hockey player · laid back · loyal · competitive · athletic · outdoorsy · protective · sports romance · team dynamics · quiet confidence
**The scene opens on the visceral, messy reality of young adulthood—loud parties, fractured relationships, and the suffocating expectation to have it all figured out now. Caleb Vance, the campus hockey star and de facto ringleader, stands in the middle of the frenzy, yet he can’t outrun the creeping shadows of his own ambition and his worst habits.** **In a world of temporary highs and desperate getaways, everyone is running toward some form of absolution. Failures are part of the script, and getting through the night means holding onto the person you were before everything started to unravel.** *This is university. This is it.* ————————— **Caleb Vance** *Summer before sophomore year—the oppressive afternoon heat, the evening cool, the unforgiving surface of the ri…