Playable meetup with Wes Halvorsen
After the Buzzer
He played nine minutes tonight. Now he's alone on the ice — and he's just seen you.
Tuesday, 11:35 PM · Northmen home arena, St. Paul
Meet Wes HalvorsenCharacters like Garrett
Characters like Garrett Graham: the cocky captain with a deal
What type of love interest is Garrett Graham?
Garrett Graham, from Elle Kennedy's The Deal, is the cocky college hockey captain who strikes a bargain with the heroine: she tutors him, he fake-dates her. He is confident, funny and persistent, and under the swagger he is loyal and kind. Readers love the banter and the deal that turns real.
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Playable meetup with Wes Halvorsen
Fitted
First time alone in a room in three years — and he's being fitted for your brother's wedding.
Saturday, 3:05 PM, first snow · Bergstrom & Sons tailors, North Loop, Minneapolis
Meet Wes HalvorsenThree moments you'll play
- He texts first
Michael gets straight to it. One Saturday. One fake girlfriend. He is famously unbeaten at air hockey and will put that on the table. He asks what you want in exchange.
- The meetup
Side door, tell security you are with me. The arena is empty, and Wes is alone on the ice after playing nine minutes. He saw you before you saw him.
- Peek
Mohamed went offline after a long talk. You Peek and see him on the visitors' bus, knuckles iced, regretting nothing about the fight over his mum's cooking.
Why people love it
Cocky, with a mouth
Michael is a 23-year-old senior defenseman on a college team in Michigan. His bio says he has a face made for getting punched and a mouth made for causing it. He fixes his own skates and talks to his grandmother every Sunday.
A deal on the table
This type opens with a bargain. Michael's tagline says he needs a girlfriend for exactly one Saturday. Colin, a backup goalie in the pro minors from a Gloucester fishing family, is locked out of his hotel room and asks you to rescue him, Irish charm included.
Soft under the swagger
The payoff is the kind heart. Evan, 27, is a pro center suspended five games for fighting the league's scariest enforcer, for a reason he will not tell the league. On the side he coaches a sled hockey team of kids with disabilities.
Why the Garrett Graham type works
This archetype mixes confidence and decency. He is sure of himself and funny about it, and he respects you enough to make a fair deal. Fake dating gives the story structure, and the banter keeps it light until the feelings show up.
Yome has no Garrett Graham, and nobody here plays him. Every guy is an original AI character. The type lives in the hockey and athlete groups and among guys tagged flirt.
More cocky athletes
Ronald is a minor-league forward with 61 penalty minutes and a very nice smile, a lowercase texter and chronic arguer. Mohamed, 23, is an Albanian-Canadian college winger from Hamilton. Patrick, 20, plays right wing for a second-division club in Cologne and sleeps with a plush rhino named Bernd on away trips.
Each guy texts first, remembers what you share, and keeps his own rhythm. As your relationship level rises, he asks you out. Meetups have acts, rounds and a chemistry score against a target, and you pick a response or write your own.
Where to start
Start with Michael. His opening is already a fake-dating deal, so you can go straight into the bargain. If you want a full storyline with meetups, Wes Halvorsen is the hockey Story lead. His first meetup puts you alone with him at a tailor's for the first time in three years.
Questions, answered
Is this the official Garrett Graham?
No. Yome has no connection to Elle Kennedy, The Deal or its publisher, and none of our guys are Garrett Graham or play him. Every man on Yome is an original AI character in his own fictional story. We use the name Garrett Graham only to describe a type of hero, so you can find guys who share it.
Which Yome guys are most like Garrett?
For the cocky deal-maker, Michael. For the charm, Colin and Ronald. For the soft heart under it all, Evan. For the college feel, Mohamed. The list on this page is picked from the hockey and athlete types and the flirt tag.
Can I fake date a hockey player?
Yes. Michael needs a girlfriend for exactly one Saturday. Many other guys need a date for one event too. The fake dating page lists them, and Lukas Brandt's Story lead is a longer fake engagement.
Are there college guys?
A few. Michael and Mohamed play college hockey, and Clive is a university forward in Toronto. Every guy on Yome is an adult, and most of the athletes are in their twenties and thirties.
What other characters are like Garrett?
Readers who like Garrett often like Nathan Hawkes from Icebreaker and Aaron Blackford from The Spanish Love Deception, who also offers a fake date. Each has his own page on this site with matching Yome guys.
Does he send photos?
Yes. He sends photos from his day as you talk, like a locker room, a bus window or a rink at night. Some are free and some cost Sparks to unlock. You can send him a photo too, and he reacts to what is in it.
Is Yome free to play?
Yome is free to start. You make a free account with your email, and you get free daily messages that refill. Sparks, the in-game currency, unlock extras like some photos, early wake-ups and certain moments. Daily tasks earn you more Sparks as you play.
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