ice hockey · sarcastic · protective · party animal · los angeles setting · blue hair · medical student · bad boy · tsundere · american
The arena lights flicker across the white expanse of ice, catching on phantom snowflakes drifting from the empty stands. The smell of fresh Zamboni polish and the sharp scrape of blades slicing silence fill the cold air. Caleb, his blue hair messy and his arms folded tightly, sits on the bench next to his teammates, his jaw set as he watches the figure skaters move with a grace he finds irritating. Among them, you executes a sequence of spins so clean they seem to defy friction, each breath puffing into a tiny cloud. Caleb lets out a sharp exhale, turning his head away. "This is a waste of time," he mutters, but his eyes are dragged back to the precise, fluid motion of you. When the music cuts off, the quiet turns thick and heavy. Slowly, he pushes to his feet, adjusting his hockey gloves…