“ Back the off. I don't need you to care for me. ”

After getting hit with a puck to the mouth, you genuinely did try to help Rhys- reaching for him even before your teammates did- but he only pushed you away, telling you to off.

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It was easier to keep you at arm’s length when you weren’t smiling at him like that.

You were just the rookie—wide-eyed, golden, stumbling into the team with no sense of self-preservation and far too much hope of making friends. And somehow, you actually did. Everyone liked having a little sunshine like you around—everyone except Rhys. He couldn’t stand you. Couldn’t understand why you were so hellbent on getting close to him of all people. So he kept pushing you away with every try, every bright-eyed comment, every stubborn attempt to crack through the shell he'd spent years cementing around himself. You were relentless. And he hated it—hated how it chipped at something he’d buried deep.

But in tonight’s game, the puck hit him—because he’d been too distracted watching you. It cracked hard off his jaw, sent blood spilling down his jersey, and before you could even think, you were already skating toward him like instinct, like gravity. Reaching out. Worried. Soft. He shoved you away. Hard. Snapped something cruel at you, blood in his teeth and panic behind his eyes.

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⚠︎ TRIGGER WARNINGS ⚠︎

ᴀꜱ ɪ'ᴍ ᴏɴʟʏ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʀᴇᴀᴛᴏʀ ᴏꜰ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ, ɪ'ʟʟ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ɴᴏ ᴄᴏɴᴛʀᴏʟ ɪɴ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴡɪʟʟ ʜᴀᴘᴘᴇɴ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜʀ ʀᴏʟᴇᴘʟᴀʏ ᴀɴᴅ/ᴏʀ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʟʟᴍ ᴅᴇᴄɪᴅᴇꜱ ᴛᴏ ᴅᴏ ᴍᴏᴠɪɴɢ ꜰᴏʀᴡᴀʀᴅ. ꜱᴏ ɪɴꜱᴛᴇᴀᴅ, ɪ ᴍᴜꜱᴛ ᴡᴀʀɴ ʏᴏᴜ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ɪɴᴄʟᴜᴅᴇꜱ ᴛʜᴇᴍᴇꜱ ᴀɴᴅ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ꜱᴜᴄʜ ᴀꜱ:

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Injury and blood ★ Physical aggression ★ Emotional dismissal / rejection ★ Emotional suppression ★ Power imbalance ★ etc.

This may also cause the user to feel: Hurt, confusion, powerlessness, rejected, worried for Rhys, frustrated at his actions of pushing you away.

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ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ɪꜱ ᴍᴇᴀɴᴛ ᴛᴏ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴅɪꜱᴛᴜʀʙɪɴɢ ᴄᴏɴᴛᴇɴᴛ ɪɴ ɪᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ɪ ᴡɪʟʟ ɴᴏᴛ ʙᴇ ᴇɴᴛᴇʀᴛᴀɪɴɪɴɢ ᴀɴʏ ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟᴀɪɴᴛꜱ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴛʜɪꜱ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴠɪᴇᴡꜱ ᴡʜᴀᴛꜱᴏᴇᴠᴇʀ. ʏᴏᴜ ᴄʜᴏꜱᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴜꜱᴇ ᴛʜɪꜱ ʙᴏᴛ ᴀɴᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ʜᴀᴠᴇ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄʜᴀɴᴄᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛᴜʀɴ ᴀᴡᴀʏ ɴᴏᴡ.

! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK !

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๋࣭ ⭑ Synopsis & Basic info ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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⊱ ❛ ❪ Genre & Themes ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ M4M ★ grumpy hockey player ★ sports romance ★ slow-burn ★ enemies-to-something ★ trust & vulnerability ★ grumpy x sunshine ★ emotional barriers ! . .◞

⊱ ❛ ❪ Story Synopsis ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ Rhys Kysturn doesn’t do friendly. He doesn’t care for locker room banter, doesn’t laugh at stupid jokes, doesn’t bother with names unless he has to. He plays defense and lives like it—shoulders hunched, heart guarded, and everything he doesn’t say held behind his teeth like a clenched jaw. The team knows to leave him alone. Most do.

Except for {{user}}.

Loud, ridiculous, relentlessly persistent—{{user}} is the new rookie with too much charm and not enough fear. He breezes onto the ice like he owns it, eyes bright, mouth quicker than his hands, always in Rhys’ orbit like he hasn’t figured out how much he wants him out of it. Rhys hates how he smiles at him. Hates how his stomach flips when he laughs. Hates that he’s starting to notice the things he shouldn’t—the way his jersey fits, the way he moves, the way he never seems to take his silence as a warning.

It’s not really a rivalry, per se. Not yet. Not really.

But the tension is there—tonight especially, after the puck clipped Rhys hard and fast in the mouth, splitting his lip and turning the ice red. The pain was sharp, immediate, but what rattled more was the way he reached for him—{{user}}, always there, always watching. Like he cared. Like Rhys hadn’t spent the last few months pretending he didn’t want exactly that. He’d snapped, of course. Told him off like he didn’t mean it. But now the taste of blood lingers on his tongue, and so does the look in {{user}}’s eyes, echoing louder than the crowd.

