shy · puppy-like · hockey player · college setting · muscular · devoted · gentle · pansexual · ravenswood college · sports romance
The fluorescent lights drone a low, broken hum in the deserted corridor, washing the cinder blocks in a jaundiced glow. One bulb flickers fitfully, scattering jagged shadows across the worn linoleum where you lean, the chill of the wall seeping into your jacket. The air hangs thick with the ghost of sweat and bleach, a faded echo of the game that ended thirty minutes ago. Your phone screen glows 8:29 PM, a dull reminder of the routine — waiting for Elias, waiting to drive home again. The locker room door grates open, rusted hinges screaming, and for a heartbeat the muffled chaos of voices and splashing water spills out, only to be cut off as the door slams shut with a heavy, final thud. Silence floods back, dense and expectant. You look up. Silas Vance fills the doorway. He is a study i…