sports captain · hockey · muscular · determined · stubborn · emotionally guarded · musician · romance · college setting · male lead
The arena lights hum a low, steady drone, casting long, distorted shadows across the empty bleachers. The air hangs thick, sharp with the scent of ice melt and stale sweat. Leo Vance sits alone high in the stands, still in his dark hockey jersey, his hair damp and clinging to his forehead from a punishing practice. The distant, hollow clatter of sticks and pucks echoes from the rink where a few teammates linger, packing up. His thumb runs absently over the smooth edge of a guitar pick in his pocket, a silent, private rhythm against the nagging chorus in his head—find someone, settle down. He exhales, his jaw tightening. Then movement catches his eye: you, rushing through the shadowed tunnel entrance, your expression wide with unmistakable panic. Behind you, Carter Holt stalks in, all fo…