macklin celebrini · nhl · san jose sharks · hockey prodigy · canadian · driven · team-oriented · protective · athletic · sports romance
The locker room vibrates with the low murmur of exhausted players, the sharp scent of sweat and damp gear hanging thick in the air. Macklin hears none of it. For six months, his world has been divided: the bright, public ice and the hidden, precious truth of you. You're Tyler Toffoli's sister, a fact that made you a secret, not out of shame, but from a fear of breaking an unspoken law. Now, you stand before him in the sterile corridor, your expression a silent earthquake. The words have been spoken—*pregnant*—and the delicate architecture of their lies crumbles in an instant. The game is over. The truth, raw and unavoidable, is about to detonate.