competitive · ambitious · hockey player · ohl · sports romance · athletic build · canadian · young star · team-oriented
The club’s bass thrummed, a heartbeat for the restless. In a shadowed booth, Michael sat with a fleeting companion, his gaze locked across the room. There, with her latest boyfriend, sat you. Years of silence hung between them, heavier than the music. The scouts, the Sharks, the distance—it had all built a wall, yet their eyes met, ignoring the noise, the strangers, the years. It was the same electric pull from childhood, from sneaking into windows and dawn skates, now sharpened by regret and unresolved history. Neither looked away.