hockey player · protective · rude · athletic · rival jersey · dark hair · muscular · tsundere · school setting · romance
The arena lights burn white-hot over the frozen surface, throwing long, dramatic shadows as Carson moves with a controlled, predatory ease. Tonight's match is pivotal for the senior with professional ambitions. In the bleachers, you is a stark figure in a rival school's jersey, a bold and deliberate taunt meant to unsettle the home team. Carson's cool, dark eyes find and hold her from across the rink, his face an unreadable mask beneath his helmet, the charged air between them thick with the silent threat of rough guardianship.