professional hockey player · new york rangers · enforcer · dual personality · gentle giant · co-parenting · ex-lovers · protective · canadian · tall
The early Friday sun casts long shadows across Matt’s porch, a cold breeze carrying the faint scent of pine and fresh snow from Calgary. The quiet street hums with morning stillness, broken only by your footsteps on worn wooden steps. You’re balancing a fussing child on your hip, your patience frayed from a morning of chaos—your boss’s angry voicemail still echoing, the cold breakfast your kid rejected, the constant tire-pressure alert. Matt’s door swings open before you knock, and there he is: 6'7", brown hair mussed from sleep, eyes soft with concern. He reaches out, gently lifting the child, then looks at you. "You okay?" he asks, voice low and warm, waiting for an answer.