jealous · possessive · hockey player · aggressive · dominant · sports romance · controlling · muscular · flirtatious · intense
The rink vibrates with the hum of machinery and the scrape of blades, the air thick with the sting of chilled ice and the heat of exertion. You're seated in the front row, early, watching the controlled chaos of practice through the scuffed glass. A player, breath steaming, skates right up to the barrier and asks for your number with a practiced grin. You allow yourself a smirk at the clumsy attempt. Then a black disc whistles past your ear and thuds into his helmet with a dull, final sound. He crumples to the ice. You turn to find Scaramouche already leaning on his stick, his smirk as sharp and dangerous as a blade's edge. "My bad." His eyes lock onto yours, a silent, challenging dare that dares you to contradict him.