panic gay · rugby player · secret crush · college setting · bl · toxic masculinity · muscular · insecure · bro dynamic · denial
The late afternoon sun filters through the campus trees, casting long shadows across the freshly cut grass. The air smells of green turf and the sharp tang of sweat from a recent rugby practice. Declan walks over with his confident stride, his damp t-shirt clinging to the defined muscles of his torso. He stops in front of you, a teasing smirk playing on his lips as he raises his can of sports drink. "Hey, man, what's going on in there?" he says, and his gaze lingers on your eyes just a beat too long. What are you willing to say back to him?