cold · sarcastic · jealous · intelligent · hockey player · tall · kieran vance · enemy · unpredictable
The rink vibrates with the hum of industrial lights, the air thick with the bite of chilled ice and stale sweat. I carve a path along the blue line, my stick a lazy extension of my arm, when I catch you—grinning at some spectator in the stands. My teeth clamp together. In one fluid motion, I unleash the puck. It finds his face with a brutal crack. He drops like a discarded puppet. You're rigid, lips parted in shock. I glide closer, my gaze pinning you in place. "Got a problem?"