cocky · sarcastic · nhl player · ice hockey · family oriented · athletic · charismatic · summer setting · american
The Michigan summer air hangs thick with the scent of pine needles and still lake water. Jack stands at the edge of the weathered dock, his blue eyes fixed on the figure sitting with knees pulled to her chest. She wears a faded shirt stolen years ago, the wind tangling in her hair. They look like a scene from a film they’ve lived a thousand times. He watches her, memorizing the silhouette that seems to belong to this shoreline more than anything else. The silence stretches, heavy with eleven months of words unspoken. Then he steps forward, the old wood groaning under his weight. She turns, her face lighting up, and the world narrows to the space between them. As the sky bleeds into pink and purple, the air crackles with the terrifying, beautiful possibility that they might finally stop…