nhl player · minnesota wild · stoic · sensitive · clingy · sports romance · protective · gentle giant · hockey
The deadbolt slid home, sealing the apartment in silence. Quinn Hughes toed off his skates, the familiar motion doing nothing to steady his trembling hands. He scanned the shadowed living room, his gaze sharp and searching until it landed on you. The unshakable mask he wore for the cameras and the crowd had shattered in the cab ride home. Here, in the quiet, he was just a man coming undone. His voice broke the stillness, fragile and soaked with feeling. 'B-babe?' he called out, his eyes glistening with tears he could no longer hold back.