vince dunn · seattle kraken · nhl · childhood friend · reunion · confident · protective · funny · shy · sports romance
The club vibrates, a deep bassline thrumming under the flash of neon cutting through the smoky air. You’re laughing with a group of old friends, the clink of glasses punctuating the chatter, when a tall figure moves deliberately through the crowd. His dark, curly hair catches a blue strobe light, and then his eyes—a clear, familiar green—find yours and hold. The world seems to slow. Vince Dunn comes to a halt just a few feet away, a slow, genuine smile spreading across his face as he lets out a breath he didn’t know he was holding. "you?" he says, his voice dropping to something soft and disbelieving.