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BL AI He Came to DESTROY My Team Hockey Drama - PART 2
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00:00Remembering the steam, the water, his body pressed against mine.
00:05The way I fell apart in his hands, like I'd been waiting my whole life for someone to touch me
00:10like that.
00:11I tell myself it was physical, just bodies responding to stimulation.
00:16Put any two people in a hot shower together, add some tension, and biology takes over.
00:23But then I remember his voice in my ear, low and rough, saying my name like it meant something.
00:30Let go, Ash.
00:31Saying, I've got you.
00:33Like he actually meant it.
00:35And I remember the way I moaned for him, the way I came undone with his name on my lips.
00:42Blaze.
00:43I need air, need space, need to outrun the thoughts chasing me in circles.
00:49But there's nowhere to go, nowhere that isn't tainted by memories of him.
00:54The rink where we practiced together.
00:56The parking lot where he rescued me from Amelia.
01:00My own fucking apartment where I invited him in like an idiot and let him...
01:05Yeah, I'm sure.
01:06Is this really what I want?
01:10Say it.
01:11Just fucking say it.
01:15I'm not straight.
01:16I've never been straight.
01:23I've been in love with him my whole life.
01:26I just didn't have the words for it until now.
01:29The realization should terrify me.
01:32And it does.
01:33It absolutely does.
01:34But underneath the fear, there's something else.
01:37Something that feels almost like relief.
01:41A peace clicking into place that's been missing forever.
01:46Tomorrow, I'll go back to practice.
01:49Tomorrow, I'll face him.
01:51Face the team.
01:52Face whatever comes next.
01:54Tonight, I let myself breathe.
01:57Three days without Asher on the ice feels like missing a limb.
02:01I check my phone between every drill.
02:03His reply from yesterday, that single, yeah, sits in our text thread like a lifeline I'm afraid to pull.
02:11I want to text again.
02:13But I know him.
02:15Pushing too hard will only make him retreat further.
02:18So I wait.
02:19I try not to think about the steam.
02:21His body against mine.
02:23The way he fell apart in my hands like he'd been waiting his whole life for someone to touch him
02:27like that.
02:28The way he moaned my name.
02:30Blaze.
02:31God, I can't stop hearing it.
02:33Wilson, head in the game.
02:35Sorry, coach.
02:40Listen up.
02:41I've got news.
02:43Regional championship.
02:45Three weeks out.
02:47The weight of his words settles on my shoulders.
02:49As captain, the pressure falls heaviest on me.
02:53Scouts will be watching.
02:55NHL representatives from at least five different organizations.
02:59Professional opportunities are on the line for those who prove themselves.
03:06I need every single one of you locked in.
03:08No distractions.
03:10No drama.
03:11No bullshit.
03:13We have the talent to win this.
03:16But talent means nothing without unity.
03:18I need this team functioning as one organism.
03:21That means everyone pulling their weight.
03:25Everyone showing up.
03:27Everyone putting the team first.
03:29Make sure a carpenter gets the message when he's feeling better.
03:35Yes, coach.
03:40Heavy is the head that wears the crown, huh?
03:43Something like that.
03:44Walk with me.
03:49You really think you can just walk away?
03:52Carpenter's been out three days.
03:54He's sick.
03:55Is he?
03:55Because I heard he's been avoiding the rink entirely.
03:58Won't even answer the door when teammates stop by.
04:01Danny tried to bring him soup yesterday.
04:03No response.
04:04How would you know that?
04:05I asked around.
04:07Seem weird that our star player suddenly disappears, right?
04:09When we're gearing up for the biggest game of the season.
04:11I wanted to make sure everything was okay.
04:14Everything's fine.
04:15Is it?
04:16Because from where I'm standing, it looks like you've got your head so far up Carpenter's ass
04:20that you're forgetting what actually matters here.
04:23Excuse me?
04:24You heard me.
04:25You beat Marcus bloody for him.
04:28You spent every free moment practicing with him.
04:30You transferred across the country for him.
04:32Don't think...
04:33I don't know what this is really about.
04:35I've been your partner for three years, Blaze.
04:37Three years.
04:38Two championships.
04:40I had your back through everything.
04:42And suddenly some guy from your childhood shows up and I'm what?
04:45Second string?
