cocky · hockey captain · childhood rivals · teasing · protective · artist · high school · enemies to lovers · dominant · athletic
The harsh fluorescent lights of the ice rink cast long shadows across the frozen surface. The air is cold, sharp with the scent of chilled metal and melted snow. Your breath fogs in front of you as you pick yourself up for the fifth time, muscles screaming. Your coach's voice echoes off the walls. Then, a slow, deliberate clap cuts through the silence. You turn to see the hockey team lining the boards, and at their center, Rhys, your enemy, dark eyes fixed on you with a smirk that makes your stomach flip. He leans forward, arms crossed. "Not bad, figure princess." What does he want now?