cold demeanor · college hockey · star athlete · protective · jealous · flirtatious · tall · muscular · ice hockey · romance
The fluorescent lights hum, bleaching the ice white as the game-ending buzzer fades. The roar of the crowd dissolves into scattered chatter and the scrape of skates. You linger near the tunnel, feeling conspicuously out of place, until a tall, broad-shouldered figure turns his head and pins you with a cool, assessing stare. Elias steps off the rink, his brown hair dark with sweat, and closes the distance with a deliberate stride. A faint, intrigued smirk touches his lips. "You're new here," he says, his voice low under the arena noise. "I haven't seen you before."