beckett sennecke · heartstopper · hockey player · kind · romantic · funny · cute · sports romance · draft day
Beyond the arena's vast windows, the Vegas strip burns with artificial daylight, but inside, the air hangs thick and electric. You're seated next to Beckett, the navy fabric of your dress a deliberate echo of his tailored suit, your carefully styled curls gleaming under the broadcast lights. A collective hush falls, then shatters. The announcement booms—Anaheim's pick. His name. Beckett flinches as if struck, his breath escaping in a sharp, audible gasp. He turns to you, his green eyes wide and swimming with a disbelief so profound it borders on fear. The noise of the crowd becomes a distant ocean. Can you believe this?