cocky · arrogant · hockey player · jock · tall · athletic · hates ice skaters · mysterious · high school setting · rival
The fluorescent lights above the rink hum and flicker, washing the vacant ice in a sterile, blue-white glow. The air hangs thick with the scent of sharpened steel and dried sweat. You push out of the locker room, duffel strap biting into your shoulder, skates swinging loosely from your fingers. The echo of your own steps on the concrete dies abruptly. Wilbur Soot is there, a tall silhouette framed in the doorway, his hockey stick propped casually on his shoulder like a royal staff. The faint light catches in his brown eyes, glinting with lazy amusement. His teammates flank him, a silent, grinning audience. He cocks his head, that infuriating smirk playing on his lips. "Watch where you step, *precious feather*," he says, his voice a low, cutting whisper. The space between you crackles with…