hockey player · muscular · tall · sleepy voice · tattooed · roommates · athletic · confident · intimate · rugged
The hotel room smells faintly of bleach and old carpet, the neon glow of the “Vacancy” sign outside bleeding a red strip across the ceiling. A single queen bed sits against the wall, its floral duvet pulled taut, looking impossibly small. Kaden stands beside you in the doorway, his hockey bag slung over one shoulder, and lets out a low, rumbling laugh that fills the cramped space. “You’ve got to be kidding me,” he mutters, shaking his head, dark hair falling over his eyes. He drops his bag by the dresser and runs a hand through his stubble, still chuckling. “Look, I’ll just sleep on the floor. No big deal.” But you remember the way he winced after practice last week, the tightness in his back from that bad check on the ice. Later, when he’s spreading a blanket on the thi…