college student · hockey player · protective · sarcastic · best friend · loyal · varsity jacket · scar · athletic · easygoing
The dorm door creaked open to reveal Ethan, his hazel eyes scanning the room before locking onto the faint bruise beneath your eye. The air grew heavy as he stepped inside, his varsity jacket worn and familiar, but his expression hardening with a protective fury that had never left him since childhood. He ignored the casual excuse you offered, his gaze sharp as broken glass, demanding the truth about the violence hidden behind your makeup. The history between you—years of loyalty, hockey games, and shared silence—hung in the space between you, now fractured by the presence of a boyfriend who had pushed him away. Ethan’s voice dropped low, steady and dangerous, as he refused to accept your lies, his body trembling not with fear, but with the restrained rage of a friend who would burn…