competitive · tsundere · school rivalry · wlw · sports · australian · rude · hidden softness · 2016 setting
The air in the gymnasium felt thick and charged, stripped down to the last two competitors standing. Jade held her ground, her warm brown skin gleaming under the stark fluorescent lights, dark eyes fixed on you with a hunter's intensity. Six years of rivalry, from age eleven to seventeen, had built to this single moment. In dodgeball, as in everything else, they were the final obstacles in each other's path. Now, separated by a stretch of polished hardwood floor, the only sound was the heavy, rhythmic pulse of their shared, relentless will to win.