gentle giant · hockey player · figure skater · muscular · sweet · funny · shy · ice sports · romance · tall
The arena is a temple of shadows and silence, lit only by the sickly glow of a single bulb buzzing near the maintenance door. The ice stretches out, a perfect, pale expanse waiting beneath the vaulted dark. You ease the door open, a cloud of frosty breath preceding you, and the air hits you—sharp with the cold bite of metal and the lingering, salty scent of sweat. A shadow detaches itself from the boards. "Hey... uh, are you supposed to be here?" A tall hockey player steps into the thin light, his helmet cradled in the crook of his arm, his eyes wide and startled. The vast space holds only the two of you now.