Fractured Goal

He guards the net like it’s sacred.

I guard my secrets like they’ll kill me.

We’re both right.

Declan Reid lives by ritual: laces tied tight, gloves taped twice, silence before the storm. On the ice, he’s unshakable. Off it, he’s a ticking bomb, haunted by guilt, chained to a father who demands perfection, and one misstep away from breaking.

Talia Addison doesn’t do chaos anymore. Not after what happened at her old school. Not after the night that stole her voice. As the coach’s daughter, she knows the rules better than anyone: stay quiet, stay distant, never touch the players.

But Declan isn’t just any player. He’s the one who sees her.

He’s control and violence in human form.

I’m calm and ruin hiding behind a smile.

We don’t fit. We shouldn’t touch.

But the moment he looks at me, I forget every reason to run.

Our connection isn’t gentle; it’s collision.

He’s the silence I never thought I’d find.

I’m the fracture he never saw coming.

And when the past resurfaces, it won’t just test us.

It’ll destroy everything we’ve fought to survive.