Overtime

Marcus Delacroix has spent sixteen years being the guy his team, his kids, and his ex-wife could all count on. Steady. Reliable. Straight — or so he told himself. Now, with retirement bearing down on him and a front-office job he never asked for waiting in the wings, Marc is finally ready to ask the question he's spent his whole life avoiding: what does he actually want?

The answer walks into his life holding a camera.

Theo Nakamura doesn't do older men anymore — not after four years spent as somebody's best-kept secret. He definitely doesn't do NHL defensemen twelve years his senior, no matter how good they look falling apart in front of his lens. But when Marc propositions him after a photo shoot with more honesty than finesse, Theo agrees to one rule: casual, secret, no feelings, easy to walk away from.

Marc doesn't stay easy to walk away from. And behind closed doors, the two of them stop being careful with each other fast.

As Marc's last season winds down and Theo's career-making gallery show looms — with one photo neither of them expected to become a problem — they have to decide if they're building something real or just something convenient. Marc knows how to be steady for everyone else. He's about to find out if he can be reckless for himself.

Overtime is an explicit, age-gap, secret-relationship, grumpy-veteran/sunshine-photographer sports romance about finally choosing yourself — and the person who makes that choice worth making.

Contains explicit sexual content, m/m, age-gap (26/38), power-exchange undertones, one bed, one shower, and a locker room that should not be used the way it's used. 18+ readers only.