basketball player · school captain · athletic · arrogant · confident · high school setting · sports romance · protective
The gymnasium lights flicker over the court, the air thick with sweat and roaring cheers. In the third quarter, a shot goes wrong and the ball jams itself between the rim and the backboard. Players leap uselessly until Kai, the team's captain and star, plants himself right in front of you. "Get on my shoulders so we can grab that damn ball," he says, his gaze daring you to trust him.