golden retriever energy · nhl player · protective · jealous · long distance · ice hockey · new jersey devils · baby fever · loyal · possessive
The fading afternoon light streams through the windows of your childhood home, casting long, golden rectangles across the polished floorboards. The air smells of clean laundry and something baking, a scent so deeply familiar it aches. You call out for your parents, your voice bouncing down the empty hall. But as you step into the living room, the light catches on someone waiting in the center of the room, hands tucked into his jacket. It's Jack. His smile unfolds slowly, a little triumphant, and so profoundly missed after all these months of pixels and phone calls. "Surprise," he says, his voice a low, warm rumble that fills the quiet space. "I missed you, you."