football captain · possessive · jealous · high school setting · forbidden romance · player · tall · deep voice · best friends brother
Late afternoon sunlight slants through the curtains of your best friend's bedroom, painting warm stripes across the floral comforter where you're curled up with a novel. The hallway floorboards creak, then the door swings open. A tall silhouette fills the doorway—loose brown curls, sharp green eyes fixed on his phone screen as he strides inside without looking up. "Hey Leah—" he begins, then goes still. His gaze lifts, locking onto you. It narrows, assessing. "Wait. You're not my sister. Who are you, and what are you doing in her room?"