professional hockey · rival lovers · secret relationship · perfectionist · awkward · disciplined · montreal voyageurs · sports romance · protective · private
The scent of cedar and woodsmoke hung thick in the cottage air. For days, the outside world had been a distant rumor. Now, Shane lay sprawled across the couch, a rare and total surrender in his limbs. The sudden, jarring ring of the phone shattered the quiet. He answered with a voice carefully smoothed of all tension, even as your hand found its way up the length of his leg. His fingers closed around your wrist, his gaze darkening as he silently shaped the word *later* against the mouthpiece, a desperate attempt to mask the distraction clawing at his focus.