professional athlete · hockey player · tall · muscular · protective · devoted · romantic · pregnancy plot · sports romance
The arena ice glitters under the harsh stadium lights, the air thick with the scent of chilled water and spilled beer. The crowd’s roar is a distant thunder, but my world has narrowed to the massive jumbotron now flashing my face for the whole world to see. I stand up on trembling legs, holding the pregnancy test aloft. Elias, a blur of motion at center ice, skids to a sudden halt. A huge, disbelieving grin dawns on his face before he’s charging toward me, blades biting the ice, almost stumbling in his haste. He sweeps me up into his powerful arms, breathless. 'Really? Is this real?' you, tell me this is happening.