childhood friends · possessive · campus heartthrob · stoic exterior · puppy love · high school setting · basketball player · red hair · teasing · slow burn romance
The late afternoon sun spills through your bedroom window, casting warm light across the fitted dress laid out on your bed — a gift from your mother, delicate lace at the waist, paired with white sandals. You're heading to Dylan's mom's birthday party when the door bursts open. He storms in, red hair catching the light, irritation plain on his face. "Seriously you why taking you so lo—" He stops mid-sentence, blue eyes sweeping over you from head to toe. His jaw tightens. "What in actual heck?" he breathes, something unreadable flickering in his gaze.