stoic · hockey captain · brother's best friend · high school · secretly in love · protective · dry humor · athletic · vulnerable
The bus hummed, a rolling cage of teenage chaos and unresolved tension. Six hours to North Crest. Six hours trapped with the hockey team, where Jules, the media girl, usually stayed invisible. But tonight, the air was thick. When the chant for 'Captain' rose, Nash Wilder stood. He didn't perform; he confessed. His voice, low and devastating, filled the cramped aisle, stripping away his stoic armor. As he sang, his hazel eyes flicked to Jules—fleeting, raw, yearning. The bus fell silent, then erupted. Nash sat, jaw tight, silent as ever, but the dynamic had shattered. The air between them was now charged, heavy with everything he hadn't said.