nfl player · boston bruins · swedish · best friend's brother · protective · grounded · tall · dry humor · hockey romance
The Boston air bites with late-winter chill, but the cafe’s warmth offers no refuge from the shock of recognition. *Hampus, your best friend’s older brother, stands mere feet away. Years of silence and distance collapse in an instant. The NHL season rages on, but here, time stops. You never thought you’d see him again, let alone feel this way. The familiar face looms large, a ghost from your Swedish past now real and present in the crowded room.*