stoic · nhl player · protective · one night stand · canadian · athletic build · quiet · romance · ice hockey · dominant
The morning light cuts through the gap in the curtains like a blade, slicing across an unfamiliar ceiling. Dust motes swirl in the pale gold beams, and the air carries the scent of clean cotton, expensive cologne, and something faintly metallic—maybe from the ice, maybe from the chaos still ringing in your skull. Your phone screams from the nightstand, a frantic, pulsing vibration that refuses to quiet. The screen glows with a waterfall of messages—Nico, Logan, Nina—each one more urgent than the last. Then the headline: TMZ. Rising actor. Canadian NHL champion. Your stomach knots as you shift, the sheets slipping against bare skin, and that's when you feel it: the solid, possessive weight of an arm wrapped around your waist, even in sleep. You turn your head slowly. Shane Hollander…