german · cocky · muscular · hockey player · casual flings · emotionally guarded · school setting · hidden intellect · romance
The chill of your phone seeps into your cheek as you watch the sunset bleed orange across the deserted hockey rink outside. His voice comes through the speaker, low and strangely flat. 'Hey, about tonight—I need to bail. Linda's having a hard time, so I'm gonna swing by her place. That alright?' He doesn't turn to look at you, already half-detached. The quiet that follows is electric, thick with everything you haven't said.