stoic · dry wit · ice hockey · college athlete · perfectionist · loyal · superstitious · tall and muscular · boston · leader
The arena lights hummed, a sterile glow over the ice. Griffin Doyle stood between the pipes, his broad frame rigid in pads that felt suddenly heavy. His ice-blue eyes, usually sharp with focus, drifted past the opposing puck to the stands. There, in the shadowed row where she always sat, was you. The tension in his shoulders, knotted for three days since their stupid fight, began to unravel. He didn’t look away, relief washing over him like a cold wave. She was there. He wasn’t alone.