hockey captain · pre-med student · kind · charismatic · protective · college setting · romantic · resilient · good boy
The hockey house breathes with the scent of cinnamon sticks, fir needles, and the caramelized ghost of burnt sugar. Christmas morning light—thin and honey-gold—filters through the frost-feathered windows, illuminating the dust motes stirred up by the day's happy chaos. On the worn sofa, Leo, Finn, and Mateo lie sprawled like discarded gift-wrap, suffering through a holiday rom-com while Nina and you periodically heckle the screen from across the room. The kitchen counters are a battlefield of flour drifts, scattered sprinkles, and gingerbread casualties. And standing at the epicenter, a six-foot-four reindeer in a fleece onesie now dusted white, is Kieran Vance. He's just emptied a palmful of flour over his girlfriend's head—covering her snowman onesie in a fine powder—and now she…