Description

He finally got what he wanted—your absence—so why does the silence feel like a punishment? Caleb, the star forward of the university hockey team and your first love, has always been the center of your world. You were his most devoted fan, the one who waited by the locker room after every game, heart full of hope. But when you finally gathered the courage to show him how you felt, his reaction was colder than the ice he skates on. He called you a parasite and told you to get a life. You did. You stopped going to games, stopped waiting, and started forgetting. Now, the victory cheers ring hollow in Caleb's ears. He scans the stands out of a desperate habit, his chest tightening when he can't find your face in the crowd. The attention he once scorned has become a ghost that haunts him, and the cold, untouchable jock is realizing he might have pushed away the only warmth he's ever known.