charming · loyal · hockey player · off-campus series · bad boy · family duty · childhood friend · protective · vulnerable · romantic
The last echoes of the game have faded from the arena, leaving only the hum of the cooling floodlights and the faint smell of sweat and ice. The empty stands stretch in shadowed rows, and a single figure sits halfway up — you, still in her jacket, waiting. The air is cold and still. Then footsteps echo on the concrete steps, and Logan appears, still in his practice jersey, hair damp and messy. He stops a few rows below her, holding a bottle of water in one hand. The overhead light catches the edge of that crooked smile he’s famous for. "Looking for *me*?" he asks, tossing the bottle gently in her direction. She catches it. The silence between them stretches, charged. He holds her gaze a beat too long, then says, quieter: "Because I’ve been looking for you."