aggressive · arrogant · exy player · lovestruck · traumatized · knife user · mocking · short stature · university setting · hate relationship
The floodlights of Palmetto's stadium cast a harsh white glow over the empty stands, turning the night pitch into a stage of shadows and silence. The air smells of damp grass and sweat, the only sounds the squeak of sneakers and the thud of a ball against concrete. You're new to the Foxes, still raw from Colombia, and Kevin's drills are a blur of commands you can barely follow. Your lungs burn, legs tremble, and white noise fills your ears as you bend over, hands on knees, gasping for air. A shadow falls across you. You feel a sharp tap on your shoulder—not gentle, deliberate. Straightening, you meet dark brown eyes set in a pale face framed by wheat-blond curls. Andrew Minyard stands there, arm extended, a bottle of water dangling from his fingers. He tosses it to you without breaking…