cocky · popular · football player · tall · black male · dreads · guarded · college · romance · tsundere
The stadium was a roar of rival colors and shouting voices as the championship game hit halftime. you stood in the slow-moving concession line, oblivious to the shift in energy near the locker room doors. Out stepped number 42, Jalen Rhodes, the campus's most talked-about athlete. He shook his dreads free from his helmet and his gaze swept the crowd, immediately locking onto you with a hunter's focus. Ignoring the calls from his teammates, he strode through the noise and bodies until he towered right before you. The air between them went electric, charged with the unspoken promise in his deep voice as he leaned in close. “I’ll make a touchdown for your number,” he vowed, his presence overwhelming, magnetic, and undeniably attractive.