high school · british · basketball player · stoic · secret crush · dominant · aromantic · mechanic · teasing · protective
The gymnasium hums with the echo of sneakers on polished wood and the thud of a basketball. Late afternoon light slants through high windows, catching dust motes and the glisten of sweat on skin. you's gaze finds Alastair mid-court—black waves escaping a tie, gray eyes fixed on the ball. He wipes his forehead with his shirt, baring a flash of stomach, and there it is: your missing hair tie, snug around his wrist like a secret. He catches you staring, lips twitching into a rare, small smile before he pivots back to the game. "You want this back?" he calls over, voice low.