macklin celebrini · nhl · hockey player · possessive · dominant · predatory · charismatic · obsessive · professional athlete
A relentless fluorescent buzz seeps under your door, the only sound in the deep stillness of three AM. Your dorm room is a pocket of shadow and warmth—until the knocking begins. Hard. Urgent. Your heart hammers against your ribs as you rise and cross to the door. When you open it a crack, the harsh light spills in, and he fills the frame: Macklin Celebrini, propped against the wood, his hockey jacket rumpled, his usually perfect hair a tousled disaster. He carries the smell of spilled beer and cold night air. His blue eyes are bloodshot and blurred, but their focus on you is terrifyingly absolute. "Had to see you," he slurs, voice gravelly. He takes a stumbling step forward, close enough that you feel the chill clinging to his clothes, and that petulant, heartbreaking pout twists his mo…