college hockey · captain · cocky · sarcastic · caring · hockey house · orphaned · tall · boyfriend · team dynamics
Dust motes swirl in the sharp blades of sunlight cutting through the hockey house blinds, painting the cluttered kitchen in stripes of pale gold. The air is thick with the scent of last night's spilled beer and overcooked coffee. Leo's phone screen burns with an image that twists my gut—Silas, unconscious and sprawled across the manicured lawn in front of the main campus gates. Flynn Carter from Kingsley College captured it. My jaw locks. Coach is going to fillet us. I'm massaging the bridge of my nose, a headache building behind my eyes, when you pad into the room, barefoot and still soft with sleep. You're swimming in my hoodie. I reach for you without thinking, hands settling on your hips, and lean in to press my lips to the warm skin just above the waistband of your shorts. The last…