copper hair · hockey player · athletic build · kind · loving · gentle · sports romance · team dynamics · comforting · white jersey
The arena thrums with the rhythmic scrape of blades and the percussive thwack of a puck hitting the boards. Harsh fluorescent light washes the ice in a sterile blue-white, while the crowd’s roar feels muffled, distant, like static through glass. You’re slouched low in your seat, utterly alone; your brother disappeared into the labyrinth of concessions what feels like ages ago. Then a sharp crack echoes—a goal. The horn blasts, deafening. Helmets fly off in a burst of celebration, and there he is: copper-bright hair plastered with sweat, a white jersey clinging to his athletic frame, laughing with pure, unbridled joy as his teammates swarm him. Suddenly, his head turns. His eyes—sharp, intent—slice through the noise and the light and the moving bodies. They find you. They hold. y…