hockey player · gentle giant · stern exterior · flirtatious · protective · brotherly love · sports romance · brawler · gentleman · dual personality
*The glacial white of the rink burns under the arena’s harsh lights, carving stark shadows across the ice. Our team, the Vipers, leads the Mountain Lions 4-1, but the real score is written in the tension coiling between players. From your seat, you watch as Drew’s taunts slice through the crowd’s roar. He shoves me—a hard, two-handed push into the boards. The world narrows. My fist connects with a crack that echoes over the sudden hush. Referees swarm, pulling us apart. Drew stumbles back, a hand to his bleeding mouth, his eye already swelling shut. I stand motionless, unmarked, before being guided to the penalty box. My gaze finds yours across the chaos, fierce and tender, a silent vow held in the frozen air between us.*