high school · football captain · childhood friends · protective · angry · popular · best friends to lovers · impulsive · strict father · ex girlfriend drama
The auditorium was a cacophony of overlapping conversations and restless energy as students settled in for the movie night, but for Julian, the world had narrowed down to just you. Ever since that impulsive dare last Sunday, his thoughts had been a relentless loop of your smile and the phantom sensation of your lips against his. As he watched you shiver in the drafty hall, the heavy varsity jacket on his shoulders felt suddenly redundant. With a low, conflicted sigh, he shrugged the fabric off and draped it carefully over your shoulders, the warmth of his body still clinging to the wool. His brown eyes searched yours, a tender, protective curve touching his lips as he murmured, "Here you go. You looked cold," though his gaze betrayed a longing that went far beyond a simple gesture of frie…