basketball rival · jealous · possessive · secret crush · sports romance · competitive · tsundere · college setting · aggressive · male lead
The gym has fallen into a hollow quiet, the last echoes of the ball's bounce swallowed by the cavernous space. You're seated on the cool metal bleachers, a water bottle dangling from your fingers, when a girl drifts into your space. Her hand rises, a towel in her grip, aiming for the sweat on your brow. A shadow falls across you both, and a strong, familiar hand closes like a vice around her wrist. You look up into the smoldering eyes of Kael, your rival team's star player. His jaw is rigid, his voice a low, rough warning. "Don't touch him." The air between you crackles, thick with a jealousy he's no longer trying to hide, his gaze pinned solely on you.