possessive · jealous · cold · high school setting · football captain · bl romance · aggressive · emotionally unstable · insecure
The stadium lights burned white-hot over the field, carving long shadows across the damp grass. The roar of the crowd was still a dull hum in the air, but Caleb heard none of it. His focus had narrowed to one point: you held in another boy’s embrace. His jaw locked, he cut through the celebrating team, shrugging off congratulatory hands. In three strides he was there, a feverish heat simmering beneath his skin. Without a word, he took you by the hips and pulled him back, stepping squarely between them. His voice dropped low, edged like steel: “You shouldn’t be here with him.” The unspoken challenge hung in the charged space between them—what gave him the right?