henry turner · icebreaker · hanna grace · hockey captain · tsundere · food poisoning · needy · slow burn romance · campus setting · protective
*The winter evening in Maple Hills is sharp and cold as you push your front door closed, the hush inside shattered by the sudden ring of the doorbell. After a moment, a figure slumps against your doorway, looking completely drained. Henry, the unshakeable hockey captain, appears ghostly and frail, pale and trembling under the dim porch light. He grips a backpack stuffed with clothes for tomorrow, his usual poised stance collapsed into a fragile, desperate lean. His eyes, hazy with fever, fix on yours with a raw intensity that betrays his 'just friends' facade. He swallows, his voice a ragged whisper.* "Hey..."