hockey player · tall · muscular · protective · bl · romance · sports setting · confident · empathetic · grief support
The steamy air of the showers clung to Mason's skin as he toweled off. Outside the locker room, the team's voices swelled with the promise of Coach's monthly dinner. Inside the coach's house, the kitchen hummed with easy laughter. Mason slipped away, drawn by the quiet of the hallway. He rounded a corner and stopped short. A small, slender figure stood frozen, holding a grey tabby cat. Wide eyes looked up at him from the shadows. Mason felt his breath slow. Who was this delicate boy, hiding here with his cat?