04:48Yesterday's news?
04:49Jackson, that's...
04:50No, I don't need explanations.
04:52I need you focused.
04:53We have a championship to win.
04:55And I'm not losing it because you're too busy chasing someone who clearly doesn't want to be caught.
05:01It's not much.
05:03Not an explanation or an apology or any acknowledgement of what happened between us.
05:09But it's something.
05:11A door cracked open instead of slammed shut.
05:15A chance to talk, even if it's just about hockey.
05:19I'll take it.
05:20I'll take anything he's willing to give me.
05:23The coffee shop is small and quiet.
05:27Tucked away on a side street where no one from the team would think to look.
05:32I arrive 20 minutes early because I'm a masochist, apparently.
05:36Four days.
05:38It's been four days since the shower.
05:40Since I sat on my bathroom floor and admitted the truth to myself.
05:45Three days of avoiding practice.
05:48Three days of avoiding practice.
05:49Avoiding my phone.
05:50Avoiding everything except the war raging inside my own head.
05:54And now I'm here, about to face him.
05:58Thanks for coming, Eshi.
05:59Don't call me that.
06:01You said it was about the game.
06:03Championship is in three weeks.
06:05Coaches on everyone's ass about unity and focus.
06:08Without whatever's been happening between us getting in the way.
06:11Agreed.
06:13The team needs us functional.
06:15The deal I offered you before.
06:17The captaincy.
06:18That still stands, Ash.
06:21If you want it, I'll step back.
06:23Talk to Wellington myself.
06:25Why?
06:27After how I've treated you, after I ghosted you for four days.
06:31Why would you still offer that?
06:32Because I meant what I said.
06:35I didn't come here for a title.
06:38The captaincy was never the point.
06:41The captaincy.
06:42You earned it.
06:43And the team respects you.
06:46Ash.
06:47No.
06:49Let me finish.
06:50I was angry about it because it was easier than admitting what was really bothering me.
06:55It was about me being terrified of why I cared so much that you came back.
06:59So we're good?
07:01We can be professional?
07:03Yeah.
07:04I'm not gonna push you.
07:06Whatever you're going through, whatever you're figuring out, I'll wait.
07:09But I need you to know that what happened in your apartment wasn't nothing to me.
07:12It wasn't a mistake.
07:14I've been figuring things out.
07:16About myself.
07:18About what I want.
07:19I'm not ready to talk about it yet.
07:21But I'm not running anymore.
07:24I'm trying.
07:25That's enough.
07:26That's all I need to know.
07:32We should go.
07:34Practice tomorrow.
07:35You need rest.
07:37See you at practice tomorrow, Eshi.
07:39Call me that again, and I'll check you into the boards.
07:43So hard your grandchildren will feel it.
07:47There he is.
07:49Missed that fire.
07:51Tomorrow, I'll be there.
07:53Good.
07:54I'm glad you came today, Eshi.
07:55I know it wasn't easy.
07:57Whatever you're figuring out, you don't have to do it alone.
08:00Okay?
08:00Okay?
08:07Almost a week of hiding in my apartment, of avoiding this exact moment, and now I'm back.
08:13I see him.
08:14Blaze is running through solo drills with that effortless grace that used to make me jealous.
08:22Carpenter!
08:23Wilson!
08:24You're paired up for offensive rotations!
08:27This is it.
08:29The test.
08:30The whistle blows.
08:31We move.
08:33We find rhythm.
08:34Not the awkward tension of our early practices.
08:38Not the hostile competition I forced between us.
08:41I know where Blaze is going to be before he gets there.
08:45He reads my positioning like he's inside my head.
08:49It's terrifying how natural it feels.
08:55Carpenter Wilson!
08:57We both freeze.
08:58I brace for criticism.
09:01Too aggressive.
09:02Too sloppy.
09:03Something.
09:04That.
09:06Right there.
09:07That's what I need from you two.
09:10Keep that energy and we might actually have a shot at this championship.
09:14Not bad, Eshi.
09:16Almost like old times.
09:17Don't get cocky.
09:25I should look away.
09:27I know I should look away.
09:31I don't.
09:32I'm staring.
09:34I know I'm staring.
09:36Can't seem to stop.
09:38Our gazes lock across the locker room.
