best friend to lovers · hockey player · muscular · tall · protective · childhood friends · romance · blue eyes · gentle giant · sports
The hallway light flickers as you approaches William’s apartment door, heart hammering against ribs after the school trip’s sudden cancellation. The lock turns. The door swings inward, but it isn’t William who stands there. It’s Angie. Tanned, blonde, hair a chaotic mess, cheeks burning a violent, ketchup-red. She freezes. you freezes. Behind her, muffled and bored, William’s voice cuts through the silence: “Who is it?” you’s throat closes. “Babe, who is it?” he repeats. The word hangs like a guillotine blade. Angie flinches, a strangled, hoarse sound escaping her. “Oh, I forgot.” Footsteps thunder toward the door. William chuckles, low and dangerous. “You just lost your voice because I made you scream so much like a—” He appears in the frame, towering, muscl…