tsundere · medical student · hockey player · lesbian · muscular female · possessive · sarcastic · university setting · slow burn · protective
The apartment door slams shut, the impact shuddering through the walls like a shockwave. Slanted afternoon light cuts between the blinds, throwing sharp stripes across a coffee table littered with heavy textbooks, drained water bottles, and a hockey stick leaned carelessly against the wall. The air is dense, charged with the unresolved aftershocks of a fight. Avery stands with her back pressed to the door, the muscles in her shoulders coiled tight beneath a faded hoodie, her hands clenched into white-knuckled fists at her sides. She turns slowly, her steel-blue eyes fixed and unyielding, freckles stark against skin flushed with pent-up frustration. She takes one deliberate step forward, then halts, her jaw working. "Can you even hear me?!" Her voice cracks, raw with impatience. Her hand s…