By: Unknown Author
They tell you in those locker-room pep talks that every guy on the hockey team is an equal, each respected and expected to do his part for the honor of the college - no golden boys, no stars. I knew it was pretty much horseshit because over the course of the season I'd seen maybe six minutes out on the ice. My ass and the pine bench got well acquainted, while better players like our hot-dog captain, six-foot-two defenseman Tom Lindy, racked up the bulk of the playing time. He also got most of the attention of the professional hockey scouts who came to watch our team destroy our opponents.
See, I love hockey, always have. It's in my blood, though I'm not that good at it. Ice hockey's just about the toughest sport around, and it's played by the ballsiest guys on any college campus. No other sport makes you sweat so much or work so hard, and all that nut-busting effort really makes a bunch of guys into a team. You guard your buddies' butts, they protect yours. To me, there's always been something sweet about that.
I'm 5 foot 11, pretty decent for college hockey, and I know how to hold my own on the ice. But in one of the last games of the season, on one of those rare occasions when I saw some actual ice time, I found myself knocked into the boards by a human freight train dressed in the other team's ugly orange and black. We slammed into the left-wing boards hard. I scrambled up, pushed the fucker off me as I dug for the puck, then took an elbow to my chin from another opposing player, trapping me in a cluster fuck.
I managed to get the puck off to my linemate and out of our zone, and as I skated away, our team's enforcer, twenty-one-year-old Tom Lindy, a blur of dark blue and gold, entered my line of sight He gave me a knowing look before slamming into the dick who'd made me eat the sleeve of his Jersey A fight started, with gloves dropped and punches flying. Both benches cleared.
Hey, I'm not one for violence in college-level sports, but how can you not love it when the toughest guy on your team comes running to protect your ass?
The ref's whistle brought the fight to an end and sent Tom to the penalty box for five minutes. That didn't sit well with our coach - we were down by a goal with the clock ticking closer to a notch in the loss column.
We did lose, and Coach Hammond chewed Tom's ass off for what he considered a bad choice with the game on the line. I have to admit I felt pretty bad about it too, but for Tom, not the team. He chose to protect my butt over winning a big game and there were plenty of National League scouts up in the stands.
I like hockey jocks. There's nothing better than a locker room full of hot, sweaty guys who've just played their asses off for three solid periods. But when you lose… shit.
After the game the mood was pretty grim, heads held low, nobody talking except for Coach Hammond, who was ripping into Tom behind the door to his office. I tried not to think about what it must be like in there, though we could all hear the coach's yelling. Most of the guys stripped and hit the showers in record time, leaving their perspiration-soaked gear in nasty piles around the room in their haste to avoid getting the same treatment. The pussies. The air quickly turned ripe with the stink of stale socks and jocks, and sweaty nuts and pits.
I'm not sure why, but I couldn't do the same, couldn't drop trou, shower, and bolt, leaving Tom to deal with Coach Hammond's bad mood alone. Shit, it was the least I could do, guard his back in my own small way just like he'd done for me.
So I yanked off my jersey, unhooked my shoulder pads and chest gear, and sat on the bench in front of my own locker until the furor died down and Coach Hammond came storming out of his office, probably headed for the nearest bar. I heard the scrape of skates across the rubber mats and looked up to see our team's captain cross to his bench.
Tom was red in the face, his helmet still on his head, the chin strap undone. He brushed past me, close enough for me to smell the scent of his cooling sweat. I took a deep whiff. I'd done that every chance I got since joining the team. I didn't know why, it just was. Guys were NOT my thing but the scent of that man... well, it just fucked my mind up.
"You ok, dude?" I asked, peeling off my t-shirt as he passed.
"Yeah," was all he said.
I undressed in silence, aware that Tom was doing the same thing. Fuck, everybody pops a locker-room boner sometimes, but it's still embarrassing. I felt my tool toughen as more of Tom came out of that funky hockey uniform. I stole a look at his chest once he'd removed all the gear. He was mostly smooth except for the fur in his pits, a trace of hair dusting his toned pecs, and a happy trail cutting him from his belly button down the top of his hockey pants to his crotch. I was getting excited... strange I thought, but there it was.
Dropping my skates, I watched him unlace his own, baring his damp white socks. He undid the black tape holding them tight around his toned calves, then slipped out of his pants. That left him only in his socks and padded nut protector. I pushed my pants down and tried not to think how good it felt when a gust of steamy air teased my sweaty balls.
Playing hockey - or any sport - has a way of making a dude horny. All that exertion gets the testosterone flowing. I swear my nuts get twice as big after every practice and game, and since I'd gotten some ice time in this one, they were feeling painfully full. I grabbed my towel, stepped into my flip-flops and headed for the showers to join my brothers in washing off the stink of a bad game.
I passed my reflection in the mirror above the sinks, saw my short, neat, sandy-blond hair, my green eyes, and tight jock body. And though I knew I was never gonna be much of a hockey player, at least that day I felt like one of them.
Most of the dudes were done by the time I strutted into the showers, my semi-stiff dick tick-tacking between my legs. A lot of soap helped me hide it, though most of the guys wouldn't have cared. Woodies following a game is a given in this sport. But this was different, I was embarrassing myself.
I lathered up my toes and legs, then ran the bar over my meaty nuts, knowing I was gonna shoot what promised to be one hell of a load once I got back to my dorm room. I'd just taken hold of my decent-sized tool when Tom walked into the showers.