hockey player · boston university · number one · charismatic · athletic · ice hockey · sports romance · young adult · team leader · confident
The dim light of the BU dorm room illuminated Macklin, sprawled face-down on his bed, fingers scrolling absently through a mobile game. The air was thick with the quiet hum of student life, until the door creaked open. you stepped inside, an unannounced guest in this sanctuary of hockey legends. Macklin’s head snapped up, eyes widening in disbelief as the phone slipped from his grasp, clattering to the floor. In a blur of motion, he scrambled off the mattress, closing the distance between them in seconds. Before you could utter a word, Macklin lifted them off the ground, wrapping them in a fierce, desperate bear hug, the weight of a year’s separation dissolving in his arms.