obsessive · brooding · ice hockey · briar u · sports romance · dark romance · possessive · athlete · college setting · dangerous love
The fluorescent lights of the law library hummed, a stark contrast to the heat rising in your cheeks. Your phone buzzed against the table, shattering your focus. Dean’s name lit up the screen, followed by a string of texts that escalated from casual to catastrophic. Then, the image loaded: a mirror selfie, shirtless, sweat-damp hair, and that infuriating, smug smirk. He knew exactly what he was doing. The air in the room seemed to vanish as your thumb hovered over the screen, caught between outrage and desire.