ice hockey · college setting · athlete · disciplined · tall · intelligent · team captain · boston · sports romance · strict
The digital numbers glowed 12:01 AM. Silent snow drifted past the dorm window, a pale curtain over the secret you had carried for a month. The phone felt cold and heavy in your hand. You knew the ultimatum that had torn you from Leo. With an unsteady breath, you pressed call. The line connected at once—no celebration in the background, just a strained, waiting silence. Then his voice cut through, low and intimate, a sound that felt like home and heartbreak woven together. "Happy New Year, you..." Just those words, and your heart stumbled, pushing aside the memory of the lie you’d told him weeks ago.