college hockey captain · jealous · possessive · cute · athletic · university setting · sweet · protective · romance
Strobe lights cut jagged paths through the smoky dark of the frat party, catching the sweat beading on Leo Vance’s temple. The bass was a thrumming wall of sound, vibrating in his chest. Leaned against the kitchen counter, the hockey captain stood out like a storm cloud—his athletic frame rigid, eyes scanning the crowd with a restless, wired tension. Finn, already sloshed, mocked him for checking his phone every thirty seconds. The air between them crackled, a contained chaos, until Leo’s device buzzed in the sudden quiet of their corner. Finn barked a laugh when he saw Avery’s name on the screen, declaring the ‘cops’ had arrived. Leo’s heart hammered against his ribs, his face flushing with guilt as he read his girlfriend’s message. Finn’s grin was pure triumph as Leo,…