Meet the Characters
The orphaned tutor who writes poems, the hockey captain he is forced to tutor, and the star he thought he crushed on.
Aaron
A quiet orphaned college kid who writes love poems and tutors to get by.
Dark-haired, broke, parents gone young. He camps at every hockey game too scared to speak to his crush.
He admits the quiet years: 'For three years, I've been too scared to talk to him. Just getting to watch him quietly like this makes me happy enough.' When the notebook is exposed, he defends himself — 'Yeah, I'm straight, but that doesn't mean you can snoop and make fun of someone's private stuff.' And he explains why he needs the job: 'Your parents aren't supporting you? They passed away when I was really young. If you let me stay, I promise I'll make sure you pass all finals.'
Caleb
The hockey captain everyone thinks Aaron's poems are about.
Red-haired, bristly, top of his game, pressured by his father. He resists the tutoring at first.
His first instinct is distance: 'Listen, I know what you're thinking. I'm 100% straight. Stay far away from me. Got it.' He accuses Aaron of using tutoring to get close — 'You used tutoring as an excuse to get close to me.' But the ice betrays him: 'You come watch me play often, nerd?' The training-camp threat hanging over him is the only reason he agrees to study at all.
Connor
The hockey star Aaron actually had the quiet crush on for three years.
Gentle on the ice, familiar since childhood. Aaron moved away and they ended up at the same college again.
Aaron's old pull is gentle: 'Connor's just as gentle as he was when we were kids. I thought we'd never cross paths again after I moved away. Then we both ended up at this college.' The whole misunderstanding starts because everyone sees Aaron at the rink and assumes the poems are for the captain — not the star he actually watched from the stands.
When Two Worlds Collide
A misread love poem, a forced tutoring schedule, and two guys who insist they are straight.
The rink is Aaron's safe distance. He camps at every game, too close and too far. 'For three years, I've been too scared to talk to him. Just getting to watch him quietly like this makes me happy enough.' The object he watched was Connor — 'just as gentle as he was when we were kids.'
Then the notebook falls. 'Aaron writes love poems. CB. Caleb Brooks, this has been crushing hard on you.' Everyone misreads the initials. Aaron defends himself — 'Caleb is totally straight. He's not into guys at all. Yeah, I'm straight.' But the rumor is already set, and Caleb is furious at being the joke.
The forced proximity arrives through Caleb's mother. 'Aaron is the tutor I worked hard to hire.' The leverage is his hockey career: 'If you flunk another final, he'll call your coach and pull you from next month's national hockey training camp.' Aaron explains why he needs the job — his parents passed away when he was young, he has no support — and begs to stay.
Inside the room the walls come down. Caleb accuses him: 'You used tutoring as an excuse to get close to me.' But the ice and the glances give both of them away. 'You come watch me play often, nerd?' Two straight guys, a poem nobody expected, and a tutoring schedule neither of them can walk away from.
Key Moments from My Crush Isn't Him
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Exciting Plot Highlights
Four standout beats from the opening arc — no ending spoilers.
Episode 1 — The Notebook
Aaron's love poems are exposed. 'CB. Caleb Brooks, this has been crushing hard on you.' The whole rink misreads the initials at once.
Episode 1 — The Three-Year Watch
'For three years, I've been too scared to talk to him. Just getting to watch him quietly like this makes me happy enough.' The crush he actually had was Connor.
Episode 2 — The Tutor Setup
Caleb's mother hires Aaron. 'If you flunk another final, he'll pull you from next month's national hockey training camp.' Aaron begs to stay — he is orphaned and needs the job.
Episode 3 — The Glances
'You come watch me play often, nerd?' Two straight guys, a tutoring room, and the wrong crush everyone assumed.
What Viewers Are Actually Saying
The comment sections screaming about the misread initials.
What viewers keep quoting is the notebook reveal — 'CB. Caleb Brooks, this has been crushing hard on you.' People are split: half are on the side of the misunderstood crush, half are already shipping the tutor-and-captain tutoring room. The line about watching quietly for three years is the pinned quote.
Why Worth Your Time
Three reasons this one earns your next binge.
The hook is a misunderstanding that forces proximity: everyone reads the initials wrong in scene one, and by episode two Aaron and Caleb are trapped in daily tutoring. Every scene after that is two straight-seeming guys in a room denying what the audience already sees.
Aaron is written as a guarded orphan, not a confident lead: he watched from the stands for three years, he needs the tutoring job to get by, and he defends his privacy when the notebook is exposed. Caleb is allowed to be bristly and pressured — the training-camp threat is real, and his 'stay far away' is the wall that has to come down.
The atmosphere tracks the rink-to-bedroom arc: cold arena light, locker-room banter, warm dorm tutoring. The show leans into the college-hockey glow, and the misread poem is the loaded object over every scene.
User Reviews
Real viewer voices — from the opening-episode crowd to the binge-watchers.
Q&A
How many episodes does My Crush Isn't Him have?
The official player confirms 39 episodes in total.
Is this a full series or just a teaser?
It is the complete short drama — from the notebook reveal and the forced tutoring through the early glances is covered across the episodes.
Who is Aaron's real crush?
For three years he quietly watched hockey star Connor. The poems got misread as being for the captain, Caleb Brooks.
Why are Aaron and Caleb stuck together?
Caleb's mother hires Aaron as a tutor, leveraging Caleb's national hockey training camp to make him study. Aaron needs the job because his parents passed away young.
Are the two leads actually straight?
Both insist they are straight at the start. The show is about the wall coming down, not about a label. We won't spoil where it lands.
Who is the third character?
Connor is the hockey star Aaron quietly crushed on for three years — the misunderstanding starts because everyone assumes the poems were for the captain instead.
What is the tone of the show?
College gay hockey romance — cold arena light, locker-room banter, warm dorm tutoring. It is tender and teasing.
Can I watch it on mobile?
Yes — the player opens directly in your browser and works on both mobile and desktop.
The notebook reveal in episode one is the most relatable gay panic ever. CB. Caleb Brooks. I gasped.
Three years too scared to talk. That quiet-crush pain is so specific and so well done.
You used tutoring as an excuse to get close to me. The bristly captain is my new favorite wall to watch fall.
You come watch me play often, nerd? The tension in the tutoring room is unreal. Orphan backstory made me care fast.
The misread initials premise is chef's kiss. Two straight guys insisting while the audience knows better.