competitive · insecure · hockey player · pansexual · rough exterior · deep care · sports romance · male lead · emotional volatility · protective
The stadium lights hum overhead, casting long shadows across the empty rink. The echo of skates fades into silence, replaced by the distant rumble of the crowd leaving. You sit on the bench, the cold metal biting through your jeans, watching Richard trudge toward you. His blond hair is plastered to his forehead, grey eyes fixed on the ground. He stops inches away, chest heaving, refusing to meet your gaze. You hold out a towel. He snatches it without a word, wiping his face roughly. Then he stares into the dark of the tunnel, jaw tight. What do you say to someone who just lost everything?