Carter drives Olivia to Capilano Lake for their next date. Olivia reveals she coaches her niece Alannah’s hockey team, which thrills Carter. At the frozen lake, he surprises her with her ice skates, which he hid in his trunk the other day. Olivia challenges him to a race. Before the race begins, she kisses him, unzips his pants, and skates off, gaining a head start while his pants fall around his ankles. She wins easily.

Later, they cuddle by the fire on the balcony of his house. Carter shares how he met Hank. Seven years ago, his father was killed by a drunk driver on the way to watch Carter play his first game as assistant captain. Overcome with grief, Carter went to a bar. When he was considering driving home drunk, Hank, who was on the neighboring bar stool, grieving the seventh anniversary of his wife Ireland’s death, stopped him. He believed Ireland had sent him to help someone. Olivia is moved to tears.

Carter carries her to bed, performs oral sex on her, and then uses his fingers to bring her to the edge of orgasm before abruptly stopping and telling her to get dressed to go home. An angry Olivia storms downstairs. Carter pins her against the wall, says she is the only person he has been with since they met, and they have sex. He accidentally punches a hole through the drywall as he orgasms.

Olivia arrives at work on Monday morning feeling paranoid that everyone is whispering about her. Her students tease her, and one shows her a gossip article featuring paparazzi photos of her and Carter kissing. The article questions whether she will be enough to keep Carter interested, which deeply wounds her. She receives many texts, including concerned messages from Carter and a summons from her brother Jeremy to come to dinner.

At dinner, Jeremy is hostile about her relationship with Carter, calling him the world’s biggest “manwhore” and saying she cannot honestly believe she is the girl Carter Beckett will change for. The remark echoes the article and devastates Olivia. When she threatens to leave, Jeremy immediately apologizes. Olivia tells him Carter makes her happy, and Jeremy reluctantly agrees to give Carter a chance. As she leaves, Jeremy gives her his Vipers jersey and asks her to get Carter to sign it.

Carter has a standout game, scoring the winning goal in overtime. In a postgame interview, a reporter asks if his performance is because of Olivia. Carter winks at the camera and greets her. In the locker room, he is anxious because Olivia has not contacted him, but Emmett explains that she was upset about the article and dealing with her brother.

At the hotel bar, Emmett warns Carter to be mindful of his interactions with female fans. A woman sits in Carter’s lap, and he shoves her off and blurts that he has a girlfriend. His teammates tease him, noting he and Olivia have not made their relationship official and exclusive. Worried Olivia might be dating others, Carter texts her, asking if she is seeing other people.

Carter leaves the bar early. Olivia FaceTimes him from bed, wearing his hoodie, and apologizes. He asks if she is seeing other people; she laughs and says no. They tell each other they miss each other. As Olivia falls asleep, she wonders aloud about falling in love with him, and he whispers that he would fall with her.

Olivia recalls a dream where she told Carter she was falling in love and realizes it may have actually happened. Tuesday morning, she wakes to find Carter still on their FaceTime call. Wednesday morning, Carter calls from his hotel room. He says he will not see her until Friday because he gets home late and is attending his sister Jennie’s dance recital on Thursday. He mentions something his late father used to say about having kids, and they discuss wanting children someday.

Wednesday night, Olivia feels mopey because Carter has not called since he landed. She falls out of bed when she is startled by loud pounding on her door. She finds Carter standing on her porch. Believing she is dreaming, she tries to shut the door, but he stops it, steps inside, and pulls her into a kiss, saying he missed her.

Carter brings his bags inside, clearly intending to stay. He devours the lunch she had prepared for the next day, then begins kissing her. He notices how cold her house is and discovers the heat is off and the thermostat reads 49 degrees. Olivia is embarrassed and admits that her furnace is broken and she is saving to replace it. Carter comforts her, telling her not to be embarrassed.

Carter formally asks Olivia to be his girlfriend, exclusively. She teases him before saying yes. They go to her bedroom and have slow, passionate sex. Afterward, Carter admits he is terrified of messing up their new relationship. He starts calling her pumpkin and asks her to be his everything. She tells him her brother is now supportive.

