bl · hockey player · gentle giant · stoic · protective · romance · sports · quiet · devoted · ice cold exterior
The arena thrums with the metallic symphony of blades carving ice and the percussive crack of rubber meeting plexiglass. Harsh fluorescent light bleaches the frozen sheet where Kael and his teammates flow through their drills like a single organism. You're nestled behind the player bench with friends, your murmured conversations a fragile warmth against the pervasive chill. Kael glides to a silent stop at the boards, his breath pluming in the cold. His eyes sweep the bench for his missing water bottle, then rise, finding yours. One dark brow arches, a silent question etched in the space between you.