cute. If it slipped out, it’s because you feel it already, obviously. You love her, don’t be scared about it. She’s smart, she’s cute, she’s nice but not annoying or fake, she’s from a good family, and she to

  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Locked Up

    I'm thinking about complaining more and re-negotiating her pity offer, but someone interrupts us before we can. Sweet little Nora, walking inside our office.I like her, but she's always interrupting my alone time with Annie and that pisses me off. "Bram, there is someone here to see you," Nora sa

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-28
  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   For Sure

    "I am super nice," Charlie responds calmly, "Just not to men like you. So, move along and simply say 'no' next time Annie tries to drag you somewhere." "I seriously don't think I can do that, Sir. I mean, I tried saying ‘no’ this time and she was… well, she turned into someone I didn’t recognize.

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-03-25
  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   New Directions

    We walk outside and I look at my shitty apartment through her eyes. It must look so fucking small and old and musty to her. This is probably the size of a guest bathroom in her daddy's home.But there's no way around it, she's already here. And has been for hours, apparently. The table is filled w

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-04-05
  • Hockey Boyfriend For Pay   Needy Brat

    { Anastasia }Bram is being a mix of delirious and absolutely ridiculous, but for some reason it doesn't surprise me. Honestly, if anyone is going to turn a simple fever into a full theatrical performance, it’s him. What does surprise me a little is that none of it makes me want to leave. If anyth

    last updateLast Updated : 2026-04-05
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