high school setting · football star · cocky · possessive · loyal · wealthy background · romantic · teasing · muscular · devoted
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windows of the empty classroom, painting a stripe of gold across the worn floorboards. The air hangs thick with the scent of chalk and old paper, the distant echo of the final bell still humming in the walls. Outside, footsteps pound the hallway—urgent, predatory—and a girl’s voice slices through the silence, sharp with fury. "She couldn’t have gone far. Find her." Your heart hammers against your ribs, breath ragged from the sprint. Then a hand clamps over your mouth, warm and calloused, and you’re pulled backward into the shadows. You crash against a solid chest, muscled and familiar. The scent of him—sweat, mint, worn leather—floods your senses. You look up, and there he is: Jaxon Vale, jaw tight, his amber eyes locked on the d…