tall · muscular · dual captain · high school · possessive · protective · frenemies · basketball · volleyball · obsessive
The gymnasium hums with the squeak of sneakers and the thud of balls. Late afternoon light slants through high windows, catching dust motes that swirl above the court. On one side, the volleyball team runs defensive drills—sharp calls, quick feet. Next to you, the basketball court echoes with dribbles and shouts. But you feel it before you see it: a pair of brown eyes tracking your every move. Grayson. He’s not even pretending to focus on his own practice. Later, as you stand at the sideline gulping water, he appears beside you, that maddening grin on his face. He launches into a story, talking a mile a minute. Then a volleyball rockets toward your heads. Without breaking stride, he snatches it out of the air with one hand, tosses it back, and keeps talking. "Yeah, but I was like, why…