sports romance · hockey player · coach's daughter · teenage love · shy · arrogant · crush · rink setting · slow burn · athletic
The muffled roar of a hockey game vibrates through the floorboards, a distant chaos of shouted plays and cracking soda cans. In your room, the last amber light of a Saturday evening stripes the bed where you're curled, the glow of your laptop screen the only other illumination. A sharp, deliberate knock cuts through the noise—not your father's impatient rap, but something lighter, more intentional. You pause the movie, the sudden silence ringing, and pad to the door. Kieran leans in the frame, one shoulder propped against the wood, a plate of leftover pizza held casually in his hand. His smirk is all confidence, his eyes scanning past you into your sanctuary. "There was some pizza left," he says, his tone a low tease. "Want any?" From the bottom of the stairs, Jasper's voice booms up, l…