09:41The noise fades.
09:43Something is happening.
09:45I'm changing, shifting, becoming someone I don't fully recognize yet.
09:51And for the first time, that doesn't terrify me.
09:55Team dinners are supposed to be fun.
09:58Bonding before the championship push.
10:01So why does this one feel like walking into a minefield?
10:03You're staring at the menu like it personally offended you.
10:06Just trying to decide if I want a carb load or pretend I have self-control.
10:10Get the pasta.
10:12Championships in two weeks.
10:14You've earned carbs.
10:18Is that captain's order?
10:20Consider it strong encouragement.
10:22Unless you need me to make it an order, Eshi.
10:25Don't start something you can't finish.
10:27Who says I can't finish it?
10:35I thought we could catch up.
10:37I feel like I've barely seen you lately.
10:39You've been busy.
10:41Yeah.
10:42Sorry about that.
10:44Practice has been intense.
10:46Championship prep.
10:47Right.
10:50Championship.
10:51That's actually what I wanted to talk about.
10:53Focus.
10:55Making sure we're all locked in on what matters.
10:57We're focused.
10:58Are we?
11:00Because I've noticed some distractions creeping in lately.
11:02Side projects.
11:04Extra practice sessions.
11:06I just want to make sure we're not losing sight of the goal.
11:09Two years I've had your back on that ice.
11:12Do you think chemistry like ours grows on trees?
11:14It takes work.
11:16It takes loyalty.
11:17I know what I'm doing.
11:19Do you?
11:20Because the blaze I know wouldn't let anything get in the way of winning.
11:24That's what made us unstoppable.
11:34Hey.
11:36You okay?
11:37I'll be fine.
11:39Your friend's pretty territorial.
11:42He's just...
11:43He's intense about winning.
11:46That's all.
11:48Sure.
11:57Good dinner.
11:59Felt like old times.
12:01What the hell was that?
12:04What was what?
12:06Don't play dumb.
12:08The comments.
12:09The looks you were being an asshole to Asher all night.
12:12What happened to the plan?
12:14No distractions.
12:16No drama.
12:16Hockey first.
12:18Everything else second.
12:19That's what made us champions.
12:21We sacrificed everything.
12:22Turned down parties.
12:24Ignored girls.
12:25Put the team above all of it.
12:26And we got rewarded.
12:28Truffees.
12:29Scouts.
12:30A future.
12:31Now you're risking everything we've built for some guy who still can't figure out which
12:35way he swings?
12:36You don't get to decide who I care about.
12:39Don't say I didn't warn you.
12:41When this blows up in your face, and it will, I won't be there to pick up the pieces.
12:49I stare at the screen, an uneasy feeling settling in my gut.
12:54Jackson's words are doing exactly what he intended.
12:57Making Asher doubt himself.
13:00Doubt us.
13:01Doubt everything we've been building.
13:03I'm starting to realize my best friend might be something else entirely.
13:08And Asher is paying the price for my blindness.
13:13Coach Wellington grants us extra ice time after regular practice.
13:18Just me and Blaze, working on offensive plays that need polishing before the championship.
13:23Ready?
13:24It's the first time we've been truly alone since my apartment.
13:27Since the shower.
13:29I force myself to concentrate on footwork.
13:32On timing.
13:33But as the minutes stretch on, something shifts.
13:37The sound of Blaze's breathing, slightly elevated from exertion.
13:41The flash of his eyes when he catches my gaze across the ice.
13:45The way his body moves with effortless grace.
13:48Muscles coiling and releasing beneath his jersey.
13:54Ash.
13:56We should probably.
13:58Probably.
13:59I'm trying really hard to be patient here.
14:02To give you space.
14:03To let you figure things out on your own timeline.
14:07I know.
14:08But you're making it really fucking difficult when you look at me like that.
14:12Like what?
14:13Like you want me to stop being patient.
14:17What if I do?
14:20What if I want you to stop being patient?
14:22Don't say that unless you mean it, Asher.
14:24I mean it.
14:30Tell me to stop and I will.
14:35Not here.
14:36Not on the ice.
14:37I want...
14:38I want to do this right.
14:40Locker room.
14:44You sure about this?
14:47Because once we cross this line, I'm sure.
