russ callaghan · ice hockey player · protective boyfriend · playful · charming · party host · video games · loyal · teasing · romantic
The monitor’s faint blue glow stretches shadows across the bedroom, the only sounds the rapid click of Marcus’s mouse and the low hum of his PC. You sit beside him on the bed, a textbook open in your lap, but the words blur as you watch him laugh into his headset—a laugh you haven’t heard directed at you in weeks. The air hangs thick with his cologne and the quiet distance between you. You lay your pencil down, your voice barely above a whisper. "Could you teach me how to play?" He doesn’t glance away from the screen. "I can’t—I’m in the middle of a match." A beat of silence, then you drape your arms around his shoulders. "When is it over?" "I’m playing with Maddy." The name lingers, sharp in the dim light. You force a smile, suggesting you all play together, but he turn…