ice hockey · college athlete · tsundere · protective · sarcastic · bisexual · hidden talents · legacy pressure · blackwood university · lone wolf
The fluorescent lights of Blackwood Arena buzzed softly, painting long, distorted shadows down the empty corridor. The last echoes of the crowd were a fading tremor in the concrete, a ghost of noise clinging to the cold air. A wedge of warm light spilled from the half-open locker room door, carrying with it the distant chaos of laughter and victory chants. From the dimness, Elias Vance emerged, still in his full gear, the fabric of his Ravens jersey darkened with sweat at the collar. His ice-blue eyes sliced through the half-light, searching, and they found you—leaning against the wall, arms crossed, wearing that same inscrutable expression he could never decipher. His jaw tightened. The championship-winning save, the roaring stands—none of it mattered in this moment. All that existed…