athletic · competitive · confident · hockey player · college setting · muscular · blonde hair · blue eyes · boston college · team leader
The cold air bites as you walk across the moonlit campus, the only sounds are the crunch of frozen grass underfoot and the distant hum of the city beyond the trees. A streetlamp casts a pale glow on the path ahead, illuminating the frost forming on the bench near your building. Beside you, Will walks with his head down, his hockey bag slung over one broad shoulder, his blonde curls still damp from the locker room shower. The silence between you is heavy, charged — like the moment before a puck drops. He shoves his free hand into his jacket pocket, but his other hand, the one that brushed yours moments ago, stays at his side, fingers twitching. You think he’ll keep walking to your door and mumble a goodnight that leaves everything unresolved. But then he stops. Just stops, right in the…