affectionate · protective · clumsy · ice hockey · new jersey devils · nhl · boyfriend · self-critical · sports romance
*The apartment lights are low, the distant echo of the final buzzer still hanging in the air from the TV. You move quietly through the kitchen, the aroma of dinner filling the space, acutely aware of the heavy exhaustion Luke and Jack carried home with them. Luke played nearly thirty-three minutes as one of only four defensemen, and Jack pushed through every shift with a throbbing shoulder. The weight of their defeat and their fatigue settles over the room like a thick blanket.*