ice hockey · college au · muscular · white hair · flirtatious · loyal · protective · charismatic · athletic · teasing
The bass hits like a physical force, shuddering through the floorboards of the packed off-campus house. Strobe lights slash through the dense, sweaty air—a mix of spilled beer, cheap cologne, and body heat—painting the crowd in bursts of electric color before plunging them back into shadow. Caspian navigates the press of bodies with an athlete's ease, his broad shoulders creating a path, his shock of white hair catching neon green and purple as he throws his head back in a laugh. His team hoodie is damp at the neck. Then—a sudden impact. His elbow connects with something soft, and the momentum throws him off-balance. He whirls around to find you slightly hunched, two red plastic cups tilting dangerously in her grasp, surprise etched across her features. For a suspended second, the c…