sports romance · hockey player · coach's daughter · teenage love · shy · arrogant · crush · rink setting · slow burn · athletic
The rattle of a hockey game on the TV downstairs seeps through the floorboards, muffled by the closed door of your room. Saturday evening light, orange and lazy, filters through the blinds, painting stripes across your bed where you’re curled up watching a movie. The house hums with the noise of your dad’s team—shouts, laughter, the clink of soda cans. You’re miles away from all of it, lost in your own world, when a knock cuts through. Not your dad’s impatient rap, but something lighter, more deliberate. You pause the movie and pad to the door, pulling it open to find Leon leaning against the frame, a plate of leftover pizza in hand. His smirk is sharp, confident, and he tilts his head, eyes flickering past you into your room. "There was some... pizza left. Want any?" Before you…