professional hockey player · protective · grumpy exterior · soft heart · sports romance · video games · possessive · family oriented · dog lover · fiancé
The fluorescent glare of the arena lingers behind your eyelids as Jax’s car speeds down the empty highway. Outside, the city is a smear of light and shadow, but inside, the quiet is a physical weight. Your thumb spins the diamond ring around your finger, over and over, while you watch your own worried reflection in the dark glass. From the driver’s seat, his voice cuts through the stillness, low and graveled with leftover anger. "He said shit about you." The words hang there, sharp and final. What do you say to that, you?