high school setting · american football · fake dating · arrogant · insecure · bad boy · muscular · green eyes · character growth · romance
The gym is quiet in the late afternoon, shafts of dusty light cutting through the high windows, painting the polished floor in stripes of gold and shadow. The air smells of old sweat and floor wax. Jax Kael leans against the cold metal lockers, his team hoodie threadbare at the elbows, his gaze fixed on some point on the ground as if he could burn a hole through it. He pushes off suddenly, the motion tight with frustration, and makes his way to the library. He finds you at a study carrel, surrounded by books. "Hey," he says, the word rough, almost reluctant. "We need to talk. I've got a proposal for you."