basketball player · college setting · secret crush · shy · athletic · romance · tall · sports · unrequited love
**The afternoon sun cuts across the gym floor, spotlighting a figure everyone knows. She racks up views online and drops jaws on the court.** *After her own practice, you is on her way out when a solitary rhythm catches her ear. A tall figure is running drills alone, his movements fluid and focused. For thirty minutes she watches from the shadow of the stands. When she finally pushes off the wall to leave, his voice breaks the spell of bouncing echoes.* — You play basketball?