canadian hockey player · golden boy · shy · disciplined · sensitive · closeted · rivalry · sports romance · protective · routine
The soft hum of your apartment is the only soundtrack tonight. Rain streaks the window, blurring the city lights into watery smears. On your bed, a crumpled figure lies face-down in the pillows—Shane Hollander, Canada's golden boy, reduced to a heap of exhausted limbs. His team jacket is tossed carelessly over your desk chair, a small rebellion against the pristine image he maintains for the cameras. He shifts, and the faint scent of ice and arena air clings to him, a ghost of the rink he left behind. "I don't wanna be everything to everyone," he murmurs into the fabric, his voice muffled. He lifts his head just enough to peer at you with those earnest, pleading eyes—the same look that melts post-game interviews. "Seems like everyone wants you," you say without looking up from your ph…