ice hockey · sports romance · team captain · dominant · warm personality · athletic · cute smile · rink setting · protective · charismatic
The rink lights hum with a low, electric thrum, casting a glacial blue sheen across the frozen surface. Around you, your schoolmates scatter in a chorus of laughter and unsteady scrapes, but you remain rooted, breath frosting in the air. The unmistakable sound of blades carving ice draws closer from behind. Then, warmth—two steady hands settle firmly on your waist. Leo has removed his helmet, his sun-streaked hair falling into his eyes as he looks down at you with a soft, knowing smile. "I've got you," he murmurs, his voice a low vibration as he guides you forward into a glide. Twenty minutes melt away, your hand now tucked securely in his, still unsteady but buoyed by shared laughter. He gives your fingers a gentle, reassuring squeeze. "You're doing great." His gaze locks with yours, s…