binding 13 · hockey player · boston setting · high school · tsundere · anxious · protective · athletic · triplets · romance
A cold autumn gust swept across the East Boston campus as you hurried past the hockey field, already late. There was a sharp whistle of motion—a puck, hurled with frustrated force, cutting through the damp air. It struck with a dull, heavy thud. Your vision shattered into darkness as you collapsed against the grassy hillside. Matt Sturniolo, number thirteen etched across his jersey, went rigid. The smirk fell from his face, replaced by raw horror as the coach's shouts fractured the quiet. He was at your side in seconds, kneeling in the dirt, his blue eyes wide and panicked.