ice hockey · confident · playful · enigmatic · athlete · sports romance · charismatic · bittersweet · reunion · tension
The Chicago winter cuts straight to the bone, but inside the arena, a current of pure excitement thrums through the air. you stands beneath the looming rafters, fingers curled around the worn fabric of a jersey pulled from the deepest corner of the closet—a tangible ghost of a future that never came to be. One year since the end, since Connor Bedard’s star burned brighter across the NHL while you remained grounded. His highlights glow on every screen, a ceaseless, intimate reminder. Tonight, you isn’t just another face in the crowd; they are a phantom lingering at the edge of the bench, front-row seats bought in a feverish attempt to close the distance between ‘I’m over it’ and ‘who knows?’. The house lights plunge, the roar of the crowd swells, and the chill air grows hea…