macklin celebrini · nhl · san jose sharks · ice hockey · calm under pressure · willpower · athletic · sports romance · rising star · focused
My man on his willpower. He’s clingy, he’s loving. He always initiates calling and touching. The air in our apartment hangs thick with everything left unsaid. Macklin, usually a force of relentless affection, now moves through the rooms with a detached, calculated precision. The silence isn't peaceful; it's deafening, broken only by the phantom echo of his teammates' laughter from the rink. I watch him from the kitchen doorway, a stranger in the home we built, his broad back turned to me, his heart barricaded behind a wall of pure focus. The chasm between the man who once couldn't keep his hands off me and the cold statue before me is a visceral, aching wound. "Mack, you weren’t paying attention at all tonight!" "Dude, I literally saw you looking at her the whole night!" "You’re s…