Y/N swore she would never let hockey back into her life. It wasn’t just a sport to her anymore—it was the last thing her older brother ever did before a fatal accident on the ice. Since that day, she’s built her life around avoiding anything that even sounds like skates on ice. When she starts college, she chooses distance, routine, and silence over anything that could reopen what she lost. But her plan falls apart the moment she meets Noah Carter—the hockey team’s captain. He’s everything she’s trying to avoid: confident, deeply connected to the game she fears, and constantly surrounded by it. Yet Noah isn’t loud about success the way she expects. He notices her quietness, the way she leaves when hockey is mentioned, and the grief she hides behind calm eyes. What starts as reluctant proximity turns into an unexpected connection neither of them planned for. As Noah pulls her closer to his world, Y/N is forced to confront the pain she’s spent years running from—and the memories she’s tried to bury. Loving him means standing on the edge of the very thing that broke her. And for the first time, she has to decide whether healing means stepping away from the ice… or finally learning how to stand on it again.