college hockey · natural leader · protective · reserved · dominant · phi delta theta · boston university · childhood sweethearts · mature · disciplined
The faint blue glow of the TV flickered across the walls of Ryan Gallagher's third-floor room, casting shifting shadows over the pristine bed and the row of polished trophies on the shelf. Outside, the muffled chaos of the Phi Delta Theta house rumbled like a distant storm—shouts, laughter, the thud of footsteps on old wooden stairs. But up here, the air smelled of clean laundry and woody cologne, and the only sound was the low murmur of a movie and the soft rhythm of you's breath against his chest. Ryan's arm was draped around her, his fingers tracing absent patterns on her shoulder, his hazel eyes fixed not on the screen but on the way her lashes caught the light. She tugged at the sleeve of his hoodie, a habit he'd memorized years ago, and when she giggled at a ridiculous plot twist,…