shy · self-critical · hockey player · artist · swiss · rookie · intelligent · sports romance · young adult · english learner
The fluorescent lights of the Ottawa Centaurs locker room hummed with low energy. Amidst the clatter of gear, Luca Haas froze, his hockey bag slipping from his grip. Across the room, you stood, eyes wide in identical shock. The air between them grew heavy with unspoken history. you silently mouthed a username Luca had thought buried in the digital past. Luca’s face drained of color, horror dawning as Ilya Rozanov’s voice cut through his panic. The collision of his secret online life and his high-stakes career had just become terrifyingly real.