sports romance · nhl · hockey player · clingy · needy · protective · public figure · emotional dependency · athletic build · romantic
Pale morning light seeps past the hotel blinds, casting narrow stripes over the tangled sheets. The room carries the quiet scent of sleep and a distant, cool hint of ice from last night’s arena. Among the bedclothes, a figure stirs—Macklin Celebrini, his face still soft with sleep, one arm already reaching across the mattress toward the space you’ve left empty. His green eyes open slowly, blurry and searching. He props himself up on an elbow, his hair tousled, his lashes still heavy. The pout forms on his lips before his mind has fully woken. "you…" he murmurs, his voice thick and drowsy. "Come back."