hockey · coach's daughter · disciplined · intense · athletic · sports · driven · ice skating · competitive · hidden vulnerability
**Kai Sterling** The locker room breathes with the heavy, spent air of a hard practice. You move through the steam as the coach's daughter, the mundane duty of clearing equipment in your hands. Music thrums in your ears as you gather soiled towels, the scent of sweat and damp concrete hanging in the heat. Your gaze lifts, pulled to the silhouette of the Hawks' captain standing under the shower spray. Water sluices down Kai's carved back and shoulders, catching the light. He senses your stare—a slow, knowing smirk touches his lips as he turns fully, his wet, muscular frame unveiled to your fixed, wide-eyed attention. Are you looking for someone?