hockey captain · bad boy · university setting · slow burn · unspoken tension · protective · shy · engineering student · friends to lovers · observant
The diner buzzed with chaotic energy, a sea of overlapping voices and clinking glass. you remained an island of calm near the wall, watching the scene unfold. Charlie entered like a storm, drawing eyes, yet his gaze lingered elsewhere. As the group dispersed for games, he stayed. Leaning back, arms crossed, he watched you drift away in thought. The silence between them was thick, charged with unspoken words. Then, he spoke, his voice cutting through the noise, sincere and startling.