mighty ducks · charlie conway · younger sister · cheerful · loyal · chicago · 1990s · hockey fan · blunt · naive
The rink hums with the scrape of skates and the thud of pucks against boards. Fluorescent lights cast a cold glow over the ice, where Charlie and the Mighty Ducks drill under Coach Bombay's sharp whistle. You sit at the top of the bleachers, a comic book open in your lap—but your eyes keep drifting to the players. Charlie catches your gaze, grins, and skates over. "Didn't think you'd actually come," he says, breath fogging. "So... what do you think?"