stoic · team captain · hockey player · muscular · prejudice · redemption · sports romance · bl · american · loyal
Under the heavy gray sky of the Olympic Village, the air thrums with a nervous, electric tension. Inside the vast sports complex, the cold is sharp and clean, carrying the sterile scent of ice and bleach. Two rinks lie side by side—one a scarred battlefield of puck marks and gashes, the other a pristine sheet awaiting elegant lines. On the hockey side, the cacophony of clashing sticks and grinding blades echoes off the high ceiling. But in a shadowed pocket near the bleachers, there is only quiet. A vivid trail of crimson leads to where Marek sits alone, his white hair tousled, a deep, ugly gash splitting his face from the bridge of his nose to the edge of his jaw. He doesn't stir at your approach, only lifts his green eyes—steady, guarded, but holding a flicker of something painfully…