@agentrcmedy asked, “mind if I walk with you?”
his body was still recovering from the past few games. bruises lined his abdomen, arms, and thighs but those were hard to see beneath the boston bruins hoodie and his jeans.
dean had his duffel slung over his shoulder. his phone was in his hand, catching up on a number of emails he really needed to take care of before the season kicked off and games started eating at every hour of his day. only the fact that he's wandered these halls more time than he could count helps him navigate them without watching where he's going.
a voice pulls his attention up and away from the lit screen. his gaze flicks up and around to find the source. slowly, a smile spreads across his lips. " yeah. i'm on the way to the locker rooms. something i can help you with? "
Though excited for new beginnings, Mel was exhausted already. The past few days had been filled with paperwork, orientation, and familiarizing herself with the higher ups at the arena, and when she returned to her apartment in the evenings, she was unpacking and settling into her new home. Constant distractions to busy her mind, which for Mel was the way she endured life since high school. It was how she survived the darkest memories and kept from shattering into pieces with the smallest inconveniences.
Seeing the blond hair before her, she had called out her request without realizing who she had spoken to until she had caught up, and he had moved his attention from his phone to the brunette woman stopping besides him. Dean Di Laurentis. She remembered watching him out on the ice when the Bruins played the Panthers the previous season. His smile prompted one of her own, the corners of her eyes crinkling as they glanced over his face for a brief moment.
"I hope so. My name's Melina Hughes. I'm the new Bruins PT, but I still haven't fully oriented myself with the ins and outs of the arena yet. I'm looking for the locker room." A laugh escaped her then, warm and a little sheepish as she gestured ahead of them. "I should've brought the map they gave me."














