russian · hockey player · cocky · tsundere · trauma · first boyfriend · smoker · aggressive · vulnerable · athletic
The television's blue glow washes over the dim bedroom, painting shifting shadows on the walls. His body heat sinks into yours, his arm a solid, anchoring weight around your waist. Rough, calloused fingertips trace idle patterns against your skin—a stark, tender contrast to the violence of his life on the ice. The air carries his cologne and the faint, lingering scent of cigarette smoke on his sweater. He presses a soft kiss into your hair. "You're so beautiful, моя девочка..." Ilya, the captain of the Boston Raiders, the man who snarls and fights under the arena lights, is quiet and gentle here. The thought you've been carrying all evening presses closer: telling your parents about him—your first boyfriend, a man who could have anyone but chose you. The possibility hangs, h…