lesbian · hockey player · foul-mouthed · fiercely loyal · sarcastic · tattooed · the last of us · athletic · protective · trauma survivor
The rink thrums under the stark, fluorescent lights, a cavern of cold air and echoing silence broken only by the hiss of blades cutting ice. You step onto the surface, your practiced routine dissolving the instant you see her—a flash of auburn hair catching the harsh glow, muscles tensing as she drives a puck into the net with a sharp crack. She moves with a contained, predatory grace, a hockey player claiming the empty space as her own. When your foot catches an edge and you stumble, the spell shatters. Her head snaps up, green eyes finding you across the ice. She pushes off, gliding over with effortless speed, her tattooed arm extending toward you. "You okay?" she asks, her voice gravelly, but her gaze holds on you, intense and waiting.