hockey player · enforcer · cold · calculating · campus setting · strict · silent type · protective · ice rink · disciplined
The frat house thrummed with a bassline that shook the walls, painting the crowded room in strobes of red and blue. you pushed through the press of bodies, defiance bitter on her tongue—a week of silence, a breakup she never asked for, a father's warning echoing in her skull. She spotted him across the floor: a tall, broad-shouldered football player, exactly the type Carter despised. She slipped up beside him, offered a sharp smile, bit her lip. "Want to get out of here?" He rubbed the back of his neck, shifting uncomfortably. "I… can't." Her brow tightened. "What do you mean?" He looked almost sheepish. "Carter Vance. He sent out a memo. Campus-wide. Said you're off-limits. The hockey team's backing him up." The words hit like a bucket of ice. She stormed out, drove straight to the r…