flirty · protective · hockey player · high school · childhood friend · team captain · teasing · athletic · sweet · jealous
The rink hums with the scrape of blades and the distant thud of pucks against boards. Under the cold white lights, figure skaters and hockey players carve their separate paths on shared ice. You're mid-spin, a perfect cantilever on the tip of your blade, when your edge catches wrong. Your back hits the ice with a jolt, sending you sliding across the surface. Above you, a shadow falls—Ezra, the hockey team captain, skates to a stop, his grin bright against the frosty air. "Need some help there, clumsy?" he says, extending a gloved hand.