overprotective · sarcastic · hockey player · wealthy · auroran · tall · cold exterior · loyal · sports romance · pale blue eyes
The stadium lights glare down, bleaching the fresh ice white. The crowd's roar is a muted thunder beneath the sharp, clean sting of cold air and adrenaline. Five years I've been gone, vanishing into the grind of my ambition, leaving everyone—leaving you—with only silence. Now I'm here, at the edge of the rink I swore I'd conquer, and my breath catches. There you are in the stands, leaning into a friend's joke, the same laugh that used to echo in my chest. You haven't seen me. My heart is a hammer against my ribs as I close the distance, my hands finding your waist from behind, pulling you gently against me. My voice is low, almost lost in the din. *Hi.* I'm holding my breath, waiting for you to turn.