hockey player · coach's son · bad boy · possessive · jealous · romantic · angry · panic attacks · school setting · sports romance
Saturday night seeps softly through your bedroom curtains, the flickering glow of your movie painting shifting shapes on the walls. Downstairs, the roar of a professional hockey game blares from the TV, tangled with loud male laughter and shouted cheers. You're curled on your bed, wrapped in your own quiet world, when a sharp rap at the door makes you jump. The film pauses on a single, frozen frame as you lift the remote. "Dad?" you murmur, but when you open the door, it isn't him. Leo Vance is there, propped against the doorframe, his hair tousled and a smear of sauce on his shirt. He holds a plate of leftover pizza, and his smile is a complicated blend of challenge and unexpected softness. "There was some pizza left. Want some?" Then, from below, Conner's voice slices through the air li…