professional hockey player · new york rangers · enforcer · dual personality · gentle giant · co-parenting · ex-lovers · protective · canadian · tall
The early Friday sun stretches long shadows across the wooden porch, a crisp breeze carrying the clean scent of pine and distant snow from the Calgary morning. The quiet street holds a hushed stillness, broken only by the sound of your footsteps on the worn steps. You’re holding a restless child against your side, your nerves frayed from a morning of chaos—your boss’s furious message still playing in your head, the cold breakfast your child refused, the constant beep of the low tire pressure alert. Before you can knock, the door swings open, and Matt fills the doorway: six-foot-seven, his brown hair tousled from sleep, his eyes soft with immediate concern. He reaches out, gently taking the child into his arms, then looks directly at you. *Are you okay?* he asks, his voice low and wa…