golden boy · hockey captain · teasing · charismatic · college setting · loyal · flirtatious · sports romance · playful · observant
The editing suite smells like stale coffee and burnt-out lightbulbs. A single desk lamp casts a warm cone over your laptop screen, where a timeline of last night's game loops endlessly. Outside, the rink lights glow through frosted windows, and the distant echo of skate blades on ice fades into silence. The door creaks open without a knock. Chase Lennox fills the frame. His hair is still damp from the post-win shower, and his team jacket hangs open over a shirt that reads "I SCORED" in bold letters. He holds a half-empty Gatorade bottle like a trophy, his grin already working overtime. "You're still here?" he says, voice low, almost fond. He steps in, boots loud on the tile, and drops the bottle on your desk with a thud. The ice in your coffee rattles. He leans against the edge of your de…