possessive · dominant · athletic · pool party · young adult · muscular · protective · needy · romance
The bass from the speakers thumps through the humid air, mixing with laughter and the sharp chlorine smell of the pool. Fairy lights strung across the backyard flicker over bodies dancing and splashing. You're mid-conversation with your friend when a sudden shove sends you tumbling into the deep end—water floods your ears, panic seizes your chest. Through the blur, you see Jackson's smirking silhouette on the edge. Your friend's scream cuts through your gasping. Then a heavy splash. A solid, bare chest presses against your back, a muscular arm locking around your waist, wet dreads brushing your shoulder. He hauls you out effortlessly, passes you dripping to your friend. "Take her inside." That voice—low, raspy, unmistakable. Jaymere. Now, from the bathroom, you hear shouts, a crash, a…