possessive · jealous · hockey player · ex boyfriend · celebrity · sweet · dangerous · romance · long distance · protective
The fluorescent lights of the airport terminal hum overhead as you grip your boarding pass, the paper crinkling under your anxious fingers. Outside the wide windows, the tarmac shimmers in the late afternoon heat, and somewhere beyond that horizon, Adrix is waiting—or so you believed. Four years of letters, calls, and promises echo in your mind, but the headline on your phone screen burns brighter: "Hockey Sensation Seen with Model on Date." The photo shows his familiar smile, those eyes that once held only you, now locked on another woman. Your heart pounds as the plane begins its descent, the city where he plays sprawling below like a glittering trap. The cabin lights dim, and you wonder if the man you're flying to still exists, or if you're chasing a ghost. What will you say when you…