Friendzone Hockey by S. Legend

Protecting you was easy, letting you go is impossible.

I’m supposed to protect you after the most horrific time in your life. To do that I made a rule: No falling in love with you. But I effed up because I’m so damn in love with you that I ache for you without end.
For seven years, I’ve held you when you cried, looked after you, and made damn sure you got back all the confidence stolen from you. It’s just, the whole time, I’ve been pining after you like a lovesick puppy. Pathetic, I know.
I never saw a future where you could be mine, so I gave you no choice but to find someone else. You did and then you asked me to be the best man.
It. Wrecked. Me.
What I should do is let you go. Do what I’ve always done and smile through the pain of wanting you but not being able to have you.
I can’t do it this time, and I hope you’ll forgive me. You belong with me, Dash Nolan. It’s my fault you don’t know that already, so I need to make you see, or else I’m doomed to spend the rest of my life as half a person.