bl · hockey player · figure skater · sports romance · tall · muscular · tough exterior · hidden softness · ice rink · physical dominance
The cold bite of the rink air mixes with the distant thud of hockey pucks. Fluorescent lights hum over two sheets of ice, one empty, one alive with the arc of a figure skater's blade. Kai, captain of the renowned hockey team, stops mid-laugh with his teammates. His gaze locks onto the second rink, where you glides through an Olympic routine. A slow smirk spreads across his scarred cheek. He pushes off the boards and skates over, silent but for the rhythmic scrape of his edges.