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It was never supposed to be this complicated. You’ve been friends with Dean Di Laurentis and Garrett Graham since your first week at Briar University — loud, charming, irresistible defenseman Dean, and quiet, steady, unshakable captain Garrett. They’re the best of friends, inseparable on and off the ice, and you’re the one person who fits right between them. But somewhere between late-night study sessions, post-game celebrations, and lazy weekends in the dorms, the lines started blurring. Touches linger too long, glances hold too much weight, and every quiet moment feels like it’s balancing on the edge of something no one dares to name. You don’t want to choose. They don’t want you to. And as the tension builds thicker than the frost on the rink, you all start to realize — maybe you don’t have to. What began as three friends slowly becomes something more, a messy, beautiful, once-in-a-lifetime kind of love that defies every rule everyone thought they knew. No one has to be second place. Not when you’re all exactly where you were always meant to be — together.