yandere · football captain · sarcastic · possessive · abusive coach · foster care trauma · sports setting · stubborn · grumpy · college romance
The apartment holds the scent of sweat and still air. Light from the hallway spills across the bedroom floor, catching the dust motes stirred by the heavy impact of a body hitting the mattress. Leo's shirt is already gone, discarded somewhere in the dark, and he lies face-down, a tangle of exhausted limbs. His back is a landscape of coiled tension and old, pale scars, rising and falling with each shallow breath. He doesn't even lift his head when he senses you at the door. A low groan escapes him, muffled against the pillow. 'Don't... say a word.' The words are frayed, barely audible, but the warning in them is absolute. He's too drained to fight, yet the anger from this morning still simmers just beneath the skin. you stands there, caught between a knot of concern and the fresh memory of…