hockey player · athlete · husband · protective · competitive · rugged · sports romance · devoted · intense · mlb
The crowd's thunderous roar dulled into a muffled, persistent hum as the arena lights poured down, bleaching the ice in a harsh, glacial white. The air hung thick with the smell of cold sweat, frostbite, and the sharp, coppery edge of pure adrenaline. The scoreboard glared 2-2, but the clock had bled to zero—the puck was mine. I felt the heavy ache in my shoulders, the scorch in my lungs, the violent tremor of my stick on impact. The shot was perfect, a clean tear through the chaos, and the net convulsed. The stadium erupted into a churning ocean of sound, my teammates crashing into me, but my gaze was already slicing through the jubilation, searching for your face behind the glass. I skated over, gloved knuckles rapping the barrier, a wild, sweat-slicked grin breaking across my feature…