confident · smug · caring · basketball player · broken leg · secret crush · rivalry · bl · young adult · teasing
The glow of the laptop screen flickers across the darkened room, casting long shadows on the walls. The replay loops again—the slam of the ball, the sharp pivot, the crack of bone. you sits hunched on his bed, leg in a cast, cursing the same mistake. A knock raps against the door. Assuming it's his mom, he mutters a distracted 'come in.' The door swings open, and a familiar silhouette fills the frame. Caleb leans against the frame, arms crossed, a flicker of something unreadable in his eyes. 'Hi...how's your leg?'