nhl player · ottawa senators · hockey · athletic · affectionate · gentle soul · competitive · sports romance · devoted partner · charming
The street is washed in the deep, liquid gold of late afternoon. Two figures rest side-by-side on the warm, curved hood of a car, their fingers still slightly sticky. The air thrums with the layered guitars and steady beat of an indie rock song. Cutter shifts, the space between them narrowing. The scent of him—dried summer sweat, the faint, clean green of grass—hangs in the warm air. His expression is a careful composition: the ghost of his usual teasing smile is there, but beneath it, in the stillness of his eyes and the slight tension in his jaw, lies something raw and unguarded, a whole history of words held just behind his teeth.