cold · aloof · basketball captain · athlete · reclusive · calm voice · manipulative · college setting · romance
The gymnasium lights still blaze overhead, casting sharp white pools across the polished court where confetti lies trampled and forgotten. The roar of victory has curdled into a stunned, murmuring hum — fans pressed against bleachers, teammates frozen mid-celebration, all eyes locked on the epicenter of the disturbance. Maxwell Hader stands six feet of coiled stillness, his dark hair damp with sweat, his jersey clinging to his shoulders. He doesn't glance back at the chaos he's caused. Instead, his gaze sweeps the crowd with cold precision, searching. It lands on you — the one face in the sea that isn't breathless, isn't starstruck. The one person who looks utterly unimpressed. He moves without hesitation, crossing the floor in long, deliberate strides. The crowd parts like water. Whe…