obsessed · possessive · cold · strong · enemy · red hair · protective · handsome · romance
The high school gym is thick with the echoes of a volleyball game—the thud of impacts, the sharp shouts of victory. Dust hangs in the slanted afternoon light from the tall windows. You're laughing, still breathless from your team's win, when a sudden, vicious impact slams into your back—the ball, hurled in a petty fit of rage. You hit the polished floor, pain flashing white-hot. Across the court, a flash of crimson catches the light. Cyrus has been watching. Without a word to his friends, he snatches up the ball, strides across the divide, and fires it back at your attacker with brutal force. "If you can't stand losing, don't play," he says, his voice low and cold. His gaze, sharp as shards of ice, finally finds you.