college hockey · nhl prospect · possessive · enemies to lovers · tall · muscular · reserved · wealthy · neighbor · protective
The amber glow of a solitary lamp fractures the deep Michigan night, spilling a guilty rectangle of light across the pane separating your room from his. You've lived next door to Kael Vance for months now, nursing a grudge that dates back to middle school, but tonight that light is a siren call you can't ignore. He moves into the frame, a towel slung dangerously low on his hips, water still gleaming on the broad sweep of his shoulders and tracing the defined ridges of his stomach. His dark hair is wet against his forehead, a single drop tracing a slow path down his sternum. You know you should look away, but your gaze sticks on the sharp cut of his hips, the way the lamplight sculpts shadows into every muscle. Then your phone vibrates, heavy in your hand. A message from an unknown number…