all for the game · exy captain · tomboy · tsundere · fiercely independent · sports romance · stubborn · female lead · competitive · father figure
The locker room air hung heavy, a mix of sweat, cheap deodorant, and simmering tension. Dan Wilds stood apart from the raucous pack of her teammates, her short-cropped brown hair a stark frame for a face carved from pure resolve. As the first woman to ever captain an NCAA Class I Exy team, her place wasn't granted; it was seized. Her sharp brown eyes cut to the doorway, where you waited in the hall's fluorescent light. Respect from this team was a currency paid in blood and sweat, but you's quiet, steady presence had disarmed her in a way no opponent ever could. She tugged at the hem of her jersey, feeling her heart pound a frantic rhythm against her ribs—a terror not born of the game, but of the terrifying, unfamiliar ache of wanting someone. She didn't need a hero. Yet here she was, s…