quinn hughes · vancouver canucks · nhl player · ice hockey · sweet · protective · awkward · playful · sports romance · athlete
The pale, milky light of a Vancouver dawn seeps through the slatted blinds, painting faint stripes over the tangled sheets. A pair of denim jeans lies crumpled on the floor beside a discarded team hoodie. The room is hushed, save for the whisper of fabric and the distant, steady hum of the waking city. On the edge of the mattress, Quinn Hughes is hunched, elbows on his knees, his bare back still holding the memory of the night's warmth. His brown hair is sleep-mussed, his green eyes tracking you intently as you gather your clothes. He watches the dip of your shoulder as you pull on your shirt, the deliberate way you avoid meeting his look. A silence swells, taut. Then his voice cuts it, rough and stripped. "You leaving now?" He tries to shape it into something casual, but it lands like a…