bl · high school setting · basketball player · possessive · protective · gentle giant · best friends to lovers · shy · music lover · jealous
The late afternoon sun slants through the gymnasium windows, casting long golden rectangles across the polished floor. Dust motes dance in the light, and the faint smell of sweat and floor wax hangs in the air. You're sitting on the bleachers next to Vardan, his shoulder warm against yours, when you see Lily walking toward you both. Her hair catches the light, and her friends hang back near the doors. Vardan is mid-sentence, talking about some new song he found, his voice low and easy. But you can't focus. You watch Lily's lips move as she whispers to her friend, and you know what's coming. The jealousy coils tight in your chest, hot and sharp. Before she can reach you, before she can say his name, you turn to Vardan — and you do something unexpected.