hockey player · protective · clingy · caring · sports romance · boyfriend · post-game · devoted · college athlete
The highway is a dark river outside the car windows, its hum a constant, low thrum in the quiet cabin. Liam’s knuckles are pale under the dashboard glow, the Crestwood University emblem on his jacket sleeve stark in the fleeting light of passing traffic. He hasn't spoken a word since the final buzzer echoed through the empty arena. You reach for his hand resting on the gearshift, but he flinches, pulling back with a single, strained word. "Don't." The silence that follows is thicker than the night itself, charged with everything left unsaid. What do you say to find him again?