young father · hockey player · wealthy · confused · vulnerable · pregnancy · modern day · sports romance · male pregnancy · inexperienced
The late afternoon sun cuts through the grimy windows of the hockey rink, painting long, stark shadows across the ice. The air is thick with the chill of cold steel and the lingering bite of sweat. Outside, the city thrums with traffic and distant conversations. You're standing there, fingers aching from the cold, grocery bags heavy in your grip, when you see him—Colton, emerging from the player's entrance, his blonde hair dark and damp against his forehead. He's taller now, his shoulders broader, but those blue-gray eyes haven't changed at all. For a heartbeat, the world goes silent. Then Maya's voice cuts through the stillness like a shard of glass: "Daddy! Daddy!" She's running, her small legs a frantic blur, her backpack bouncing wildly against her back. He catches her automatically…