The next day, Olivia leaves her spare key for Carter before going to work. A driver delivers lunch that Carter arranged for her. After work, Olivia returns home to find tulips and a note from Carter. She realizes the heat is working and discovers that a new furnace has been installed in her basement.

Thursday afternoon, Carter waits impatiently for his mother, Holly, to get ready for Jennie’s recital. Olivia calls, upset about the furnace. Holly overhears and wrestles the phone from Carter, introducing herself to Olivia and inviting her to family events. Carter reassures a crying Olivia that the furnace is a gift after she says she cannot afford to pay him back for it.

At the recital, Carter is openly hostile toward Jennie’s dance partner, Simon, whom he dislikes. Simon makes a snide remark, implying Carter’s relationship with Olivia is not serious. After dinner, Carter finds himself heading to Olivia’s house. He lets himself in with the spare key and finds her tangled in her blanket on the bedroom floor. He carries her to bed, telling her the key is his now. They have sex, and Olivia tells him her heart has never been so happy.

On Friday, during warm-ups, Carter’s teammates tease him about buying Olivia a furnace. He sees her in the stands wearing a custom Vipers shirt with his name and number. In the second period, Carter scores, skates to Olivia, blows her a kiss that is broadcast on the jumbotron, and calls her his princess. At the subsequent face-off, opposing player Lucas Daley makes crude comments about Olivia. Enraged, Carter drops his gloves and fights Daley, earning a five-minute penalty.

After the game, they go to a bar with friends. Cara reveals why Carter fought. Adam’s girlfriend Courtney arrives and is extremely rude to Olivia. The mood sours. Before they leave, Olivia goes to the bathroom. While Carter waits, Courtney propositions him and touches him inappropriately; he angrily rejects her, and she goes into the bathroom. Immediately after, another woman approaches Carter, mentioning a previous sexual encounter and saying Courtney told her that Carter was ready for seconds.

In the bathroom, Courtney makes condescending remarks to Olivia, implying that the relationship will not last. Olivia leaves the bathroom and finds Carter being propositioned by a tall brunette. The woman realizes Courtney set her up, apologizes, and leaves. Carter tells Olivia that Courtney touched him without permission. On their way out, Olivia confronts Courtney, calling her a “bitch” and warning her never to touch Carter again.

Carter is upset and walks them to his downtown condo instead of calling a car. In the apartment, he kisses her roughly. The setting triggers Olivia’s insecurities about being just another hookup. She stops him, saying she cannot have sex there. He apologizes and calls for a car.

While he is on the phone, Olivia finds drawers full of condoms and phone numbers. She confronts him, asking if he misses his old life. Carter becomes frustrated, telling her she is pushing him away. Believing he is breaking up with her, Olivia cries. He leads her to a limo, which heads toward his house, not hers. Carter tells her they will work through their fight together and that he refuses to let her push him away.

In his bedroom, Carter asks Olivia to be honest about why she is scared. Olivia breaks down crying. Carter comforts her, telling her that being vulnerable is how they will learn to love each other. Olivia confesses that she is scared she cannot live up to the women in his past. Carter tells her she is more than enough, listing the qualities he loves about her, from her feistiness to her sensitivity.

Olivia asks if he is afraid. Carter admits that he is terrified that she is it for him and even more scared that he might lose her. Olivia tells him he makes her happy. Carter begs her to let him in completely. They kiss and agree to be scared together.

Carter cleans the mascara from Olivia’s face. They begin kissing passionately. Olivia suggests trust exercises and asks him to blindfold her with his tie, which excites and shocks him. Carter uses the tie as a blindfold and asks if he can take pictures; she agrees. He takes several explicit photos of her blindfolded and performing oral sex. They have sex, and he removes her blindfold, telling her to look him in the eyes. He makes her say she is perfect for him.

Afterward, Olivia apologizes for her earlier behavior. Carter says their fights are a form of passion. Hours later, while Olivia sleeps, Carter watches a replay of his fight online and sees the terrified look on her face, regretting that he caused it. Olivia stirs in her sleep, and he holds her close. As she sleeps, he whispers that he thinks he loves her.