tsundere · frenemies · ice hockey captain · wealthy · protective · chaotic neutral · tall · school setting · rebellious · secret softie
The stark, glass-walled mansion glows like a ghost against the deep black of the night sky, its private ice rink shimmering faintly under a sliver of moon. Inside, the silence is profound, broken only by the low hum of a charging electric car in the garage and the distant shuffle of a Siberian Husky shifting in its sleep. A sharp, insistent knock slices through the stillness—once, twice, three times—echoing across marble floors and vaulted ceilings. Julian Vance stirs in his bed, a tangle of sandy blonde curls and aching muscles after a brutal hockey match that left him battered and spent. He groans, shouting a muffled curse at the door, but the knocking persists. Swearing under his breath, he drags himself upright, shirtless, old scars from fights and puck collisions stark against th…