Rating:

Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning:

No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories:

Gen, M/M

Fandoms:

Heated Rivalry (TV), Game Changers Series - Rachel Reid

Relationships:

Brad Hammersmith/Miles Allen (Heated Rivalry), Shane Hollander/Ilya Rozanov, (Background Relationship)

Characters:

Brad Hammersmith, Cliff Marlow | Cliff Marleau, Miles (Heated Rivalry)

Additional Tags:

Boston Bears | Boston Raiders (Game Changers), Developing Relationship, Secret Relationship, Texting Fic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Crack, because I'm in love with these minor characters

Language:

English

Series:

Part 2 of The Best Boston Bears Bros

Stats:

Published: 2026-07-05 Words: 1,283 Chapters: 1/1

Almost 3,000 Miles Away

Summary

Brad Hammersmith got on the allyship and somehow ended up a gay pirate himself.

Set directly after O Lady Jane Where Art Thou, where the loyal Best Boston Bear BrosTM went on a quest to discover the truth about Lady Jane d’Montréal. There were some bumps along the road but it all worked out in the end. Brad’s not sure if the same could be said about him.

(Despite the summary, this is neither a pirate AU nor a regency romance.)

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Can be read independently but the experience is enhanced if you read part 1 first. Contains no spoilers for O Lady Jane.

Notes

If I said writing this is helping me with the O Lady Jane story would you believe me?

The title is a reference to the approximate distance between Boston and LA (i.e. between Brad and Miles).

Characters:
Cliff Marlow (Cliff, Marly) – dumb hockey boy of the Boston Bears; married to Soph (who is probably a saint)
Brad Hammersmith (Brad, Hammer, Smithy) – dumber hockey boy of the Boston Bears

Hammer🔨

Hammer: hypsetically speaking
Hammer: do i need to suck dick to get better at hockey
Hammer: or does getting my dick sucked counts

Marly: wtf
Marly: its too early for this brad
Marly: we just got back from the westcoast bro
Marly: my body is still 3 hours behind

Hammer: by a man
Hammer: not by a woman

Marly: say that again?!!?
Marly: i think im seeing things
Marly: maybe im just not awake yet

Hammer: is getting ur dick sucked by a man enough to improve hockey or do u need to suck a dick

Marly: WTF bro

Hammer: well we thought sucking dick probably improved hockey for roz

Marly: we abso fucking lutely did not
Marly: YOU suggested maybe sucking dick helped with his hockey
Marly: none of us agreed with you

Hammer: why

Marly: no way sex has anything to do with hockey
Marly: thats insane you know that right

Hammer: then why do we have the sex ban for playoffs

Marly: we literally dont

Hammer: we dont?

Marly: i mean we didnt in 2014 and still won

Hammer: i thought we totally did
Hammer: i didnt have sex the entire playoff run
Hammer: tf marly did u have sex

Marly: no i didnt

Hammer: so there was a sex ban

Marly: not officially there wasnt

Hammer: but we both didnt have sex

Marly: im sure some of the team did

Hammer: do u know anyone who did for sure

Marly: roz probably did

Hammer: but u didnt and i didnt

Marly: sure but i was so tired and just didnt have the energy to do anything else
Marly: it was our first playoff that went beyond the first round
Marly: and we didnt have a ban last year either

Hammer: and did u have sex

Marly: um…

Hammer: see that why we lost
Hammer: and roz was probably only having sex with men

Marly: stfu thats not how hockey works

Hammer: can u prove it
Hammer: hollander is prob the most superstitious dude in the league and hes got two cups

Marly: i cant with you
Marly: its too early
Marly: lets come back to that later
Marly: tell me what happened

Hammer: so remember us going ciel in montreal

Marly: sometimes i wish i could forget
Marly: or have a do over
Marly: yah a do over would be nice

Hammer: so ive been talking to miles

Marly: what

Hammer: miles the actor
Hammer: rose laundrys co star in x squad
Hammer: he was at ciel with rose landry

Marly: i know who he is
Marly: i dont know why hes talking to you

Hammer: im fun to talk to

Marly: let me rephrase this
Marly: how does he know you

Hammer: we met at ciel

Marly: we were all at ciel me you roz hollander rose landry
Marly: and yet hes not texting me

