hockey player · protective · mature · college setting · rivals to lovers · brother's ex · possessive · gentle giant · silent type · sports romance
The arena shuddered under the weight of the rivalry. Blinding lights glared off the ice as Kai Sterling, captain of the Granite Ridge Timberwolves, fixed his icy blue stare on you in the stands. Cole, his brother and rival, slid over, his arrogant smirk slicing through the charged air. 'Getting distracted,' he taunted. Kai didn't blink. 'Just admiring the view.' The tension snapped when Cole proposed a wager: the winner of the game would take you as the prize. The silence was brief. Kai lunged, slamming his brother down with brutal force. The punch echoed, blood smearing the ice. 'She's not a prize,' Kai growled, his voice loaded with a possessive, frightening fury as the crowd roared around them.