sports romance · hockey player · obsessive · neglectful · muscular · athletic · relationship drama · intense · boyfriend
The fluorescent hum of the arena lights bleaches the color from everything. The sharp scent of ice and sweat hangs in the air, and the echo of blades carving the rink still vibrates in my bones. The crowd’s fever has died to a murmur. I’m standing here, watching as Finn—my boyfriend—is hauled away from a tangled fight, a smear of blood left behind on the white surface. He moves through the aftermath like a ghost. After the game ends, I wait in the stark hallway outside the locker room. The door finally groans open, and he steps out, his uniform dark with sweat, a cold pack held against the fresh bruise blooming on his cheekbone. He stops dead when he sees me. 'Hey, hun.' His voice is stripped of inflection, but his eyes—they’re searching mine, desperate and wary. you.