14:51I'm so fucking sure it scares me.
14:54Good scared or bad scared?
14:55Good scared.
14:57The best kind.
15:05Tonight I'm choosing this.
15:06Every touch.
15:07Every kiss.
15:08Every inch of skin pressed against skin.
15:09I'm choosing all of it.
15:11Hell, Ash.
15:12Do you have any idea how long I've wanted this?
15:14That night in your shower, I had to hold back.
15:16Didn't want to push you too far, but now...
15:17Don't hold back.
15:18I don't want you to hold back.
15:19I'm not.
15:23Just tell me what you want.
15:24Tell me and I'll give it to you.
15:26Everything.
15:27I want everything.
15:41You're shaking.
15:43Good shaking.
15:45Don't stop.
15:47This is losing control completely.
15:50I'm trusting someone else to catch me.
16:05You okay?
16:07Yeah.
16:09I'm okay.
16:13So, still think you're straight?
16:17Bugger off.
16:19That's not a no.
16:20That's a...
16:21You literally just had your hands all over me.
16:23What do you think?
16:25I think I need to hear you say it, Ashy.
16:29I'm not straight.
16:30I'm definitely, absolutely, 100% not straight.
16:34Was that so hard?
16:36Yes.
16:37But you made it easier.
16:42Come on with me.
16:44You don't have to do anything else.
16:45I just don't want this night to end yet.
16:48Yeah.
16:48Okay.
16:57Eyes on the road.
16:59Can't help it.
17:01You're distracting.
17:05That's becoming a theme.
17:11You still play?
17:12Every night, practically.
17:14You remember how badly I used to destroy your fusion race?
17:17I told you, I'm not playing with you.
17:19What?
17:19You're scared?
17:24Remember when we snuck into that R-rated movie?
17:31Worth it.
17:33Your face during that jump scare was priceless.
17:35I thought you were going to cry.
17:36I did not almost cry.
17:38You absolutely did.
17:40Your lip was wobbling, Ashy.
17:55Morning.
17:57Morning.
17:59What time is it?
18:01Early.
18:02No practice today, remember?
18:04Right.
18:07Last night was nice.
18:09The games.
18:11The movies.
18:12Felt like old times.
18:14I missed this.
18:15Missed you.
18:16What are we now?
18:18What does this mean?
18:19All of it.
18:20The locker room, staying over.
18:22This.
18:23What do you want it to mean?
18:25I don't know.
18:26This is all new to me.
18:28Wanting someone like this.
18:30Letting myself have it.
18:31Letting myself.
18:34Letting myself have you.
18:35You can have me, Ash.
18:37You've always had me.
18:39We don't have to define it right now.
18:40We can figure it out as we go.
18:42Keep it between us until after the championship.
18:45No pressure.
18:46No expectations.
18:47Just us.
18:50Yeah.
18:51Okay.
18:51That works.
18:52Yeah.
18:54Popular this morning.
18:58Everything okay?
18:59Yeah.
19:00Just Jackson.
19:01He really doesn't like me.
19:03He doesn't know you.
19:05He doesn't want to know me.
19:06He sees me as a threat.
19:09To your friendship, your partnership, whatever you two have.
19:15Whatever Jackson thinks he has claim on, he's wrong.
19:19Okay.
19:20I believe you.
19:27For the first time in weeks, I'm not dreading being here.
19:35Whatever you two figured out, keep doing it!
19:43My bad.
19:45Didn't see you there.
19:48You good, Ashy?
19:49Fine.
19:50Just a love tap.
19:53Got to stay sharp, Carpenter.
19:55Championship is coming.
19:56No room for passengers.
19:57Watch your back out there.
20:07Carpenter!
20:09Jackson.
20:10Something you need?
20:11Just a conversation.
20:13Man to man.
20:14About Blaze.
20:15What's your problem, Jackson?
20:16My problem is you dragging the whole line down with your distractions.
20:19We're working on our game.
20:21Extra practices.
20:22Late nights.
20:23Cozy little sleepovers.
20:25Right.
20:26The championship.
20:28The championship.
20:28You know what's waiting for Blaze after this season?
20:32Pro contracts.
20:33Seven figures.
20:34His face on jerseys.
20:36His name tranted in arenas across the country.
20:38Legacy shit.
