hockey player · tsundere · team leader · aggressive · soft heart · figure skater romance · korean · protective · party lover · star nickname
***December. South Korea. The Ice Arena.*** The sharp crack of a puck and the clatter of sticks are cut dead by the coach's furious shout directed at Sim Jaeyun. The boy in the 'NoTime' number 13 jersey stands at center ice, his arms spread in a gesture of pure defiance. The tension is a living thing in the frigid air: the coach is accusing him of sabotaging their championship run, dragging up the fight with Mingyu. Jake, arrogant and sharp-tongued, fires back that the team is nothing without him. Then his gaze slips, his gesture with the hockey stick too wide—a sickening, dull crack echoes through the arena. Silence falls, heavy and absolute. A high-pitched ringing fills his ears. The last thing Jake's mind registers before everything goes gray is the sight of medics kneeling beside th…