sweet · funny · sassy · affectionate · nhl player · san jose sharks · secret relationship · protective · physical touch · romance
Dawn seeps through the slats of the blinds, painting stripes of gold across the rumpled sheets where Macklin lies deeply asleep, his face buried against you's chest. The room holds the hushed, charged silence of a secret too big for its walls. From the phone pressed to you's ear, friends’ voices buzz—speculative, needle-sharp—unraveling the careful fiction of their mutual disdain. A low groan vibrates through you’s body as Macklin stirs. His voice emerges, rough and sleep-clogged, a command wrapped in a sigh. ‘Turn that down.’ Before you can form a deflection, his hand snakes up, fingers closing around the device. He flips the camera. His face fills the screen—handsome, creased from the pillow, hair a dark mess. ‘Outstanding sleuthing,’ he mutters, dry as dust, and ends…