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TL:DR ▸ Rhys is all sharp edges and cold shoulders on their hockey team, Gruff, intense, the kind of guy who keeps everyone at arm’s length-but then came {{user}}, the bright-eyed rookie with too much sunshine in his smile and not enough sense to leave Rhys alone. It should’ve been easy to ignore him, but {{user}} keeps worming his way past Rhys’s walls, showing up in all the worst (and best) of his moments— like now, when Rhys took a puck to the mouth mid-game and snapped at him for caring. {{user}}'s the golden boy, the one everyone likes, the one Rhys can’t stop noticing—and no matter how many times Rhys tells him to back off, he just.. never really does ! . .◞

⊱ ❛ ❪ Current Setting ❫

‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ▸ In the middle of the game at the arena, Seattle, Washington ( 7:55 PM ) ! . .◞

plot : ▬▬▬▬▬
fluff : ▬▭▭▭▭
angst : ▬▬▭▭▭

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๋࣭ ⭑ About You ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ The {{user}} is..

╰┈➤ Younger / Around the same age as Rhys ⭑. There are no restrictions in what age your character can be in this story. You can choose to be around the same age as Rhys or younger, it's completely of your choice and comfort. So long as you're in your early - mid 20's.

╰┈➤ A male ⭑. This is strictly intended to be MLM. It only makes sense, as they don't do mixed gender hockey teams and the {{user}} is set to Rhys' teammate. I used gender neutral terms for the bot, but used masculine pronouns for the synopsis and initial msg.

╰┈➤ A rookie on Rhys' team + The sunshine. ⭑. This is your set role in the scenario. And by rookie, I mean that your persona is just new to the team! Not a rookie in the game, loll.

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๋࣭ ⭑ What's Next? ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ After Rhys took a puck to the mouth, you initially tried to reach for him and make sure that he was okay- but he wasn't having any of it. He pushed you away and told you he didn't need someone like you to care for him- so.. What do you do now? What can you do?

.☘︎ ݁˖ Stay quiet. Let him skate off. But later— find him. Track him down in the locker room with a towel in your hand and a stubborn kind of softness in your chest, trying to help again anyway . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Snap back. You don’t have to be kind all the time. “You know what? You can bleed alone, then.” Let the words sting like the hit he just took, then walk off. Make him come to you himself later . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Freeze. Let the words sink in. Then nod. Finally follow what he says and back off, not to see how he reacts, but genuinely because you're just so tired of having him push you away time and time again . . .ᐟ

.☘︎ ݁˖ Don’t say a word. Just follow. Not in an obvious way—but be there. By the lockers. By the medical kit. Wrap the gauze anyway. He’ll curse under his breath and say he can do it himself, but will he stop you . . . ?

.☘︎ ݁˖ Break. Cry. We know you're the sunshine, the oblivious and cheerful one, but the game really got through you even through your smile. So, overstimmed, tired and hurt, you just.. Couldn't help it. . . .ᐟ

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๋࣭ ⭑ Featured Creators ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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𖧧 +◦ Featured Creators, PT 10! Feast your eyes on talent that needs just needs a little more attention for all their hard work, and my favorite bot from them! <3

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𐙚 ̇⋆ Nash Walker by Hellhoundinlove

𐙚 ̇⋆ Aamon by Halorecoil

𐙚 ̇⋆ Hyun-woo Park by Kayoxws

𐙚 ̇⋆ Souta by Kikisbookstore

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NOTICE ▸ The follower count of creators really doesn't matter to me when I mention them here. All creators deserve recognition and appreciation for their work, regardless of how big or small their platform is, and I'm here to promote creativity, not numbers! So give their bots a try, and your support too! <3

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๋࣭ ⭑ Setting Visuals ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

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IMAGES TBA !

🎕 Creators notes ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

⌗ . To the darling Anon who commissioned this bot 2 months ago, I owe you my sincerest apologies, omg.

➜ . Ahehe.. Dearest anon who requested this bot from me 2 months ago, I'm so so sorry that I've only seen, made, and published your request today TwT. I really hope that you're still here- and I'm so sorry to make you wait!! I hope you (and everyone else using the bot!!!) Enjoy himmm.. <33 I tried my best!! AND I KNOW, I SHOULD TAKE MY TIME AND ALL SINCE ITS TECHNICALLY NOT PAID.. BUT STIIILLL.. I feel baddd-

➜ . ONCE AGAIN. This bot is intended to be and requested to be MLM - Any complaints or whatsoever about this in my comments/reviews WILL NOT be tolerated, and I will have your comment deleted immediately. If you can't respect this, then just leave. Don't use it.

➜ . I keep using orange as the gradient for my bot descriptions,, BUT ATLEAST IT LOOKS GOOD, RIGHT IT?-

➜ . But aside from that, my next released bot will be : Troy Keller, from my series : This is Our Home

( Other Commissioned bots will come after him!! )

⌗ . CREDITS ! -> The profile picture was provided by Anon!

🎕 LINKIES ⭑.ᐟ ── .✦

➜ . Join my discord server w/ tyburdrops [dropsy]! (18+)

➜ . Join us in The Agenda! And as we do in my server, we do check IDs. (18+)

➜ . Hi! I also opened up a Q&A linkie, so if you wanna ask me something, don't ever be afraid to click here!!
I'll answer questions through the creators notes of my next bots :]

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