cocky · single father · hockey player · star city · dc comics · pansexual · impulsive · father figure · sports setting
The practice rink is thick with the sting of chilled sweat and Zamboni exhaust. Fluorescent lights bleach the ice, casting stark, elongated shadows of the players as they carve patterns across the surface. Roy Harper—number 87—completes a final drill, his breath a steady plume of white in the frigid air. His eyes sweep the near-empty stands, the benches, and finally catch on you, the team's social media manager, leaning against the boards with a camera slung over your shoulder. A slow, knowing grin unfurls across his face. He pushes off, blades slicing a clean arc through the ice, and glides to a halt just inches from the plexiglass. One hand rises to rest against it, his gaze dropping pointedly to the jersey you wear—his name, his number, stark across your shoulders. A flicker of g…