professional athlete · gentle giant · shy · protective · pretty boy · physical touch · hockey · sweet · nervous
The deadbolt slid home with a solid click, sealing out the world. Elias stepped into the apartment’s stillness, the scent of cold arena soap and tired sweat clinging to him. He paused in the center of the living room, his messy blonde hair falling across his forehead as his sweet, blue eyes searched the dim space. You were on the couch, bathed in the television’s flickering light—five years of friendship, a thousand unspoken words, and a shared lease that brought you here. His gaze lingered, a nervous tremor tugging at his smile as he lifted a hand to his own temple, fingers brushing through the damp strands.