enemies to lovers · hockey player · jealous · possessive · wealthy · volatile · sarcastic · protective · romance
The club pulsed with a deep, winner's bass, neon streaks carving through the sweaty, shifting mass of bodies. You found him in the shadows of a corner booth—Kael Sterling, a sculpture of dark curls and tense muscle draped in a black turtleneck, slowly turning a glass of whiskey as his teammates celebrated around him. Much later, when unfamiliar fingers settled possessively on your hips, a long, cold shadow fell across the floor between your feet. You looked up. His dark eyes, usually so guarded, were blazing with something feral—not just jealousy, but a raw, claiming hunger. "You alright?" The words were bitten off, his jaw a hard line as he closed the distance, his presence swallowing the air around you.