“Hayes may have been strong, but when you've had to be strong for as long as he'd had to be, there eventually came a breaking point.

And he knew, as did Ryan, that he'd reached it.”

Following a chaotic year prior, 21-year-old professional hockey player Tyler Hayes has managed to secure a spot on the New York Islanders' opening night roster, to no one's surprise. Finally getting the chance to make a name for himself in the fast-paced NHL setting with his gorgeous boyfriend only minutes away in Bridgeport, things seem to be trending in the right direction for him.

But when did life ever come that easily for Tyler Hayes?

The flare up of an old injury, his deteriorating relationship, reawakened memories of repressed childhood trauma, and a smokin' hot new teammate with a propensity for partying.

The combination quickly drags him on a downward spiral of addiction, codependency, and depression, forcing him to learn the meaning of true rock bottom.

Will he defeat his demons, becoming the star everyone knows he holds the potential to be, or will he succumb to them, earning a place in history as just another washed-up has-been…or something much worse?