Hammer: because im charming and he likes me more
Hammer: he gave me a blowie in the bathroom and his phone number
Hammer: so now we text

Marly: …
Marly: i need you to start from the beginning

Hammer: that is the beginning
Hammer: we met at ciel
Hammer: he gave me his number
Hammer: now weve been texting
Hammer: o i guess he called once too
Hammer: something about makeup and costume i honestly didnt really get it but it sounded major stressful
Hammer: i never knew it was this hard being an actor
Hammer: hockey is hard too but at least its straightforward like
Hammer: mostly just get puck in deep you know

Marly: smithy
Marly: i say this with love…
Marly: are you on drugs? are you high?

Hammer: wft cliff

Marly: i just… dont understand any of this

Hammer: what
Hammer: why?

Marly: are you gay now

Hammer: no?

Marly: but you had sex with miles

Hammer: so?
Hammer: o shit fuck shit
Hammer: cliff promise me you wont tell anyone about mile
Hammer: fck shit i promised miles i woulndnt tell anyone about the sex part

Marly: ofc

Hammer: i knew i can trust u bro

Marly: i tell no one not even soph
Marly: not even roz

Hammer: thanks bro
Hammer: knew u were the real deal

Marly: ok
Marly: so u and miles at ciel

Hammer: yah that was unreal i cant lie

Marly: but now you think…

Hammer: maybe i should return the favor and get better at hockey

Marly: lets leave hockey out of it for now

Hammer: but i thought thats like most of the point
Hammer: be gay for a bit and play better hockey

Marly: no
Marly: just no

Hammer: ok…

Marly: you like him right

Hammer: hes fun to talk to yah
Hammer: like hes shooting this movie in montreal right and hes got some other project in LA and then he travels all over the place for other things
Hammer: i didnt even know people other than hockey players travelled that much
Hammer: sometimes the time difference is crazy but we have fun texting
Hammer: hes so funny!!!
Hammer: and he thinks im so interesting
Hammer: unlike yall dumbasses
Hammer: and of course hes good to look at cuz u know people pay money to just see his face

Marly: good yah that sounds nice
Marly: good for you

Hammer: he lives in LA most of the time tho
Hammer: thats like 3000 miles from boston
Hammer: i checked
Hammer: but we have west coast roadies so thats ok i guess

Marly: slow down bro
Marly: but yah he sounds great
Marly: and you had… fun at ciel

Hammer: o better than fun
Hammer: if i had to rate it thats a solid 11/10 bro
Hammer: probably one of the best if not the best
Hammer: wouldnt mind trying it again a bit more sober
Hammer: i had a few drinks that night
Hammer: not drunk but like i wish i could remember more of the details you know

Marly: i dont… you know what
Marly: sure
Marly: hes fun you had fun you want more fun
Marly: does that sound about right

Hammer: rite

Marly: so go have fun

Hammer: yah?
Hammer: he has to go to nyc for a shoot in a few weeks
Hammer: might invite him over could be fun

Marly: sure why not
Marly: go for it

Hammer: they boys are good rite

Marly: the boys will be good about it
Marly: ill make sure of it
Marly: but maybe wait a bit
Marly: until you guys talk about it in person or whatever

Hammer: yah maybe
Hammer: i dont have friends outside of hockey and i dont think miles has any sports friends
Hammer: might be fun to hangout and play chel with the boys
Hammer: he told me hes into new experiences
Hammer: this counts rite?
Hammer: cant wait for my new homie to meet my old homies

Marly: maybe wait until the 3rd time you meet or something alright
Marly: or at least ask him if he wants to hang with your friends
Marly: hes a celebrity and i dunno, sometimes they have rules about these things

Hammer: o shit yah
Hammer: thanks cliff i kinda forget u know
Hammer: hes so easy to talk to i forget that hes like famous famous

Marly: yah sure
Marly: he sounds great
Marly: hey you know what
Marly: im totally awake now
Marly: why dont you come over for breakfast

Hammer: u sure bro? soph wont mind?

Marly: yah im sure

Hammer: bet c u in 20

Marly: ok not that soon

Hammer: im already dressed u lazy ass
Hammer: i live 10 min away
Hammer: fine c u in 30

Marly: 🖕