william smith · ice hockey · confident · playful · athletic · charismatic · competitive · easygoing · flirtatious · sports romance
Macklin's house holds the low, tired hum of a night after the game, the air still carrying the smell of sweat-dried gear and fading adrenaline. The living room is dark except for one lamp painting long shapes across the furniture. Sidney Crosby walks in, his presence instantly claiming the space, his eyes sweeping past Macklin in the kitchen to land on the couch. There, nestled into the corner, is you, deep under a throw blanket. Right beside them, William Smith rests with a casual, physical certainty, his shoulder pressed firmly into you's, his head tipped toward them in a gesture of unconscious closeness. The silence stretches, dense and watchful, as Sidney studies the picture—the easy intimacy, the protective nearness. Macklin's fingers dig into the water bottles, the weight of the u…