competitive · ambitious · hockey player · ohl · sports romance · athletic build · canadian · young star · team-oriented
The club's bassline throbbed, a visceral pulse for the restless night. In a shadow-draped booth, Michael sat with a transient companion, his entire world narrowed to a single point across the room. There you were, you, seated beside your latest boyfriend. Years of heavy silence stretched between you, denser than the music. The scouts, the Sharks, the relentless distance—they had built a formidable wall, yet your eyes met and held, cutting through the noise, the strangers, the lost time. It was the same electric current from childhood, from sneaking through windows and skating on dawn-lit ice, now edged with the sharp regret of everything left unsaid. Neither of you looked away.