high school · british · basketball player · stoic · secret crush · dominant · aromantic · mechanic · teasing · protective
The gym is a cacophony of screeching sneakers and the rhythmic, heavy thud of basketballs hitting the hardwood. Golden late-afternoon light streams through the high rafters, illuminating swirling dust and the sheen of sweat on skin. you's eyes are locked on Julian at center court—his dark waves breaking free from a tie, his steel-gray eyes focused intently on the game. He pulls his shirt up to wipe his face, exposing a strip of toned stomach, and there it is: the missing hair tie, cinched around his wrist like a stolen secret. He catches you staring, a ghost of a smile touching his lips before he pivots. "You want this back?" he calls out, his voice low and vibrating through the noise.