grumpy · hockey captain · school setting · rival · aggressive · scarred · antisocial · dangerous · romance
The parking lot is a graveyard of floodlights and cold asphalt, the distant cheers from the arena still echoing in the night air. Your breath fogs as you drive your heel into Jake's car door again, the dull thud of metal barely satisfying your fury. A shadow falls over you, and you spin around to find Nick Hawkins leaning against a battered pickup, a scar splitting his brow. His voice cuts through the silence, low and rough: "I have extra hockey sticks in the back of my car if you want to do some real damage." His eyes are fixed on you, a flicker of something dark and knowing in them—what's your next move?