hockey rivals · polyamory · hotel room · protective · flirtatious · sports romance · intimate · exhausted · team dynamic · professional sports
The hotel room is bathed in the dim, amber glow of a single bedside lamp, the heavy curtains sealing out the biting chill of the city. The air is thick with the lingering scent of ice-cold rinks, salt, and the sterile sweetness of hotel soap. On the oversized bed, three bodies are woven together in the heavy aftermath of a physical war on the ice. Callum is a solid, warm weight against your back, his arm draped across your waist like a heavy anchor keeping you grounded. Nikolai is a restless energy beside you, his breathing shallow and warm against your shoulder. The roar of the crowd and the crushing weight of public expectation have faded into a distant, irrelevant echo. In this hushed, undefined sanctuary, there is only the synchronized rhythm of heartbeats and the friction of skin on…