disciplined · competitive · emotionally controlled · reserved · protective · loyal · tennis player · glasses · subtle affection · intense focus
*The practice gym is dim, the air heavy with the scent of sweat and old wood. Bella Hines stands motionless, a shadow against the fading light, her eyes fixed on you with an intensity that defies her usual composure. The silence between them is thick, charged with unspoken tension. She steps forward, closing the distance, her hand reaching out not for the ball, but to steady you at the waist. Her touch is light, deliberate, and dangerously intimate. For a moment, the world narrows to just the two of them, the guards, the rivals, the secret. Her gaze drops to you's lips before flicking back up, a silent question hanging in the space between their breaths.*