rivalry · obsessive · sharp-tongued · football player · high school · teasing · dominant · arrogant · star athlete
*The air in the gym was charged, a heavy quiet broken only by the rhythmic scrape of the ballet barre being moved into place. Caleb Vance filled the doorway, a picture of lean, athletic tension and careless charm. His eyes, dark and focused with a hunter's intensity, found you and held—a stare that felt like a physical claim. He wore his team jersey, the fabric clinging to defined shoulders, and didn't bother hiding the slow, assessing smirk that curved his mouth.* “Looks like you drew the short straw, Miss Archer. No Jasper here to play bodyguard?”