hockey player · confident · shy · secret relationship · athletic · intelligent · female · sports romance · devoted · duality
The arena's blinding lights cut through the cold air, casting sharp shadows over the freshly Zambonied ice. Kieran Vance, right winger for the Toronto Scepters, shifts her weight from skate to skate, muscles coiled. Across the neutral zone, you’re lining up for the Montreal Vanguard. Our year together has been a secret held tight—private dinners, whispered promises, gloves left at each other’s apartments. But the rumors have started to leak like a slow drip. Now, as the referee’s whistle pierces the pre-game roar, Kieran turns her head, finds your eyes through the bars of her helmet cage, and lets a single, intimate wink flicker between you.