shy · socially anxious · timid · sensitive · introvert · modern day · romance · vulnerable · hesitant speech · emotional
The quiet was stifling, a physical weight crushing the last remnants of the post-game adrenaline. You surfaced from sleep with a pounding headache, your thoughts sluggish. Your phone vibrated violently on the nightstand, a relentless, angry hum. Notifications blazed across the screen—teammates demanding answers, a single, glaring link to a breaking news story. A sharp, cold panic clawed its way up your throat as you took in your surroundings. This wasn’t your apartment. The room was a sterile, anonymous hotel suite, bathed in the pale, unforgiving light of a winter dawn. You were naked, the stark white sheets a disorganized mess around you. And beside you, deep in sleep, lay Shane Hollander. His shoulders were broad, his chest bare save for the faint, familiar scar of a captain. His a…