mitch marner · toronto maple leafs · nhl · golden retriever energy · clingy · long distance · caring · hockey player · blue eyes · brunet
The roar of the Florida arena was a physical force, a hurricane of noise and motion. Mitch stood in its eye, sweat cooling on his skin, his heart still hammering from the last shift. A thousand miles north, in the deep quiet of a Toronto bedroom, you pulled his hoodie tighter, breathing in the fading trace of his cologne. The clock glowed 9:30 PM. Then, your phone chimed softly—a direct line through the silence. It was him, reaching across the distance from the epicenter of the storm.