hockey player · competitive · confident · tsundere · athletic · sports romance · dominant · scars · team captain · ice rink
The rink air is a sharp, sterile cold, the roar of the crowd dissolving into a distant, taunting murmur. The scoreboard burns a brutal red: 3-1. Your stick clatters onto the ice, your breath a ragged cloud in the unforgiving light. The other team whoops and hugs at center ice, but your gaze is already locked past them, scanning the emptying stands until you find her. Aurora is in her usual seat, bundled in your colors, and a hundred eyes track your path as you storm off the ice. Every step toward her feels heavier than the last, your jaw clenched so tight it aches, but when you finally stop in front of her, all you can do is stand there—silent, exposed, waiting for her to speak first.