20:39Scouts are already talking.
20:41Five, six-year deals.
20:43Endorsements.
20:44A career most players would kill for.
20:46And you think I'm going to stand by while some lovesick nobody tanks all of that?
20:50I'm not a bench reader.
20:51You're a distraction.
20:52I've watched Blaze for three years.
20:54I know him better than anyone.
20:55And I've never seen him lose focus like this.
20:56Missing workouts.
20:58Skipping team hangouts.
20:59Walking around with that stupid smile on his face like a lovesick teenager.
21:03That's because of you.
21:04And it needs to stop.
21:05Blaze can make his own decision.
21:07Blaze is being scouted for the majors.
21:09And they don't want a liability like you attached to him.
21:12He transferred across the country for you, Carpenter.
21:15Did he tell you that?
21:17Stay away from him.
21:19Or I'll end your career myself.
21:22Do we understand each other?
21:27What if Jackson is right?
21:29What if I'm the thing standing Blaze in everything he's worked for?
21:33Missed you after practice?
21:34Dinner later?
21:35Can't tonight?
21:35Tired?
21:36Rain check?
21:37Woo!
21:39Yeah.
21:40Just need sleep.
21:41See you at practice.
21:44Stay away from him.
21:48Maybe Jackson's is right.
21:49Maybe I've always been the problem.
22:01Hey.
22:02You didn't answer my text last night.
22:04Everything okay?
22:05Fine.
22:06I'm just tired.
22:08Ash.
22:09Professor's starting.
22:10We should pay attention.
22:16Asher, wait!
22:26Carpenter!
22:27Wilson!
22:27What the hell happened to your coordination?
22:29You look like strangers out there!
22:32Sorry, Coach.
22:34Won't happen again.
22:35If better or not, championships in 12 days.
22:38I need you two functioning.
22:40Not whatever this is.
22:42Rough practice, huh?
22:44Don't worry about it.
22:45Carpenter's always been inconsistent.
22:47That's why you have me.
22:48He was fine two days ago.
22:50Was he?
22:51Maybe you just saw what you wanted to see.
22:53Happens when you get too close to someone.
22:55Clouds your judgment.
23:00Remember our first championship?
23:01Junior year?
23:02We were unstoppable.
23:03You, me, perfect simp on the ice.
23:06No distractions, no drama.
23:08Just two guys who knew exactly how to win.
23:09I remember.
23:19That's what made us special.
23:20We understand each other.
23:22Always have.
23:23We don't need words or explanations.
23:24We just know.
23:25That's rare, man.
23:27You don't throw that away for someone who runs hot and cold every other day.
23:30What did you do?
23:31What do you mean?
23:32Asher was fine before yesterday.
23:34Now he won't look at me.
23:35What did you say to him?
23:38Nothing.
23:40I haven't talked to Carpenter.
23:41Why would I?
23:42If you did someplace, we've been brothers for three years.
23:46I've had your back through everything.
23:48And you're accusing me of sabotage because some guy you've known for a few weeks is having
23:52a mood swing?
23:54That's not the Blaze I know.
23:56Look, I know you care about him.
23:58Whatever history you two have, it obviously means something to you.
24:00But the championship is in less than two weeks.
24:02Pro Scouts are watching.
24:04Futures are on the line.
24:04Don't let emotions derail everything we've worked for.
24:07That's all I'm saying.
24:08I need to find Asher.
24:09We'll talk later.
24:11Hey.
24:18Blaze, hold up.
24:19Team's doing beers tonight.
24:20You in?
24:21I'll pass.
24:23You sure?
24:24You've been MIA lately.
24:26You guys are starting to talk.
24:29Jackson knows exactly which buttons to push.
24:31He's been watching, calculating, waiting for the right moment to strike.
24:35Jackson doesn't see Ashler as a person.
24:37He sees him as a threat, an obstacle to be removed, a distraction to be eliminated so
24:41things can go back to the way they were.
24:42And I'm terrified he's already succeeded.
24:46I can't sleep.
24:47I've been lying in bed for hours, staring at the ceiling.
24:50Distraction.
24:51Bench weeder.
24:53Childhood crush.
24:54Pathetic.
24:56I shouldn't do this.
24:57I know I shouldn't.
