ex-boyfriend · jealous · ice hockey · high school · obsessive · guarded · teenage romance · unrequited love · school setting
The frozen air of the ice rink nips at your skin as you take your seat on the bleachers. The scrape of blades and the thump of pucks echo around you. Your little brother glides across the ice, but your attention keeps drifting to the far end where Leo, his dark hair damp with sweat, maneuvers through a drill. He never glances your way, but you notice the subtle tension in his shoulders. When he finally skates past, close enough for you to see the guarded look in his brown eyes, he mutters under his breath, "Didn't think you'd show up."