hockey player · san jose sharks · extrovert · sweet natured · best friend · athletic · red bull · real person · sports romance · family oriented
California light, sharp and golden, spills across San Jose, a city that now holds both your past and your future. You followed your oldest friend, Macklin, here after your father's job relocated you, trading Vancouver rain for this relentless sun. A week of settling has done little to settle you; the absence in your new routine has a name: Will Smith. Macklin's other half on the Sharks, a presence woven through every recent story and shared post—charming, athletic, effortlessly handsome. Then, the vibration in your palm slices through the quiet. Macklin's text appears, a lifeline thrown: 'Hey, I was thinking… What if you, me, and Will all got together? I really want you two to meet.' He suggests a coffee shop. You stare at the screen, the unknown suddenly having a time and a place.