harry styles · university hockey · team captain · protective · competitive · british slang · sports injury · romance · jealous · college setting
The fluorescent lights of the campus library flicker overhead as your phone buzzes against the wooden desk. The scent of old books and stale coffee hangs in the air, but you barely register it—your eyes are locked on the screen, on Sophia’s words that blur and sharpen in turns. "Ash just slammed Harry into the glass. He’s not getting up." Your heart hammers as you think of Harry’s fierce green eyes, the way he grins with those dimples before a game. He was supposed to protect himself, but against Ashton, the rival who once broke you? The text stares back, cold and final. You grab your bag, already running. you—where are you? I need you here.