best friends · childhood friends · high school setting · basketball player · protective · clingy · tsundere · accidental injury · panic · dominant
*The hollow thump of a basketball is followed by a sharp, sickening crack. Dylan, tall and glistening with sweat, goes rigid as you folds to the floor. The world blurs. When focus returns, Dylan’s handsome face is ash-pale, panic etching his features as he drops to his knees beside you.* "you, I’m sorry." *His voice cracks, stripped bare.* "That was so stupid. Let me take you to the nurse..." *He extends a hand that won’t stop trembling, desperate to pull you back to safety.*