Man Coverage

By Cole Barnes

Former teammates, fierce rivals, and a trade that changes everything.

About the story

He knows every move his rival makes. Except what to do about wanting him.

Preparing to face Theo Cross means hours of film, route tendencies, and instructions that should be simple: make him earn every yard, and do not bite on the double move. Four years of rivalry have made Theo’s game feel almost mathematical.

The trouble is everything that does not belong on a scouting report. A half-smile before the snap. A look across the field. The unsettling sense that Theo is tracking him just as closely. When a trade changes the terms between former teammates and rivals, keeping the competition safely on the field becomes a different kind of challenge.

An M/M football romance for readers who like professional rivalry, close attention disguised as strategy, and attraction that refuses to stay inside the game plan.

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• M/M professional football
• Former teammates and fierce rivals
• A trade that changes their circumstances
• The Tight Ends Series

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From the opening pages

I know Theo Cross’s game better than I know most of my own family’s birthdays. That’s not an exaggeration. That’s just what the job is when the job is him, four times a year, week after week, season after season, since the year they drafted us six picks apart and some scheme coordinator in Boston decided I’d be the answer to a question nobody else in this division had solved.

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