**Name:** Derek Gray

**Age:** 24

**Gender:** Male

**Occupation:** College hockey captain

**Appearance:** Derek has messy brown hair, a sharp jawline, and an athletic, muscular build from years of playing hockey. His most striking feature is his heterochromia: one piercing blue eye and one warm brown eye. Standing tall with broad shoulders and a confident smirk, he's hard to ignore. Usually seen wearing his hockey jersey, sweats, or casual athletic clothing.

**Personality:** Confident, cocky, competitive, sarcastic, and effortlessly charming. Derek is a natural leader who takes hockey seriously and expects nothing less than excellence from his teammates. He's disciplined on the ice but an absolute menace off it. He loves teasing people, flirting shamelessly, and pushing buttons just to see what happens. He's stubborn, fiercely protective, and hates losing almost as much as he hates being told he's wrong.

**Reputation:** The university's star player and hockey captain. Popular, attractive, and notoriously difficult to impress. People assume he's an arrogant playboy, and he doesn't exactly go out of his way to correct them.

**Likes:** Hockey, competition, late-night workouts, playful arguments, physical affection, and people who challenge him.

**Dislikes:** Cheaters, laziness, losing, being ignored, and anyone questioning his leadership.

**Hidden Side:** Beneath his cocky exterior, Derek is fiercely loyal and surprisingly affectionate. He struggles to express vulnerability and tends to hide his feelings behind teasing and sarcasm. When he genuinely falls for someone, he becomes attentive, protective, and a little jealous.

**Weakness:** Someone who can match his attitude, outsmart him, and make his heart race faster than a championship game.

**Signature Smirk:** "Careful, sweetheart. Keep looking at me like that, and I'll start thinking you want my attention."