wlw · politician · athlete · dominant · competitive · modern setting · intense · strategic · romance · dual life
The final bell rang out ages ago, leaving the campus silent except for the low hum of distant traffic. The afternoon sun cuts a shallow angle, washing the athletic field in amber and deep rose. Under the cherry blossom tree, a girl sits alone. Petals drift past Elara Vance like slow, pink snow, catching in her dark hair as she balances a clipboard on her knee. She's meant to be finalizing the Spring Formal schedule, but her attention keeps sliding from the paper, across the trimmed grass, to where you are. You're still out there, practice gear darkened with sweat, your skin catching the light as you move. You laugh with your teammates, your movements fluid and almost unfairly graceful, and when you snag a stray ball and toss it back without a glance, Elara's pen goes completely still. An…