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I never thought twice and just blurted it out "I love you"

He grinned and said it right back to me, no hesitation whatsoever

It alue At this point, I’m too afraid of rejection and just as fearful that perhaps this is all rees "Just hanging withirl

"What did Max end up doing tonight?" I ask as I snuggle into hihter aroundwith us but he declined We’ve actually been doing a lot with him lately He and Hawke have beco out withit in the net so far this season, but he seems driven to be beco last season due to an injury and then Ryker filling in and taking top spot is what’s fueling hi to his shoulders "No clue Said he had plans, though"

"Plans?" I say with surprise Max is even more of a homebody than I am As far as I know, the man trains, plays hockey, eats, and sleeps That’s it "Do you think he has a date?"

"Babe," Hawke says with a dramatic drawl "I’m a dude He’s a dude We don’t talk about stuff like that"

"Yes, you do," I argue as I tip ain look up at hiuys most certainly talk about stuff like that They have to

"Rest assured," he says blandly "We don’t But even if we did, I wouldn’t tell you That would be a violation of the bro code"

Ho, when Hawke and I were together, there were no secrets between us Well, at least not until that night No bro code would stand in the way of hi His trust in me was absolute, and he would have shared any and all tidbits He would have done so knowing I would keep secrets locked and secure

Thethe bro code at s are currently, there are still trust issues to e subjects

I push up and out of Hawke’s e, "Roll on your back"

He cocks an eyebrow at me as he does as requested, and let me just tell you…thiseyes They can roll and arch in such a way to convey high intensity or the thickest amount of skepticism Either way, it never prevents the brilliancy of his blue irises fro at me