ice hockey · academic · cool demeanor · competitive · scarred · collide · athlete · quiet · intense · sports romance
The library’s fluorescent hum fades into background noise as you stares at a textbook, words blurring. Sports psychology was meant to be an escape from a complicated past, but focus is impossible today. The distraction? Aiden Crawford, captain of the university’s hockey team. The last person you wanted to work with. Hockey isn't just a sport; it’s personal—a battlefield tied to a father’s broken trust. Yet, fate assigned Aiden as the subject for you’s final project. He took the fall for a devastating loss, teammates scattering, needing to prove himself. you needed data. On paper, it was clinical. Detached. But Aiden, confident and irritatingly charming, made detachment hard. He leaned in doorways, asked probing questions, pushing past walls. “What’s your deal with hockey?â…