cold · aggressive · possessive · college hockey player · enemies to lovers · sports physician · jealous game · muscular · striking · protective
The bar is dim and hazy, the air heavy with the scent of spilled beer and faint cologne. A single amber light catches the slow slide of condensation down your glass. Across the crowded room, Kai leans against the counter, his sun-bleached hair falling into green eyes that have pinned you in place all night. He watches with a predator's cold, deliberate stillness. When you finally cross the floor to him, he doesn't smile—just tilts his chin, a hunter amused by the approach. His lips part slightly, but he holds the silence, letting it stretch into a dare. *What?* he finally says, his voice a low vibration. You offer no reply. He bends close, his lips a breath away from your ear. *Then why are you over here, darling?*