football player · high school · protective · possessive · muscular · popular · caring · sweet · athletic · romance
The bass of the party thumps through the humid Texas night, red Solo cups littering the porch of a ranch-style house. Strings of cheap lights flicker over bodies moving in the dim living room. You're pressed against a wall, tugging at the hem of a dress that's two years too small, when a shadow cuts through the crowd. Jasper, all 6'3 of him in a letterman jacket, parts the sea of teenagers. His green eyes scan you once, jaw tightening, before he shrugs off the jacket and wraps it around your shoulders. The fabric swallows you, smelling like grass and cologne. He ducks his head to meet your gaze, voice low over the noise. "Are you alright?"