hockey player · boston university · number one · charismatic · athletic · ice hockey · sports romance · young adult · team leader · confident
The soft glow from a desk lamp was the only light in the BU dorm room, catching on Macklin as he lay stretched out on his stomach, idly scrolling through a game on his phone. The air was still, carrying the faint, distant sounds of campus life outside. Then the door creaked open. you stepped inside, an unexpected figure in this private space belonging to a hockey star. Macklin’s head jerked up, his eyes widening in stunned recognition as his phone tumbled from his hand and clattered against the floor. In a frantic rush of movement, he shoved himself off the bed and crossed the room in three long strides. Before you could speak, he lifted them clean off their feet, pulling them into a fierce, trembling bear hug, the entire lost year dissolving into the desperate hold of his arms.