24:59But my fingers hit enter before I can stop myself.
25:02Page after page of evidence that Blaze Wilson is everything Jackson said he was, and more.
25:08Transferred across the country for you.
25:10Gave up guaranteed stink spot because he couldn't let go of some pathetic childhood crush.
25:14Blaze left a ranking program.
25:16Left a clear path to the pros.
25:18And me?
25:19I'm the variable that doesn't fit.
25:21The distraction that showed up and threw everything off balance.
25:24Three years on a team that's never made it past Regenies.
25:26Solid numbers, sure, but nothing remarkable.
25:29I love him.
25:30The realization crashes over me.
25:32Sudden and devastating.
25:34And because I love him, I have to do the one thing that feels impossible.
25:42Together.
25:42Together.
25:43The word blurs through the tears I refuse to let fall.
25:47Need some space.
25:48Focus on the championship.
25:50I'm fine.
25:57I think about the boy who came back for me after ten years, and I wonder if I'm strong enough
26:02to let him go.
26:03I love him.
26:05That has to be enough.
26:11Carpenter, what the hell was that?
26:14You're playing like you've never seen a puck before.
26:17Sorry, coach.
26:18We'll try again.
26:21Distraction.
26:23Bench waiter.
26:25Pathetic childhood crush.
26:27Stay away from me.
26:29Ash, what's going on?
26:31Ashie, please talk to me.
26:32Did I do something wrong?
26:33Just tell me what it is.
26:34Whatever's wrong, just tell me.
26:38I'll do whatever it takes.
26:40Nothing's wrong.
26:41I'm focusing on the game.
26:43You should too.
26:45Focusing?
26:45You won't even look at me.
26:47You're shutting me out completely.
26:52After everything.
26:58Hey.
27:09Promise me we'll meet me on the same ice again someday.
27:21Eight days until the championship.
27:23Eight more days of this, and then Blaze can have his future.
27:27Without me holding him back.
27:29I love him.
27:31And that's exactly why I have to let him go.
27:35One week until the championship, and I'm losing my mind.
27:39Practice has become torture.
27:41Asher moves like a stranger.
27:44Whatever's happening between you and Carpenter, fix it.
27:47I don't care if you have to lock your cell to room until you sort it out.
27:50We don't have time for this bullshit.
27:52We can't keep the bullshit.
27:54I'm trying, coach.
27:56Try harder.
27:57You two were electric a week ago.
27:59Now you're playing like you've never met.
28:01Your future is on the line.
28:03Don't let personal drama tank everything you've built.
28:06The words echo Jackson so closely that my stomach turns.
28:09But Wellington isn't wrong.
28:11Something has to change.
28:16We need to talk.
28:22Move, Blaze.
28:23No.
28:24You've been dodging me for almost a week.
28:26Ignoring my texts.
28:28Acting like I don't exist.
28:29I deserve an explanation.
28:31I told you.
28:32I'm focusing on the game.
28:34Bullshit!
28:35You're not focusing on anything.
28:37You're shutting down.
28:38Shutting me out.
28:39And it's destroying our chemistry on the ice.
28:43Then maybe we didn't have chemistry to begin with.
28:46Maybe it was...
28:47Don't you dare stand there and pretend what happened between us meant nothing.
28:51I was there, Ashy.
28:52I felt it.
28:54You can lie to the team, lie to yourself, but you can't lie to me.
28:57It doesn't matter what it meant.
28:59This is bigger than us.
29:00What is?
29:01What's bigger than us?
29:03Everything!
29:05The championship!
29:07Your career!
29:09Everything you've worked for your entire life!
29:11I've seen your stats, Blaze.
29:13Read the articles.
29:14You're supposed to be in the NHL someday.
29:17Scouts are watching.
29:19This game could determine your entire future.
29:22And?
29:23And I'm in the way.
29:25I'm a distraction.
29:27Everyone can see it.
29:29I'm dragging you down.
29:31Messing with your focus.
29:33Ruining everything.
29:34Who told you that?
29:35Who said you're a distraction?
29:38Ash.
29:39Who said that to you?
29:40Does it matter?
29:42It's true.
29:42It's not true.
29:44It's complete bullshit.
29:45And whoever said it, Jackson talked to you.
29:47What did he say?
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