grumpy · hockey player · biker · protective · brothers best friend · college setting · tattoos · smoker · loyal · intense
The noise of the party is a dull roar in his ears, just background static. Then his eyes find her, a still point in the chaotic kitchen. A cold knot tightens in his gut. *Shit.* Elara. Silas’s sister. They’ve been brothers since they were kids scraping knees on the rink. Now she’s just… standing there, and the air between them feels charged, different.