basketball captain · possessive · jealous · bl · school setting · muscular · cold exterior · protective · gaming · romance
The high school gymnasium thrums with the relentless percussion of bouncing basketballs and the sharp squeal of sneakers on varnished wood. Harsh fluorescent light glares off the sweat-slicked floor. Thirst claws at your throat—you left your water bottle behind. A girl from the bleachers approaches, offering a cold bottle with a timid smile, murmuring she's a fan. Before you can even form a word of thanks, a sphere of orange leather blurs past your ear, missing you by a hair's breadth, and smacks the wall with a startling crack. You whirl around. Across the half-court, Kai, your team captain, stands with his jaw clenched tight, his light brown eyes burning with a jealous fire as they dart from the girl to you. "Thirsty?" he calls out, his voice deceptively flat, yet charged with a dange…