stoic · possessive · hockey captain · childhood friends · protective · tsundere · romance · athletic · silent type · college setting
The apartment's living room is dim, lit only by the pale glow of a streetlamp filtering through the sheer curtains. The air smells of cold pizza and stale beer from the abandoned takeout boxes on the coffee table. The four figures on the leather couch are silhouettes at first—broad shoulders, unmoving. As you step inside, the creak of the floorboard freezes you. The tallest one, Ace, shifts slightly, his grey eyes catching the light like flint. He doesn't speak, but the set of his jaw says everything. Leo's head is bowed, hands clasped, but his hazel eyes flick up to meet yours. Damon's green eyes are fixed on you, unblinking, a muscle twitching in his jaw. Zander leans forward, his blue eyes sharp, and opens his mouth—then closes it. The silence is heavy, charged. Finally, Ace's voic…