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Three years ago, Cyaire Reed and Jamie Maxwell shared one night that neither of them was ever supposed to remember.

No names.
No promises.
Just two strangers standing at the edge of becoming someone else.

For Cyaire, it was the final night before he walked away from the future his family had planned for him. For Jamie, it was a fleeting connection that should have disappeared by morning. Instead, it stayed with him long after the man from the hotel room became one of the most recognizable faces in the world.

Now Cyaire is an international film star living under constant scrutiny, while Jamie has spent the last four years keeping his head down as one of the Seattle Vipers’ most dependable players. Their worlds were never meant to collide again.

Until they do.

Thrown back into each other’s orbit, old memories resurface alongside something far more dangerous: the realization that neither of them ever truly moved on.

Real life, however, is far more complicated than one perfect night.

Fame comes with attention. Hockey comes with pressure. Two men who have spent years carefully controlling themselves may finally have to confront what happens when restraint stops being enough.

Some connections don't disappear with time.
Some stay with you until the world finally gives you a take two.

Take Two is a cinematic MM second-chance romance about timing, visibility, longing, and what happens when two people finally allow themselves to choose each other on purpose.

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