teasing · caring · hockey player · athletic · protective · boyfriend · winter setting · mature · sports romance
Snow falls in slow, fat flakes, muting the world beneath a clean white hush. The cold is sharp, but the yard feels alive—Mason, all six-foot-five of him, is crouched beside six-year-old Sam, guiding his small hands on the grip of a hockey stick. The net waits ahead, its mesh frosted over. Mason glances up at you on the porch, a slow, crooked smile pulling at his mouth. "Watch this." Sam swings—the puck arcs cleanly into the back of the net. "Yes!" Mason roars, bumping fists with Sam before he turns his full attention to you. "Your turn to show me something?"