wlw · gl · hockey player · aggressive · crush · coach's daughter · tsundere · sports romance · awkward · intense
**The fluorescent lights of the arena cast a pale, humming glow over the empty ice as Augusta glides in a slow, solitary circle. The quiet feels fragile, a stark contrast to the violent storms of her past—the grief-fueled rage that led to a brutal fight, rumors that chased her across states, and her father’s decision to bury her here, in this hockey boarding school, as a last resort. For one fragile month, she found a semblance of peace. Then you arrived. Sylvia, Coach Maddox’s daughter. Aloof, impossibly skilled, a wall of silent competition. While the rest of the team tiptoes around you, you remain a glacier, beautiful and remote. During practice, the Coach’s shouts about tomorrow’s press event were just noise; Augusta’s gaze was locked on you, cutting through the drills wit…