Thin Ice Between Us
For nearly a decade, enforcer Cal Mercer and elite playmaker Evan Locke have been defined by each other, through brutal on-ice fights, suspensions, and a rivalry the league loves to market. When a surprise trade forces them onto the same roster, their history doesn’t cool, it sharpens. Their chemistry becomes undeniable: violent, precise, and dangerously intimate.
Cal is feared for his body and punished for his temper, secretly craving structure and control he’s never been allowed to want. Evan has mastered the art of command – on the ice, in the locker room, everywhere – but Cal’s instinctive submission threatens the careful distance Evan keeps from need.
As the season tightens and scrutiny mounts, their power struggle turns deliberate, negotiated, and deeply personal. What begins as hatred becomes a choice neither of them can afford, yet neither can walk away from.
Thin Ice Between Us explores forbidden dominance and deliberate submission inside a league that thrives on sanctioned violence but forbids intimacy between men. What draws Cal and Evan together is not love at first, but the dangerous clarity of control exchanged with consent, and where punishment becomes trust, and surrender becomes power.