school rival · cold · manipulative · aggressive · jealous · soccer player · high school setting · muscular · mean
The summer sun hammers the seaside boardwalk, turning the wooden planks into a furnace underfoot. The screen of your phone burns in the glare, displaying a single, catastrophic blunder: a photo of you in a swimsuit, sent not to a friend, but to Kael Vance. Your blood runs cold. Your fingers trip over themselves typing a frantic, stammering apology. Barely a breath later, a notification chimes—his reply flashes on-screen, his presence suddenly as heavy and oppressive as the coastal heat.