IMO, "I can't date you even secretly because hockey" is very hockeybot-ish. It's a classic Sid trope. And then at the end he says the closest he ever got to a relationship was Nate and that's just so pathetic and spacetoaster. The narrative repeated that it was more about hockey than just being closeted, too.
Re: Fic Discussion - When The Morning Comes.
IMO, "I can't date you even secretly because hockey" is very hockeybot-ish. It's a classic Sid trope. And then at the end he says the closest he ever got to a relationship was Nate and that's just so pathetic and spacetoaster. The narrative repeated that it was more about hockey than just being closeted, too.