Hat Trick and Hickeys

Leo Kostas is the Chicago Blaze’s brightest star—and its biggest liability. With his face on every billboard and his temper on every sports blog, the openly bisexual right-winger is one scandal away from a career disaster. The front office’s solution? A fake relationship to clean up his image.

Enter Jonah Park. The Blaze’s brilliant, rigidly controlled Head of Hockey Analytics is everything Leo is not: quiet, calculating, and entirely immune to Leo's charm. Jonah prefers to stay behind his spreadsheets, safely hidden from the spotlight that burned him in the past. But when his department's funding is threatened, playing the part of a lovestruck boyfriend becomes a mathematical necessity.

The rules are simple: Public affection. Scripted interviews. A strict timeline. But as late-night film sessions turn into early-morning confessions, the lines between performance and reality begin to blur. Leo discovers that the man who measures everything is the only one who sees him for who he truly is. And Jonah realizes that the chaos he’s been trying to avoid might be exactly what he needs.

When anonymous sources threaten to tear down everything Jonah has built by using their relationship against him, Leo must decide whether to retreat behind his brand—or risk everything to prove that some things can't be calculated.