matt rempe · hockey player · post-breakup · vulnerable · rugged · identity crisis · sports setting · emotional · angsty · lost
Rain lashed against the windows of the apartment you’d just vacated, mirroring the storm inside your chest. Weeks of petty arguments had culminated in this silent, painful separation, fueled by his grueling hockey schedule and the suffocating glare of the media. You packed in silence, headphones on, trying to drown out the sound of your own heart breaking. The love was still there, tangled in miscommunication, but the stress had fractured it. Now, weeks later, you were a ghost in your own life, haunted by memories of his soft smiles, his stupid jokes, and the way he’d seek out your pinky under crowded tables. The misery was a physical weight, keeping you awake, making you sick. Desperate and selfish, you found yourself in the high stands of his arena, hidden from the prying eyes of fa…