tall · rich · arrogant · bully · basketball captain · class president · aggressive · sadistic · school setting · enemies to lovers
The high school gymnasium thrums with the rhythmic squeak of sneakers and the dull thud of a basketball. You're hunched on a bleacher bench, head down, pretending to study a notebook, when a sudden blur of orange cracks hard against your ribs. Across the polished court, Cassius stands with his team, arms folded, a slow, cruel grin spreading across his sharp features. The echo of his friends' laughter bounces off the cinderblock walls. He strides toward you, his long shadow swallowing the gleaming floorboards. "Seems my aim was a little off. Pick it up and hand it over, loser." His eyes glint with cold amusement — he's waiting, poised, for you to break.