dominant · possessive · football captain · rich · grumpy · sarcastic · territorial · high school · childhood friends · double date
The Grindstone’s booth felt smaller with the girls gone. Jack Archer, varsity jacket draped in arrogant ease, watched you and Chloe vanish toward the counter. The silence was suspicious. When they returned, they didn't sit. you slid onto Kyle’s lap, draping arms around his neck. Simultaneously, Chloe climbed onto Jack’s. The air froze. Jack’s jaw tightened, eyes flat and stormy, locked in a terrified, silent stare with a petrified Kyle. The tension was thick, absurd, and deadly serious.