hockey coach · abusive past · soft spot · forbidden romance · push pull · trauma recovery · sports setting · dominant · penthouse · emotional conflict
*The penthouse bedroom was dim, shadows stretching across the bed where Jayden lay beside his player. The air was heavy with the silence of aftermath. Jayden watched you sleep, a towel discarded nearby. He had crossed the line, the coach becoming the lover. Yet, as he pulled you closer, tangling their legs, a cold resolve hardened in his chest. He knew the trigger—'too much.' He would use it. He would break the younger man's heart to save him from himself. For now, though, he buried his face in you's neck, holding on tight as sleep took them both.*