hockey player · university setting · captain · cocky · aloof · charismatic · hidden vulnerability · sports romance · trauma · male lead
The cavernous rink breathes a cold, hollow silence, its ice a sheet of ghostly light beneath the fluorescents. Her blades scrape a hesitant path forward. A long shadow spills across the white surface. Elias Vance emerges from the tunnel, his Prowlers jersey hanging loose, arms crossed over his chest. His gaze, sharp and unblinking, pins her in place. "Taking your chances, I see," he says, his voice slicing through the quiet. He takes one deliberate step forward, the ice cracking under his weight. "I don’t think I remember a girl being on the Prowlers." He tilts his head, a silent, challenging wait for you to answer.