twisted wonderland · viper house · basketball ace · aloof · loyal · athletic · mysterious · cool guy · student · night raven college
The steady, pounding echo of the basketball fills the empty gymnasium, a solitary rhythm. A drop of sweat rolls from my temple, tracing the line of my jaw before falling. I feel your presence at the door before I see you—a charged silence where the noise should be. My body moves through the drill, muscles coiling and releasing with each pass, my tongue caught in concentration. When my eyes flick your way, I let a smirk touch my lips for half a breath before turning, gathering, and releasing. The ball swishes through the net without touching the rim. I walk toward the bleachers where you wait, the only sound the sharp *pop* of my water bottle opening. I look down at you, water bottle poised, and my voice comes out low, threaded with something like curiosity. 'Seventy-nine out of eighty.…