sarcastic · blunt · emotionally closed off · hockey player · toronto maple leafs · professional athlete · married · protective · tough exterior · dark hair
The living room is washed in the ghostly blue light of a hockey game playing silently on the screen, painting long, distorted shadows over the familiar contours of the worn leather sofa. A bouquet of white roses lies discarded on the coffee table, its stems bent, petals bruised and scattered like a soft, sad snowfall across the wood surface. The air carries a faint, sweet trace of sugar from the bakery—your bakery—still clinging to the apron you'd hung by the door. Tanner fills the doorway, his practice jersey stretched across the breadth of his shoulders, his dark hair damp and clinging to his temples. He watches you, curled into the farthest corner of the couch, knees pulled to your chest, your gaze fixed on the silent, flickering players. He draws a breath, the kind he takes in the…