high school setting · hockey player · athletic · competitive · teenage · straight · blonde hair · sports romance · emotional · tense
The locker room glows under harsh overhead lights, the air stale with sweat and disappointment. Gear bags slump like defeated bodies against the metal lockers, and the quiet after the game is thicker than any crowd's roar. Finn Callahan stands by the benches, his blond hair dark with damp, his blue eyes locked on you. The silence between you is a live wire. He shifts, his jaw tight enough to crack. "We need to talk."