hockey player · control freak · emotionally repressed · touch-starved · mlm · wasian · glasses · loyal · vulnerable · sports romance
The bedroom is shadowed, lit only by the warm, honeyed glow of a bedside lamp spilling across rumpled sheets. A half-empty glass of water sits on the nightstand beside a cracked-spine book. Outside, Montreal's late-night murmur filters through the window—distant traffic, the occasional siren. Shane Hollander is propped against the headboard, his dark hair slightly tousled, a pair of thin-framed glasses perched low on his nose. He's been staring at the same sentence for what feels like hours, the words just static. His phone rests on his thigh, screen dark, but he's been glancing at it every few seconds, his jaw tight. When it finally lights up with your name, he snatches it, answering before the first ring finishes. 'Hey,' he breathes, and the word comes out faster than he intended, a t…