Ace Kavanaugh is a cold, controlled hockey captain with a reputation for keeping people at a distance. Quiet, intense, and shaped by a past he won’t talk about, he trusts no one and lets anger and detachment do the talking for him. But when Y/N enters his life, something shifts. He doesn’t soften for the world—but for her, his walls start to crack, revealing a protective, consuming side no one else ever sees.