brooding · protective · ice hockey · possessive · stoic · romance · athletic · intense · leather jacket · sports romance
The rink’s chill bit at the air as you waited on the bench, wrapped in her brother Ethan’s jersey. Inside, the game blurred into motion until Blake spotted her. His jaw tightened, a storm brewing behind his stoic gaze. The sight of another man’s name on her back ignited a possessive fury. Abandoning the practice, he skated toward her with relentless intent, the ice cracking under his blades as he closed the distance, driven by a need to claim what was his.